Get your Free HomepageFrom: Linda G.
Hi
Regarding Dave Dobbyn live in 1994 - well this is an EXCELLENT concert, showing that Dave's a brilliant live performer as well, and I can heartily recommend it. Really good versions of the songs, mainly from Twist, though there are others, including "Whaling". I know I'm years behind everyone else on this, so I hesitate to mention that IMO opinion there is absolutely no argument that the lyrics are "health" and "looking for Spanish gold". But perhaps that's enough of that :-). And just to confirm the *incestuous* nature of the NZ music scene that's been discussed, Dave is backed by a happy band of notable Kiwis, including both Finns - Neil particularly adding excellent backing vocals - and Emma Paki. Linda.
From: Chris J. & Jon-Paul
REVIEW of Dobbyn Concert, 19 Dec, 1996. Powerstation, Auckland, NZ. By JP & Chris
Without further ado, here's what we've all been waiting for- new Dobbyn news, new Dobbyn facial hair, and new Dobbyn *songs*.
Over to you Chris...
About the concert, we turned up at 8:30pm eager and expectant but a little dissapointed to see that Dave was scheduled to play between 11:50pm-12:15am only with 5 or 6 no names to play before (excluding Emma Paki who we had actually heard of). Still, at least we knew when he was playing. So off we skipped to the local for a few brews and a feed to while away the coupla hours before the main event. Back to you JP....
OK, so we amble back to the Powerstation about 10:30, and catch the end of some no-name. Then Emma played a shambolic set- the songs were great, but her stage presence & banter is endearingly awful. And we knew some of the songs. The advertising and promotion of the show was *very* low key- there was a bit on the student radio station bFM, and a paragraph in the Herald's entertainment guide, and it seemed only about 100 Aucklanders had actually heard of the show, and bothered to turn up... this is the venue where Crowded House held their only Auckland "Together Alone" concert, and can hold about 2000. So we had plenty of room! No-one braved the empty confines of the dance floor, and just perched on the rim.
Everything seemed to be running ahead of schedule, and of course we were delighted when Davo wandered onto the stage at about 11:35!- JP
CJ here again-you guys following this? The man ambles on resplendent in bright red satin shirt and op shop trousers down below his ankles. Endowed with goatee and guitar in hand the man cut a striking pose. The crowd cheered. Dave went "Hi, howareya going, thanks for coming" and launched into "You will be set Free", yep you guessed it, a NEW SONG! It went something like this:
Muddied up the river
Panning for golden dreams
You and I walking steady
Right across the hot sand dunes
At your lovers soul and chaos
Everyones house is burning down
You discard a line to everything
Damned if you don't believe it
You may draw the line back to me
Hmmmmm
Yeah, You know,
Never want to capture you
And there, you go
There's a light that lets you know
You will be set free
You will be set free
Studied up the poets
Just won't admit it to ya
Soaking up the myths and legends
Just don't mind the gaps within them
You may draw the line through everything
Damned if you don't believe it
You throw open doors and windows
Arrival as a state of heart
Yeah, You know,
Never want to capture you
And there, you go
There's a light that lets you know
You will be set free
You will be set free
And you will be set free
Muddied up the river didn't I?
Panning for golden dreams
You and I walking steady
Right across the hot sand dunes
I would wander the shores of chaos
And battle with the demons in it
You throw open doors and windows
Arrival as a state of heart
Yeah, You know,
Never want to capture you
And there, you go
There's a line that lets you know
You will be set free
You will be set free
And you will be set free
Belltower was next, we all know what that one's about.
Then, ANOTHER NEW SONG, and as Dave said "This is a story for ya, its not a religious song, its all about community...a little waltz." Its called "Hallelujah Song", and it goes a bit like this:
When the Pope, kissed the ground
Sniper fired, an angry round
but it missed him, by a whisker
and the guilty man could not be found
Found a bullet, in the chapel
it was embedded in the altar-stone statue
Virgin upon the altar, started bleeding on a Sunday
soon the faithfull, they came in thousands
from as far as the Phillipines
and prayed for healing from the Virgin
and they kissed that bullet clean
Many cripples started walking
and the mute began to speak
and the skeptics kept on talking
it went on like this for weeks
Sing Hallelujah song
Hallelujah song
Sing Hallelujah song
Hallelejah
Soon they found the statue shattered
and a bloodied rifle among the pieces
they found the sniper above the altar
dead and tangled in the attic
As they rifled through his pocket
a bloody wallet identified him
his surname was Emmanuel
his given was Jesus
So they buried him in the Chapel
with the rifle by his side
and they bought another statue Virgin
from the proceeds from the healing
Now she stands upon the altar
spring water runs from the bullet hole
now the Chapel is a shrine
they use the water to make wine
Now when the Pope kissed the ground
bullet proof glass all around
and that's the story of the Virgin,
Sniper Jesus and the faithful
and thats the story of the Virgin,
the Sniper Jesus and the faithful
and thats the story of the Virgin,
Sniper Jesus and the faithful
Lordy lordy.
Up next a familiar set, starting with "Language", onto "Love you like I should", "Loyal", complete with ad-libbed lyrical ending, "It Dawned on me" was up next, then "Lap of the Gods" which broke down during the first verse when Dave exclaimed "Oh shit, I've forgotten the lyrics", so he plunged into an impromptu rendition of "Stand by Me", great stuff. Finishing up his extended set with a crowd pleasing "Whaling" complete with "Look at the Spanish Gold" and "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaling" outro. - CJ
Ta for that Chris... The set was unrehearsed & rough around the edges, and all the more endearing for it. Chords were fluffed, lyrics missed, and the hundred or so people utterly charmed...
OK- any questions? Did we forget anything?...
Seeya Ummers...
JP & CJ
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