coolian2
Blue Crack Supplier
I have a severe fear of missing out if they're in such hot form
2. Great to have Tim for four songs! "Chocolate Cake", with a sly dig at Trump, was the most fun song of the night.
5. But the highlight, the absolute best part of the show, was the mid-set run of "Fingers of Love", "Private Universe", and "Hole in the River". Haunting and evocative. Mark killed it on lap steel for "Private Universe".
Set seems a bit short (and a little generic), how long did they play? And a bit of a shame at the lack of Time on Earth and Intriguer material.
I got my first of the reissues today (ordered all of them except Time On Earth as that one wasn't available yet). Coincidentally, it's their debut arriving first. Spinning it now.
Lovely band, looking forward to hear the bonus stuff (which will have to wait until tomorrow as it's almost midnight here). And I never mind hearing their albums again (and again).
Ooooooh . What'd they say about Trump?
3. "Nails in My Feet" is just superb; the ending absolutely soared.
Oops, meant to quote this in last post. In the "Elvis Presley walks out of the 7-11" bit, Tim added "followed by Donald Trump". Didn't do it again tonight.
There was also a funny moment during the first gig when Neil said they were about to do another song, but before he could introduce it or give a title this one woman screamed very loudly. He remarked "that was a very optimistic scream - we need more optimistic screaming right now", and riffed on it for the rest of the night as a subtle allusion to what's going on in the world. Tonight he hinted at that a bit more too; "Don't Dream It's Over" both nights has taken on added passion and weight with the lyrics about "they try to build a wall between us/don't ever let them win/we'll never let them win".
So jealous. Hope Recurring Dream makes it to the set!3. "Nails in My Feet" is just superb; the ending absolutely soared.
small world, and it's getting smallerShut the front door, Ax. My friend just sent me a screenshot of a message they received on the forum. "Do you know Alicia K?"
LOLOLOLOL. Yep, those are the friends I mentioned. Small world.
Tonight the band took it to another level, hooooly shit. Where to even begin? Well, I guess a link to the setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/...tralia-3bfbb870.html
Without a doubt the best of the three so far. They were loose and energetic, the song selection great, and the crowd really into it.
1. I was planning to bring a sign for "Kare Kare"! Didn't need to. It was sublime.
2. My next request would've been "There Goes God". It and "Kare Kare" are two of my top ten Crowdies songs. (Now the only two left I haven't heard are "I Am in Love" and "Sacred Cow", both the longest of long shots.) "There Goes God" was huge fun and segued into "Weather With You"; during the transition there was some humour after somebody threw a bra on stage - and Neil then threw it at Nick.
3. Those of us in the front row did pretty good work with requests via paper plane and voice. It paid off with a fantastic "Now We're Getting Somewhere" in the encore. Possibly the highlight of the night just for being so much sheer unbridled fun.
4. Though there was also that version of "Sister Madly" - forget Thursday's version! Barely a correct lyric was sung and it was hilarious, especially when Neil and Nick got into a conversation mid-song about seeing The Velvet Underground in Paris in 1995 and sharing a bed; "that would be fine now," Neil said, "but back then I put a pillow between us!"
5. I could keep going and going with the highlights. "Into Temptation" was really beautiful; "Hole in the River" one of the best I've heard; fireworks going off at the start of "Private Universe" surreal; "Whispers and Moans" has torn it up all week; I will never tire of "In My Command".
6. Every night Tim has got one more song than the night before. Bring on the huge Woodface extravaganza tomorrow!
Absolutely buzzing after this show. Of the gigs I've seen I doubt anything will beat the first Forum show in Melbourne, 2008, but geez this is up there.
lT WAS AMAAAAAZZZZINNNG.
I just watched it on the broadcast, and I screamed so loudly in the intro that I totally missed Neil flubbing it completely on first go. But unfortunately my little heckle beforehand didn't make it. After Neil remarked about how nice it is to have bandmates to tell you when you're going to play the wrong song, I yelled out "the right song is Recurring Dream" and could not fucking believe it when IT ACTUALLY WAS.
WHAT A WEEK.
Having a blast watching the broadcast. Glad you had an amazing time, Ax - must be going through some serious post-show(s) depression.
G'day logging in for the first time in aaaaaaggggeeeesss to say I saw your mug on the telly last night Axver.
A lot.
Good to see you were having a good time
Does anyone have links to that broadcast???