Original video located here. Accessed 1st December 2024
Song title: Under the Milky Way Tonight
Artist: The Church
Year: 1988
Why I like this song:
Last night I went and saw the Church live.
I have some things to say about this gig so allow me to resort to dot points:
- I saw some goths in the line to go in. I never regarded The Church as a goth band but they seem to be well regarded among the goths. Can someone confirm this?
- Fitting I see the Saints and the Church in the same week
- Speaking of the Saints, if one could make the argument that the Saints are currently their own tribute act, it does raise the question if the same could be said about the Church: Mainstays Peter Koppes and Marty Wilson-Piper are both gone and in their place is one third of Even and one fifth of Powderfinger.
- The final song was Under the Milky Way Tonight although it is doubtful the audience would've let them leave without playing it. What is surprising is that it was the only song off the Starfish album
- Conversely there were seven songs from the Blurred Crusade album. Does Steve Kilbey think more highly of that one?
Still it was a great show and one that I am glad to have seen. Even if this was a different band than it does in the eighties, all on stage delivered. Also I have never so much elation for The Unguarded Moment.