Underworld in Writing

[Champiness]

Originally Posted by Dunwho

On the Toby Vogel thing, I am treating the Underworld Live show as the work of a Live team. The art direction of the shows, the video materials, the lighting and the music/performance, and even Karls dancing (and at times specific costume) are all co-ordinated by the underworldlive team.. and many key figures and ideas within that team are Tomato ideas and from Tomato members.

What is this in reference to? The only thing I can think of is this one video I saw of Moaner where Karl had a pink dress on.

[joethelion]

Originally Posted by Champiness

What is this in reference to? The only thing I can think of is this one video I saw of Moaner where Karl had a pink dress on.

well - I think what he means is...

if you look back, Karl did have kind of a "costume" specific to each tour (although he wasn't really wearing anything too "costumey" like say... PopMart era U2)

I can't remember each of them off-hand, but like - the "disco ball" style shirt during the OWB tour...

oh - and there was the performance (forget when/where - but I want to say it was in Japan) where Karl came out in a wedding dress

...and he does always wear shell-toe Adidas

[Dunwho]

Originally Posted by Champiness

What is this in reference to? The only thing I can think of is this one video I saw of Moaner where Karl had a pink dress on.

Yea well in fact the big wedding dress is not one that I am going to go near because IF it had a meaning then itd certainly be something very conceptual or surrealist or something...

But what I am talking about is what Joethelion was saying, that I feel Karl's choice of clothing has complimented the aesthetic of the show over the years.

For instance if we are to look at the shiney reflective jacket he used in the OWB tour he would use the handheld camera looking in real close to the mirrors on the jacket creating an abstract effect on the big screen as he danced and moved. .. thats just one example.

His black and white striped shirt is worth looking at too i feel especially in relation to a lot of the visuals they were using around that time.. and why he may have started wearing it again on the recent tour.

But im not going to get too bogged down on clothing.. this study is about the show as a whole.

anybody's views on this would be cool to hear though