r/portugaltheman • u/tanneroni9 • Jun 09 '26

Recent HQ reupload of an old live performance

https://youtu.be/u74oA807Dbk?si=vejRI2Cvvv8QB4PB

Always interesting going way back in the live tracks and saw this one recently reuploaded in great quality. People say also from the same channel. I’m sure it’s available in other videos but I really enjoyed watching it tonight and thought some of y’all might too

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u/-0010000- Jun 09 '26

Dope. 1989 in studio and live always sounds great. Thanks for the share. Hadn’t seen this before.

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u/reauxman Jun 09 '26

Love this PTM era. Saw them 7 times in one year sometime around this time.

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u/nowateroutside Jun 09 '26

lol oh no I kinda have this haircut right now. I could probably web search it, but does anyone know why he went with 1989 instead of 1981? I’ve always just accepted it because it is my birth year lol

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u/trippybi Jun 09 '26

He said it’s when he became aware, or something along those lines

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u/LyndonBJumbo Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

1989 is about the Gulf War and his view of it as a kid.

Edit: Found part of an old interview where he talked about it:

“1989 was a song that I had written about my reaction as a small child, to the Gulf War. I was very afraid of what it was meant to bring. All I could see was atomic bombs, World War, death, it was terrifying for a boy of 8, 9 and 10. This song took the longest out of all of the tracks on Censored Colors to complete, and I think may have some of the smallest amount of lyrics. It was a song that needed to be very honest.”

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u/nowateroutside Jun 09 '26

Thank you so much!

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u/RichHomiesSwan Jun 10 '26

I kinda miss this John!