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Anyone go to this show?

I had thought about going but it would have been a long train ride, the rest of the line-up wasn't really worth the price, and I would have been doing it all alone. Instead I took an equally long train ride to meet a friend in Prague.

What did I miss?

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http://www.cgm.pl posted pictures of the first day of the festival. Maybe they post more pictures later.
I did search for reviews but have trouble with searching polish sites.. so if you could help there :)

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They never ever played a concert like thiis
mix of 90's first techno parties classical orbital the new drumnbass vibes and mystikal long versions with spectacular finishes
just amazin
it is hard 2 describe this
the night was worth any money and much more

peace

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wow Domel. im adding you to my list of "People to be jealous of"

sounds like you had a great time. good stuff. write up some more when you get a chance and name some tracks that were played.

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classical orbital? i'm kinda confused...

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There are some good pictures there. I am not very proficient in Polish, so I'm not that much help either. They were scheduled to start at 2AM, and probably started late, so I don't think there are many media reviews. But from the comments I've read, it sounds like was a really good show. Played til the sun came up.

Anyone have a setlist?

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Played til the sun came up. How nice. :)
EDIT: Well i can traslate some polish lol.

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you're gonna burn me right away, but it was my 1st time i saw underworld live (after all thos years waiting). AND i am disappointed. i really heard better bootlegs than that. :(
why?

1. i have no ide who the 3rd guy was, but it looked like he was learning all the time. All the time Rick was talking to him changing something or correcting (?).
2. maybe that's why tracks were separated and sometimes end unexpectedly.
3. ppl were completely not ready for them (and probably never will). i can't dance while there are ppl around me who can't feel it at all. just standing and yawning.
4. technicans were roaming all the time. fixing something, checking, etc...

so maybe i was staring at the stage too much, but all that gave me impression that it wasn't prepared well.
but i there were 2-3 tracks which i haven't heard before and they were amazing (as always). hope it's from the upcoming album.

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the 3rd guy is Darren Price, long time Underworld dj and now part of the band (at least for the live show). So I guess he must still be learning since this was only his 3rd show (although obviously they had rehearsals). From the pics it looks like he's having a hard time :D

http://cgm.pl/2005_obraz_dzwiek/open...er2005ok72.jpg

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1. Darren Price (i must check that what u said tommorow in Czech rep) :D
2. Yes Exit was separated too, give Mr. Pricey time... ;)
3. I hate when people around me dont feel it like me...:(
4. It was Open Air or Club? Prague will be open air, open air is that normal i think...:(

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Don't worry, no one is going to burn you. Sorry it didn't meet your expecatations, but interesting observations anyways.

Here's a link to a lot of comments about the show (the actual newspaper article said nothing). There's quite a few about UW, but everything is in Polish. It would take me a while to make sense of it all and I don't feel like putting in the effort. Anyone else interested in trying?

http://forum.gazeta.pl/forum/72,2.html?f=78&w=26271353

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i do not care what someone else think about the whole concert - it was my 3rd concert 1st was in ireland (open ) 2nd in Berlin and third Here in my Country (also open er) and it was the best!!!
greeeetings

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but it is true that some of the people were a litlle bit like a strangers out there
......Jammmin 3stylin makes oldfans confused but real makes bigggger :confused:

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well they always talked on stage... there is no way around that when you have HUGE flowing tracks. not like a rock band which playes 4 minute rehearsed songs.

and in a festival atmosphere its always gonna be more chaotic. sound systems are set up for dozens of bands instead of just for UW. at a solo UW concert all the fans are there just for them, the sound is set up just for them, the lights just for them, etc. MUCH more cohesive experience i think

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3 new tracks!! please tell me there is a recording floating around out there?

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Well to be fair,when i saw UW @ T in the park 2003, there was an awful lot of stop and start as well,so its nothing new really!

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Festival shows are always a lot more start and stop.

1) less time to play = shorter tracks, less improv
2) smaller setup
3) need to get all the heavy hitter tracks out there and some wont magically run together

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no way!
is he back?! :eek:
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edit: he he... i think i took him for a wrong darren :D . but yes - i do remember his remixes.

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i don't really think it's a festival/club thing per se. When I saw them last time at their own gig in Amsterdam it was start/stop as well (mostly) and it was like a greatest hits show as well, while the gig at werchter seemed to flow a bit more, or at least have more improvisation.
I really wish they would make a conscious decision to start mixing stuff together again because right now it seems they, or at least Rick is happy with the way it's going even though in the early days they made a point about their liveset being more like a dj set and about the continuity. It might also have technical reasons, since now they run everything as audio from laptops while before they ran everything via midi off the samplers, and using midi is a bit more flexible tempo and mixing wise than straight audio. Just a guess though.

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Yeah, on any tour certain gigs are better or worse than others, festival or headlining. We can be sure, however, that the boys are giving it their best!
Machines break down, it's just the name of the game.

Also, consider that on some nights, they may consciously choose to play the standards. Though we may love the 80 minute freeform jams like in the early days, i'd be willing to wager that the majority in the crowd want to hear songs they recognize.

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Apparently they at least played these songs, and I'm sure more, including new tracks:

rez
born slippy
king of snake
jumbo
moaner

All regulars, I suppose.

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i hope they play juanita on this new tour. i was sad i missed it last time... also i hope they play dark train again...

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+ dark train
+ push upstairs

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Seems like an OK set, but I want to hear something new, much like everyone else. Go figure.

So was that the set list, or less?

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every old song sounds like new because they were jammin and improvisatin every single track. Even bornslippy. 3 new songs incredibly great.
wait for audio and u will see.
peace

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well, for sure if this is gonna be the setlist for this tour again, they'd better do a lot of improvisation because otherwise I'll be pretty dissapointed.

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it's amazing what underworld do in poland Heineken Open'er Festival.
Me and My friends have :D all the time.
And now i have flashback abaut that night.

Poland LoVe Underworld. So we weating for next time when we make see them in action :).


p.s. sory about my english :)

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Gdynia - Complete Setlist
1.Always loved a film (with lyrics)
2.Dark Train
3.Two Months Off
4.Push Upstairs
5.New Track
6.New Track
7.Rez/Cowgirl
8.New Track
9.Born Slippy
10.King of Snake

ENCORE
11.Jumbo
12.Moaner

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Thanks for the info :D
so it's Dark Train and 4 new tracks, grrrrrrrreat :) (including always loved, it wasn't played outside .jp or the webcast till now)

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i can't stand the moaner song still... i don't like it as a closer... however i am excited to hear this 4 new songs.

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oh why are there no recordings of these recent shows floating around yet?

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i think moaner is a great closer...but its one of my fav's...

these three new songs + ALAF....were they full tracks or more like improvs into other tracks...and did they have any vocals...did that 'visions' track appear?

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:)
video from gdynia.


http://tion.gad.pl/video/Underworld-...ynia.2005).avi

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Thanks :D
Quality of both video and audio is rather good :)

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I like Moaner, I just don't like the fact that is has become the standard closer/encore song. Standardisation = bad. I mean, ok they have to play BS Nuxx every time obviously, but apart from that, now you can pretty much be sure that they will always play the same selection of tracks with the exception of two or three that will rotate (and the new tracks of course).
It's all become pretty predictable which is a damn shame if you ask me.
So many great tracks never get played. Too much BF and not enough STITI, Dubno and EP's!

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Is it time for an online petition to change the ending song into 'TT' ? ;)

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i pretty much agree with everything you say except i think moaner is just a little annoying. it might be BECAUSE it is so standard at the end and that i think there are many other great closers...

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let's change it to Spikee instead. :) Or maybe Pearls Girl Tin There.
And let's have some Burts live as well while we're at it.
I would like to hear a full version of TT though, I thought it was one of the best sounding previews we got. Let's hope it's on the new album.

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hi ;)

well, i took loads of photos at underworld gig in gdynia (about 100) anyone intersted to see 'em? i can upload them to imageshack or something...
och.. almost forget. i also recorded some clips from that show (for example a little bits from two months off, king of snake, born slippy and moaner). i will upload these files soon (maybe tomorrow or later), beacause thunderstorm has destroyed my local network, so i can't connect to the internet from my computer.