On Sun, 18 Jun 1995 niemitz@cats.ucsc.edu wrote:
[some comments along the lines of 'eh, it's was good, and it was bad, i
had an okay time' deleted, no flames intended]
i saw the orb two years ago at Roseland in New York. I took acid at the
party, and the show was completely amazing, it was like they knew
exactly which buttons i had, and how to push them. Those who saw the
show sober came away with the same almost indifferent opinion as above,
those who took psychedelics proclaimed The Orb as their new gods.
When i came home from that show i made a few posts to these lists with
this idea: The Orb are a drugs band, plain and simple. they make music
to trip to, music to get completely baked to, music for your soul to
dance to. It never was strictly just dance music, or electronic dub.
maybe 'little fluffy clouds' was, but i think the music has deeper
purposes, best enjoyed on drugs.
well, i saw them again this weekend. the first three songs i saw sober
were decent, nice dancey tracks....pretty groovy stuff. at this point,
i took about three or so hits off a friend's pipe. a minimal amount,
enough to keep it interesting, or so i thought [i had forgotten about
my earlier proclamation]...at this point, the show supernova'd into a
throbbing pulsing living entity of music and bass and life...."montagne
d'or" was the bomb used to deliver this payload...the end of the song
found me *screaming*, astounded at what had just happened, not wanting
it to stop. each song was like this, bringing me close to actual *tears
of joy* (quit laughing...). This show wiped my mind, and it was a
combination of Herb and Orb that did me in. Discuss.
mikebee