Related Notes:
Lana del Rey was frustrating. It took well over an hour for her to get very good. Before that her voice was inconsistent - beautiful note one moment, flat the next. She sang most songs against prerecordings of her own voice on backing vocals which didn't work well because the recordings sounded much better. She still had backup singers - why did she need both? She forgot a lot of words though most she covered up fine, but she was also lazy with most songs and just didn't sing every part. Sometimes she would mumble-sing. Adding to all that the fact that she would pause to take selfies with fans, and that she sang some of her worst lyrical offenders, it was hard to get much out of the show. Some of the blame should fall with the Sidney Myer Music Bowl's sound quality but only so much. Towards the end she finally warmed up enough that she sounded very good on Shades of Cool and Summertime Sadness. I also liked her medley of Change / Black Beauty / Young and Beautiful. Maybe if she had spent a while actually rehearsing for the show it could have been much better.
Adele! 75,000 people at her first Melbourne show and we were seated at the very back! It was a wonderful show though, she sang all the numbers we would have wanted and so well. The display was a good mix of closeup live recording and other music videos. Her banter was loveable and down-to-earth. She showed Melbourne a great night. Best concert for this goal so far.
Amanda Palmer at the Gasometer Hotel. It was an intimate venue, she started sitting on the balcony before going onto the stage and did a few songs with Brendan Maclean but most solo. The rooftop was up for a cool breeze too. My favourites were Gaga Palmer Madonna, Vegemite (The Black Death) and The Astronaut.
I've now seen Peaches - she was very confronting and her show was kind of like her movie, Peaches Does Herself. It was interesting but not the best gig I've been to. Before the encore she and her backup dancers started selling t-shirts to anyone in the crowd, and it was taking ages so we left.
And Anastacia - her voice was great, so powerful - unfortunately the sound mixing wasn't great though, and the music was too loud. She did great rock covers and her famous pop songs and ballads. It was quite enjoyable. I was surprised at how much valley speak there was!
Bands I haven't seen but want to:
1. No Doubt
2. Spice Girls
3. Portishead
4. Sia
5. Zemfira
6. Lana del Rey
7. Adele
8. Amanda Palmer
I've now seen Peaches - she was very confronting and her show was kind of like her movie, Peaches Does Herself. It was interesting but not the best gig I've been to. Before the encore she and her backup dancers started selling t-shirts to anyone in the crowd, and it was taking ages so we left.
And Anastacia - her voice was great, so powerful - unfortunately the sound mixing wasn't great though, and the music was too loud. She did great rock covers and her famous pop songs and ballads. It was quite enjoyable. I was surprised at how much valley speak there was!
Bands I haven't seen but want to:
1. No Doubt
2. Spice Girls
3. Portishead
[s]4. Anastacia[/s]
5. Sia
6. Zemfira
7. Lana del Rey
8. Adele
9. Amanda Palmer
[s]10. Peaches[/s]
I've been fortunate enough to see most of my favourites live. Finally seeing Garbage after being a fan for 11 years was a highlight and a previous goal.
Bands I haven't seen but want to:
1. No Doubt
2. Spice Girls
3. Portishead
4. Anastacia
5. Sia
6. Zemfira
7. Lana del Rey
8. Adele
9. Amanda Palmer
10. Peaches
