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Royal Albert Hall - 18 Nov 2014
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  • Vote Up1Vote Down giulysgiulys
    Posts: 139
    thanks everyone for your lovely reviews and videos, they're important for us who couldn't make it to get to this amazing gig.
    =D>
  • Vote Up0Vote Down VisualFallacyVisualFallacy
    Posts: 242
    I am now back in the office and apparently working.  I'm quite glad my meeting at the royal albert hall got cancelled today, I'm not ready to be back there yet.  hopefully by the time it gets rescheduled I'll be back to my usual robust self! 

    Here are my photos for those I'm not friends with on Facebook (it's an exclusive club ;))... I was incredibly lucky and sat 3rd row slap bang in front of Alison... although this means there's a mic between her and I in most of the photos... enjoy anyway. 


  • Vote Up1Vote Down silverjetsilverjet
    Posts: 68
    Is it possible that anyone shot the Monster Love duet? I can't seem to find it on YouTube.
  • Vote Up1Vote Down silverjetsilverjet
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    Also, Alison was exteremely nervous! Laurel was half gibberish. I wonder what happened.
    Post edited by silverjet at 2014-11-20 07:29:03
  • Vote Up-2Vote Down PetPet
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    I know this won't be popular, but to strike a dissenting note, I've looked at a couple of clips from the concert on YouTube and didn't like either of them.  One of them was of Utopia, which is a good song, but that version struck me as spoiled by the way in which the musical instruments (not least the drums) seem so much louder than Alison's voice.  I could scarcely hear her for much of the song.  Perhaps it was just a bad recording.  The other YouTube video at which I looked was the duet.  I hadn't previously heard of John Grant, and had no preconceptions about him, but rapidly decided that I strongly disliked his singing voice.  Having heard (I thought) much more than enough, I turned the video off at 1 minute 23 seconds, glad to escape the remainder.
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  • Vote Up2Vote Down KeithJ_gmbKeithJ_gmb
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    A video on You Tube doesn't adequately capture the sound as we experienced it on Tuesday. From where I was sitting, it was immaculate and I've never heard Alison sound so crystal clear.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Halloween_JackHalloween_Jack
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    The one decent image of Alison I managed to take:
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    And one of some of us... in the pub afterwards. Left-right: Laura, Una, Giancarlo, Marlou, pob, Dreeke, LittleBird, Alice, Halloween_Jack, CaravanGirl, Drew, st185cs
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    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2014-11-20 10:31:04
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    Thank you all for the posts. Great all round. And THANK YOU UT - you know why xx
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Hi All
    This is a link to my pictures from the night on Flickr. Goldfrapp, avec John Grant, Mara and some other familar faces from a pub around the corner.  One of these is not named.  Is it Una?
    Anyway, hopefully you have found the vids on Youtube but I will post them in the next post so they are here.

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2014-11-20 12:40:18
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2014-11-20 12:41:19
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down littlepeatlittlepeat
    Posts: 31
    I'm afraid I have a more pessimistic take on the 'this is our last gig.....' comment. I HOPE I'M WRONG.

    It has seemed to me, ever since Manchester, that ToU is so perfect that it is going to be extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to follow. Each album has been a change of direction from the previous one, so it is possible that the genius combination that is Will and Alison will find a new direction to go for album 7. But what could it be? I think a return to 'pop-songs' (a la SN and HF) would represent no challenge to them and less-than-usual joy to us. Another album in the FM/ST/ToU vein could not possibly be an improvement on ToU (could it?) so risks being an anti-climactic disappointment. The only development I can imagine would be a full-CD-length operatic/symphonic exploration. That might be hugely rewarding and enjoyable - but could it really be under the Goldfrapp badge, which is gloriously associated with masterpieces of 4 or 5 minutes?

    If Alison and Will have been thinking along these lines much of what we saw on Tuesday is explained. Alison was more nervous and emotional than usual, which caused her to trip over several of her spoken links and crept into the songs two or three times (eg, Laurel was beautiful and haunting, but not faultless). This emotion could have been triggered by the majesty of the venue, and with little or no front lighting the thousands of eager faces would have been more obvious than usual - but I think it was more than that. If there are no plans for a new album the possibility that this might really be the last ever gig may well have been dominating her thoughts, and may well explain the breakdown at the end of Black Cherry (which I thought she sang even better than she has before). And her comment that this would be the last gig was only qualified with 'for a very long time' after a long pause - as if she wasn't sure that there'd ever be another.

    It might also explain the fact that BC was the only encore song. It looked to me as if the band - and the orchestra - were expecting there to be more. They only put down their instruments when it became clear that Alison was waving goodbye. We've never known a gig to end on a 'slow' song: I suspect that 'Strict Machine' was lined up but Alison felt she could do no more after ending BC in tears. 

    As I say, I hope I'm wrong and that there are ever greater heights for Goldfrapp to reach in the future.   
  • Vote Up0Vote Down NovaLasingNovaLasing
    Posts: 209
    Where I was sitting (front stalls) the sound was superb – better than any other venue this tour. Alison was more nervous than usual when it came to talking to the audience though it didn’t affect her spellbinding performance. It was easily the longest GF gig (nearly 2 hours), and what a wonderful show. There were so many other positives – the orchestra, lovely choir, Will + sax, John Grant duets, & very different set list. Even the support was good. Also GMB meeting in the queen’s arms! And thanks for the excellent vids UT

    Only negative is knowing there will be no gigs in 2015
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
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