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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4189 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've bought a ticket to see Yes on Friday, April 13th. (Fire at will Kevin). | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 879 Registered: 04-2006 |
great, padraig. years ago i was so stupid not to go to a gig in berlin. they played with a line up of their most favourite years i.e. with wakeman and jon anderson wasn't ill at that time. that still peeves me. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 290 Registered: 05-2005 |
Tempted by Marc Almond in Koln and Nada Surf in Bxl. I'll decide after Christmas. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4195 Registered: 05-2005 |
I too missed seeing that line-up in Sydney in 2003 Andreas. I'm hoping that Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman will tour the album they are working on. Who knows, their could be another Union-type tour in a couple of years. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 683 Registered: 04-2005 |
This love-in about Yes is a wind-up, isn't it ? I still rememember the punk wars at the end of the 70s at school in Glasgow: there were those that still proudly carried around those Yes triple albums and how we laughed. If I remember correctly I think that Yes meant verbal derision, but ELP was a physical beating. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 364 Registered: 02-2007 |
I remember not being invited to a party in late 70's cos i said i liked Supertramp! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1533 Registered: 10-2008 |
As Randy has been known to say "I've been avoiding this thread..." | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 894 Registered: 04-2006 |
due to the circumstance, that punk in our region/little villages not really happened when punk really happened, it was not a problem to say that you are a yes, floyd, genesis or supertramp fan. the young people were all either still hippies or we, younger ones, went to be kind of hippies - and if you were an ''avantgardist'' you liked zappa and the poster of zappa sitting on the toilet -beside che guevara- hung on the wall (where i ended, but thank god: that was the point beefheart entered my life). i remember hearing siouxsie and the banshees on the radio (at the end of the seventies i think) and thought what is this? a few years later i listened to all her albums with enthusiasm and sold all my yes albums. nowadays i still have one album and one 12" of her in my shelf, but rebought all that yes albums till relayer. maybe i am revisionist in this matter, but i can't help myself: i like yes - and often said in the one or other posting: listening to yessongs is like listening to a speedmetal album. in some way. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 896 Registered: 04-2006 |
the beach boys 50th anniversary will be in 2012. brian wilson, mike love, al jardine, bruce johnston and david marks will reunite and release an album for that jubilee - and they will tour together. as a fan i have to go there and i know from the past that, despite the fact that this sounds horrible at first glance (old people on the stage doing old songs while old people in the hall clapping with their hands in time with the music), this will be a lot of fun, fun, fun! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4201 Registered: 05-2005 |
I am absolutely serious with my Yes love Andrew. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 367 Registered: 02-2007 |
Just saw Gotye at Woodford Folk Festival. Absolutely brilliant. One of the best gigs i've seen. The latest album is gonna be close to my album of the year, cant' stop playing it, catchy electronica pop. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 292 Registered: 05-2005 |
Marc Almond in Koln for a 'best of' concert. Same musicians as in 2009. A little belly more. Must be the fourth time I see him and this one was, if not the best, still very pleasant and colourful. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2831 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: Robyn Hitchcock performing his "Eye" album assisted by Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlins and Grant Lee Phillips. This was at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica which accommodates maybe about 150 people. I only have a half dozen of Robyn's records and "Eye" isn't one of them. It was a silly and fun evening. The encores were "The Weight", "Long Black Veil", a Grateful Dead song (sorry, not being a Deadhead I don't know the title) and what I assume is a Hitchcock song but I don't know it. It was a love song to a television. (This is Robyn Hitchcock, after all.) He and Welch and Rawlins did a gorgeously tight harmony "Ping pong" vocal riff in several places on it. Michael? I had no idea that Robyn is such a proficient guitarist. Susanna Hoffs opened with a conventional band, doing songs from her new album. Robyn was far better of course. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 929 Registered: 04-2006 |
short after discussing about new order's movement and wake's harmony i stumbled - while iam just looking if there a still tickets available for the laura marling show in march- upon that: new order will play in berlin in june. does anyone know if it is still worth to go to there concert even when peter hook isn't in the band anymore? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 931 Registered: 04-2006 |
btw: a few days ago peter hook played in berlin. i don't know how it was (it seems that not one paper wrote about the gig). weeks (or months?) ago i watched the one or other video on you tube of the peter hook & the light shows. to me it looked and sounded terrible. just like a cover band playing all the joy division stuff. that's why i never thought about to go to his show.curious as i am: does anyone see him live? and if, how was it? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 932 Registered: 04-2006 |
googling around i read that the peter hook concert was cancelled, that's maybe the reason why i didn't found any review in any newspaper or the net. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1595 Registered: 10-2008 |
Andreas, I have saw New Order 3 times live and to be honest its not really where they shine imo. Even at their peak they weren't brilliant so now I would imagine they will be polished but dull. The first time was 1981 (supported by The Wake) and they were terrible, drunk and just shambolic. The next time was about 1987 when they should have been at their peak, they were ok but seemed to be going through the motions and playing the songs by numbers. The last time I saw them was when they were touring Technique and they played a large hall with crap sound and it was me who was drunk this time so perhaps that was why it wasn't to great for me. Without Hooky I wouldn't cross the road to see them, especially if they were doing new stuff. They have barely written 3 decent songs in 20 years now. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4308 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw New Order in a football stadium in Dublin, supporting Red Hot Chili Peppers, in (I think) 2001. I thought they were great, but that was as much about finally seeing a band I love live as the performance. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 934 Registered: 04-2006 |
Kevin andd Padraig, i saw them in 1984 (or was it 1985?) and in 2001. for my first new order concert i had to travel a few hundred kilometres, in 2001 it was just a few stations with the subway. the first concert was great and as far as i remember the venue wasn't very full. what i still have in mind is the moment as they played 'in a lonely place'. that was a pathetic moment for me. but the gig in 2001 was much more impressive. a rapture and not only because they played music from the past. maybe that was a lucky circumstance, because their return with the fantastic album 'get ready' was at about that time. i think i will go there even Hooky isn't in the band. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 222 Registered: 11-2007 |
Tonight The Waterboys in cologne and on sunday Lambchop in duesseldorf!! | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 223 Registered: 11-2007 |
Lambchop on saturday, of course ;) | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 413 Registered: 05-2005 |
Orbital last night in Brighton, secret gig as warm-up for tour, they were brilliant and very very loud. The new songs sounding fabulous and old material given extra bite by new arrangements and sounds. Complete new set of visuals which were stunning and a Carpenters sample at the end to complete the magic | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 425 Registered: 05-2005 |
5 stars for the Glasgow Orbital show in the Guardian today | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4455 Registered: 05-2005 |
So last night I went to see Yes, a band I've wanted to see live for 30 years or more. I went to JB Hi-fi on Pitt St to kill some time before the show. In there I saw a Yes DVD that I'd not previously come across. I thought about buying it and that it would be cool to meet someone from Yes and get them to autograph it. But I decided against buying it and migrated to the other end of the shop. About two minutes later I heard an English accent behind me and thought to myself, “I wonder if that is someone from Yes?” (Seeing as there are 1.3 million British people living in Australia, it was unlikely to be the case). I turned around and saw the unmistakable figure of Yes bassist Chris Squire. I immediately walked over, shook his hand and said I was going to see him later. We spoke for a little bit, but then he had to chase after his toddler who had gone wandering in the shop. I was now in a good mood to see the show! I struck up conversations with complete strangers while waiting for the band to come on; mostly to tell people I’d just met Chris Squire! Everyone was impressed! I had a good seat, close to the stage in the ornate State Theatre. When the band came on I thought “Oh, Benoit David has grown his hair”. (He is the Canadian guy who replaced Jon Anderson and sings on the current Yes album). After the second or third song, Chris Squire introduced “Our new singer Jon Davison from Los Angeles. This is his fifth show with Yes”. I was astonished. The ersatz, karaoke Jon Anderson that was Benoit David has now himself been replaced! And Jon Davison (a name which neatly tips the hat to both his predecessors) sounds even more like Anderson than David does, and looks like Anderson did 40 years ago to boot! I then recalled that when I briefly looked at the Yes website earlier, only four people were named as members. There was no sign of Benoit’s name (or either Jon for that matter). It struck me as odd, but I though Benoit must just be on salary. I spent the interval frantically googling on my phone to find out what happened. What was the cause of this prog rock Spinal Tap behaviour? It seems that the band parted company with Benoit David because he was experiencing respiratory difficulty... the very same reason they parted company with Jon Anderson four years earlier. There is no room for sentimentality in Yes, it seems. I was dreading they would change singers again during the interval. The current and previous singers both came from Yes tribute bands. How hard would it be to find another in the antipodes? (I admit I was a little disappointed when the same five re-emerged). Against all odds, though, I had a ball. Once I got over the “who’s the singer now?” shock, it was all good. If I closed my eyes I was transported back 30 years to being a teenager listening to Yes records while sitting on a beanbag in a village in the south-west of Ireland. They played a bit too much of the current album, but in two-and-a-half hours onstage they also played almost everything else I could reasonably have hoped for too. And even something I thought there was no chance of hearing – Owner Of A Lonely Heart. When the drum intro to Owner... was played as a keyboard sample I laughed out loud. They really were going to play it. Steve Howe made it pretty plain in how he played it and in what he said after (referring to it as “80s Yes”) that he only really plays it because the fans expect it (it’s from the first of the three albums where Trevor Rabin replaced him as guitarist). But still, I was thrilled they played it, even if Howe, who could surely play the solo in his sleep, did it in an almost country-stylee instead! A fantastic night, and the band seemed blown away with the response. Hopefully Jon Davison will take good care of his lungs, given the fate of his antecedents. The whole Yes merry-go-round thing makes me certain that Jon Anderson will one day return as singer. (Given their age, this won’t be too far into the future). | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4456 Registered: 05-2005 |
The setlist: Set 1 Yours Is No Disgrace Tempus Fugit I've Seen All Good People Life on a Film Set Solitaire In the Course Of The Day (Steve Howe solo) And You and I Set 2 Fly From Here - Overture Fly From Here - Pt I - We Can Fly Fly From Here - Pt II - Sad Night at the Airfield Fly From Here - Pt III - Madman at the Screens Fly From Here - Pt IV - Bumpy Ride Fly From Here - Pt V - We Can Fly (Reprise) Wonderous Stories Into the Storm Heart of the Sunrise Owner of a Lonely Heart Starship Trooper Encore Roundabout | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 974 Registered: 04-2006 |
padraig, i am glad that you enjoyed the show. the setlist maybe isn't what an old boring fart like me wanted to hear - just because i stopped listening to yes after their last ''good'' album 'tormato', (o.k. i also know the album with 'owner of a lonely heart on it, but never possessed it. after that, i have to confess, i don't know nothing about yes-, but the setlist shows that they still played a lot of that good old stuff. i'm not sure if i, if they would play in berlin once again, would go to a yes concert without jon anderson and rick wakeman, especially because i had the chance to see the original line up with a phenomenal setlist and decided not go (i was an idiot, i know). | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 298 Registered: 05-2005 |
Back in the 70-80's at my doorstep! I'm going to see Hugh Cornwell in a tiny place near my hometown. And I've heard ABC will headline a tribute festival 500 meters from my barbecue! | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 335 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hey Padraig - I was there too - and also had a ball. I went in with fairly low expectations - expecting more a Yes tribute band than the real deal, particularly given that they'd drafted in yet another singer from a Yes tribute band. I mean how many Yes tribute bands can their be in the world?! But Squire and Howe alone made it worthwhile - particularly Squire who was immense in every way! I'd be intimated meeting him the way you did! And the new Jon aquitted himself well. Close your eyes and it could indeed have been Jon Anderson up there. Quite uncanny. And his presence certainly seems to have re-energised the band. I thought they put on a better show than when I last saw them in Sydney almost 10 years ago. Certainly the sustained standing ovation they got at the end of the show was one of the best receptions I've seen for any act in Sydney in recent times. The last concert I saw at the State Theatre was PJ Harvey back in January. I went into that show with high expectations but it turned out to be one of the dullest and most disappointing gigs I've ever been to. She and the band played 'Let England Shake' note for note with zero charisma and o interaction with the audience. May as well have stayed home and listened to the record. The audience clapped politely at the end and filed out quietly. Who would have thought in 2012 that a prog rock band that's been round for more than 40 years would blow Polly Harvey out of the water? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1719 Registered: 10-2008 |
Maybe it was a PJH tribute band? | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 378 Registered: 02-2007 |
What is it that makes some bands/artists amazing live even though their studuio work may not be as good, or indeed vice versa. Richard Thompson springs to mind. I have seen him live a few times and each time felt I had witnessed a superb gig, and yet I have just about all his albums and none of them seem to capture a fraction of his live sound and impact? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4460 Registered: 05-2005 |
Who would have thought there was such a crossover on the Go-Betweens/Yes fanbase?! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 299 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yess...Bought my ticket for Wilco in Luxemburg this summer. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 379 Registered: 02-2007 |
Never got Yes I'm afraid | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 976 Registered: 04-2006 |
i saw just two gigs this year (am i'm getting old and tired?): laura marling (a few weeks ago) and motorpsycho (last night). i do not own a laura marling album, but i thought i will go to their concert and take pot luck. and indeed it was a good concert, mrs. marling is a very fine musician and good songwriter, but maybe this is a bit to perfect for me. astonishing was, that the crowd seems to be teenagers and/or early twentysomethings. i felt a bit uneasy, as i was -maybe- the oldest person in this room. more remarkable was last nights motorpsycho & stale storlokken show in berlin. they played their latest release. the death defying unicorn, in full. the death defying unicorn double lp is a mind-blowing experience through prog-rock, avantgarde,jazz and heavy stuff. for a yes-''fan'' like me the perfect music and a early highlight of this year. and stale storlokken on piano, organ, synth, wearing a long white coat, reminded me on rick wakeman inh is best years. o.k. the comparison is flawed as MP & Storlokken are great musicians, but they are far, far away from a perfect yes show (and far, far away from rick wakeman's keyboard towers. they were rough, loud and the music came over you like a storm. far out! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2363 Registered: 01-2005 |
It nice to hear that Squire and Howe are still carrying on and now have a decent singer again as well. The one and only time I saw Yes was back in 1975 in Ypslanti, MI at an all day concert at the Eastern Michigan University football stadium where they were the headline act. They played a little too much from Tales for my taste, but they did play Close to the Edge so I was somewhat satisfied. Peter Frampton went on before Yes as I recall. There were two all day concerts that summer in 1975 at EMU, and I got hammered at both of them not to mention frying in the hot summer sun. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 977 Registered: 04-2006 |
sometimes things go faster than you think. yesterday i increased my going-to-a-concert average and saw blondie chaplin. it was a private gig in a second hand record store. blondie chaplin (the flame/beach boys/stones) played an acoustic set and the songs he played were really good. for sure he also played the beach boys classic sail on sailor. i had my copy of 'holland' with me. while signing it he said the following: 'oh my god, this is a long time ago'. to keep up the small talk i replied that i hope it was a good time. his answer: 'just in the beginning, because those people were strange.' just for that little sentence the evening was worth while. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 185 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Jack White last night at the forum, Kentish Town. Everything you expect of him really - great show. Show cased new album plus a few White Stripes and Raconteurs tunes. New album sounds good - Guardian view is he has never released a bad record. The forum would only let you in on showing id to confirm you had bought the ticket - which stopped touting - in fact no touts outside at all. Meanwhile security very hot on anyone using cameras/phones which stopped all that holdding phones up mullarkey. So two cheers for the forum! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1736 Registered: 10-2008 |
My daughter bought Jack Whites album so I gave it a cursory play. Not bad and I will nick it a few more times, but I can't build up any real enthusiasm for JW these days. He's on Jools Holland in a few mins. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 186 Registered: 05-2005 |
Blimey Chelsea through and Jack White on TV - quite an evening! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1737 Registered: 10-2008 |
Did Chelsea get through? I fell asleep at 60 minutes (and I wasn't even tired!) | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 187 Registered: 05-2005 |
haha - so you missed Torres's winner!! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1738 Registered: 10-2008 |
I was joking. Barcelona have run out of steam at just the wrong time, they were even more devoid of ideas against Madrid last Saturday. If Chelsea are one of the two best teams in Europe then God help us. And technically speaking the Torres goal wasn't the winner:-) Jack White was pretty good on Jools Holland. It helps when you have TWO cooking bands though, one all male and one all female. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 300 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw Hugh Cornwell this week-end. Concert was a short and good one. The trio played mostly post-Stranglers songs, unknown for me. To be at the bar drinking some belgian beers with this rock icon was not bad too. Television was there.. http://www.televesdre.eu/site/verviers_l a_voix_legendaire_des_stranglers_au_spir it_of_66_-80028-999-89.html | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 475 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Soundtrack of Our Lives rocking Hultsfred Festival in the sunshine on Friday, beautiful location, right on a lake in the gorgeous swedish countryside. saw the XX in the dark and pissing rain the next night which made for a contrast. They are excellent live (although their songs all start to sound the same after a while). | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 191 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jack White Brixton last night. Boy band. I thought the forum gig was good - this was outstanding - that boy can rock! | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1877 Registered: 10-2008 |
I've been surprised by how much I like Jack Whites album. I still play it regularly. I hadnt liked anything he did in the 10 years previous. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 1005 Registered: 04-2006 |
new order, june 21, 2012, berlin, tempodrom o.k. the sound was a bit muddy. and o.k. it was more like a nostalgia thing. nevertheless a concert well worth to visit it. 2 hours. just classics. they played thieves like us (the first time since twenty years). and, oh well, ceremony and 586. temptation. and some joy divison classics (Isolation, Transmission, Love will tear us apart). and for sure, true faith, bizarre love triangle, the perfect kiss and blue monday, too. that doesn't sound bad, doesn't it? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 825 Registered: 05-2005 |
Now I'm genuinely excited. Simple Minds, Devo, The Church: in Wollongong! Can't see the logic of the lineup (apart from age) but I'm not going to miss it! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 736 Registered: 04-2005 |
Now this is what I call exciting !!! The guy that last managed to get Peter Walsh/The Apartments to play in France has done it again ! This time using one of these funding sites (details http://fr.ulule.com/apartments) he has organised a gig in Paris. I've missed out on the 135 euro option of having a meal with the great man and Amanda Brown (!) in Paris, but they are also playing nearer me in Bordeaux in a beautiful venue. Roll on the 7th December ! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 737 Registered: 04-2005 |
And all good things have to come to an end? Last night a small group of people wound their way to an isolated farm down a dirt-track road deep in the forest of the Dordogne. This intimate gathering was to listen to and to say goodbye to our resident jazz genius. The pianist Yonathan Avishaï is moving up north in France, to be closer to the bright lights and clubs of Paris, where he will hopefully be able to make a living. And get to play more easily with musicians of his level. I have seen him play countless gigs in the last 8 years; often playing solo piano, a few times in duo with an accordion player, many times in duo with the wonderful Bertrand Noël on drums, many times with the mighty Bachir Mouhali on percussion, once with a trumpet player blowing bubbles from his instrument, in trio with a kora player and a percussionist , in quartet (especially with Third World Love), accompanying singers, accompanying story-tellers, in theatres, in village squares and halls, in bars, outside on warm summer evenings, playing for primary school children. And always the same level of commitment from Yonathan. Last night it was just him, magic and emotion spinning from his fingertips. Uncompromising as ever, he played a largely improvised set. Hypnotic patterns would begin (almost Steve Reich-like) and spin wildly somewhere else. He would lurch from pounding his two fists on the instrument to playing a quiet repeated motif that sounded like soft rain falling. Fragments of French chanson would suddenly surface or you would grab onto a few seconds of “Georgia on My Mind” before being taken off in another direction. Utterly fascinating and involving. An amazing artist. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 511 Registered: 05-2005 |
Elisabeth Fraser at the Royal Festival Hall. The sound was flaky in parts and her vocals slightly muffled (compared to the two backing singers who were clear throughout)- the new songs sounded great but the Cocteaus songs were distinctly underwhelming in 'lighter' arrangements with too much BVs - it started to go a bit 'Cranberries' on me and I was desperate for some one to stamp on some pedals and launch a thousand guitar swathes of sonic noise. Promising for the new album when it eventually emerges though | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 739 Registered: 04-2005 |
Cosmo With Steve Hackett on guitar ?! | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 516 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, he played acoustic on one song only | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 522 Registered: 05-2005 |
here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsC6UOLFn KQ | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 834 Registered: 05-2005 |
We all are getting older...but Elizabeth Fraser is starting to look like she should be sitting in front of a fire, knitting jumpers for her grandkids. Can you imagine the conversation? What was that grandma? "que que kookoburra vermillion..." What are you talking about grandma????... ;) | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 743 Registered: 04-2005 |
Geoff Talking of looking older and sitting in front of fires. A series of stills from the BBC's recent PostPunk documentary. It is all a bit "ideal home"... http://dusty7s.blogspot.com/2012/06/thro ugh-keyhole.html Bloomin' heck ! I have the same wood-burning stove as Stuart Moxham | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1954 Registered: 10-2008 |
http://thequietus.com/articles/09650-eli zabeth-fraser-meltdown-live-review-2 | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 310 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wilco in Luxemburg. It seems that the more the venue is little, the more these guys are good. I'm not an afficionado of Wilco but yesterday it was the best band of the world! Awesome. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 541 Registered: 05-2005 |
Reading Festival OFWGKTA on saturday afternoon BLACK KEYS on sunday night (high hopes for this, it feels like it's their moment to step up to the BIG time) | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 195 Registered: 05-2005 |
Grandaddy at Shep Bush on Tuesday. They were good but it never really took off. The Empire is though one of the worst venues when (over) full. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1668 Registered: 08-2006 |
Springsteen at Wrigley Field last night. 3.5 hours, 28 songs, lots of rarities and my first time on the field at Wrigley - an experience in and of itself. I was exhausted by the end of the show and I'm 15 years younger than the guy performing. It's awe-inspiring. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 552 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Soundtrack of Our Lives at Heaven last night, their last ever UK show and they were ON FIRE, they are quite simply THE GREATEST ROCK'N'ROLL BAND IN THE WORLD!!!!!!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4850 Registered: 05-2005 |
Has anyone hereabouts seen Nada Surf live? They are playing in Sydney next Thursday. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 314 Registered: 05-2005 |
Saw them twice, they were very good! Don't miss them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/34242081@N00/4552101764/in/photostream | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4853 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thank you. I'll go then. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1672 Registered: 08-2006 |
Saw Bob Mould do "Copper Blue" plus several off the new album and a ton of choice Husker Du. Spectacular, and not an acoustic guitar in sight, thank god. The new stuff held up remarkably well in pretty heady company. The show confirmed my opinion that the power trio is his great canvas and when he paints on anything else it's a waste of talent. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4874 Registered: 05-2005 |
What Husker Du songs did he do? Anything from his first two solo albums? I wish he would play Australia. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1673 Registered: 08-2006 |
I think he avoided the first two solo albums. As far as Husker songs, I remember "I Apologize," "Hardly Getting Over It," "Celebrated Summer," "Chartered Trips" and a couple others. Here's the review from the Chicago Tribune. Probably more accurate than my recollection: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012- 09-14/entertainment/ct-ent-0915-bob-moul d-review-20120915_1_sugar-s-copper-blue- jason-narducy-sorrowful-goodbye | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4886 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'd love to hear Hardly Getting Over It played live by him. I remember a review of a show of his in London from 21 years ago which referred to "grown men crying" when he played it. It's an amazing song. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4887 Registered: 05-2005 |
I completely forgot about Nada Surf last night. (It was a hectic day at work). By the time I remembered it I was at home and they were on stage on the other side of the city. Damn. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1675 Registered: 08-2006 |
Just got back from ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror festival in NYC, curated by Greg Dulli. The draw, of course, was the reunited Afghan Whigs, but Frank Ocean was added to close Friday, which was a bonus. Ocean was excellent, way better than I expected. I love his work, but some R&B performers can be inconsistent on stage. Instead, he was remarkable, a truly great singer. But the Whigs took the weekend. I've seen them dozens of times since the late 80s (I went to college in Ohio) and I've never seen them better. They mainly focused on "Gentlemen" and "Black Love," which was fine with me, and a highlight was Marcy Mays, who played the event with the mighty Scrawl, coming out to sing "My Curse." If they tour anywhere near you guys, go. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2007 Registered: 10-2008 |
Rob, as I've said before the Whigs gig I saw about 94-95 was only rivalled by Joy Division in 79 for intensity, excitement and raw emotion. I saw them in a tiny club in Glasgow, one of the greatest gigs I ever went to. Unfortunately there are no Scottish gigs on the horizon, but the reunion appears to be going well so I'm keeping fingers crossed. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1677 Registered: 08-2006 |
I hope they come your way, Kev. It was a sight to behold. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1678 Registered: 08-2006 |
My last show of an insane September of music was a goodie: Prince here in Chicago. It was part of the three-night stand that started badly: the Monday show was reviewed as highly uneven, even a little listless - not something you associate with Prince. Tuesday, when I went, he righted the ship and even seemed a bit contrite. He pretty much blew the roof off the United Center. Probably the biggest cheers of the night came when Chicago native Jennifer Hudson emerged from under the stage to sing "Nothing Compares 2 U" with him. I'm not a huge Husdon fan, but she killed it. A great show, and a great end to a one-month run that included Springsteen, Bob Mould, Corin Tucker, Wilco, Frank Ocean and the Afghan Whigs. I'm tired. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4917 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've just bought tickets for both nights of Robert Forster at the Vanguard in Newtown in November. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3048 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wilco at the Hollywood Bowl tonight. I didn't even know I was going until this morning. I have a casual acquaintance with Wilco, owning Sky Blue Sky, Ghost Is Born and Hotel Foxtrot. It's nice to see a band with such a deep pool of songs to draw from, most of which I did not recognize but all of which I enjoyed. I could live without the kiddie-pleasing over-the-top rock guitar god stuff, especially with such solid songs, but that's a small gripe. I was very quickly reminded of one of Robert Forster's 10 Rules of Rock 'n Roll: the one about how if a person keeps changing guitars he's just showing his collection. That was Tweedy. I lost track of how many guitars he displayed. It was something like 13. Aside from the late use of an acoustic 12 with a capo on it--and I can tell you that a 12 string will not be in tune once you remove the capo--the continual changes of guitar had little to no real technical reason for happening. Cline spent nearly the entire show on one Fender Jaguar, shredding the hell out of it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4941 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sounds like a great show Randy. I saw them once at a festival, but didn't stay very long before going to another stage. It was not a good show. I think it was just before Tweedy got help for his prescription drug abuse. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 4989 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've bought tickets to see Dexys at the Enmore Theatre next month. That will be three concerts in a week in the same small area of Sydney. The Vanguard (where Robert Forster is playing) is at the university end of Newtown, while the Enmore is at the other end. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 194 Registered: 06-2005 |
Cold Specks at The Sugar Club, Dublin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tKdsRo87 -E Last night of her tour, was expecting just herself and another guitarist and was pleasantly surprised by a stageful of excellent musicians that produced even better live versions of the songs from the album. Her accapella "Stepstone" with the PA turned off as an encore was a special way to end proceedings. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 592 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dead Can Dance in Dublin this Sunday | ||
| Austin Member Username: Bruegelpie Post Number: 94 Registered: 09-2004 |
I'm super excited to see Drive By Truckers tonight in Detroit. Their set lists have looked great on this tour, and it looks like I will get to hear my favorite song (and one of my all time favorite songs by any artist) "Zip City." | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5027 Registered: 05-2005 |
As well as Norman Blake/Joe Pernice, The Waterboys are also playing in January. I'll be getting tickets for both shows. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1691 Registered: 08-2006 |
Saw Wussy and the Afghan Whigs last night, kind of a dream double bill for me. It did not disappoint. Chuck from Wussy described their placement on the tour as bringing along your mentally challenged cousin, but they more than held up their end of the bargain. And the Whigs proved yet again they're one of the great live acts going. Even played a new song that kicked butt. My ears are ringing like crazy this morning. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 246 Registered: 11-2007 |
WATERBOYS TO PERFORM "MR YEATS" IN SYDNEY, 23 JAN The Waterboys will make their first-ever visit to Australia and New Zealand in January. The first date to be announced is a performance of An Appointment With Mr Yeats at The State Theatre, Sydney on Wednesday 23rd January as part of the Sydney Festival. Tickets go on sale today, Monday 29th Oct, online from Sydney Festival or from Ticketmaster and by phone hotline (+61) 1300 723 038. The show will be part of a ten-date tour of Australia and New Zealand. All the other concerts will be regular Waterboys shows and dates will be announced shortly. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 857 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cool! Too much to ask if they will play all of "Fisherman's Blues" I guess. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5043 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was at the box office at the State Theatre 10 minutes after tickets went on sale and already tickets were limited. It was obviously selling very well online. I wanted five tickets in a row in the stalls, but could only get three. After that there were only single seats left in the stalls, so two of our group are having to go to the balcony instead. Geoff, 2013 will see be 25th anniversary of Fisherman's Blues. I would be very surprised if there is not a massive box set (I'm thinking/hoping it will be 10 discs) gathering up the huge volume of unreleased Fisherman's Blues sessions material, both never released tracks and alternative takes. I would also be very surprised if there is not a world tour in which they play Fisherman's Blues from soup to nuts every night. After seeing The Waterboys six times between 1987-1990 (including three times in six weeks, in three towns on two continents in late 1989), it is not more than 22 years since I last saw them. Are you going? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 859 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gee, I'm not a HUGE fan but Fisherman's blues is in my top 20 albums. Might see if I can snaffle a single ticket, hopefully in the front row. I've done the late single ticket thing before and been amply rewarded. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2033 Registered: 10-2008 |
For anybody interested Pitchfork are streaming live broadcasts from their Paris festival this weekend. Later on tonight, Japandroids, The Walkmen and Animal Collective. Its on Friday, Saturday, Sunday this weekend and broadcasts start at midday EST each day, whatever the hell time that is! http://pitchfork.com/ | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2034 Registered: 10-2008 |
Sorry, that should be Thu,Fri,Sat and not Fri,Sat,Sun - so we've already missed Thursday! http://pitchfork.com/festivals/paris/201 2/ | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5064 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've just bought a ticket for Bob Mould for next March. I only discovered this was on by chance when searching for tickets to a different show. I can't believe it wasn't already sold out. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1696 Registered: 08-2006 |
You won't be disappointed, Padraig. His live show right now is massive. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5069 Registered: 05-2005 |
I saw Dexys last night. It was a fantastic show. They played all of the new album first, then a few from the distant past: Tell Me When My Light Turns Green, Until I Believe In My Soul, Come On Eileen and, to my great joy, What's She Like. As well as mine, there were at least two other Irish accents shouting out for them to play What's She Like, which was intriguing. Do Irish people get this song more than others? Or at least Irish people now resident in Sydney?! They played two hours, 20 minutes as a lot of the songs were extended soul monsters. The show was far from sold out though, which is a pity. If you could have been there and, for whatever reason, didn't go, kick yourself. You missed an incredible concert. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 767 Registered: 04-2005 |
Took the young people to Bordeaux for The XX. And surprisingly enjoyable it was too. More 'human' than the albums suggested to me. They came across as nice people as well; due to a technical fault there were no lights for the first couple of songs. They apologised and at the end thanked their crew for sorting out the problem. Currently immersing myself in Apartments recordings, in advance of their imminent arrival in France... | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 316 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh Cornwell came back (after only five months) near my little town. The trio thing played their excellent new record (produced by Albini)+ No more Heroes ("no more euros" he said!), not my favorite one. Raw and still exciting! Someone took me for Maximo Park. I knewed nothing about them but as they've covered the Gob's.. The band is good, some songs I liked. Tough, I think I'll not remember this for a long time. And then Beach House in Bruxelles. Big and mostly young crowd (nearly 3000). As for the Andrew's Xx concert, surprisingly enjoyable. Next are Aimee Mann and Get well soon in Koln. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 773 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Apartments in Bordeaux A little background first. A few years ago a fan of Peter M Walsh’s music, (himself a musican with “49 Swimming Pools”) managed to persuade Peter (accompanied by Eliot Fish) over from Australia to play 3 dates in France. This time they managed 5 official dates (with a couple of happenings in art galleries added) and Peter travelled with Amanda Brown, Nick Allum (drums) and Wayne Connolly (guitar). 2 members of 49 Swimming Pools helped out, for bass and keyboards. And a French trumpeter Gaël Riteau... And for the performance of “Black Ribbons” the duo of Grisbi joined them as well (their singer Natasha Penot is the female voice on the recording). Peter Walsh was sporting his customary black shades, black suit and black Telecaster. He came across as being genuinely touched that people had actually made the effort to come out and said that he was constantly suprised that anyone knew these songs. And he has a droll sense of humour; after Amanda getting a huge cheer from the crowd, he said that this would be her last tour with the group, as she was obviously far too popular. After some rocking out, he said that it was the band’s fault, that they didn’t realise how sensitive he was and that if it was down to him he would play 25 ‘Mr Somewhere’s ! An excellent evening, full of fulfilled expectations and a lot of emotion. The only thing that I found a pity was that Amanda’s talents were not used fully. Apart from her distinctive backing vocals (no one does that breathy thing quite like her!), she only played violin on a handful of songs. For the rest she was just playing the tambourine. But maybe she played a ‘supportive’ role in the band for Walsh; there were a couple of moments I felt that he looked to her to confirm something musically... I spoke briefly to her at the end and she said that she would love to come back to France with Walsh with the idea of recording, with the same musicians. There was obviously a lot of friendship and affection amongst them all. The songs All You Wanted Thank You for Making Me Beg The Shyest Time Knowing You Were Loved The Things You’ll Keep On Every Corner Every Day Will Be New Goodbye Train World of Liars Mr Somewhere Black Ribbons What’s Left of Your Nerve ? All His Stupid Friends 21 Just to add that that the last song was an unrecorded one and was practically unbearable in its rawness and subject matter. Given his personal loss this felt like an intrusion almost too far into his emotions... Tour photos, clips (including Walsh being asked to name a plastic chicken) and comments here http://www.facebook.com/49swimmingpools And a special thanks to the member of this board who first introduced me to the music of The Apartments... PS I’m not on commission, but this is truly a beautiful artifact. If you need to treat yourself to an early Christmas present http://www.dezzig.com/2012/11/nouvelle-a ffiche-the-apartments/#more-3458 | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2084 Registered: 10-2008 |
I've just realised I haven't been to a gig this year. I don't even think I went to one last year. My last gig was Magazine I think, can't remember when that was. I can't even recall seeing a gig advertised recently(or in the last year)and thinking "I should go to that". | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 2089 Registered: 10-2008 |
Sounds like a fun evening Andrew, and that is an ace piece of artwork right enough. I dabbled with The Apartments a few years ago after a few people on here raved about them and I bought a couple of albums cheap on Discogs. I need to dig them out again I guess, as I didnt play them too much at the time. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3097 Registered: 03-2005 |
I am envious Andrew. It sounds like a really great night. I'd love to have an Apartments album with Amanda Brown on it. It speaks well of the French that they've so long been so supportive of PMW's music. Indeed I wonder if we'd have as many Apartments albums if it were not for the French. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 5173 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thank you Andrew. I'm glad to hear that your experience of them was just as powerful as I found them in Sydney four years ago. (John Wilsteed was in the line-up that night, and Amanda and Lindy were at the show). I hope they play Sydney again sometime soon. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 774 Registered: 04-2005 |
Randy, Your comment about the French reminds me of something that a friend of mine (a real Francophile) once said; it was along the lines that the moment that the French public take you to their heart, you are there forever. They are very loyal? But frankly I have no idea where Walsh's audience comes from and how they have heard of him. Apparently the first LP sold 'respectably' in France (but that was a long time ago) and the reissue of ‘Drift’ came out on a Bordeaux based label. But the queue of people after the gig waiting to exchange a few words with the man himself was impressive. There might not have been more than a 100 at the gig, but practically everyone seemed to want to have some personal contact with Walsh. Yes a record with Amanda’s vocals would be great! ‘World of Liars’ and ‘Mr Somewhere’ were so beautiful with her counterpoint vocal and harmonies filling out Walsh’s voice. Just a last anecdote! As I fumbled for my CD of ‘A Life Full of Farewells’ for Walsh to sign, an advert for the label (Hot) fell on the floor. “You can throw that away” he said pointedly. For anyone who hasn’t read the excellent ‘Mess and Noise’ piece about the recording of ‘Apart’ and its aftermath it is here http://www.messandnoise.com/articles/450 7859. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3099 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for that link Andrew. I had not seen the article. And while I knew he'd lost his son and that was what silenced him I didn't know it happened while he was putting the finishing touches on "Apart." The album is so astonishingly inward looking and sad already. When I first heard it I was a bit put off by its keyboard orientation and overall mood. Then somewhere along the line I concluded that its best songs were his best songs, period. Since Hugh made me aware of the Bathers, my guess is PMW was influenced by them when he conceived the album with its instrumental interludes and emphasis on languid balladry. But, being PMW, he manages to stop just short of going overboard unlike Thomson frequently did. It's funny how the album is set in the summer but I always hear it as a winter album. Maybe that's as it should be since I'm in the Northern hemisphere. | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 196 Registered: 05-2005 |
St Etienne and Scritti Politti in Brighton last week. I seem to remember Green Gartside being a bit of a twat all those years ago but he was really engaging, self deprecating and their set was fun. Was C81 really 31 years ago..oh dear. St Etienne never been a great favourite of mine but put on a really good show. The new album is great and some of the old favourites still sound terrific. Also saw The Fall the week before, usual good show but not much new to report. Several new somgs at last and I understand a new album (their 30th) is on its way. Booked for the new year Edwin Collins, My Bloody Valentine (new album shock), Jason Lytle and for a good laugh From The Jam with Bruce Foxton altogether now 'We are the Mods...' Anyone going to Neil Young? Shocking choice of venues (why?) and price has put me off but I have a nagging feeling this could be the last time to see him. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 318 Registered: 05-2005 |
Lucky guy! Check on the internet. Scritti Politti played also near me in Germany (Koln), in what seemed to be a fair festival (Malkmus covering Can, etc.). Didn't knew that. Biggest regret of the year.. It seems I'll never see Green. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 644 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Soundtrack of Our Lives at Sodra Teatern, lovely old theatre in Stockholm playing Behind the Music album. The world's greatest rock'n'roll band playing their best album with strings and brass. Stockholm a winter wonderland. Great night. |