lily allen - ancienne belgique - 080509

miss allen, who's picture by nadav kander i saw hanging in london's national portrait gallery just last week, in brussels tonight, opening with everything's at it, in an electro-trash version with a nice 4 step pirouette during the breaks, first on high heels, but these soon changed for white sneakers cause they hurt like hell, followed with a laugh, which she did often, a loud laugher, our lily ... then mostly songs of her new album, a mix of a hurt soul, like how she sang often, and a young woman knowing what she wants, which reflects in her personal & smart lyrics ... with the mic on the stand, she gets the most out of her voice, which was going from low (mine & wine) to high (smile & dreams) ... one time sounding a bit out of tune during ldn, maybe deliberately, like wanting it to be over, and (luckily) changing rapidly in go back to the start, sounding superb, with perfect timing in her singing on top of the rapid guitar strokes, and out of breath after jumping up, nice to see that live is live ... best her magnificent the fear, the middle fingers in fuck you, where is the time when i was shouting that in rage towards the stage, now with a smile and moving with the easy rhythm, her one time change of outfit, after the regular part of the set (which she ended with this is the last song and a wink), in a loose shirt and jeans, take a note of that, soul divas ... and the cigarette lit at the acoustic part of the set, never thought of that as something acoustic, and not out of pose but just to enjoy ... like beautiful lilies ...