Pet Shop Boys Review (post 1020)
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If you are Clare's brother and you're still smarting that we went to The Cure on Friday, then please turn away now... gone? Right, we also went to see The Darkness last night, doing another Music Passport show, and probably it was the highlight of the week....
That's about the best picture I took there, there are more pics from the gig at barflydarkness.ploggle.com... I got about 30 seconds of footage of the band for some reason playing Wham's "Last Christmas", wish I'd caught more of it, and I wish I could figure out how to play it back... it's saved as a .avi, but windows media player will only play the sound. Sure I've seen them do that before, it might well have been at the Christmas Uncle Bob's Wedding Reception gig.
Bit of a short set we thought, and while not exactly plagued by technical problems, Frankie seemed to be having a few difficulties, there certainly seemed to be a black cloud over in the bass corner. Justin seemed to be enjoying it all, the banter was there in force, and he even found time for an impromptu walkabout in the crowd. Dan was playing with more aggression and vigour than I've noticed for a while, possibly it's just that it was closer quarters than we've had for a while. This was the bands REAL homecoming show, this must be at least the tenth time they've played the Barfly, and the capacity crowd loved them. If through the medium of this review, you feel you were actually there, I expect there's still a way for you to give some money on www.musicpassport.org, dig deep, we want this back next year.
A few more points just to add colour, without actually blending them into a professional review; We were stood next to Justin and Dan's parents, Mrs Hawkins enthusiastically joining in the swearing in "Get Your Hands Off My Woman". Nice to hear the NME being slated, I think something must have distracted me and I missed the "Thanks to Pauly for being there from the start". No celebs in attendance, but there were a few high profile journalists. Not The Fly editor though, who missed it through a nasty accident, get well soon mate!
Also as part of the same charity affair, I saw the Pet Shop Boys on Saturday night, no idea what they were like, I got really squiffy. I know sort of how I got home though, because I took photos all the way, of me, of a burst drain, of pubs I passed, I still haven't plotted out the route I must have taken.
No more gigs now for ages, we've seen it all.
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no Pet Shop Boys review? For shame!
Inspector Sands :: 11 Mar :: 2004 :: Comment / reply
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Was a bit squiffy, don't remember much of it, first we went to the Lock Tavern, then we went into the Barfly...
The stage was very nicely set out, they surrounded that end of the Barfly in mirrors, and even had a mirrored floor. Chris had big sunglasses and a big hat on, over what looked like big hair, and he performed the whole gig behind a big Powerbook. Neil had a big bald patch, and when he was stood in front of the curved mirrors, it looked about four foot across. I have some pictures, I will attempt to make sense of them and post them up here.
They played lots of songs, some of them I remember them saying "we've never done this live before", but I don't really remember what any of them were, sorry.
Aha, there's a setlist at www.petshopboys.co.uk
Try it (I'm in love with a married man)
Tonight is forever
We're the Pet Shop Boys
Jealousy
I'm not scared
Being boring
In private
Nervously
It's a sin
Love is a catastrophe
Medley:
Opportunities (Let's make lots of money)
Rent
Flamboyant
West End girls
Now I think about it I can remember "We're the Pet Shop Boys", but nothing terribly clearly past that.
11 Mar :: 2004 :: Comment / reply
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Here's about the clearest picture I took of Neil Tennant at the Barfly that night...
That's all the curvy mirrors behind him that I mentioned...
21 Apr :: 2004 :: Comment / reply
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Must have been standing right next to you - was also next to their parents last night!
