Obscure SPOILER thread - set lists, reviews etc

[Sandy Shaw]

The more they play these songs live, the less obscure they become.

Still a great concept name though!

[Spittingcat]

Love the contrasting outfits... black shorts and tee vs huge white coat!

Also... the restraint in the performance... just lovely... I feel they're really making the most of the small gig/venue format here.

[nicmtrt]

I thought the Monday performance was a lot more chill right ? No anecdotes, few interactions compared to the flamboyant performance of Sunday.
Glad to have witnessed "The Theatre" live that I had missed in London.
These 3 days in company of the PSB were such a delight.
Now back to regular programming.

[Dog]

Got to assume, given the T shirt and the fact that Sunday had two “exclusives” while Monday had none, that Fugitive was dropped from Monday’s setlist relatively late in the day, no?

[Sandy Shaw]

can anyone repeat (or remember) what Neil was saying exactly before Girlfriend about the song and ....George Michael?

Neil said, the beginning is about their friend Krysia and at the end it's about George Michael.
In all the years I heard rumors that there was something between Neil and Ķrysia. In the old old days she was running the "fanclub" ( before Literally) when I remember right.
Wo warst du heute Steffen?
And yes, it was Nightfalls. I made a photo of the setlist.

Krysia was/became Eric Watson’s wife.

In some ways Krysia she was the Patti Boyd of the Pets. ''Patricia Anne Boyd (born 17 March 1944) is a retired English model and photographer. Boyd married George Harrison in 1966, experiencing the height of the Beatles' popularity and sharing their embrace of Indian spirituality. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married mutual friend Eric Clapton in 1979; they divorced in 1989. Boyd inspired Harrison's songs "I Need You", "If I Needed Someone", "Something", and "For You Blue", and Clapton's songs "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues", and "Wonderful Tonight".''

[Towa]

We were at the Sunday show and it was really great. We were very unsure about going since we didn’t want to remove the magic from the wonderful Camden shows (we attended in Wednesday), if you get what I mean?

Anyway, as soon as we entered the venue we realised that this would be more different to the Camden show than we expected, mainly due to the different vibe of the venue - where Electric Ballroom had a clubby feel, Huxley’s Neue Welt had a bit of a “pimped 19th century school hall” to it which I really liked - but also thanks to the changes in the playlist, Camden Wednesday and Berlin Sunday was a good combination!

Great sound (apart from the overwhelming bass in some songs, for example Miserabilism) and this time it was easier to hear what Neil was saying. Chris stemmed a bit tired compared to the Camden show though, I can understand that in regard the dreamworld show earlier in the week

I’m really happy that we went to both Obscure and Obskur!

[Whosematchesarethose]

Got to assume, given the T shirt and the fact that Sunday had two “exclusives” while Monday had none, that Fugitive was dropped from Monday’s setlist relatively late in the day, no?

Feels like it to me.

[petshopgrrl]

The more they play these songs live, the less obscure they become.

Still a great concept name though!

Plenty more obscurity in the vaults! Still hoping for Somebody Else's Business and Happy People.

Love the contrasting outfits... black shorts and tee vs huge white coat!

Great knees too!

[Gabby]

Got to assume, given the T shirt and the fact that Sunday had two “exclusives” while Monday had none, that Fugitive was dropped from Monday’s setlist relatively late in the day, no?

Feels like it to me.

Weird since they have done Fugitive live before. Wonder why?

[Richard-Eastham]

The merch stand
Sorry for the blurry pic

I have so many t-shirts I couldn't justify buying more - a Fugitive and Sexy Northerner (even though I am not one) would be fun though.

Sounds like it was a blast last night. Super jelly of everyone who went and is going tonight.

I like to think I am a Sexy Northerner. I definitely qualify for the second part through place of birth and have been told more than once and by different people that I qualify for the first. So if/when that t-shirt appears in the PSB online store, I am buying one. And I will wear it in public. And I hope it starts conversations with strangers and will be disappointed if it doesn’t.

[Richard-Eastham]

What a night, felt more raw than London you could hear a pin drop during Your Funny Uncle and Later Tonight it was spine tingling- amazing night.

This is what I expected in Camden, but it didn’t happen I was there on the final night in London and was astonished how much chatter was happening during the tracks throughout the night. And then, during Your Funny Uncle, not only did this chatter continue, in the pause between verses 2 and 3, people were whooping and cheering. Really no need.

[y3potential]

What a night, felt more raw than London you could hear a pin drop during Your Funny Uncle and Later Tonight it was spine tingling- amazing night.

This is what I expected in Camden, but it didn’t happen I was there on the final night in London and was astonished how much chatter was happening during the tracks throughout the night. And then, during Your Funny Uncle, not only did this chatter continue, in the pause between verses 2 and 3, people were whooping and cheering. Really no need.

This

I too saw Obscure at Camden and it was so refreshing to hear the songs in Berlin minus all the chatter from the audience and endless "I love you's". There was only one occasion on the Monday where Neil actually had to go "shhh" at someone calling out between songs.. Apart from that, these two Obskur gigs were all the better for it !

[Morse]

The merch stand
Sorry for the blurry pic

I have so many t-shirts I couldn't justify buying more - a Fugitive and Sexy Northerner (even though I am not one) would be fun though.

Sounds like it was a blast last night. Super jelly of everyone who went and is going tonight.

I like to think I am a Sexy Northerner. I definitely qualify for the second part through place of birth and have been told more than once and by different people that I qualify for the first. So if/when that t-shirt appears in the PSB online store, I am buying one. And I will wear it in public. And I hope it starts conversations with strangers and will be disappointed if it doesn’t.

Let’s hope your sense of irony outweighs your conceit!

[DopeFiend]

I have so many t-shirts I couldn't justify buying more - a Fugitive and Sexy Northerner (even though I am not one) would be fun though.

Sounds like it was a blast last night. Super jelly of everyone who went and is going tonight.

I like to think I am a Sexy Northerner. I definitely qualify for the second part through place of birth and have been told more than once and by different people that I qualify for the first. So if/when that t-shirt appears in the PSB online store, I am buying one. And I will wear it in public. And I hope it starts conversations with strangers and will be disappointed if it doesn’t.

Let’s hope your sense of irony outweighs your conceit!

Yeah it's funny to think of wearing these song title t-shirts.
"Hey guys, I'm a ___" Young Offender, Fugitive, Sexy Northener.
Hey guys, I'm Jack the Lad.
It has to be deliberate, selecting song names that are applicable in this way.

[Richard-Eastham]

I have so many t-shirts I couldn't justify buying more - a Fugitive and Sexy Northerner (even though I am not one) would be fun though.

Sounds like it was a blast last night. Super jelly of everyone who went and is going tonight.

I like to think I am a Sexy Northerner. I definitely qualify for the second part through place of birth and have been told more than once and by different people that I qualify for the first. So if/when that t-shirt appears in the PSB online store, I am buying one. And I will wear it in public. And I hope it starts conversations with strangers and will be disappointed if it doesn’t.

Let’s hope your sense of irony outweighs your conceit!

What's irony?