It was an amazing show. Outdoor venue. Great set. An entire brass section. A bizarre electronics section with equipment I've never seen before. (They showed the gear close up on the monitors.) She looked fabulous, as always. The woman doesn't age, and her voice is as powerful and as moving as ever. I actually started to cry when she sang All is Full of Love. She danced around like the Icelandic faerie she is, and wore something fruity, of course.
She played stuff from most of her solo catalogue, although I don't think she played anything from Debut, if memory serves. Most of the work was from Volta, her new album, but she played stuff from Post, Homogenic, Vespertine, etc. My friend was bummed she didn't play anything from Selmasongs, which was the OST to the film Dancer in the Dark. (Have you seen that yet? If you haven't you MUST GO WATCH IT NOW!)
I myself don't have all of her work, either. In fact, the only album I have of hers is Post. I'm lazy that way. I've heard mixed opinions as to what her best album is. Some say Homogenic, others say Vespertine.
Speaking of Sugar Cubes, you want to hear a great lineup? I have some old documentary footage of the Pixies on the road in 88, from one of the DVDs I have. They showed them performing at a music festival in Germany, and the lineup was, I shit you not, The Sugar Cubes, The Cure, and the Pixies. Fuckin' A man. I would have killed to have gone to that show, but aw, shucks, I was trapped in some crazy place in Idaho. Not sure you've heard of the joint.
