Robyn and Emma's house
Details
- Date
- February 01, 2023
- Venue
- Robyn and Emma's house London, England
- Billed As
- Robyn Hitchcock
- Gig Type
- Online
- Guests
- Emma Swift
Notes
'Live from Tubby's House' online show on Mandolin.com.
About 20 minutes before the main show Robyn did a couple of songs on Instagram Live
Set List
- No Reply The Beatles on Instagram live
- The Crawling on Instagram live
- The Shuffle Man
- When I Was Dead
- One Day (It's Being Scheduled)
- Everybody's Been Burned The Byrds
- Almost Cut My Hair Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Sometimes a Blonde with Emma Swift
- Queen Elvis with Emma Swift
- Goodnight Oslo
- Some Body
- You and Oblivion
- Socrates in Thin Air with Emma Swift
- Surfer Ghost
- The Ghost Ship
- More Than This Roxy Music
- Instrumental Raga Improvised
Reviews
Review by Steve McGowan from Zub Records
Robyn opened by playing a bit of an instrumental, then launched into an energetic ‘Shuffle Man,’ propulsive and fun, he tore through the subject track of his latest album, Shufflemania! He discussed that cats Ringo and Tubby were nowhere to be seen, then Emma (off camera) asked him to move his chair, for a better camera angle, then he played the funeral song ‘When I Was Dead,’ one of my favorite songs, featuring a strong vocal Next was ‘One Day (It’s Been Scheduled)’ a poppy and pleasant new song. In Memoriam, next up was a David Crosby “twofer,” a beautifully picked ‘Everybody’s Been Burned,’ and an angsty ‘Almost Cut My Hair,’ sung in a high register.
Emma Swift appeared and the duo thanked the Fancy Feast Fund contributors (tips designated for cat food), and after a chat started into ‘Almost A Blonde,’ a dark song with a descending chord pattern. Emma rejoined the party with Tubby, the one-eyed Scottish Fold, who promptly charged off camera. Em and Reg joked about Robyn’s songs, and after a bit, played ‘Socrates In Thin Air’ from Shufflemania!, very upbeat and well done. Tubby was back for a minute and ran away again. Emma brought him back for some “eye contact” while Robyn played a sad ‘Surfer Ghost,’ very folky. From here. He played ‘Ghost Ship.’ Then ‘Dark and Bones,’ droney and very Velvets-like. This one attracted Tubby to the seat next to Robin. [NOTE it's not clear what song is being indicated here, others who saw this show noted that Ghost Ship led directly into More Than This... ed.] Mentioning Phil Manzanera’s birthday, he played a beautiful ‘More Than This,’ saying goodbye at the end, he moved to his old 50’s Kay guitar, with a twangy bridge that does sound like a sitar, and did his ‘Raga-out’ extended instrumental, said goodbye again, petted and picked up Tubby, and went off camera. This was another great Swiftcock livestream. Robyn never ceases to amaze with a huge quality of top-notch melodic, whimsical, surreal, heartfelt songs. Emma is the special vocal sauce, the spice in the curry. This is as well as handling sound, pacing, and wrangling cats and chat rooms. As with last week’s show, they continue to get stronger each week.
Robyn opened by playing a bit of an instrumental, then launched into an energetic ‘Shuffle Man,’ propulsive and fun, he tore through the subject track of his latest album, Shufflemania! He discussed that cats Ringo and Tubby were nowhere to be seen, then Emma (off camera) asked him to move his chair, for a better camera angle, then he played the funeral song ‘When I Was Dead,’ one of my favorite songs, featuring a strong vocal Next was ‘One Day (It’s Been Scheduled)’ a poppy and pleasant new song. In Memoriam, next up was a David Crosby “twofer,” a beautifully picked ‘Everybody’s Been Burned,’ and an angsty ‘Almost Cut My Hair,’ sung in a high register.
Emma Swift appeared and the duo thanked the Fancy Feast Fund contributors (tips designated for cat food), and after a chat started into ‘Almost A Blonde,’ a dark song with a descending chord pattern. Emma rejoined the party with Tubby, the one-eyed Scottish Fold, who promptly charged off camera. Em and Reg joked about Robyn’s songs, and after a bit, played ‘Socrates In Thin Air’ from Shufflemania!, very upbeat and well done. Tubby was back for a minute and ran away again. Emma brought him back for some “eye contact” while Robyn played a sad ‘Surfer Ghost,’ very folky. From here. He played ‘Ghost Ship.’ Then ‘Dark and Bones,’ droney and very Velvets-like. This one attracted Tubby to the seat next to Robin. [NOTE it's not clear what song is being indicated here, others who saw this show noted that Ghost Ship led directly into More Than This... ed.] Mentioning Phil Manzanera’s birthday, he played a beautiful ‘More Than This,’ saying goodbye at the end, he moved to his old 50’s Kay guitar, with a twangy bridge that does sound like a sitar, and did his ‘Raga-out’ extended instrumental, said goodbye again, petted and picked up Tubby, and went off camera. This was another great Swiftcock livestream. Robyn never ceases to amaze with a huge quality of top-notch melodic, whimsical, surreal, heartfelt songs. Emma is the special vocal sauce, the spice in the curry. This is as well as handling sound, pacing, and wrangling cats and chat rooms. As with last week’s show, they continue to get stronger each week.