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Re: hard haunted mansion
Good post, khouri...UW are a very, very easy group to get people into as they have such an insane amount of quality material, and yet they are not really too well known here...
I too am hoping Barking will do the trick the way BF did in the 90's. I thought OWB was a good album, in the scheme of 2007 it definitely makes my top 10. But for this group, I was just kind of wondering why only a few of the great tracks we were hearing actually made the cut. It looks like Barking is going to be the album that lands them all, and yeah, "Scribble" getting pretty big, from what I can tell the response to it has been huge. I had to torrent the Tokyo disc too. Ever since EE came out I had been waiting for a great live release like this. I burned a copy for a friend of mine who hadn't really heard much UW and he says he plays those discs all the time. There is so much to applaud UW for but for the most part I have to agree. |
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Re: hard haunted mansion
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OT : Underworld presence and availability
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the US ... they've had a smaller indie following for most of their history bar the 'trainspotting'/'born slippy' single... Quote:
how many copies of m.e/the hump are there? their early 12" singles on JBO, the skyscraper single, etc. etc... i would say the opposite, its a LOT EASIER NOW to find their music online / amazon / ebay, etc... you can find all the main albums, and some selected singles...and of course all the recent stuff online.. i can't speak for the other bands you mentioned, but relevancy is mostly subjective i would think... if a band is more productive or has a bigger media presence, good for them and their fans... we have this board, and other ways of getting the information.. Quote:
the riverrun EP was not a fullblown release for the masses (and wasn't meant to be), and how much interest in the film soundtrack for a non-hit movie is there? so how much did that really impact them? Quote:
actually sounded like the original back when they started? only 'club friendly' mixes seem to be more predominant compared to their experimental ones... if people are fans of the group, they'll find out how to get the singles, which sites have them, and of course torrent/download them .... as they do for a lot of other groups.. Quote:
just one site anyways? there's always been some good fansites and other places to look up more detailed information ... just because it's not centrally located really shouldn't deter someone if they really wanted more indepth information.. Quote:
although i agree with what you said at times, (and yes, even being booked on a late night talk show miight point to a different agenda.) but ask yourself, do they really need or even want to 'emerge'? later -1 |
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Re: 2010-10-31 HARD Haunted Mansion - Los Angeles, CA
Interesting evening tonight. More improv than usual, partly because of Karl's voice. At the start of Scribble, he started to sing, then covered his mouth with some piece of cloth and left the stage while Rick and Darren played sans lyrics at first, and then Rick sang a verse with the vocoder effects until Karl returned.
They also played Nu Train without Karl entirely and Cowgirl pretty much without him until the end (his silhouette was singing on the LED screens, but I think that was pre-recorded. It wasn't live.) They cut Jigsaw out of the setlist and there was no encore. There was however a blistering version of Nuxx that they were messing with in ways I haven't heard from them in a long time. Weird loops and effects...and you could tell they were just having a ball jamming on it, much like they used to in years gone by. The place went nuts. Hot crowd, and despite Karl's voice and obvious sickness (he even looked a little washed out and exhausted), he was slamming it for pretty much the whole show. I hate these 18+ kiddie raver events, but I'm glad I sacked up and went. Does anyone know if this was broadcast on that Red Bull Music Academy site? |
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Re: 2010-10-31 HARD Haunted Mansion - Los Angeles, CA
The Rez/Cowgirl silhouette was live, but the shadow screen was off stage due to the setup, so it was a video feed of the shadow screen. This is the same way it was at the Cow Palace.
We were supposed to get the shadow screen last night at San Diego. They had found room for it on the left side of the stage, but when showtime came it was gone. I never did find out why it didn't happen. Maybe Karl didn't want to do it because of how he was feeling, or maybe they tested it during soundcheck and it didn't work in the small space, I dunno. For those that think they just "press play" on the new songs, well, that's definitely not the case. As mentioned, Karl ran off stage after the beginning of Scribble, and so they had to jam the middle part while he made his way back. We got some nice Monkey Wink during the end jam of Nuxx, so that was fun. Overall, this show was a lot better than I expected. Especially considering what happened with Hard Summer last year, I was impressed with the organization and security of this event. The crowd was better at this show than the Cow Palace. They seemed interested and engaged, and showed some level of recognition for some of the songs. I'm not sure if it was due to the age difference (18+ vs 16+), the time that UW was on, or if LA is better than SF. But yeah, I'm glad I went too. I was feeling some Underworld fatigue, and just plain fatigue in general after 3 days of traveling. At some points today I felt, eh, maybe it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't see them tonight. But all of that melted away once the show started. I didn't get bored with the setlist like I thought I might. It's quite a good live set. I know some people have been disappointed, but it's still an Underworld show, and the band and crew put in their all each night and make in entertaining. They're going to continue with this set for the album promotion for the rest of this year. But I hear Rick's itching to get back to improv-y shows, so I think we'll see a return to the Underworld Live we love next year. |
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Re: 2010-10-31 HARD Haunted Mansion - Los Angeles, CA
Karl really gutted that one out last night...INCREDIBLE energy. One of the better Underworld sets I've seen. I absolutely hated the crowd, though...I can't count the number of times I was shoved aside so a train of kids could burrow their way to or away from the front of the stage.
And what the heck was A-Trak doing during the butchering of "Robot Rock"? |
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Re: 2010-10-31 HARD Haunted Mansion - Los Angeles, CA
Poor Karl, he was quite ill according to the last post on U/Wlive but I didn´t know he was so bad.
I hope the smell and taste of Essex is healing him by now Very welcomed but not at the sacrifice of Karl´s voice I hope... much love
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