load of old bill hawkes
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 29 August 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
I enjoyed that Bill Hawkes' letter - it was refreshing in the face of what we've heard over the past month. I like KB well enough but "obsequious, unquestioning critical acclaim heaped upon this manifestly overrated singer" is pretty otm and I do rate her. She's good, but ffs she ain't that good!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 30 August 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link
yes she is.
― clouds, Saturday, 30 August 2014 03:16 (nine years ago) link
we don't need a KB backlash, thanks tho
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 30 August 2014 07:59 (nine years ago) link
she is that good, but some of the fanwank is a bit wanky tbf
― Daphnis Celesta, Saturday, 30 August 2014 08:30 (nine years ago) link
The latter is just 'classical musician doesn't really rate pop musician pt-10000000000000000' rather than 'speaking truth to power' but I'm pretty sure there are some really annoying fans at those gigs.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 30 August 2014 10:16 (nine years ago) link
Balanescu quartet's repertoire is straight up garbage.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 August 2014 10:32 (nine years ago) link
I have to admit I didn't check anywhere else but here, but are there still no reviews from the later shows?
― ArchCarrier, Saturday, 30 August 2014 11:14 (nine years ago) link
Most publications will only review the first night of any performance or series of gigs.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Saturday, 30 August 2014 11:55 (nine years ago) link
First night is up on d1m3 if anybody is interested.
― FML Threads (MaresNest), Saturday, 30 August 2014 12:28 (nine years ago) link
Any chance that will make it outside of dimadozen any time soon?
― ambient yacht god (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 30 August 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
If the mods would let a wetransfer link on the thread, maybe
― FML Threads (MaresNest), Saturday, 30 August 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
assume it'll be on slsk eventually
― akm, Saturday, 30 August 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
if anyone still uses that
slsk is quietly still really good
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 August 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
Links are out there on some blogs but unfortunately all are dead as a doornail. Wonder if she's got a Prince-like anti-bootleg radar on now.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 30 August 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
old british man doesn't much care for kate bush old british woman, news at 11
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 30 August 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
I did wonder if there was likely to be any of it appearing anywhere. I now have the 1st night playing so wonder if any others are going to appear. I think this is pretty obviously an audience recording, sounds pretty clear but has a very enthusiastic crowd audible.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
Steveolende would love to hear it!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
It's on Dime. Does sound pretty good though.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
& Dime's worth getting onto if you get the chance to.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
They don't allow anyone to sign up right now, is the problem.
― ambient yacht god (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
Oh right, I thought it was a question of persistence. Certainly was when I joined. Having to keep going back over a period of several hours and try again. After being initially told that there were no places at the moment. Has that changed?
Just struck me that it would take far less time to get copies from that source than having to wait for a copy to come through the post etc
― Stevolende, Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
Found links. thanks
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 30 August 2014 22:55 (nine years ago) link
2nd Night up too, I'm told
― FML Threads (MaresNest), Sunday, 31 August 2014 10:53 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, just found a load of early demoes are up there too. & several dates from the '79 tour. Including an Xmas special video from Birmingham.
― Stevolende, Sunday, 31 August 2014 12:24 (nine years ago) link
Hearing her do "And Dream Of Sheep" is just... This first night recording sounds great, btw. Fantastic for an audience recording.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 12:31 (nine years ago) link
Listening to Night 2 now and noticing her voice is more confident in the first few songs compared come to Night 1. Beautiful witchy energy. LOVE
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
Also - an amazing audience recording. Technology sure has moved on haha
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
*SPOILER*
One of the things I loved is the Gregorian part in Hello Earth that they looped about 5 times at the end, while she was carried off stage into the audience by the fish skeleton people.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 31 August 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
dear god i wish i was there to see that
― owe me the shmoney (m bison), Sunday, 31 August 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
Georgian not gregorian (/pedant)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsintskaro
I love that piece. Looking forward to hearing these bootlegs.
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 31 August 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Wow, thanks for that — I had no idea that wasn't original to her song.
― Øystein, Sunday, 31 August 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Whoops, indeed, hardly pedantry when faced with such brazen wrongness :)
― MaresNest, Sunday, 31 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
There are four version on Spotify, one of which sounds like it was recorded in an aviary and uses female voices, it's lovely
― MaresNest, Sunday, 31 August 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
Wow. Always thought this was recorded by Popol Vuh for "Nosferatu". Never knew its origins.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 31 August 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
love that song and georgian male choir music in general
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 August 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
I used to have a cassette on the Touch label of Soviet-era choral music. I just found the sleevenotes on the web:
"In 1932, a group from the remote town of Pik Grandiosnyy, situated in the Vostochnyy Sayan near the Mongolian border, set out to escape the Great Famine and headed west. Having eaten their livestock, the villagers were forced to walk; the journey would take two years. This collection represents some of the songs they sang on their way."
I think of Schnittke's Choir Concerto too.
― Michael Jones, Sunday, 31 August 2014 22:11 (nine years ago) link
11 albums in the top 50 album chart this week.
http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 31 August 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
I'm going tonight. I don't think I've been this excited about a gig since I was a teenager.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Going Saturday. I, much to my surprise, haven't got excited at all.
Unlike my son, who got so into it he became an information source for the Mirror and the Guardian on the first night DESPITE NOT EVEN BEING THERE. He's as excited as an excited thing about Saturday.
― and she's crying in a stairwell in Devon (aldo), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 15:30 (nine years ago) link
THAT WAS SO GOOD.
Like, I was prepared for it to be great but nowhere near as surprising and astonishing as that.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 22:52 (nine years ago) link
Fucking incredible. So glad I avoided this thread & had no idea what was in store. The 2nd half was exactly what I was praying it would be, and executed better than I could have hoped. Jamie otm, so many ear-to-ear grins
― kick yr eyeballs (wins), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
Had to love the unofficial merch guy outside selling BEFORE THE DOWN posters for £2 :-D
― kick yr eyeballs (wins), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
incredible show. her voice is in such fine shape
lol @ all the concern trollers upthread who thought it'd all be too much for her
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
Ha yes
― kick yr eyeballs (wins), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
I feel like week one of a really long engagement is maybe not quite time to judge ykno
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 08:54 (nine years ago) link
You're right, I withdraw my earlier praise & will reserve judgement on the show until all the data is in
― smithery loves cuntery (wins), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 09:44 (nine years ago) link
-_-
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 10:09 (nine years ago) link
That was pretty great overall, but personally I thought the Ninth Wave was a bit too actor-y for me and I didn't enjoy the final song at all - way too umpty-tum for my taste. The main part of the second half was astonishingly good though, and the new part to it just made it even more prog (which is of course no bad thing).
― and she's crying in a stairwell in Devon (aldo), Saturday, 6 September 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link