From Will Samuels Sent Tue, Nov 24th 1998, 12:39
I know Underworld's not exactly IDM, but I am sure there are plenty of people that have some interest in them still. At the last minute I got a free ticket and decided to go. When I saw them at Organic 96, I thought they were really really good. At that show they played all their best songs and it was non- energy. This time around they played alot of their new material which is really BORING. I think they think as long as you have a pounding 909, a weak typical techno bassline and some vocal ramblings than you got yourself a tune! This stuff was so pointless and mediocre. I doubt their new album will be good. One of the tracks almost sounded like Nitzer Ebb the way Karl Hyde sang it. The lyrics were horrible... one song kept saying "push it push it" over and over and I think there was a song that kept saying exercise or something like that. They sound really uninspired and lacking good ideas for material. Speaking of their old tunes. They played alot of their classics: Cowgirl, Rez, Rowla, Cherry Pie, Pearls Girl, Long Train (I think that's the name), Born Slippy, Nuxx. Some of these songs were done well and alot of them were pretty blah or just not as good as they should be. When I saw them in 96 all of their tunes sounded good. This time around it was quite a different story. This was a truly disappointing night. I was bored with most of there set. I highly doubt I will ever go see them again. And I especially doubt I will like anything off their new release (which I think is slated for march). It's too bad that they have gone down hill because I found there last cd to be pretty good. The friend I went with thought they were pretty weak as well. I think he was surprised at how bad alot of there tracks were. Meat Beat Manifesto are playing tonight. At least with them I know I'll get a good show! _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com