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WhenUnderEther"]Breathtaking is the word. I attended both Paris gigs and loved them both, but the second one was particularly intense, with the audience strongly reacting to the music and Polly and the band responding to that in turn. I've seen many PJH gigs over the years but this will probably rank amongst my top 4 or 5. It's wonderful to be able to listen to that show again on the radio.
The strange thing is that even though the setlist was exactly the same, the mood was very different each night. The first night, Polly was a bit more aloof, which made the atmosphere somehow more eerie and moving. The second night was intense and she was dancing a lot more. The video someone posted is from the second night and there seems to be the whole show. Thanks for sharing this!
I have to say many many many thanks to the original up-loader on YT.
Yes, the video is the whole show from end-to-end, no cuts or edits between songs. You see the full show. There are a couple of very small glitches because of the rapid changes of lighting, especially in some of the darker parts.
In the first half of the show there was a small band foopar in the playing, a mistimed beat - no biggy. Unless you were looking / listening very carefully, you wouldn't even know. What drew me to it was band members glancing at one another a few seconds after it had happened. I went back and compared videos from the other live shows jyst to be sure, and there was timing difference, but only in this one performance. I was impressed at the musicians ability to recover instantly. The recovery was impressive. No one, except the band, will probably have noticed. It was somewhere in first half of the performance. I won't point it out the exact moment; a case of once seen, never unseen.
I agree, that the two nights had very different atmospheres.
On the 2nd night in Paris both PJ and JP had close-guests in the audience. Maybe that was the reason for the more relaxed and animated Polly dancing.
There are some good photos of the Paris show on IG user @thehouseofdis.
Also these IG users have great photos from Paris @swallowingfirefly, @zadijo, @_kelso, @benoit.bp
If you dont have an IG account, you can still access the photos using the web site "www.pixwox.com"
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