quoted 3 lines Underworld started hard and never let down. They started things out>Underworld started hard and never let down. They started things out
>right with Rowla faded into Cowgirl and then tore shit up with
>Pearls Girl.
They started with "Rez." "Rowla" came later in the set (and was the high
point of their performance). I left to go buy t-shirts soon after "Pearls
Girl" started - I can't stand that 2 Bad Mice sample, I find that track's
rhythm section a lot more repetitive than the 909 stuff in the other tracks
(at least they can vary things from bar to bar using the 909, whereas the
sample just loops and loops).
quoted 3 lines Karl Hynde>Karl Hynde
>jumps around the stage like a mad man belting out his stream of
>thought lyrics like an angry ape in a trance.
We decided Karl's a graduate of the Carlton Banks school of dance and the
Darwin Mayflower school of hand gestures. :)
quoted 2 lines Born Slippy got a>Born Slippy got a
>nice treatment as well.
Closing with it was a mistake though - it's never been a big track over
here. Hell, 'Trainspotting' hasn't been released here yet!
quoted 3 lines If you liked the Chemical>If you liked the Chemical
>Brothers even a little bit this performance would have made you a
>hardcore fan.
...and anyone who's posted trolling nonsense about how they're a rock band
needed to hear some of the fucked up noise they put out in this set. Hell
of a lot noisier than MBM's, I'd wager. (Not that I consider noisiness a
measure of music's worth, but I know some do.)
quoted 3 lines Tom and Ed came back for brief encore of Chemical Beats>Tom and Ed came back for brief encore of Chemical Beats
>mixed with the Beatles Tommorrow Never Knows. What would John
>Lennon think? The audience went crazy.
I sure didn't - I hope they aren't planning on releasing that tripe. The
buildup from "Chemical Beats" gets really tired the sixth time in a row.
quoted 5 lines They had their own three>They had their own three
>video screen set up synchronized to the songs. Falling clocks,
>tumbling shapes, floating household goods, a person doing sign
>language, spinning squigles (like the web page graphics)...fucking
>wicked.
The best video sequence (which I haven't seen anyone mention) was the one
for "Out There Somewhere ?" which featured images from the "interstellar
greeting" that was sent out on Voyager in the mid-'70's. Brilliant.
quoted 4 lines Orbital started out (yes, the headlight glass are still in>Orbital started out (yes, the headlight glass are still in
>effect, with added laser) with both versions of Out There Somewhere
>from In-sides, played basically note for note like the album
>version.
All the sequences were the same, and it was all played in the same order,
but it was highly abridged - I'd say it went on half as long as the album
version. I'll now rescind my statement that it's a track that goes on
for 25 minutes despite only having 8 minutes of tune. It's actually a track
that goes on for 25 minutes despite only having 12 minutes of tune.
quoted 1 line Orbital also played Girl With the Sun in Her Hair,>Orbital also played Girl With the Sun in Her Hair,
Bo-ring. I can't believe people cheered this one. The bleep line is nice
but the rest of the track's elements aren't interesting, and the track doesn't
really go anywhere. I'd attributed this to their having rushed to finish
it before the solar truck left, but the live version was no improvement.
quoted 2 lines a couple of the Lush tracks off Orbital>a couple of the Lush tracks off Orbital
>2,
These were both excellent, and I hadn't heard them live before. I especially
liked how they teased introducing the vocal throughout "3-2" before finally
bringing it in near the end.
quoted 1 line two version of The Box,>two version of The Box,
Jill was pleased that they played the harpsichord version, but I though
the piano right before the harpsichord kicked in was the best part -
brain-drilling.
quoted 1 line PETROL>PETROL
Awesome! The version on 'In Sides' is the malnourished little brother of
what they played Saturday night. Is the original version from 'Wipeout'
more like the live version?
quoted 1 line Halcyon On+On (not just Halcyon as they typically play live)>Halcyon On+On (not just Halcyon as they typically play live)
It was more a mix of both versions - it had the gorgeous intro from
on + on, but it also had that distinctive "whoop-whoop" rhythm track
from the single version (which they did some nice phasing on).
quoted 1 line included the infamous Belinda C. sample.>included the infamous Belinda C. sample.
Next morning, I actually witnessed a roomful of music journalists arguing
whether the sample was Madonna or Tiffany.
C.
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