Goldfrapp Glitters @ the Orpheum!
Sunday night I went to see Goldfrapp live at the Orpheum Theater downtown, on tour for their new album Seventh Tree.
This theater is BEAUTIFUL. It's so classic and ornate...apparently it's just been renovated. Everything is lined with gold or adorned with stained glass. It's a true art deco treasure. It's filled with vintage peacock statues, chic red velvet chairs, plush seashell couches in the lobby, and the walls are covered in sculptural forms. Everywhere you look are thoughtfully glamorous details...carved faces and swirl designs in the railings, golden fleur-de-lis wallpaper, glowing blue corridors with stained glass exit signs, and mermaids in the chandeliers. The ceiling alone was pure eye candy!
And these were our seats...the best in the house! Couldn't believe it! I could see EVERYTHING. I could see Allison Goldfrapp's glittery face paint, and all her facial expressions, the details of everyone's costumes, as well as the notes on the stage, everything backstage...and if I turned around, I could see the sea of faces...almost what it must have looked like from onstage. We were perched just over the edge of the stage, but jutting out far enough that nothing was cut off.
During the second song, A&E, Allison actually looked up, raised her wine glass and toasted me! She looked straight at me...and that is when I first realized that she could hear my cheering and see me dancing, because I was so freaking close!
The concert was AMAZING! They sounded so good! They played all the songs off Seventh Tree, and a few from Supernature. The crowd was wild when she played Ooh La La and Number 1.
The scene was folksy mixed with carnival chic. The harps and violins added a unique lyrical magic, while Allison Goldfrapp danced around the stage bare foot in a fashionable clown dress, before a maypole topped with deer antlers.
It was such an awesome night!!!!!!!!!
Photos courtesy of http://www.laorpheum.com, http://www.goldfrapp.com, and http://www.flickr.com/photos/otterfreak/orp
