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It was a beautiful show. It took place on a pier down on the waterfront to a sold out audience. 4000 people (i actually don't know the exact size of the venue but it is small) attended what will probably prove to be the best show at that venue this summer. Bjork played a few oldies, like hyperballad. A few tracks off of vespertine including Aurora and Pagan Poetry and also a few new traks. The overall mood of the set was subdued, she opted to play many low energy songs that showcased her vocal ability. She broke this up however with a handful of energetic tracks including ending her set with a frantic chaotic song which i recognized but do not know the name. she had a live 6 or 7 piece string section and of course she had Matmos in house turning out the electronic accompanyment. Sadly, her female (native american?) back up choir was not present. A large video screen was used during several songs showing projections of fascinating visual trickery. strange aquatic images like jellyfish made out of human parts swam around in murky blackness. a nice visual distraction. She was dressed in a very cute pink puffy gown and she danced around like a little girl through most of her set. She played for a little over an hour without an encore. The lack of an encore was dissappointing. The crowd deffinately wanted more but I have heard from a semi reliable source that she was exhausted after the performance and could not go on. Overall it was an excellent show and if you are lucky enough to catch this tour in your town, i recommed it highly. |
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Which pier was it? |
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ehh.. pier 65? lemme check... |
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it was pier 62/63 |
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ooh.. you live in renton and did not get to go? that sux man. i know the tickets sold out fast. |
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...sits here green with envy |
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the final song was Pluto, from homogenic... she was supposed to play an encore but she apparently collapsed backstage :/ |
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yep they song fast |
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err sold* |
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oh yeah.. pluto. i also heard she collapsed back stage. great show none the less |
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http://www.bjork.com/facts/gigography/sub.php?id=23 |
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damn... the people are having a shit fit over at bjork.com, cause she didnt do an encore. |
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yeah, well if you were at the show, which was fantastic, you would understand why. Imagine, all the people are standing around after bjork leaves the stage. It is an outdoor concert so there really isn't much light to turn on. They don't turn on any music and after 15 minutes, a guy comes out and starts checking the mic. "check 1-2 check check 1-2" people that had started to leave turned around and came back to the stage when he started checking the mic. All they had to do was say something like, "sorry, show's over. bjork cannot go on thanks." and people would have left. So it was more the stage crew's fault that people got mad. But I had a great time. excellent show otherwise.. and my wife bought a cute pink bjork t-shirt. |
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Did she use fireworks , like she did over here? and flames on stage! Did she do that? |
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no they could not do fire works because the pier is made of wood and it is therefore against fire code to do the pyrotechnics. infact, we got hollered at by a security guy for smoking on the pier for the same reason. in the unlikely event that the pier should burn down, people would have fallen into puget sound and drowned. or got eaten by the starfish and giant squid. |
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wow what a bunch of moaners on bjork.com. |
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they are all crying because she didn't stay 6-7 minutes longer, she obviously had a reason for not doing the encore. |
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6-7 minutes? not exactly. from what roadies said as well as people who have seen other shows on the tour, she cut out nearly 45 minutes worth of material. the seattle fire marshall wouldn't let her use fireworks, so that cut a good chunk of her set out. there is some kind of noise ordinance because of the outdoor venue, so she couldn't play as loud as she wanted. the pier insists (apparently) that artists use their pa rather than their own. this caused a number of sound problems including mid range phase cancellation between the monitor mix and house mix which cuts out vocals. she couldn't hear herself on stage, as a result she was out of sync with the music on some songs. she even cursed out the sound system at one point, "rubbish P.A." what people are complaining about is the fact that we paid full price for an incomplete show. tickets after ticketmaster charge were about sixty-five. if that really hurt my pocketbook i might be pissed. it didn't so i'm not moaning. just wish she had played another venue. |
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yeah, the gorge would have been better. but some of those people on bjork.com sound like a bunch of spoiled brats. really, we're lucky she came to seattle at all. i'd have paid well over $65 to see the same show. my canadian buddies paid like $100 canadian and didn't feel cheated. |
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I've heard from an Icelandic friend that she does a fair bit of cocaine. I'm not sure what to make of that but if it's true I'd be very dissappointed - I thought she was above that sort of stuff... |
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she does not.... but she likes wine she's a lush |
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the poland show was EXACTLY the same. she just had another dress and there were about 1600 people... |
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