Silverchair - Paint Pastel Princess - Live @ Melbourne, 1999

[teenager17]

this song is epic

[GGiblet]

LYRICS:

It's only self rejection

With a mean left

Cold carbon copied coping

And it's mean theft

That's been left behind

[GGiblet]

Paint pastel princess

Bo and arapax

The shelves when they're broken

I'll beg you, beg you

Waste life when youth is sweeter, neater

Content with contents

Cultures cringing at accents

And it's too tense, camp out (nonsense)

[GGiblet]

She tastes the candy

Sugarless, cancerous

Crave cocaine cop shows

I'll beg you, beg you

But it's all the same to me

But it's all the same to me

But it's all the same to me

But it's all the same to me

[IronRevolution]

Fuck, he was too skinny here =/ I'm glad Daniel is much better and healthy now. Silverchair may be over for some time now, but i'll keep waiting. Young Modern was awesome, and Daniel grew up to be an ever better artist.

[silverchyld]

Nearly brought a tear to my eye. What I wouldn't give to have seen that performance live. Just... perfection. Perfect chemistry, perfect execution of (perfect) vocals. I respect that they grew up and the music changed, but I don't have to like it :S In all seriousness, this will always be my favorite album from pretty much any band at all. And even if I'm 68 and still listening to "angsty" music, then let me be! It's the absolute best.

[HoodedSword]

His voice is so perfect in this...

[BretBaber]

I'm glad they don't make music like Frogstomp anymore because it is their WORST record. 

[pietsen]

@BretBaber HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

[GuitaristJesse2442]

@BretBaber Your an idiot

[wonderstruckx]

Paul Mac isn't gay nor did he ruin Silverchair..when you are band for 17 years your ideas and tastes generally change especially when Silverchair started when Daniel was like 14..i appreciate his (Daniels) musical creativity and his ability to grow and try new things and express himself differently. This album (neon ballroom) is fantastic and definitely my favorite album of all time BUT I love watching them as a band grow.

[420Guitar420]

The intro is just fucking hilarious!

[BLueEyeButterfly]

that was really fucking enjoyable.

[pourradass]

What a performance

[sickenedemotion]

what do you mean fucked up?! he sounds awesome.as always..

[hitsugaya666T]

paul mac is gay

[killblackpregnants]

PAUL MAC DESTROYED SILVERCHAIR!!!! PAUL MAC FUCKIN' FAG!!! GAY!!!

[genesis3ab]

he sounds fucked up! :) i still like it though

[mysticalflutterby]

I was there! I was 15 and it was my first arena concert!

[hitsugaya666T]

upppppppppppppppppppppppppp

[BreakingGlass77]

one of my favorite songs on neon ballroom

[haladar5]

Quite frankly...the recorded version of this song pales in comparison to any live version I have heard of it.

[Yokonono99]

"She tastes the candy

Sugarless, cancerous."

That's my favorite line...I don't know why, just the way he says it.

[wonderstruckx]

and the fact that he plays with that same guitar to this day is awesome <3 silverchair definitely doesnt get enough credit they are a great band and always bring something different each album. i read this quote today that said "the first album was naivete, the second was anger, the third one was depression, and the last one was escapism, Young Modern is all about acceptance"

[MPG350]

@wonderstruckx hope he gets depressed again neon ballroom was my favorite

[musicsquid]

@MPG350 you "hope he gets depressed again" ... He nearly died? Do you want that?

[TylerTProductions]

@wonderstruckx Where did you read this quote if I might ask? I would really like to know please :)

[wonderstruckx]

@TylerTProductions on a phone app for last fm it was in a short bio. im sure you can find it by searching google. i love it :)

[TylerTProductions]

@wonderstruckx Thanks! :)(:

[wonderstruckx]

i love neon ballroom era daniel theres nothing like it haha

[avedic]

he seems so incredibly pilled-out this show. but hey, drugs are indispensable to making good music. fact.

[therenanreislima]

Thumbs up if PC Siqueira sent you here!

[esterdiorama]

@therenanreislima

[y0udiedyesterday]

why cant any other normal guy be like daniel?..

[WhySoSerious55]

I wish this band would get a LOT more cred over here in the US because everything they have done has been simply amazing. None of that cookie cutter crap they produce state side exists in the band Silverchair, which is just great. They are truly unique and I will always love them for that.

[KayPeace000]

His shirt is a little ridiculous.

[BLueEyeButterfly]

@KayPeace000 he is rediculous. and pulls it off rediculously well.

[KekaChair]

Viciei em Paint Pastel Princess!♥ Quero Silverchair no Brasil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zeronova77]

I love Silverchair, and Daniel, but I hate how he does that pointing thing when hes trying to look all cool by taking his hand off the guitar. Looks so gay.

[Daz80]

hes a good guitarist

[ivanbrfr]

Hello Aus!

[OutcastMKD]

the song is not difficult to play, it's all about the guitar tuning, but Daniel is great guitarist , there are better of course but it's not everything in how good you play or how fast you play the guitar, it's all about how good musician are you and how good your ideas for writing songs are, Silverchair is one of the best bands for me because of their crazy music lines and great songs

[crackthesky146]

people dont understand how difficult this song is to play. he is absolutely one of the most underrated guitarists.

[legendofakira]

actually he is one of the most under rated musicians. because he does it with dynamically original vocals. at least he is hugely under rated in the U.S.

[AceGuitarR7]

its a pretty easy song actually. but the thing that makes daniel a great guitarist for me is how good his vocals fit with the guitar riffs. i think hes under rated in that sense. and his lyrics and music arragement. like what he did with diorama. and i believe that hes mostly self taught.

[crazysillystupid]

god i wish this was the album version 2:45-2:59 is amazing, he has such good control over his voice. i wanted them to play this song so bad when i saw them but they mostly just played their new stuff :( that was still awesome tho

[420Guitar420]

Daniel Johns is a musical genius. How many musicians can write songs like Emotion Sickness and Paint Pastel Princess in their teens?

[Vincent4Life90]

Daniel Johns is definately an underrated players. This performance bears testament to that.

[chrisissince1985]

people don't realise that he can't just grow his hair back and turn into some kind of super punk rockstar, besides if he did he would be the joke of the music industry

[tropcis]

pendejo paul mac es chido¡¡

ayudo en diorama¡¡

,,buenoo NEVERMIND

que buena cancion¡¡

$ilverchair¡

[LoveDanielJohns]

hate paul mac!!! please bring back my old daniel n silverchair music!!

[gregna]

Some of the stuff on Diorama is great, some stufff I can't get into, but at least they are evolving, especially after the early backlash... props for that. But yeah, Neon Ballroom is great. Definitely their best overall. Great comeback. Rock on Silverchair!

[oscarclash]

wonderful...

[slowfuse]

i wish he would stop being a faggot and be cool like this again

kill paul mac

[Musique68]

You know this odd thing happens to people and they GROW UP...Daniel's not a little boy anymore, he's man so deal with it. I saw them twice last year and I wouldn't trade the way he looks now for the skinny little kid he was.

[shetastesthecandy]

right on musique68

[mmasterrulz]

he might look better but that dosen't mean his music is better....

[gwenhirai]

Brings back memories...i love daniel johns.

[genesis3ab]

hes so talented and i obsessed over daniel johns for a long time

[SideSpin11]

"that was great, but I couldn't understand" hahahaha

[wirsindhelden0]

every time i hear this song i die. then come back to life and think, "that was the best death anyone could wish for."

this is perfect.

[14ed14ed]

Neon Ballroom is a (sad) dream :)

[aenidema]

"What...? hu! Hello Australia... Thanks."

hahahahaha!!!

Whats the problem whit Dan?

[14ed14ed]

lol

The antidepressants make a confused man :)

[dirrx]

I've always thought it was a part of the joke, pretending that he forgot what he'd asked for some 20 seconds before :)

[Saamelvuo]

I would marry him.

[wirsindhelden0]

yes, please!!

[CopaseticS3ns3i]

LOL! Do people understand the difficulty of this song to play? Thats if you can figure out how to re-tune the strings appropriately. This is one my favorite song from them; This performace is up there on my top 3 all time. I'm not biased to any bands, or anything like that I truly believe silverchair is the most underrated band of all time. More so than Thin Lizzy, The Melvins, Cream, and so on and so forth. Daniel johns is way to modest man, He can flat out play

[VonJimboz]

Yepp this and emotion sickness is in the same tuning, but it's pretty simple to me, although strings usually go off when i try to tune it in that tuning x)

[guitarspark]

without you, petrol and chlorine aswell

lol my strings never break

[dano555666]

gorgeous song

[Ichimaru91]

One of their best song !

[amandaem]

Aww I loved this show, I have it on VHS somewhere. ;) Good times, and great performances by all!

[michaellovegrove]

this was during his anorexia peroid ay? you can tell coz hes like all out of breath at the start. but man oh man what a truely awesome song.

:D

[barkbarkmiau]

this songs so epic....

[k1nj3]

This song is so perfect

[KyoroBR]

Silverchair is fucking awesome!!!I'm a greatest fan of them!!!

[guitarcrazyboy01]

see what I don't understand is why everyone bitches about young modern and if you actually listen to the fucking album instead of judging an album from a song you would see this song is alot like the material on YM SILVERCHAIR FOREVER

[aucik666]

this song is awesome :)

[TwilightStar846]

I love this song too and it still gives me the chills everytime I listen it.

[allthesame2me]

I love this song...and daniel...great performance!!!!

[rustybyrd88]

yeah chair fans are freakin lucky.best band in the world.

[krzysiu14]

right you are my friend

[PaintPastelPrincesss]

one of my favourite songs.

gotta love silverchair and daniel johns!

mannnn.. who ever went to the melbourne tour of 1999, they are so fucking lucky.

[crazysillystupid]

Daniel is a god silverchair is my freaking favorite band and there awesome live i saw them about a month ago sadly they didnt play this song though. and i agree Neon Ballroom is perfection

[user93215]

NB will always be close to my heart but im onboard with where they are headed now.. i basically love every peice of music this band puts out.

[sonofathing]

neon ballroom rules!

[karenxxita]

neon ballroom is perfection

[crazzykat785]

Neon ballroom certainly has not been given enough credit. Although diorama has been their main 'creation' and what they have evolved from to make young modern.. neon ballroom is magical. Being a 'chair fan is a magical thing.

[grizzlymuff]

yes, exactly, neon ballroom is my fav album to be honest.

[PaintPastelPrincesss]

i second that.

[dragonsan45]

Neon Ballroom is my favorite album of all time. The music never gets old and it always sends chills down my spine. I like the chair's newer and older stuff, but the stuff from ballroom cannot be topped in my mind. I love it. And the lives of these songs are just as dynamic, if not more, esp. this Melbourne '99 live.

[grizzlymuff]

exactly the same here.

[wirsindhelden0]

you took the words right out of my mouth.

exactly.

perfection.

[lucas0908]

good(best)silverchair times...

[indeedidont]

this was their best album ever and no one gives it enough credit. it was the BEST and this is the BEST song on the album

[Tafea]

Love IT!!!!!!

[drewmatic666]

i agree with chastalight

i have been listening to them since i was 9 and frogstomp came out i always loved that they were young and ruled. and they only got better. this song is beautiful

[chastalight]

wow this is my favorite song and I have never heard or seen it played and wow it's even more my favorite now than originally heard! I was 12 then 21 now doesn't matter it's all the same to me!

[olivemint]

aww this is perfect

[Vincent4Life90]

Has to be my second fave track from Neon Ballroom. Awesome performance.

[grizzlymuff]

whats the first fave ?

[want2shagdanieljohns]

lmfao anorexicfrogg. is it like u r havin a go at daniel? not very nice.

[want2shagdanieljohns]

lmfao, your such a comdeian. daniels a fuckin spunk

[want2shagdanieljohns]

fuckin brilliant, he is fuckin amazing.

[satchhadley]

I'M amazing too!!!! what do ya say???? lol

[fabiobcarlesso]

this is my favourite silverchair song.

I just love it!!

[msrysignals]

the silverchair dvd "the best of videology" has 3 performances from this concert on it..."The Door", "Paint Pastel Princess" and "Spawn Again", I own the dvd and would strong reccomend it

[michaelsuthasteez]

this song is absolutly amazing live

[volcano83]

Awesome LesPaul

[AnorexicFrogg]

another awesome performance during this era

[want2shagdanieljohns]

or u like joking, about the anorexicfrogg?

[dragonsan45]

This is an amazing performance... I have always wanted a copy. I love Neon ballroom, but I have no clue where to find a copy of this performance.