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Post by 1945 on Sept 10, 2005 9:36:26 GMT -5
it was my very first xiu xiu show and it was amazing. we were literally front row center, on the baracade. i got to talk to jaime before the show and he is such a nice guy. i got number 85 of 400, of the colored vinyl. does anyone have the set though?
Joe
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Post by no on Sept 10, 2005 17:06:26 GMT -5
how about them yellow swans? that song quite nearly and literally melted my face off.
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Post by Jonny Walker on Sept 10, 2005 18:00:42 GMT -5
I don't think I'd like listening to Yellow Swans on record...but I'll see them again...esp at the Bottom Lounge. Holy crap dude they made my nose go numb!
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Post by smithcorey on Sept 10, 2005 18:17:45 GMT -5
i hated yellow swans. i didn't go to this concert, but i saw them in nyc last week and they were basically a tape sample looping, followed by increasingly loud bass tones that were unrecognizable, then a man in cowboy boots playing guitar that couldn't be heard, acting as if he were putting his heart and soul into it but nothing was coming out, then an andrew wk impersonater screaming into a microphone that i noticed wasn't even plugged in (i saw it with my own eyes!), then the noise fading out after 10 minutes and the tape loop sample being heard again as it died away, too. maybe i caught them on a bad night. any other 9/2 bowery goers think the same/different?
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Post by 1945 on Sept 10, 2005 18:54:12 GMT -5
i hated yellow swans, they were so bad, i think they hit the brown note like five times. frog eyes were amazing. where were you two standing?
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Post by tommmmmm on Sept 10, 2005 18:58:50 GMT -5
yellow swans destroyed both cambridge and bennington. i guess it's one of those things you either feel or you don't.
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Post by no on Sept 10, 2005 19:23:44 GMT -5
yeah, i mean...i really loved it, it sticks out in my mind more than xiu xiu...if that's too much of a sin? (and i was at chicago)
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Post by liontails on Sept 10, 2005 20:57:20 GMT -5
they were pretty great in LA at the Trubador (sp?) and i also enjoyed them in Philly at the Northstar, however the LA show was just mind bogglingly good
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Post by Jonny Walker on Sept 10, 2005 21:06:36 GMT -5
i hated yellow swans, they were so bad, i think they hit the brown note like five times. frog eyes were amazing. where were you two standing? Haha yeah they were quite bowel rattling. |
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Post by kevin on Sept 10, 2005 23:40:48 GMT -5
has the pink shirt wearing guy from yellow swans been doing that corny "i hate george bush" speech at all the shows or was it just nyc?
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Post by liontails on Sept 11, 2005 2:09:50 GMT -5
not that i heard
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Post by enjoy on Sept 11, 2005 3:54:33 GMT -5
has the pink shirt wearing guy from yellow swans been doing that corny "i hate george bush" speech at all the shows or was it just nyc? it was more of a katrina speech in toronto, which I can get behind. but a word to preachers.....keep it short, if you pass the five minute mark in between songs, we the audience just think your drunk and dont put much weight to your speeches. also, loved frog eyes...hated their art fag friends who decided it would be a good idea to push their way up front, and dance on my feet. hate to be a killjoy, but being pushed so a guy could rub his crotch on stage just made the rest of the set a little annoying. |
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Post by bottom lounge on Sept 11, 2005 21:45:56 GMT -5
i was there. luckily, i was able to meet jamie before i got kicked out for being under 21. he wrote on my record sleeve: "Dear Samuel, Your tent will come to life and kill you. Be aware! Jamie Stewart"  i thought the yellow swans were great...for a noise band. |
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Post by xrc on Sept 11, 2005 22:16:22 GMT -5
that show was 21+?
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Post by eyeless on Sept 11, 2005 23:28:55 GMT -5
i hated yellow swans. i didn't go to this concert, but i saw them in nyc last week and they were basically a tape sample looping, followed by increasingly loud bass tones that were unrecognizable, then a man in cowboy boots playing guitar that couldn't be heard, acting as if he were putting his heart and soul into it but nothing was coming out, then an andrew wk impersonater screaming into a microphone that i noticed wasn't even plugged in (i saw it with my own eyes!), then the noise fading out after 10 minutes and the tape loop sample being heard again as it died away, too. maybe i caught them on a bad night. any other 9/2 bowery goers think the same/different? i found i was able to detect the guitar just slightly at times but never the vocals at the toronto show. it wouldn't suprise me if the mic wasn't plugged in there either.... however because i was listening so hard to everything that was in the sound and paying attention to the visual clues of knob turns and facial expressions to figure out just what if their actions did or did not have anything to do with the what came out of the speakers i found the performance [the sound and the players] to be rather amazing. mind you unrecognizable bass tones that increase in volumes will almost always make me giddy and filled with love.... perhaps this was the desired effect... to make the audience analyze and really get into the sounds by presenting a lot of noise and some activity that may or may not have an effect on that noise you have to listen and figure it out... or perhaps [again] i'm over-theorizing on a questionable performance and they keep forgetting to actually set their equipment up properly. i don't know... but i did really enjoy it either way and want to see them again. they did invite people to come ask questions about anything after they were finished which i found interesting.... perhaps someone should ask.... |
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