DavidESQ wrote:
chalkey wrote:
Would love to go to Galway but alas, it's back to normal life now...until next time KT...thanks for another great night ;)
Well, I'm in Galway a few hours before KT takes the stage. Chalkey and Eimear, maybe you could add a few of the funny things which happened last night. KT definitely was "on" with her brand of humor.
I won't have a chance to write down my random thoughts about Dublin or Galway until the flight home tomorrow.

Here's some funny moments - thought I'd better write them down before I forget them

Immediately after Invisible Empire she spoke about the promo video she made for the track. She said that the inspiration behind it was simply that she could indulge in a "Game of Thrones" theme, of which she is apparently a big fan. I think she mentioned that along the way she met someone involved in the actual GOT series, expressed her admiration of it to them and by all accounts she is waiting to here back from them about a possible, but probably unlikely, casting (tongue firmly in cheek here methinks). She went on to say that recently she has been struck by the number of times that images of Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), who has actually appeared in the program, has been stalking her recently, as if rubbing KT's nose in that fact that he has been on the show and she hasnt. A very funny moment from early in the show and from then on she had the audience in the palm of her hand!
At one point, she expressed her love for the Olympia Theatre, describing it as one of her favourite venues in the world. The venue was built in the 1800's and is of classical design with side balconies/boxes reminiscent of those which featured the two old grumpy men from The Muppet Show. KT promised that if she ever played here again she would hire two old men to sit in one of the balconies, dressed in tuxedos, and howl abuse and/or compliments at her at various stages in the show. Now that is a gig that I would love to see!

During Miniature Disasters (first time played in 3 years apparently) she forgot some lyrics, but her ability to cover this up in her own unique, self-deprecating manner, ensured that the audience got behind her even more.
She also had to stop during the Black Horse when she "lost the crowd" while recording the samples during the intro...suffice to say, she recovered with flying colours.
Probably the funniest part was when between two songs, a few members of the audience let out some "whoops" which KT likened to the police car sirens in the US. She went on to compare the "nee-naaahs" of the UK/European sirens to the US sirens - just the kind of random thoughts you'd expect to get at one of her shows. Anyway, before moving on to the next track, she requested that all the audience "whoop" in unison a la US cop car sirens, and we all duly obliged

I know there were other funny moments, which I can't recall now (oh she thanked everyone for not going to see Billy Joel - also playing in Dublin that night - while impersonating his accent in a line or two of "Just the Way You are") but I think it's the most relaxed I've seen her. I would gladly sit and listen to this style of show all night - she truly is remarkable. Oh to be in Galway right now - she's probably taking to the stage right now!