Underworld @ Hollywood Bowl

[aaron5000]

Originally Posted by dubman

HE Y GUYS I HEARD THEY CANCELLED THE SHOW AND MOVED IT TO BAKERSFIELD

see you there!

I'd still go

[Butcher of Bakersfield]

Originally Posted by dubman

HE Y GUYS I HEARD THEY CANCELLED THE SHOW AND MOVED IT TO BAKERSFIELD

see you there!

that would have been nice because i wouldn't have had to drive to SF and back and then to LA and back. granted i'm still in a good spot for both shows...that were 6 hours apart.

to introduce myself (first post), i'm Rod from Bakersfield actually LOL. I've missed seeing them on so many California occations i can't even count (the times or the years). i know i wasn't quite into the electronic scene yet in '96 so i missed Organic. i tried to get a ticket for Santa Monica during Beaucoup Fish but they were sold out. i tried to get a ticket for the Wilton during A Hundred Days OFF, but they were sold out. i went to the first Coachella in '99 but i was there on the second day instead of the first when they played (Autechre more than made up for it though). i didn't go to the 3rd Coachella they played, but i did buy a ticket for their show two days earlier at the Fillmore in SF and and got a flat tire on the way there, at which point i discovered i had no spare

point is i've been trying to see this show for so long that the internet was still breast feeding the first time; and IT has eluded me to the point of making it an issue i was self concious about. Did i put on the right amount of cologne? what if i don't say the right thing when i'm buying the ticket? should i bring a gift? if i do manage to get in, what if i'm too nervous? I'll just be myself. I'll just be myself. while in the meantime finding it more than easy to see Mr. Aphex Twin twice, 808 State, Squarepusher probably about 4 times, Meat Beat Manifesto dos, Plaid more times than i need to, Autechre a number of times, Orbital 2 times before they disband. to say that the Underworld show was built up in my mind is an understatement. the Oblivion With Bells tour was going to be the ULTIMATE SHOW for me.

when i found out about the Bowl show, i stopped playing WoW in the middle of a battle to buy a ticket (not really). payed $10 extra to be in the middle G1. then the first SF show poped up online and i bought one for that too knowing i could stay at a buddy's place in Oakland. i work at night cutting video for a morning news show so my sleeping schedule is really far off and there was no telling when i'd be ready to just drop if i stayed up from 1:00 AM Friday moring to the 12:30 AM Sat. morning that the SF show did get over. when i did finally step into the Warfield theatre, i though to myself that "There is no stopping this now" and since i didn't want to wear ear plugs for anything other than Paul Oakenfold, i thought "If I'm going to burn my ears on one last show, it's going to be this one."

You could see some of the tech problems but that didn't make it any less excellent. it was a regular standing/dancing venue show like i'm used to. the gay dude that flew from Portland, OR that i was talking to kept telling me to sell my Bowl ticket and that this was the show to be at...and it was but, i certainly wasn't selling my Bowl ticket. I kept thinking how wonderful it was going to be to just sit and chill at a show after this one. anyway it rocked and i screamed a lot and blew my throat out. i wanted Dark Train to dogg, but to no avail. i felt fortunate to have seen Dirty Epic live even though that isn't really my track, i know that it is a lot of other people's track and so i was there to love it for them, and i did.

Went home, woke up Sunday, hour and a halfed it down to LA, did my normal Amoeba Music stop (HA i was at ever Amoeba Music store this last weekend) and got to the Hollywood Bowl. walked in, Oakenfold was already on. good i didn't have to sit through all of it. and they got him off rather quickly by the time i got there, as it only seemed like about 30 min. of that stuff. perhaps California has a law about how much Oaky you can take in a 48 hour period. BTW who thought it would be a good idea to put Oakenfold and Underworld on the same ticket anyway? they are worlds apart. Are people really lumping those two things in together? is it only the hardcore Underworld fans (you & i) that can tell the difference? i hope not.

anyway thing that made the Bowl show the best was the perfect atmosphere/temperature and night outside, the brillant impact of the Bowl lighting setup and dome, the massive audience, that fact that i wasn't all crushed into my spot w/ a bunch of sweaty people, and above all that the set was exacted and tight. very fluid. the Underworld guys were real happy. having viewed it from farther away this time made it really grandiose as well. all that and Juanita/Kiteless/To Dream of Love, which was my ultimate authentic Underworld moment of both shows, when you've got the Bowl sunrise-like yellow lights up full glowing and Karl in red listening to the barbed wire hanging!!!! who gets over that? not i.

on the inflatables, they weren't supposed to stand up. they were just supposed to be all over the place in different directions, then the stage hands would set them up differently for the next track. it was this way at all the shows.

anyway hello i'm new,
cheers//
Rod

[dc_04]

Originally Posted by Butcher of Bakersfield

on the inflatables, they weren't supposed to stand up. they were just supposed to be all over the place in different directions, then the stage hands would set them up differently for the next track. it was this way at all the shows.

anyway hello i'm new,
cheers//
Rod

yea.. believing they are supposed to stand up is very un-underworld/tomato

welcome, rob!

- dc

[grady]

Originally Posted by Butcher of Bakersfield

You could see some of the tech problems but that didn't make it any less excellent. it was a regular standing/dancing venue show like i'm used to. the gay dude that flew from Portland, OR that i was talking to kept telling me to sell my Bowl ticket and that this was the show to be at...and it was but, i certainly wasn't selling my Bowl ticket.

There was someone else from Portland, OR? Thats cool.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Butcher of Bakersfield

that would have been nice because i wouldn't have had to drive to SF and back and then to LA and back. granted i'm still in a good spot for both shows...that were 6 hours apart.

to introduce myself (first post), i'm Rod from Bakersfield actually LOL. ...

anyway hello i'm new,
cheers//
Rod

Welcome Rod. If there was a competition for Best First Post on Dirty, this would win it hands down!! Fantastic (and amusing) gig report. Thanks

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

Welcome Rod. If there was a competition for Best First Post on Dirty, this would win it hands down!! Fantastic (and amusing) gig report. Thanks

good god, that was an awesome review.

[Butcher of Bakersfield]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

Welcome Rod. If there was a competition for Best First Post on Dirty, this would win it hands down!! Fantastic (and amusing) gig report. Thanks

Originally Posted by potatobroth

good god, that was an awesome review.

thank you gents. happy to be aboard. did the pre-order and the T. I've got the tent up next to the post box.

[aaron5000]

AMAZING!

I took my camera in, and security allowed it, but when I took a couple of pictures before underworld came on some publicist came up to me and asked who I was shooting for. I said that I was shooting for myself as a fan, and the she said I couldn't do that. I said that I would put it away and headed back to my seat. She chased me up the stairs and said I couldn't even have it with me. I laughed at her, and she said I had to talk to some other guy. This guy told me I had to check my camera, and I said no. He said I wasn't allowed to keep it, and I told him that security checked my bag and let it through. Then he said the funniest thing to me, "well they don't really know the rules here." Security doesn't know the rules. That's good stuff.

Ok on to the real stuff. The show was utterly amazing, but I can see why people haven't been enjoying Oakenfold. He has no energy in his show. He kinda just stands there, turns away from the table and sits back. He occasionally points to the crowd, and then looks at his records again. Carmen Rizzo was awesome though. But I think the real reason there is such a difference in the shows is that Underworld adds energy as a band, but they do it by becoming part of the crowd as well. They are playful (as we've all seen before), and they never take a moment to breathe. I swear I've never smiled so much from watching a show, and I've seen hundreds of bands. Truly a magnificent show.

[cured]

I had a great time. The new stuff was a lot of fun and I don't think I've ever seen Karl have so much fun onstage. Still the best entertainer in the biz

[everything2]

Funny - A post from Cured in Aliso Viejo. I just moved to AV and just returned from the show at the H Bowl as well.

I was so relieved when they kept playing after Born Slippy - King of Snake was as good as it gets. I wish they would have hit about 5 more songs, but oh what a night!

Lesson learned: We craiglisted tix at the back of the bowl but danced and wandered all the way down to row F boxes. I assume a lot of us did Those aisles between every level were a party. Dance, smile and breathe Underworld and the H bowl can be your oyster. I can not believe they were as solid as they've ever been.

I was lucky to see Darren's last show at Coachella in 99 and this ranked right up there. The sound was perfect, the crowd was above stellar. I was worried that people weren't dancing for Oakie, but now that we lives in LA, I guess the urgency wasn't there? But the scene, sound and utter beauty of Undrworld was unbelievable. Imagining following these guys to Colorado and Central Park. Central freaking PARK. That's going to be classic as well...

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