From Greg Earle Sent Mon, Jun 8th 1998, 23:10
From Greg Earle Sent Mon, Jun 8th 1998, 23:10
The wet rags from Blighty wrote:
>> These reviews make it sound as though they are playing exactly the same
>> set as when I saw them in 1991, which in turn was very similar to their
>> 1981 tour (though with the addition of songs released since 1981,
>> obviously).
>
> This is likely. The opening tracks at the Tribal Gathering show were almost
> an exact copy, down to the last note, of their 1991 tour.
[ Fish. Gun. Barrel.]
So fucking what.
We're talking about some of the most timeless music ever created.
Music that spawned entire sub-genres of music. (I'm sure the 4 Black guys
in their awesome multi-colored Intel bunny suits dancing their asses off,
whooping and singing along behind me could *really* give a shit ... )
> Makes you wonder
> why they bother carting all that gear around when quite clearly they're
> doing it off the same MIDI file every time.
Yeah, I'm sure you know *everything* there is to know about how their stuff
is done live ... I mean, all that 18-wheeler worth of gear was just there
for *show* obviously ...
> And the 'new' material they
> played at Tribal Gathering was astoundingly shit.
<sarcasm>
Yeah, it was just *awful* to hear what Aphex remixed by Kraftwerk
sounds like.
</sarcasm>
You're fucking mad ...
> They should just stop, now, because it's an embarrassment.
Luckily, 1500 or so San Franciscans and myself couldn't disagree more.
Look, let me spell it out for you lads: I saw them in '81. I could be just as
tight-arsed as you about them still playing old songs, if not more. But I
could care less. That music is as magnificent as anything that's ever been
created ... and furthermore, you don't seem to realize that they haven't been
in America in 17 FUCKING YEARS. There's nothing wrong with being a little old
school when half of your audience this time around was sitting in Nursery
School reading "See Dick run. See Jane scream." last time around.
> Dust off the guitars organs and flutes and re-create Ralf And Florian, I
> reckon.
Duh.
Nothing like coming back from a near-religious, life-affirming event to see
some Brits whinge about it. I suggest you go on holiday ... someplace bright
and sunny, preferably. Attitude Adjustment Required.
- Greg