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So i saw the Polyphonic Spree this past sunday. With opening act Jesca Hoop. Who was one of the coolest opening acts I've seen. She reminded me of a 1930s lounge singer, at least her voice and singing style, mixed with some Fiona Apple and Regina Spektor. It was her, with a guitar and a keyboard player, and then this one dude who came out and rocked some beats and stuff. It was very cool! And she used to babysit for Tom Waits kids.. which is a winner by me. this is her video for a song
Anywho she finished and then the Spree were setting up, beforehand tho they put up this really long red cloth obscuring everying except for 6 mic stands, the keyboard, and some flutes (which i was right near) anyway the lights dimmed and they started playing this Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon and had animated the lyrics projected onto the cloth, and after the song Tim the lead singer with giant scissors cut a big heard out of the middle of it, and then cut inot the middle of the heart, the cloth fell and confetti cannons shot out and there were all 23 members of the Polyphonic Spree, posing and smiling. It was an extremly amazing show, and it turned out to be the band's 7th birthday so we all sang happy birthday to them which caught Tim completely off guard and after all the pomp and amazing songs, they brough out a cake that the crowd blew out the candles and Tim seemed to be on the verge of tears when talking about the struggles they've gone through. They played for about 2 and a half hours and it was friggin fantastic. I wish you all could've seen them. Tim even came to the merch table after the show, signed autographs and chatted. He was extremely personable and down to earth. And it's always fun seeing liberal, smart-minded Texans!
Here's what the Polyphonic Spree sound like -
Lyrics to John Lennon's Gimme Some Truth are included in this post as well as some shitty pictures I took with my phone camera. Love you!
Oh yeah PS- every female IN The Polyphonic Spree was insanely attractive!
Im sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Money for dope
Money for rope
Im sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mamas little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now
Ive had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Its money for dope
Money for rope
Ah, Im sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
Anywho she finished and then the Spree were setting up, beforehand tho they put up this really long red cloth obscuring everying except for 6 mic stands, the keyboard, and some flutes (which i was right near) anyway the lights dimmed and they started playing this Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon and had animated the lyrics projected onto the cloth, and after the song Tim the lead singer with giant scissors cut a big heard out of the middle of it, and then cut inot the middle of the heart, the cloth fell and confetti cannons shot out and there were all 23 members of the Polyphonic Spree, posing and smiling. It was an extremly amazing show, and it turned out to be the band's 7th birthday so we all sang happy birthday to them which caught Tim completely off guard and after all the pomp and amazing songs, they brough out a cake that the crowd blew out the candles and Tim seemed to be on the verge of tears when talking about the struggles they've gone through. They played for about 2 and a half hours and it was friggin fantastic. I wish you all could've seen them. Tim even came to the merch table after the show, signed autographs and chatted. He was extremely personable and down to earth. And it's always fun seeing liberal, smart-minded Texans!
Here's what the Polyphonic Spree sound like -
Lyrics to John Lennon's Gimme Some Truth are included in this post as well as some shitty pictures I took with my phone camera. Love you!
Oh yeah PS- every female IN The Polyphonic Spree was insanely attractive!
Im sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Money for dope
Money for rope
Im sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mamas little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now
Ive had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Its money for dope
Money for rope
Ah, Im sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth