The Church Under The Milky Way Live Easy Street Records Seattle Sat March 18, 2023 Hypnogogue Tour

[@nymike06]

This is great! Love The Church and this epic song!

[@MrMudEagle]

This song is poetry. Sweet melancholy. I rediscovered it some time back, and it haunts me every time I listen to it.

[@ryandeboer9584]

This is one of my favorite songs . They still got it.

[@Carol-D.1324]

I put my ear buds in..pop up this song from the’90’s..lay back, close my eyes and just vibe. Some songs just touch your soul.

[@ribamaroliveira3125]

Congratulations from Brazil and you made a song that will last forever!!!!!!!

[@PugetSoundPete]

One of my favorite '80s songs!

[@jaspersagal1794]

Brings back my High School Days.

[@woodslasher]

OMG INCREDIBLE GUYS !this song moves me !

[@johnmacleod7789]

Forever iconic!!

[@godisgreatalways7418]

I love this song! Wish they came around my neck of the woods.

[@thehellbentworm]

superb beautiful song

[@bandit3837]

So Many great songs by The Church. Ripple somes to mind. Best albums: Priest=Aura., and then Starfish and Heyday

[@t.o.408]

Heyday is a perfect album. I wish I could have seen them on that tour.

[@housebandthexenos2569]

Yes and in that order too! "Grind" is so good and it rarely gets talked about. Heydey as an overall album I like better than Starfish but the songs that ARE great are iconically great like "Reptile" and Under the Milky Way of course and then you have blood money and destination two more fantastic songs. there's no way you can put an album with those songs third in a list and you definitely can't put Priest = Aura, a true masterpiece from begining to end and as a whole, 2nd.

[@BlumpkinPrince]

Hologram Of Baal is fantastic too, feels like the artier sequel to Starfish

[@lilyhannshanns3484]

Lovely song❤❤

[@Get_Playing_Guitar_in_90_days]

Always loved this song..:) Brings back memories..

[@caliblue2]

Awww I love them so much😘😍I wish I knew what I was looking for💜

[@damonicajones4396]

They sound good!!!!!❤❤❤great song.

[@mrmele]

A timeless classic in a great version. Under The Milky Way is one of the songs I can listen to hundreds of times (and play it also myself on the guitar) and never get tired of. The Church is in my eyes one of the best bands ever - completely underrated, especially here in Europe.

[@alonys]

Great version!

[@thomasmurray1872]

This song inspired me to write a poem.

[@iracer9395]

One of the best songs of the era. Just hits on all cylinders. The album production was incredible. Could listen to it forever

[@Bobainthome]

I am pissed off that I missed this: The Church is my top 3 bands of all time...

[@damnyankeefl]

my 80s alt cover band starts every gig with this song. it's so good. thank you to the church for creating it

[@lynnc637]

Awesome!

[@tcollier5460]

Just a great tune, epic!

[@richardjames1946]

Great song and a wonderful band. Wish Columbus could see us now 😉😉🌠🤠🌌

[@andyinoregon]

This song always puts tears of joy in my eyes. Reminds me of John Lennon at his very best.

[@jedhatcher252]

Interesting cause it kinda does seem like a Lennon song.

[@wacamole76]

Beautiful 🎵

[@LaurieShick-qp8xm]

Still GREAT ❤❤❤

[@mberge1]

great live song

[@AudazPicaFumo]

My❤ Band. Best

[@kottmeier]

oh rats! missed it by a month! LOVE this song!!!!

[@david415webb]

Starfish...One of my 80's desert island must haves....

[@bigbadbootydaddy515]

Same

[@AdrianoPassador]

Música linda!!! Quantas recordações. Lindas recordações.

[@smokycharizma]

Love this version, thanks for posting!

[@no2thenwo737]

I just saw these guys at The Triffid in Brisbane and they have still got it. What a great gig!

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

The audience around them saw something priceless. Many probably for the first time since they heard this tune in 1988 can say they were finally hearing the tune from the horse's mouth.

[@luizantoniogoncalves9738]

💓.....adoro esse estilo.

[@willemf58]

Timeless song, nice band with lots of chemistry interesting drumkit!

[@paulhewson4600]

The whole album is great! Great job!

[@malleebull75]

Yeah right on. I enjoyed that.

[@claudiaandreaalvarez6439]

❤❤

[@TSPH1992]

That's a pretty good performance.

[@KaiPonte]

Wow, Steve is playing a bass with frets.

[@rickbowman21]

Great!

[@slshusker]

Ladies and germs...we are officially close to getting old...in about thirty years.

[@keeponcruisin7876]

This song and Radiohead Creep will be played at my funeral. #GenXcirca71

[@adolforeyes4798]

❤

[@geosor4268]

Ian thanks for your guitar pic in tacoma. You guys should include a powder finger song in your set sometimes!

[@karenglenn6707]

I adore Ian! Great guitarist!

[@ErikPortland]

Oh man. They didn't do this one at Music Millennium.

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

🌌🔭😎

[@peteraudley5628]

Shame they only got the sound on a mobile phone but good for you lads .👍

[@DougMcDave]

I thought I may have spotted him at a restaurant in New Mexico the other day. I could not put my finger on why he looked familiar!

[@brad7869]

Must have been a doppleganger. I saw The Church play in Fremantle last Sunday and they are in Melbourne and Sydney thius weekend to wind up their Australian tour.

[@Dimensaovocal]

A show they did do

[@ivanl.8201]

Kudos to Kilbey for still performing; he's close to 70 y.o., and it's quite admirable to see him out there still. But he seems to be struggling here. His voice is a bit off-pitch and off-rhythm. The rest of the band seems tight enough, but I sure miss seeing Marty Wilson Piper and Peter Koppes play. Even though I still would have loved to see this live, I am actually far more interested in Kilbey's collaboration with Martin Kennedy than his work with The Church at this point. I think the only one left from the old band other than Kilbey is the drummer.

[@vidsforsquids]

It’s live and what you call “off-rhythm” is something a lot of singers do when performing live and playing an instrument at the same time. Imagine singing this song as many times as he has. The same ole gets old. I’m confident he could walk into a studio and throw that vocal down with ease the same as we’ve heard it played multitudes of times.

[@ivanl.8201]

@@vidsforsquids I definitely get that, and Kilbey is still going to stay as one of my absolutely most favorite musicians and songwriters of all time, regardless of this particular performance. And yes, it is live, but what makes this hard is that this song was written way back when Richard Ploog was drumming for them, and his drumming was so tight and almost machine-like. It was almost like having a darn metronome behind you. And Ploog left decades ago, but that tight 4/4 drumbeat is still there along with a very propulsive bass line, and I personally don't think such dialed-in rhythm section benefits Kilbey's poetic, stream-of-consciousness style as much. At least, not in this performance. It's just my personal opinion, and maybe it would have been a little better if their drummer sat this one out or played some sort of a looser shuffle. But I understand what you're saying, and they're playing here in the States (Seattle), and sadly, outside of a few select places in the US, so many still don't know who they are, and maybe only know them for this song and for "Reptile". Maybe they know them for "Metropolis", too. And I could see Kilbey in particular being bored and tired of being expected to play this at every US venue b/c not many people know the band's catalog all that well.

[@mOoFiShs]

@@ivanl.8201 Yea that Kilby Kennedy material is very very good!

[@nickmoore6727]

One Guitarist is Ashley Naylor .. Also plays in RocKwiz Orchestra. Check RocKwiz (Oz TV show ) on YTube..great music show and the resident band. Some great covers.

[@tallyankeegal]

Anybody know the identity of the picture frame lady?

[@michaeltrochalakis6526]

The photographer whose pictures are in the background is Karen Mason Blair. She photographed a lot of famous Seattle bands in the 1990’s.

[@mikeyperki]

Where's Tim?

[@nansenscat9315]

The Church? Did the singer fire the rest of the original band?

[@Chris-yk1mm]

No, they left Kilbey. Willson-Piper left ten years ago. Koppes left a couple years ago. Rumor has it that Powles got stuck in Australia because of visa issues.

[@ChernobieffPiano]

@@Chris-yk1mm Just goes to show everyone is replaceable.

[@RogerBrenon]

@@Chris-yk1mm Why did they leave?

[@BlumpkinPrince]

@@RogerBrenon My understanding is that Marty WP left because of some disagreements with Steve about money and labels... he didn't officially leave the band, but ghosted them until they realized he wasn't coming back. I think Peter Koppes left because he was tired of it, seemed more amicable with him. Tim Powles still the drummer.

[@MrThebigplay]

Love the song ..but he doesn't sound at all like the original? Is that the original vocalists?😮

[@michaeltrochalakis6526]

He is the original vocalist.

[@RomeKG471]

Wish he would have sang it like did in the eighties, this is dull.....