2010-07-17 iTunes Festival, Roundhouse - London, UK

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riiiightyho! overall, a top night out - great stuff on the competition - think the fans/never-seen-before ratio was about 75:25, and once you managed to get those who looked like they were in the wrong building out of eyeline, things were better!

opening with 'downpipe' was a little strange, given that it was an underworld gig and that's not an underworld release? wasn't complaining as it's a belter. sadly, sounded better than most of the new stuff. 'scribble's nice enough, but 'diamond jigsaw' was, well, awful i thought (mates agreed) it just sounds like pop-dance, and rick should stick to the day and night job - sorry, but there's a reason karl hasn't let you sing before! (pricey looked a bit embarrassed at times - head down, stifling a laugh - or was i projecting?) bird1/strumpet/? had a great groove, but a bit too much vox so it was hard to get into...

however, the old stuff still works a treat - even in an overbright (for teevee) room where the smoke machine must've been turned off or broke down after the first weak puff out of it! so it was a top night out - nice to meet scary man and his not-so-scary wife!

nice idea, well-executed, here's to september just up the road from roundhouse...

[miss glitch]

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once you managed to get those who looked like they were in the wrong building out of eyeline, things were better!

Agreed!

opening with 'downpipe' was a little strange, given that it was an underworld gig and that's not an underworld release? wasn't complaining as it's a belter. sadly, sounded better than most of the new stuff.

True, but it's a good, accessible opener given that half the people there seemed to be competition winners who'd just applied for any ticket rather than because they'd wanted to see Underworld specifically...

'scribble's nice enough, but 'diamond jigsaw' was, well, awful i thought (mates agreed) it just sounds like pop-dance, and rick should stick to the day and night job

Noooo, Rick Smith singing was a great surprise and I thought it sounded good - not that keen on the song itself, but I thought he did a good job. Scribble is Underworld is joysome in the same way Rez/Cowgirl is unrestrained joy with a hint of melancholy; a track which can't fail to make you smile.

[big screen satellite]

not sure UW are 100% happy with the way DJ is sounding just yet, it'll get there and then be the No.1 sing-a-long anthem it should be... trust me

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but 'diamond jigsaw' was, well, awful i thought (mates agreed) it just sounds like pop-dance, and rick should stick to the day and night job - sorry, but there's a reason karl hasn't let you sing before! (pricey looked a bit embarrassed at times - head down, stifling a laugh - or was i projecting?)

which part does rick sing of this??? from the boot I have it sounds like karl...mmmmm

jigsaw is a great track IMO, really deep into the old new wave groove but it does it justice. really lookin forward to it