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revenire wrote:The Ministry of Defense

2:29 Total Beefheart (+ Morphine)!

The beauty of her

DBTW:

Another LES:


Some pro-shot pics. Click the link below, then click the Primavera Sound 2016 - Day 4 link(s).
http://www.wireimage.com/search/#events ... 1/60/1&s=3

I'm dying to hear the full live of "Chain of Keys"!! [Why nobody is filming the first song IN ITS FULL?! I wish they had at least a half of this drum intro on the album.]

And, of course, "The Ministry Of Social Affairs".

looked like an incredible show judging by what i saw on periscope and everybodys amazing reactions.. wish i was there!


river anacostia https://www.instagram.com/p/BGP_OQQIbQY/

chain of keys https://www.instagram.com/p/BGQJNowqzHz/

"The Wheel" clip

"The Glorious Land" clip

Romario11 wrote:looked like an incredible show judging by what i saw on periscope...

Haven't you found any vids of "Chain of Keys" or "The Ministry Of Social Affairs" on there?

Kuk91 wrote:

Romario11 wrote:looked like an incredible show judging by what i saw on periscope...

Haven't you found any vids of "Chain of Keys" or "The Ministry Of Social Affairs" on there?

erm maybe i saved all the feeds i found but the video is sideways on... ill have a look later

Middle of "Medicinals"

Second verse of "The Wheel"

Beginning of "The Glorious Land"

some periscope videos http://www62.zippyshare.com/v/Zc1fAm8l/file.html
you'll need to rotate them with vlc or some other program

Terrible sound of drums on this camera (which is ruins them completely IMO):

review http://www.loudandquiet.com/2016/06/pj- ... ign=buffer

The live version of The Ministry of Defense is breathtaking, haunting, intense, it is much better than the studio version. And she enjoys herself again. There is fever, tension, a sharp quality that was cruelly absent on the LES tour. This is a fantastic show that Polly offers this year and it is gonna get better and better. Hope a professional streaming will be available soon, there were many in 2011, Paleo in Switzerland, Arras in France, fingers crossed there will be a few shows broadcast too for this tour... hopefully.

Words that maketh Murder (poor sound for these 4):

50 ft Queenie:

DBTW:

Orange Monkey:

Community of Hope:

WUE:

From the videos, it looks like a much more interesting and theatrical production than the LES tour. It is much more appropriate for a festival setting (like the TBYML tour). The LES tour shows were great for a theatre/concert but for a festival not so much. PJ looks more dynamic and alive when she doesn't play a instrument all the time ( unless it is a guitar ). When watching Coachella in 2011 the show with Polly strapped to a autoharp was too subdued and dare I say a little dull for festival audiences.

From the clips shown so far it looks very impressive. She looks like she is letting go, playing for and with the audience. She's got the power and presence back with a large and cacophonous band with her. And she doesn't need pyrotechnics to put on a fantastic show. I personally think there are a couple too many people in her band. Playing with maracas, tambourines, they may soon break open the triangle. ( My only musical prowess would be to play rhythm guitar for UB40 ). It's no big deal, I imagine the gentlemen are having a real good time.

It should get better as the it continues. Wishful thinking but I would like for a festival performance play some older stuff that is suitable for this tour such as The Sky Lit Up ( ITD), Big Exit ( Stories ) The Letter ( UHH ) etc. Also hope that they have more gigs planned in 2017. Two shows in the US and none in Canada is crap. We shall see. Hopefully PJ will be back in Australia as well. Love to see her live again. Here's to more concerts shown on the internet. Cheers.