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OldManInaCoffeeCan
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 Posted - 01/29/2005 : 16:15:24
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 01/29/2005 : 21:01:44
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Oh my, oh my, oh my, very nice show!
I especially enjoyed Black Francis' commitment to the vocals in the songs. Such focus, such concentration, very evident, on "Tame" which led into "Hey". Eyes closed, sweat dripping down from the top of his head and off his red cheeks, lungs pumping. It doesn't get any better than this!
What do you think? Not bad, huh! |
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1467 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2005 : 22:09:05
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2nd Review (I've had some time to mull over the show and since I'm up and feel somewhat talkative, I'll post another review)
From the Pixies, I've definitely seen better. 1992 to be exact. The ACL show certainly wasn't as lively as the reunion tour stop I saw in Nashville. Not that the Nashville reunion was lively. But, the ACL show lacked some energy.
The Highpoints (in my humble opinion):
Black Francis' ( I hesitate to use this moniker, but, hey, it was a Pixie show) vocals were outstanding. The Man was very focused on his singing, his eyes were often closed, and you could tell he was in a Zone, on some songs. It was especially evident in "Tame" and "Hey".
Joey came with his trademark feedback in all the appropriate places.
And, David was definitely ON. He kept the beat, and looked good doing it.
Kim played and sang nicely. She had to be coaxed by Black Francis to say good night (something along the lines of "goodnight, hope you enjoyed the show") but smiled with all her natural beauty.
The Lowpoints: NONE! Just would have liked to see some primal energy. Oh well, I've always got my memories from '92.
Long live the Pixies
Long live Rock and Roll |
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badronald
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USA
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 01/29/2005 : 23:41:09
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| You lucky ducks!! My show doesn't air locally until the 6th. Thanks for the reivew! Also thanks badronald for the torrent!! |
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dayanara
* Dog in the Sand *
Australia
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Posted - 01/30/2005 : 08:30:55
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i think it was about as close to a technically perfect pixies show as i've ever heard. it was pretty mellow, but then most people were sitting and that always takes some of the energy out of things. the occasional cut-aways to the spaztastic crowd dancing were a bit painful to watch.
frank was on fire (not that i expected any less)
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Margin Walker
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Posted - 01/30/2005 : 10:18:31
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| I saw it last night. For all the guitar players out there, the camera had a nice shot of Joey's effects pedals during the Vamos solo. I tivoed the show, maybe I'll pause it and try to see what Joey had in his case; if anyone is interested I'll post what I saw. |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 10:19:16
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I watched the downloaded torrent just now. Excellent quality audio + video. The show was great too. Strange to see such a "behaved" crowd after the London and Paris crowd mayhem I witnessed last year.
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kotvana
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Israel
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Posted - 02/02/2005 : 06:57:16
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well, indeedn, amazing vocals from Frank
The best HEY i ever heard!
He really like wheeping!
Amazing vocal control the all show, from the very low to the very high, from the intimate to the loud
This was the show of Frank.
Although, "in heaven" also amazing
i think they record the vocals quite loud there
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Zadillo
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Posted - 02/04/2005 : 06:53:14
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Originally posted by badronald
My local PBS won't show it until Feb 4th - but an NTSC DVD torrent of it is up here:
http://www.easytree.org/torrents-details.php?id=25428
Hrmm, I don't have an EasyTree account..... any other way to get this?
I missed my local showing of it (was at 2 AM on January 31st) |
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pentup
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Posted - 02/04/2005 : 09:11:01
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
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Posted - 02/07/2005 : 07:23:37
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quote:
Originally posted by Margin Walker
I saw it last night. For all the guitar players out there, the camera had a nice shot of Joey's effects pedals during the Vamos solo. I tivoed the show, maybe I'll pause it and try to see what Joey had in his case; if anyone is interested I'll post what I saw.
I know I need a 'Mr.Echo' pedal....
 The Cult of Frank 2.0: It's not the coming of the aliens or anything... |
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =
286 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2005 : 09:06:17
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And Joey uses a wha wha effect on Dead and sometimes Vamos too.
Great show with a lot of energy, really amazing. I love the rendition of Gouge Away and Number 13. U-Mass was a hightlight too. |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 02/08/2005 : 19:04:04
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| Man, that show was awesome. I watched it twice already. :) Amazing. Man you folks that saw it live were so darn lucky! |
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miles4n4
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 02/09/2005 : 22:19:39
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classic stuff for stoners and pixies fans alike :)
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 09:16:44
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Originally posted by pentup
about that torrent... do you have to do anything special to get audio? i opened it up in my dvd program, but i just get video.
No. It worked fine with PowerDVD and burned it with Nero, audio and video intact.
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