Robyn and Emma's house
Details
- Date
- June 30, 2021
- Venue
- Robyn and Emma's house London, England
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Gig Type
- Concert
Notes
'Sweet Home Quarantine' online show on StageIt.com.
No Emma Swift at this show as she was in Australia.
Set List
- Clean Steve Robyn on harmonica
- I Wanna Go Backwards
- I Got the Hots medley
- I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby Captain Beefheart medley
- Eerie Green Storm Lantern medley
- Positive Vibrations Robyn playing slide guitar
- A Globe of Frogs
- Ole! Tarantula Robyn on harmonica
- Terrapin Syd Barrett
- Insanely Jealous
- Gene Hackman with updated lyrics that referenced Julia Roberts rather than Andie MacDowell
- Winchester
- Queen of Eyes
Reviews
Review by Steve McGowan from Zub Records
Since I have been in the hospital for three months (here’s the story if you're interested (link), I have been absent from SHQ shows for some time, and I really miss them. This week Emma was in Australia, and a chap named Andy Washington took over the technical what-nots. When I tuned in, Reg was playing ‘Clean Steve,’ one of my favorite and most bizarre Robyn songs. ’I Wanna Go Backwards,’ a pretty riff attached to a biblical story involving Elijah and vegetarianism went straight into ’I Got The Hots,’ from the Soft Boys’ legendary Underwater Moonlight, sounding great performed solo. This went straight into Beefheart's ‘I’m Gonna Booglarize You,.Baby,’ a song only RH could do this well.
Robyn went on to explain that Underwater Moonlight turns 41 next year, so we should be hearing more songs from that legendary LP. (Fun fact: when in The Beef People, Adrienne and I turned our very young drummer Rhett onto this record. To this day, it's still in his top five ever!) Continuing the blues theme and Beefheart sound, Reg did a slide-driven version of ‘Positive Vibrations.’
A little more chat, and Reg spilled out a beautiful ‘Globe Of Frogs,’ then ‘Ole Tarantula,’ the zoological portion of the set. Then a jaunty version of Syd Barrett’s ’Terrapin.’ Robyn locked on screen with an intense stare and did a very intense version of ‘Insanely Jealous.’ Nearing the end, he did fan-favorite ‘Gene Hackman and a short version of 'Queen Of Eyes,’ and it was over.
Half of Underwater Moonlight, Beefheart, Barrett, and other Hitchcock gems, all I (and Reg) needed was Emma Swift! Next Week…
-----Steve‘I’m not sure if I’m Gonna Booglarize You,.Baby,’ McGowan
Since I have been in the hospital for three months (here’s the story if you're interested (link), I have been absent from SHQ shows for some time, and I really miss them. This week Emma was in Australia, and a chap named Andy Washington took over the technical what-nots. When I tuned in, Reg was playing ‘Clean Steve,’ one of my favorite and most bizarre Robyn songs. ’I Wanna Go Backwards,’ a pretty riff attached to a biblical story involving Elijah and vegetarianism went straight into ’I Got The Hots,’ from the Soft Boys’ legendary Underwater Moonlight, sounding great performed solo. This went straight into Beefheart's ‘I’m Gonna Booglarize You,.Baby,’ a song only RH could do this well.
Robyn went on to explain that Underwater Moonlight turns 41 next year, so we should be hearing more songs from that legendary LP. (Fun fact: when in The Beef People, Adrienne and I turned our very young drummer Rhett onto this record. To this day, it's still in his top five ever!) Continuing the blues theme and Beefheart sound, Reg did a slide-driven version of ‘Positive Vibrations.’
A little more chat, and Reg spilled out a beautiful ‘Globe Of Frogs,’ then ‘Ole Tarantula,’ the zoological portion of the set. Then a jaunty version of Syd Barrett’s ’Terrapin.’ Robyn locked on screen with an intense stare and did a very intense version of ‘Insanely Jealous.’ Nearing the end, he did fan-favorite ‘Gene Hackman and a short version of 'Queen Of Eyes,’ and it was over.
Half of Underwater Moonlight, Beefheart, Barrett, and other Hitchcock gems, all I (and Reg) needed was Emma Swift! Next Week…
-----Steve‘I’m not sure if I’m Gonna Booglarize You,.Baby,’ McGowan