(techno music) (bright music) (alternative rock music) ♪ I am me and everywhere tonight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ I am me and everywhere tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ In the trails made by giant ships ♪ ♪ In the sway of a teddy girl's hips ♪ ♪ In the curl of a teddy boy's lips ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ In the trails the aeroplanes make ♪ ♪ In an old age pensioner's cake ♪ ♪ I'm not here for just anyone's sake ♪ ♪ Tonight, tonight ♪ ♪ In the places nobody goes ♪ ♪ I'll be there with a very long nose ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ Where nobody sees ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ I'm under the trees ♪ ♪ It's alright ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ I've waited so long ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ ♪ If nothing goes wrong ♪ ♪ It's alright ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Tonight ♪ (alternative rock music) - [Attendee] Whoa.

♪ And when you're older looking around ♪ ♪ You will hear a familiar sound ♪ ♪ I'll be gone, but I'll still be around ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ And when you turn the key to your door ♪ ♪ Someone's been inside there before ♪ ♪ It was me, but you don't know what for ♪ ♪ Tonight, tonight ♪ ♪ In the back of a broken-down car ♪ ♪ On the rim of a vacuum jar ♪ ♪ I'll be with you wherever you are ♪ ♪ Tonight, tonight ♪ ♪ I'll be with you wherever you are ♪ ♪ Tonight, tonight ♪ ♪ Tonight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Tonight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Tonight ♪ - Thank you.

(attendees cheer and clap) (attendee faintly speaking) (alternative rock music) ♪ I was walking up Sixth Avenue ♪ ♪ When Balloon Man came right up to me ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ He was round and fat and spherical ♪ ♪ With the biggest grin I'd ever seen ♪ ♪ He lumbered up toward me ♪ ♪ But before we could be introduced ♪ ♪ He blew up very suddenly ♪ ♪ I guess his name was probably Bruce ♪ ♪ So I laughed like I always do ♪ ♪ And I cried like I cried for you ♪ ♪ And Balloon Man blew up in my hand ♪ ♪ He spattered me with tomatoes, hummus ♪ ♪ Chick peas, and some strips of skin ♪ ♪ So I made a right on 44th ♪ ♪ And I washed my hands when I got in ♪ ♪ And it rained like a slow divorce ♪ ♪ And I wish I had eaten your course ♪ ♪ And Balloon Man blew up in my hand ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ I was walking up Sixth Avenue ♪ ♪ When Balloon Man blew up in my face ♪ ♪ There were loads of them on Bryant Park ♪ ♪ So I didn't feel out of place ♪ ♪ There must have been a plague of them ♪ ♪ On the TV when I came home late ♪ ♪ They were guzzling marshmallows ♪ ♪ And they're jumping off the Empire State ♪ ♪ So I laughed like I always do ♪ ♪ And I cried like I cried for you ♪ ♪ And Balloon Man blew up in my hand ♪ ♪ Yeah, Balloon Man blew up in my hand ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) Thank you.

(attendees cheer and clap) (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ Well I don't know what you're thinking ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ What you're thinking can't be true ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ But I do know what you're feeling ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ What you're feeling isn't you ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ And I wonder what you're doing ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ What you're doing can't be wrong ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ But I do know it's my ruin ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ And my ruins must go on ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god ♪ ♪ I feel alright ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god ♪ ♪ The night's alight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Little Perry he is normcore ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Oh, yes, he is normcore to the bone ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ And if you ask him, hey, Perry, what's your name for ♪ ♪ He'll say, well, it's so I never have to walk alone ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god ♪ ♪ I feel alright ♪ ♪ Here in the palace of the feathery serpent god ♪ ♪ The night's alight ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ I feel alright ♪ ♪ I feel alright ♪ ♪ I feel alright, yeah ♪ ♪ I feel alright, yeah ♪ ♪ The night's alight ♪ (attendees cheer and clap) I think of myself as primarily an acoustic performer.

But when you're young, you wanna make a lot of noise.

And you wanna see what it's like having a electric guitar around your neck, and wires everywhere and amps, and all of that.

And I think it's always good to do things people aren't expecting - Yeah.

- to some degree.

And the ritual of...

The more apparatus you have, the further you are from the audience.

So, if you've got amplifiers and PAs, and microphones, you are literally behind a sort of screen of objects, and you exist.

You're kind of magnified by this sound and exalted by the volume that you can generate.

And of course dwarfed, if you're a big act, by a screen showing a huge version of you on the stage behind you.

So, there's Paul McCartney, who's a kind of little, an ant, but you're watching, you're not looking at Paul, you're looking at the screen Paul.

So, it's all big.

But actually, what's it like if you take all that stuff away?

I mean, obviously, you can't do that if you're playing a stadium, but you could probably do it playing city stages.

And I can do it here.

So, it's all about intimacy.

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(alternative rock music) ♪ Lost Madonna of the Wasps ♪ (attendee cheers) ♪ I wonder where we crossed ♪ ♪ I wonder where she lost me ♪ ♪ Lost Madonna of the Wasps, she's dying in the frost ♪ ♪ I wonder, what she cost me ♪ ♪ Is this love ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Gone Madonna of the swans, she waves a magic wand ♪ ♪ And then she settles on me ♪ ♪ Wise Madonna of the flies, I look into her eyes ♪ ♪ She doesn't recognize me ♪ ♪ Is this love ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Is this love ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ Lost Madonna of the Wasps, I wonder, where we crossed ♪ ♪ I wonder, why she lost me ♪ ♪ Lost Madonna of the Wasps, she's dying in the frost ♪ ♪ I wonder, what she cost me ♪ ♪ Is this love ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Is this love ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) Thanks.

(attendees cheer and clap) (guitar strums) ♪ My wife lies down on a stairs ♪ ♪ Stares into air ♪ ♪ I know she's there ♪ ♪ I'm making coffee for two ♪ ♪ Just me and you ♪ ♪ Coffee for two ♪ ♪ But I come back in with coffee for three ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Coffee for three ♪ ♪ My dead wife sits in a chair ♪ ♪ Combing her hair ♪ ♪ I know she's there ♪ ♪ She wanders off to the bed ♪ ♪ Shaking her head ♪ ♪ Robyn, she said ♪ ♪ You know I don't take sugar ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ My wife and my dead wife ♪ ♪ Am I the only one that sees her ♪ ♪ My wife and my dead wife ♪ ♪ Doesn't anybody see her at all ♪ ♪ No, no-no, no, no, no, no, whoo ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ My wife sits down on the stairs ♪ ♪ She's peeling a pear ♪ ♪ I know she's there ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm drilling holes in the wall ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Little holes in the wall ♪ ♪ I turn round and my dead wife's upstairs ♪ ♪ She's still wearing flares ♪ ♪ She talks out loud but no one hears ♪ ♪ My wife and my dead wife ♪ ♪ Am I the only one that sees her ♪ ♪ My wife and my dead wife ♪ ♪ Doesn't anybody see her at all ♪ ♪ No, no-no, no, no, no, no, whoo ♪ ♪ And I can't decide which one I love the most ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ The flesh and blood or the pale, smiling ghost ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ My wife lies down on the beach ♪ ♪ We're sharing a peach ♪ ♪ She's out of reach ♪ ♪ Of the waves that crash on the sand ♪ ♪ Where my dead wife stands ♪ ♪ Holding my hand ♪ ♪ Now my wife can't swim ♪ ♪ But neither could she ♪ ♪ And deep in the sea ♪ ♪ She's waiting for me ♪ ♪ She's waiting for me ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Oh, I'm such a lucky guy ♪ ♪ Because I've got you baby and I'll never be lonely ♪ ♪ My wife and my dead wife ♪ ♪ Am I the only one that sees her ♪ ♪ My wife and my dead wife ♪ ♪ Doesn't anybody see her at all ♪ Thank you.

(attendees cheer and clap) The thing I miss most playing solo is harmonies.

But actually, my wife, Emma, is now singing harmony with me for the last third of the show, which is great.

And we've sung a lot together.

We have our weekly streaming show that we've done on and off since the pandemic.

And Emma is a great, she's a real singer.

I'm what they call a stylist.

I've got my own way of doing it.

And I've got the atmosphere that my voice conjures up, which is all well and good, but Em can actually sing.

So, when you put the pair of us there, we're both lead vocalists, so it's good.

It's like The Everly Brothers or something, you know?

And the thing I like most in my songs is harmonies, which I can't do on my own.

(alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ Seems like you were in a glass hotel ♪ ♪ It seems like, it seems like ♪ ♪ Seems like there was someone else as well ♪ ♪ It seems like, it seems ♪ ♪ It seems like everything was going well ♪ ♪ It seems like, it seems like ♪ ♪ You were up there in your glass hotel ♪ ♪ It seems like, it seems ♪ (alternative rock music) (attendee cheers) ♪ Oh, the radio was playing ♪ ♪ In the darkness of the hall ♪ ♪ There was someone standing with you ♪ ♪ Who just wasn't there at all ♪ ♪ And you were laughing ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ Oh, telephone was ringing ♪ ♪ In a corridor of blue ♪ ♪ A geranium came out of it ♪ ♪ Reminded me of you ♪ ♪ And I was crying ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Seems like you were in a glass hotel ♪ ♪ It seems like, it seems like ♪ ♪ Seems like there was someone else as well ♪ ♪ It seems like a dream ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Oh, there's nothing in the future ♪ ♪ And there's nothing in the past ♪ ♪ There is only this one moment ♪ ♪ And you've got to make it last ♪ ♪ And you were laughing ♪ ♪ In a glass hotel ♪ (attendees cheer and clap) (attendees faintly speaking) (alternative rock music) ♪ Blinking on and off, it's the Queen of Eyes ♪ ♪ With a carapace shell and her black lace thighs ♪ ♪ I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Lucky the Pig is out on a limb ♪ ♪ He's looking for someone to investigate him ♪ ♪ I don't know why he never gets anywhere with you ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Here I am again, it's no surprise ♪ ♪ I'm locked in orbit round the Queen of Eyes ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ All I ever got from her was lies ♪ ♪ In this horrible age of abuse and decay ♪ ♪ It's good to know that somebody is looking okay ♪ ♪ I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you ♪ (alternative rock music) ♪ Yay ♪ (alternative rock music) (alternative rock music continues) ♪ Blinking on and off, it's the Queen of Eyes ♪ ♪ With a carapace shell and her black lace thighs ♪ ♪ I don't know why she never gets anywhere ♪ ♪ I don't know why she never gets anywhere ♪ ♪ I don't know why she never gets anywhere with you ♪ (alternative rock music) (attendees cheer and clap) - Robyn Hitchcock.

(attendees cheer and clap) - And Miss Emma Swift.

- Thank you so much, folks.

(attendees cheer and clap) - [Attendee 2] That was awesome.

(attendees cheer and clap)