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I have just seen Pink in her Australian "Funhouse" Show and I was totally blown away. The DVD is packed with songs and extras but the best part, for me, was the section were she and some other musicians sat at the front of the stage to perform.
The show kicked off with a rendition of Ac/Dc's "Highway to Hell". Well performed, if somewhat abbreviated. The rest of her cast of support dancers and backup singers then gradually appeared one or two at a time as the intro began for her next song and Pink rose from beneath the stage being hoisted into the air on a cord, to begin singing while suspended about 10 meters in the air hanging by one arm.
The colors and costumes are something akin to Moulin' Rouge yet the stage performance was far more dynamic. The choreography was so clearly defined and well rehearsed it was hard to know where to look. Right from the start of this energetic show Pink exuded a personality all her own and was clearly enjoying every minute almost as much as the screaming audience.
"Just like a pill" was the next song to be belted out, including a little audience interaction and a great deal of movement around the large stage. It is about now that you start to realize this woman is in fantastic shape. To skip, dance, run, roll about on the floor and not miss a beat is a task in itself, but she looks fantastic and unphased by all this rigorous exercise. I ran out of breath just watching her.
She quickly transitioned into the next track with hardly a sweat and proceeded to punch out hit after hit while interacting with the crowd the whole time. The backup singers were brilliant and the lead guitarist is a very talented man indeed. Many old favorites, including "Don't let me get me" and "Don't leave me"were performed to a high standard while giving various members of her supporting performers a little limelight as she went. A guitar solo and some interaction with the awesome drummer were just a couple of highlights from this early portion of the show.
Pink then moved on to do a rendition of Chrissy Amphlet's "I touch myself", which was performed in a manner that can only be described as sensual. I won't spoil it for you but you must see this to truly understand. Pink revealed during the backstage part of the DVD that she actually forgot the words to this song and spent the 20 seconds or so walking across stage to the set trying to remember how the song started.
More of her well known hits followed, all performed in the the same vibrant, energetic way. Costume changes, brilliant choreography, audience interaction, it all maintained the same level of intensity throughout track after track.
Although some of her tracks include a little colorful language, I believe it is generally in context and not simply thrown in for "shock" value as some people suggest.
The stage performances by her supporting dancers included a pillow fight that Pink vows will not happen again. She later said she felt like she was singing the next few tracks with feathers on her face. One of those tracks was "Family portrait", a personal favorite of mine, and while it still sounded excellent you could see she was indeed having trouble with airborne feathers.
After Family portrait came my favorite part of the show. Pink was seated at the front edge of the stage with 4 outstanding musicians and simply sang, without all the costumes and dancers etc. Backup musicians for the first track included Eva Gardner (Bass), Jessy Green (Violin), Justin Derrico aka Spanky (acoustic guitar), Mark Schulman (Cello). Paul Mirkovich, who is the musical director for the entire show, gave some support from the dark recesses of the stage on Piano. Eva, Jessy and Mark departed then to be replaced by Stacy and Jenny (backup singers) for the rest of the set.
Several songs later, including an outstanding rendition of "Trouble", and Pink went back to costume, Mark Schulman went back to drums, Spanky turfed the acoustic guitar in favor of his lead guitar and Eva returned to bass guitar for a Led Zepplin classic and the whole show took to life again. Dancers, costumes, colors, lights, trapeze, silks, ropes, bungees, truly amazing stuff.
Another highlight was a brilliant rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody". I, for one, thought Freddie Mercury nailed that song but this performance sounds every bit as good. "Funhouse", "Crazy" and "Get this party started" brought this 1 hour 50 minute spectacular to a close.
The extras on the DVD were also well worth viewing, with some insight into just what an interesting and personable lady Pink is.
For more of my views on Music, Health Care, Self Improvement and other stuff, Visit my home page at: http://www.colinfbrennan.com
Thank you.
Colin F Brennan.
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