Peter Murphy playing San Francisco on 17 March

by **girlwithnoname** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:39 pm

I missed the last show in December, and I WILL NOT miss this one. I'm looking forward to this!

by **black francis** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 1:47 pm

Pretentious wank!

by **girlwithnoname** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:16 pm

black francis wrote:Pretentious wank!

You're just jealous I get to see him on St. Patrick's Day.

by **JackT** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:32 pm

girlwithnoname wrote:You're just jealous I get to see him on St. Patrick's Day.

Don't presume to tell us about St. Patrick's Day. We are the Kings of St. Patrick's day.

by **girlwithnoname** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:39 pm

Just made dinner reservations and acquired tickets! I talked Mr. noname into going! (I'm a bigger fan of PM than he is.)

by **girlwithnoname** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:23 pm

My detailed report on the show:

It was great! Glad I went.

by **Dave Smith** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:57 am

enjoy the combover

by **withahip** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:49 am

Full review. Put some effort into it.

by **fat cherry** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:25 am

girlwithnoname wrote:Just made dinner reservations and .......

rock n roll eh. does he still think he's david bowie? didn't his band go off and become famous?

by **Voodoo Billy** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:27 am

The fella' from the cassette ads?

by **fat cherry** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:31 am

thats him i believe. i do have an album tucked away somewhere, not played since about 1981 or shortly after I bought it. Thats the way it crumbles, cookie wise. Mind you theres quite a few fall into that category - the bachman turner overdrive album I bought whichj didn't even have the single on it, and the beatles white album (reissue, i'm not that old)

by **girlwithnoname** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:50 pm

So the show was at Yoshi's in San Francisco, which is a Japanese fusion restaurant and jazz club combined. It was a small, intimate sit-down venue--little tables with chairs around them. The Mr. and I both admit we felt old. Typically, we'd see shows at the Fillmore (right down the street from Yoshi's), Slim's, the Warfield, or the Great American Music Hall, which are all venues that require long periods of standing on concrete.

PM did NOT have a combover--he kept his hair short, and his voice was in excellent form. While he definitely has aged, I thought he still looked great! His backup musicians were quite good as well--his bass player is also a violin virtuoso. He performed a few covers including "Hurt" and "Ziggy Stardust," as well as some old favorites and material from his latest album, "Ninth". I thought "I Spit Roses" was a good track--vocals were better live than in the official video, imo.

Are you happy, withahip? (I left out the part where PM and I had a moment together alone at the after-party. :wink:

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnq9Add25M&ob=av2e[/youtube]

by **withahip** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:02 pm

The part you left out is all I really wanted a review of.

by **in_bluer_skyz** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:18 pm

withahip wrote:The part you left out is all I really wanted a review of.

Me too

Having said that, PM + band put on a stellar show the few times I've seen him. Must have been nice to be able to catch him again. Would love to as well.

Peter Murphy playing San Francisco on 17 March

Peter Murphy playing San Francisco on 17 March

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