Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space pretty much sound-tracked my final year at University. From the moment Kate Radley's dead-pan and dreamy announcement kicks off the album, I am soaring amongst the comets.. and so it was when we went to see Jason Pierce (and some people who might or might not be official members of Spiritualized) play the whole record from start to finish. Live. At the Radio City Music Hall.
A splurge on the most expensive tickets was the best credit card purchase I've ever made. We were so close to the stage, and the gospel choir, and the Spaceman himself. The sound was phenomenal. It felt like we had climbed inside the record. It's a heart-break album, but it's also a survival record - with Come Together's galvanizing power, and the indestructible swell of I Think I'm in Love.
I cried at least three times and had goose bumps throughout. Sometimes I wish I had the power to slow time right down. Then I could have enjoyed every note a little more.
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