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Gigs you've been to and your thoughts.
Jimmy the Squid:
The last show I went to was Nine Inch Nails at the Horden Pavillion. Before I start I should make one thing clear: I hate people. I dislike crowds immensely. The fact that I would go somewhere where there is the chance that someone I don't know might even brush against me, let alone totally rub themselves on me in a way befitting a horrible travesty of a lap dance, is a testament to how much I like a band.
This was the second of two shows and as per usual this meant that Trent Reznor was not as chatty as he is on the opening night. Either way he still puts on a damn fine show and has a shitload of energy that really comes across well. They had this huge screen that dropped down in front of the band (is was mostly transparent when not lit up, it was basically a lot of light bulbs I think) and played stuff over them so that you could still see the band members but they would be vaguely obscured by static and whatnot. They played for about two hours straight which for most big bands is pretty standard though there was no encore and I was a little disappointed by that. The crowd, well I already stated my feelings on crowds but I would like to make it known that if you were born later than 1989 I probably don't like you and you would have to really impress me for me to take you seriously. At any rate they played my favourite songs, as well as some other ones I had forgotten so it was a good night by anyone's standards (especially mine).
The guitarist is a relatively new fellow and I believe he was previously in the Icarus Line. He is a nutjob - all running around the stage and kicking his right leg in the air like a crazy person. At one point he broke his guitar while trying to jump off an amp or something. I was about 20 feet from the stage, I could see Trent glare at him for a moment, I think he was pretty mad. Anyway it is nice to see that Trent has grown back his hair and has toned down the muscle mass. When I saw him last time he came out on stage and I thought I was seeing Henry Rollins coming out on stage and I wondered if I came on the wrong night (though Henry Rollins is still cool).
Johnny C:
Tommy knows the guitarist you're talking about, Jimmy. He has promised stories but never delivered.
Yet another in a series of crushing disappointments foisted upon this forum by the nefarious Tommydski.
morca007:
Most recent concert:
-Muse, Sept 10, 2007.
Opening act was Juliette and the Licks, loud, boring, no stage presence. Buuut, it provided enough time to go sneak into a much better seat. Second row, right in the middle.
The show was amazing. I'll admit it, going to a Muse concert was No. 1 on my to do list for life, and it was worthy of that spot. Set-list was spot on, played tons of their older stuff, including my favorite song. Near the end, they played a speech from Kennedy about not giving up liberty. Lighting was very good. Bellamy played a few songs with that crazy Kaoss pad that he has attatched to his guitar. Best two hours ever.
EDIT: imagist42- You are right, Bellamy lights up when he plays his light-up piano!
imagist42:
--- Quote from: SleeperCylon on 11 Nov 2007, 14:15 ---I saw Of Montreal earlier this year.
Whoever designed the show probably isn't on acid, but obviously wants to give you the impression he was. There was this random slideshow going on in the left and right sides of the screen and everybody was in weird crazy costumes.
Great show, but dudes, we're not buying it. When you over-reach for weirdness it just comes off as stupid.
--- End quote ---
But the music was still good, right? Because they're coming here this week and I'm not quite sure if I want to go.
I saw Spoon earlier this spring, so I got to hear "Don't Make Me a Target," "Don't You Evah" and "Eddie's Ragga" two months before Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga was released. I'm fairly in love with Britt Daniel as a singer (and from my hometown too!), and the rest of the band was really cool as they would keep on jamming while Daniel took a drink or went offstage to talk to the sound manager, especially Jim Eno, who I swear did not stop beating his drums all night long. Highlights include moshing with the fun drunk guys to "I Summon You" (for those of you who don't think this is a moshing song, it's an entirely different creature live, I assure you) and Jim Eno whipping out the big cloth-padded mallets for "Paper Tiger."
So far this fall I've seen Muse, Arcade Fire w/ LCD Soundsystem, and Interpol w/ Liars. Muse is truly something to behold, and I feel the same way that there's no accurate way to describe it. Bellamy and crew have by far the best showmanship I've ever seen, and the production to go along with it. At one point (maybe at the end of "Plug In Baby"?) Bellamy tipped over his speaker and jammed on his axe with the edge of it. Watching him play his light-up piano just made me warm and fuzzy inside.
However, there's just something about the combination of Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem that managed to top even Muse. It may be that James Murphy is my man-crush and consequently LCD Soundsystem was already my favorite group going into the show, but Arcade Fire certainly had something to do with it too. Muse was just too structured to have the sort of eclectic vitality and pure fun LCDSS had on that stage. I've almost never seen a crowd move like that, and nearly half of the peoiple there seemed entirely unfamiliar with them to begin with. Then Arcade Fire came out. Honestly, their visuals alone rivalled that of Muse, and to think on top of that they had just about everyone switching instruments between each and every song, and at some point Richard Parry and Will Butler took sticks and began banging on everything on stage, including a motorcycle helmet they had brought out specifically for that moment... it was just like watching an insane mob run rampant on stage, only Win and Regine held them all together to produce beautiful, beautiful music. Plus, the organ was really neat. The only bad thing I have to say is they didn't play "Crown of Love."
As far as Interpol w/ Liars go, it's not in any respect the best show I've ever been to (although it may have been a close contender if I had actually gotten there in time to see Shout Out Louds open), but for $13 it was certainly the best value. Liars... let's just leave it at, "they were terrible." But Interpol knew how to get their rock on, and didn't seem at all fazed by the fact that the crowd was a rowdy amalgam of drunks and stoners. They opened perfectly with "Pioneer to the Falls," played all of their best songs in the set, and then came back with both "PDA" AND "Specialist." What a set! Plus, some excellent ad lib jamming during older songs from Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics, and the visuals were decent enough, too. Of course Carlos D cracked us up by whispering into the microphone as they walked off stage, "Such good Christians" (this taking place in SLC).
Interesting thing to note: at every show except Muse, singers forgot/fudged their words. Britt Daniel during "Lines in the Suit" (played it off fairly well with some babbling substitution), Win Butler during "Power Out" (with an apologetic "f me"), and Paul Banks during "C'mere" (it took him a little bit to get back on track).
Lummer:
I'm going to see HIGH ON FUCKING FIRE this coming friday. It will be awesome.
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