Nice! And thanks for the setlist.
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| Author: | HowardF [ Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:36 pm ] |
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Anyone know if there's an opener for her at the NY shows since there wasn't anyone for the other gigs? |
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| Author: | soulfadelic [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:28 am ] |
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Pretty sure there won't be an opener... but when I saw her with John Parish the first time around in '09, Howe Gelb came out and played a little medley for about 20 min. He had the most amazing silver suit. Looked like a cowboy. And he had "desert dust" on his shoulders that he would slap and it would sparkle in the air... a real showman, that guy. |
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| Author: | Teclo25 [ Sat Apr 16, 2011 3:44 pm ] |
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soulfadelic wrote: Pretty sure there won't be an opener... but when I saw her with John Parish the first time around in '09, Howe Gelb came out and played a little medley for about 20 min. He had the most amazing silver suit. Looked like a cowboy. And he had "desert dust" on his shoulders that he would slap and it would sparkle in the air... a real showman, that guy. Yeah, he was definitely cool. |
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| Author: | uroboros [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:28 am ] |
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Here's a link to the setlist for 4/19 in NYC! http://imgur.com/q85gj&dLBsXl&Vyayi also included are 3/4 of the band behind the venue. (Sadly turned out a bit blurry.) They were nice enough to sign my Let England Shake vinyl though! |
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| Author: | Hell and High Water [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:47 am ] |
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Nice! And thanks for the setlist.
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| Author: | 10milestereo [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:00 am ] |
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Did they do the River tonight? If not, I hope it gets played tomorrow! Did Polly sign your vinyl too? I'm hoping to wait around and see if she'll sign something for me. |
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| Author: | soulfadelic [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:03 am ] |
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Anyone know what the photo policy is like at Terminal 5? Is there any way I could smuggle in my old Minolta SLR? It's not too big... was security checking bags? |
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| Author: | Teclo25 [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:07 am ] |
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uroboros wrote: Here's a link to the setlist for 4/19 in NYC! http://imgur.com/q85gj&dLBsXl&Vyayi also included are 3/4 of the band behind the venue. (Sadly turned out a bit blurry.) They were nice enough to sign my Let England Shake vinyl though! What a shame they cut The River, some guy in the middle on the floor really wanted it. |
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| Author: | Hell and High Water [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:39 am ] |
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"Some Guy?" - lol I just checked in to see if they played The River for the gigography. I guess not. 
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| Author: | sanvean [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:35 pm ] |
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Very good review from The Village Voice: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/201 ... _shake.php Live: PJ Harvey Takes Control At Terminal 5 By Maura Johnston, Wed., Apr. 20 2011 @ 10:00AM PJ Harvey Terminal 5 Tuesday, April 19 Better than: Anything else. Like PJ Harvey's other work, her new album Let England Shake is about longing. But she confronts something different than the sexual want she sang so explicitly about on her erlier records--here, instead, the desire is for a world not marred by bleakness and death, by the spectre of constant war and an empire in decline. The lyrical imagery employed on the album triggers visions of landscapes of endless gray and sepia, with the occasional bloodstain from a human providing the only shock of color; the often-sparse music only adds to the bleakly dreamlike atmosphere. It was hard going in to not be nervous about how the material from Let England Shake, which was composed largely on autoharps and can sound as delicate as aged lace even when Harvey sings of soldiers' bodies being turned into carcasses, would fare in the wide-open space of Terminal 5. Mentioning the venue's name never fails to bring to mind Nine Inch Nails' video for "Wish," with everything amped up past its normal breaking point and the crowd exceptionally aggro after trucking so many blocks west from the subway. But about 10 minutes before the show actually started, the lights flickered and people started shushing one another--the first sign that this crowd was probably full of fans with similar trepidations about the marriage of venue and material. Harvey--dressed in a deliberately rumpled yet grand white dress, black tights and boots, and a headdress of ebony feathers--opened the show with a slightly quicker version of Shake's title track, which draws part of its melodic inspiration from the standard "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)." (Snatches of other songs--"Summertime Blues," "Blood and Fire"--are all over Shake, which only adds to its sometimes-overpowering feeling of longing.) From there, she commanded the audience's attention, leaning into the instruments she was playing as if they were her children in need of protection, her gown shimmering under the spotlight trained on her while she stood alone on the right side of the stage. The three members of her impeccably precise band, meanwhile, were gathered stage left; she would sometimes step back into the shadows as songs were introduced, only nearing the microphone when the time was right. Tuesday night's setlist included all of Let England Shake, and the older cuts selected for the set ("The Devil," "Angelene," "Pocket Knife") had a similar gritted-teeth feel about them. The strength running throughout Harvey's work since the Dry days has been drawn from her desire to speak up, whether it's about her sexual agency or her horror at the current state of the union; that she could command a crowd with such grim imagery and slyly phrased forthrightness is a testament to both her artistry and her impeccable talent as a performer. Even when playing a relatively low-energy song like Shake's "The Last Living Rose," she served as a lightning rod, a woman who by mere force of her presence could make even the most potentially distracted New York crowd stand agape. Harvey's voice--which ranges from a soul-plumbing alto to a high-pitched, itch-inducing yowl--was the star of the evening, although she didn't use it to address the crowd directly until returning for the three-song encore, at which she was given a huge ovation. That reverence (which, recall, inspired people to turn on their librarian impressions at the evening's outset) probably reached its peak after Harvey and her backing band had gone offstage following the three-song encore. The adulation that followed--an attempt to create a tidal pull of goodwill that would lure the musicians out from behind the curtain--lasted for a good 15 minutes, with many people not leaving their spots; it only came to a close when the stagehands came out and placed black cloths over the pedals and instruments still strewn around the stage. Critical bias: My awe and admiration for PJ Harvey far outweighs how much I usually detest shows at Terminal 5. Overheard: "I WILL GIVE YOU MY FIRSTBORN CHILD IF YOU PLAY 'RID OF ME.' " (She didn't.) Random notebook dump: Why did no one forcibly remove the guy who at one point yelled "NICK CAVE!!!"? Don't get me wrong, I've been bumping Grinderman 2 a bunch this week, but how rude. Setlist: Let England Shake The Words That Maketh Murder All And Everyone The Big Guns Called Me Back Again Written On The Forehead In The Dark Places The Devil The Sky Lit Up The Glorious Land The Last Living Rose England Pocket Knife Bitter Branches Down By The Water C'mon Billy Hanging In The Wire On Battleship Hill The Colour Of The Earth -- Big Exit Angelene Silence |
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| Author: | DrDark [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:19 pm ] |
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http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... playe.html Amusing reader comments at the end. |
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| Author: | DrDark [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC shows |
http://concertconfessions.com/2011/04/p ... 41911-nyc/ |
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| Author: | Teclo25 [ Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC shows |
The comments on Brooklyn Vegan are somewhat comforting, something did feel off about the show and I think it was the sound, plus the venue is shitty. |
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| Author: | HowardF [ Thu Apr 21, 2011 4:36 am ] |
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PJ was great tonight for her 2nd NY show. She played "The River" mid set, which was a surprise. A greater surprise was that she didn't play "Down by the Water". Was this a first? |
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| Author: | uroboros [ Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: NYC shows |
Setlist and a couple o' pics for second NYC show! http://imgur.com/a/8QKho did not play "the piano" :-( Asked parish if there were more b-sides for LES & he said "no". damn. |
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