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Time to update this after Glasgow. I can never afford to rack up the gig numbers, so I just get to what I can. This little bunch is not at all bad for just 4 shows, I think! Showbiz Uno Origin of Symmetry New Born (x2) Bliss (x3) Space Dementia Hyper Music (x2) Plug In Baby (x3) Citizen Erased (x2) Micro Cuts (x1, outro riff on its own x1) Darkshines Screenager Feeling Good (x2) Megalomania Absolution Time Is Running Out (x4) Stockholm Syndrome (x4) Interlude (x3) Hysteria (x3) Black Holes and Revelations Take A Bow Starlight (x4) Supermassive Black Hole (x4) Map of the Problematique (x2) Knights of Cydonia (x4) The Resistance Uprising (x4) Resistance (x2) Undisclosed Desires (x2) United States of Eurasia Guiding Light Unnatural Selection Exogenesis (Part 1) The 2nd Law Madness Prelude Animals The 2nd Law: Isolated System Drones Dead Inside Psycho (x2) Mercy Reapers (x2) The Handler [JFK] The Globalist Drones (x2) Others Glasgow Jam Helsinki Jam Munich Jam Agitated Nishe Collected from: Glasgow SECC '09; Leeds Festival '11; Glasgow Barrowlands '15; Glasgow Hydro (1) '16
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Ah, fantastic. The entrance I've been given is "East Entrance", so that's very reassuring.
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Hi there, folks Just a quick question, though I'm not sure if anybody will be able to help. Basically, going to the gig at Glasgow Hydro tomorrow, GA ticket (hooray), and can't wait, but I've been given an assigned entrance, and I'm concerned that it will mean that there's a part of the GA area that I won't be able to access. Has this happened at any of the other venues, and does anybody know what it will entail? The only reason I ask is the Hydro doesn't have seating all around the arena, and I'm concerned the band will play more to one direction than the other - I'd like to avoid being in the "neglected" area. Any info would be hugely helpful!
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To be fair, most of Starlight is better than Guiding Light... Standing tickets for Glasgow! Can't wait! Which is unfortunate, as it's in April, so I'm going to have to.
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I have a funny feeling those two will rotate in future years, as might Reapers and Stockholm Syndrome.
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Most of the Psycho tour, if we're honest.
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Hah, yep, into sparse drums and a similar sonic area, which builds up all the way. So you get dynamics building all the way from the breakdown of Citizen to the end of Dead Inside.
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Fairly well, I'd imagine, there are 2 minutes of quiet piano music at the end of Citizen Erased, so the transition I reckon would work quite nicely.
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Live Gig Discussion (Sexy Ass Drone) III: Now with less Fabri
outside_now replied to Furygirl's topic in Tours
...does anyone know what they're playing now? -
Live Gig Discussion (Sexy Ass Drone) III: Now with less Fabri
outside_now replied to Furygirl's topic in Tours
Woah, they got Rush in?! *re-reads* Aaah... -
Live Gig Discussion (Sexy Ass Drone) III: Now with less Fabri
outside_now replied to Furygirl's topic in Tours
+2 Ticket for Barrowlands plus tickets for Bellowhead's farewell tour, while moving house = not enough money for everything. Cracking set, though - even the obligatory 'singles run' seems rather epic. -
I think Matt's actually done something really clever with this one. Elgar is one of the best examples of musical 'nationalism' (not so much the political movement, but the trend of exemplifying a country musically - Rimsky Korsakov and Mussorgsky did it with Russia). Juxtaposing Nimrod (one of Elgar's greatest works) with lyrics like "there's no country left to love and cherish", "there's no countries left to fight and conquer", and "memories of the great nation we were" is, I think, a very clever piece of subversive songwriting. It's just a shame I don't really like Nimrod...
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For me: Fillip and Sober - both really nice, fun little rock songs. Feeling Good - overplayed live, but the brilliance of the original cover is pretty timeless. Soldier's Poem - poignant, perfect length and a great oasis of calm in the album. Undisclosed Desires - I think it's a beautiful pop song that has an unusual sincerity about it. Also, I think it's really nice live. I Belong To You - interesting time signatures and structure, as well as THAT bass clarinet solo. Neutron Star Collision - Yeah, shoot me, but I just don't think there's anything wrong with the song from a musical point of view. the solo's fun, it's a good stadium-y singalongy thing. So what if it was used in a less-than-good film? Supremacy - I love the riff, I love the solo, I love the falsetto, I love the fast mad bit at the end. The 2nd Law: Unsustainable - one of their most musically interesting pieces - it's texturally fascinating and as a self-aware commentary by the band on themselves, I think it works really well. Revolt - No, it's not brilliant but again, there's nothing really wrong with it. it suffers from coming directly after Reapers, The Handler and Defector. It's fun and uplifting, and I don't really see a problem with it. Aftermath - For my money, the best 'quiet' song Muse has ever done (aside from Soldier's Poem), outranking Unintended, Screenager, Blackout and Explorers. Balanced just right, beautiful guitar playing, and resisting the temptation to go too overblown at the climax.
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I pretty much concur. I was thrilled to see Psycho from the Barrowlands on there - I can just about make myself out at the front and it's a good flavour of just how lively the whole gig was. I'm a little irritated that EVERYTHING is in black and white - it works for some stuff, but it feels a little bleak when it's everything. But yeah, for an extra £3, can't complain at all. Also found it fascinating and quite funny to see them a little annoyed at Mutt Lange for working them so hard!
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Feel free to delete this if similar thread already exists (I looked but couldn't find one). Just thought we could do with a place to discuss the bonus DVD on the Drones deluxe edition. So - thoughts on the live versions of Psycho, Dead Inside, The Handler and Reapers, as well as the studio footage? Prefer it to The 2nd Law and The Resistance DVDs? Fire away!