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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
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 Posted - 06/03/2004 : 15:45:01
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oh my fucking god!
that was the best gig i have ever been too.
if i thought last night was good, tonite was on a totally different level.
they were clearlyu having the time of their lives, whereas last night they were obviously very nervous.
they played for 90mins, with 3 encores and it was just the most intense gig experience i have ever witnessed.
when they finally left the stage, the audience didn't even have the energy to clap to encourage another encore...we were all just so incredibly drained from the experience.
there was obviously various members of their families there tonite cause they kept on looking towards a section of the balcony and frank thanked the loverings for lending their shed to practice in all those years ago.
and i have never heard frank tlak so much - it wasn't much, but he did mention how the best of was missing the 'hey' after singin said line.....i could see Jo cringing from my spot....
highlights were hay, which was just spellbounding and vamos once again which just went on and on, with joey unsuccessfully trying to light a cigarette while his guitar was sitting on the stand.
oh, and the fuck up with the beginning of gouge away - where kim thought it was is she weird, but frank almost beginning to sing gouge away...they played is she weird in the end with gouge away straight after.
can't remember the setlist, bu they started with la la love you and ended with into the white....
oh my fucking god.
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LUTINS
- FB Fan -
France
182 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 15:52:34
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Great !
i hope to see the same "fucking" show in paris
union pour la promotion de la propulsion photonique pixienne |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 16:04:58
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...but what about the magic show? Tell us about the magic show!
 I wanna go to the moon. I wanna do this duet with Morrissey..... |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 16:05:31
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Pixies rocked. All you need to know.
 "Everywhere I go I want to travel by boogie board" |
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Lex
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 16:48:08
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That was as good if not better than when I saw them there in 1990..........Gouge away was amazing as was Cactus.
As for the Magic...........how the F**K did he do the magnet thing at the end?????
Dave had his "mad doctor long white coat "on for the whole gig...........good on you mate!!! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 16:52:48
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The guy is a hero. Monster Vortex Cannon? Marvellous.
The phone number's optional...
"Everywhere I go I want to travel by boogie board" |
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Lex
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
83 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 16:58:02
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How did he do the magnet thing?????????????
Amazing night.........my throats a tad rough though :) |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 17:02:30
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Yep, I'm with you on that one. How FB keeps up with Tame every night I'll never know.
I liked the dropping the ball bearing through the pipe, that was kinda cool.
"Everywhere I go I want to travel by boogie board" |
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zambaretzu
- FB Fan -
28 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 17:07:04
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anglepoise
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
46 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 17:17:52
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yup, way better than last night ... and last night was magnificent
played a very different set list ..um ... la la love you, crackity jones, mr grieves, levitate me, ed is dead ... 3 f**kin' encores!!!
can't wait for tomorrow! |
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 17:21:50
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any new songs that weren't played yet?
Do dyslexic-insomniac-agnostics stay up all night wondering if there really is a dog? |
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anglepoise
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
46 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 17:30:22
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no, nothing new (still no break my body!) ... doubt that they are going to add anything to the set at this point
I'm sure someone will post a proper setlist, but from memory it included (not in order) ...
caribou
vamos
isla de encanta
ed is dead
the holiday song
nimrod's song (with the first verse in slow time)
levitate me
bone machine
something against you
broken face
gigantic
where is my mind?
cactus
debaser
tame
wave of mutilation (both versions)
I bleed
here come's your man
dead
monkey gone to heaven
mr grieves
crackity jones
la la love you
no. 13 baby
hey
gouge away
velouria
is she weird
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ihatetouts
- FB Fan -
35 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 17:54:43
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la muneca
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
36 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 18:53:42
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aaarrrggghhh :D
this is me near dying of excitement right here :D
roll on saturdaaaay!
the setlist, just ..wooow. |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 20:44:12
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Jesus Benji, you've seen how many bands in your live and this was the best show ever!? You now have me trembling in anticipation of Saturday night!
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2004 : 21:55:37
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Im with benji, the pixies used to be the best band I had ever seen and then time was good to a few other bands, delgados, rancid, and then bang wednesday, oi domestiques we are the pixies, we are still the best band you have ever seen live and dont fucking forget it this time!
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“I want to be a star!” I cried
They said, “You’re overqualified.
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All_over_the_world
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 01:00:27
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| I don't know, for me the Wednesday show was better somehow. I was pissed off initially with the lack of Where Is My Minds and Levitate Mes but looking back it just felt like Wednesday was more of a cult thing, rather than a showcase for the new best of album. Choosing to start with something like Winterlong was something only the Pixies would do and the continuation into stuff like Gouge Away and then finishing with Into The White gave it a cooler feel than last night's. Oh, and the crowd was a bit better, more enthusiastic on Wednesday. Still, worth paying £50. |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 01:33:39
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wednesdays gig was more of an emotional experience for me.....first time seeing my alltime favourite band really affected me.
whereas last night it was just all about the amazing music.
and man, am i sore this morning....
no way i could do 4 nights of that in a row....
i'm getting too old...
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jo
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
516 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 02:19:58
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I was so knackered last night. Security took my digital camera at the door, so I got no photos, annoyingly, although one of our group had a camera phone, as did most other people around our area.
I was watching the magic, but from near the back, so didn't see what he did, esp with the magnet, so what exactly happened? I did like the way he went off to 'She Blinded Me With Science' by Thomas Dolby!
Pixies wise... my first time seeing them and wow. I think I read too many reviews on here first though, and expected too much, and was disappointed for the first few songs - plus cause of my tinnitus I had earplugs in, so it cut out all the loudness, but it all clicked somewhere in the middle...
We were right in the middle of the slope, which meant we couldn't see a lot close up, but from there it seemed like the band weren't giggling and joking and stuff - like when they started one song, and Charles sang another, (I don't remember which any more, brain gone) and they just seemed to snap into the song and all correct themselves... they were tight, and fantastic.
I know I'll probably enjoy Saturday more cause I've got no expectations now, I've seen them so they can only be better.... I got so hyped up about it yesterday!!
I gave it 9/10 :)
and I laughed when FB said the "Hey" part :) |
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hibster
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 02:22:09
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i preferred last nights to wednesdays too.
they were (as has been said) much more up for it themselves this time, & i preferred the set last night too.
(though winterlong on weds was col)
this is why events unerve me |
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hibster
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 02:22:53
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but better than back in the 80's 90's?
don't think so - still think the doolitle tour was their zenith as a live experience
this is why events unerve me |
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marinade
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 02:56:06
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It was great but I couldn't make out anything Black/Frank said.
My highlights were Levitate Me, Into the White - a great psychedelic ending to the show - and the joy of a girl in the queue when my friend gave her our spare ticket for nothing. |
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Gav Dann
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 03:37:14
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Saw Pixies last night. They played for about an hour and 40. The first half hour was kinda weird. the band made one or two minor fuck ups and seemed generally nervous (apart from Kim who had a big smile on her face all night). The crowd didn't seem to care as about 2/3 of the crowd were pogoing like made. i was in our usual spot towards the back so just watched as I wanted to take it all in. black francis came in with the wrong song, the band seemed to relex and from then on it was great. now i've had a chance to see them properly I'm going to try and work my way towards the front at V so that I can get in the mosh pit
I was kinda sceptical to begin with, what with it being a blatant cash cow tour but they won me over and from what I hear they've written a couple of new tracks together. hopefully we'll see some more pixies material next year.
They played a similar set to the previous night which is listed on the NME website but we got Where Is My Mind amongst others. It was all in a different order as well. they opened up with La La Love You. Virtually everything was from C'Mon Pilgrim, Surfer Rosa and Doolittle. One from Bossanova (Velouria) and a couple of covers. Nothing as far as I can remember from Trompe Le Monde. No complaints from me there.
All in all I'd rate it 7/10 but I'm a stingy old git.
quote:
Originally posted by benji
oh my fucking god!
that was the best gig i have ever been too.
if i thought last night was good, tonite was on a totally different level.
they were clearlyu having the time of their lives, whereas last night they were obviously very nervous.
they played for 90mins, with 3 encores and it was just the most intense gig experience i have ever witnessed.
when they finally left the stage, the audience didn't even have the energy to clap to encourage another encore...we were all just so incredibly drained from the experience.
there was obviously various members of their families there tonite cause they kept on looking towards a section of the balcony and frank thanked the loverings for lending their shed to practice in all those years ago.
and i have never heard frank tlak so much - it wasn't much, but he did mention how the best of was missing the 'hey' after singin said line.....i could see Jo cringing from my spot....
highlights were hay, which was just spellbounding and vamos once again which just went on and on, with joey unsuccessfully trying to light a cigarette while his guitar was sitting on the stand.
oh, and the fuck up with the beginning of gouge away - where kim thought it was is she weird, but frank almost beginning to sing gouge away...they played is she weird in the end with gouge away straight after.
can't remember the setlist, bu they started with la la love you and ended with into the white....
oh my fucking god.
You Know You Want To!
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jo
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
516 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 03:49:42
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 03:54:22
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I think Into The White is possibly the finest closing song I've ever heard, and certainly one of the best uses of strobes.
In fact, I thought the lighting was cool all around. It started with a very sparse white background, and then the big round lights over the stage came out for WOM (Surf). Cool. Reminded me of Motorhead's Bomber, bizarrely.
The strobing in Tame was mental as well, seriously ace.
But Into The White man. Into The White...
"Everywhere I go I want to travel by boogie board" |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 05:22:44
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Last night a dream came true for me.... I arrived at Brixton about 8:30pm with seating tickets, and after a fruitless attempt at trying to get people to lend me their standing ticket (so that I could go through to the standing area and acquire four tickets from people who were already in), managed to bribe security with 15 quid.
Man, I couldn't have asked for more. Starting off with the quieter songs (La La Love You, Here Comes Your Man etc etc) and then ripping into the more rocking tunes. They all looked really happy, especially Kim who practically grinned her way through the set. The crowd got well into it as well, and I have to say that was one of the best crowds I have experienced.
I was quite drunk by the end of it.... I shouted out 'Frank Black.net' a couple of times in an attempt to meet a few people (I was very drunk by this time) from the forum, but it didn't work.
I really think that last night was one of the best gigs I have ever been to, they did a great job, and for what it's worth I really hope that they stay together and record a new album. Man I'm still blown away by the brilliance of the Pixies!
Did anyone see Errol (I presume it was Errol) standing to the side of the stage, he was a slightly smaller Frank Black with hair... in fact they look almost identical.
10/10.... they could have played for another 4 hours and I would have cheered them on for more. Id there anyway of getting hold of the gig on cd??
Just the good ole boys, never meaning no harm,
that all you ever saw
been in trouble with the law,
since the day they were born |
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Canned Philosoph
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 07:13:05
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I'm new to the forum, but had to join in the fun - last night was just awesome! I've seen FB 4 times, but this was something else!
From the moment Dave Lovering came onstage grinning like a lunatic in his white coat there was no question that this was going to be special. The atmosphere in the crowd was superb; after about 30 minutes of havinng my internal organs re-arranged 3 rows back between Kim and Frank we retreated to the edge of the moshpit, where my glasses got knocked off and pretty much destroyed. It was worth it though
Personal higlights were Gouge Away (sounding *so* mean!) and U-Mass as the first encore. Jumping around crashing into total strangers while yelling "It's Educational" at the top of your voice just does something to you, especially for a teacher on half-term holiday.
Just going out to get some blank CDs...
P.S. I'm not sure that all was quite what it seemed in Dave's magic act. As one of my friends pointed out, why didn't the metorite fly off its little stand onto the magnet? I feel it may have had slightly more to do with the "isolation plate"...Hmmm |
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MMD
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
233 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 07:25:18
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quote:
Originally posted by Stuart
Is there anyway of getting hold of the gig on cd??
http://www.disclive.com
“Not since Orson Welles had one man so many fingers in so many pies, and been the chef as well. And then looked like he went and ate them all. The guy was out of control.” |
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
1326 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 08:17:13
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oh my fucking god!
that was the best gig i have ever been too.
if i thought last night was good, tonite was on a totally different level.
All I can do is echo the above. I saw them twice in their heyday but I think last night surpassed it. Three encores!! We know how Frank believes encores should only be given if the audience 'asks' hard enough. Well done the crowd - didnt seem to be much surfing but I could be wrong.
Highlights for me: U-Mass, Is she weird, Bone Machine, Monkey gone to Heaven and a song I longed for but never heard all those years ago No. 13 Baby  |
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anglepoise
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
46 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 09:31:18
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there was a fair bit of crowd-surfing last night, though possibly less than the previous evening
word of advice to anyone considering it - brixton has a very low tolerance policy (hence the signs either side of the stage) and crowd-surfers run the risk of being banished upstairs or ejected from the venue altogether ... so best to leave it 'til the encore |
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pellucidity
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 10:02:30
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La La Love You
Ed Is Dead
Here Comes your Man
Wave Of Mutilation
Crackity Jones
Isla De Encanta
Something Against You
Broken Face
Mr Grieves
Hey
Is She Weird?
Gouge Away
Tame
Debaser
Bone Machine
Levitate Me
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Velouria
I Bleed
Gigantic
Nimrod’s Son
Vamos
Where Is My Mind?
U-Mass
Wave Of Mutilation
No 13 Baby
Caribou
Cactus
Into The White
My ex, who nearly got crushed (all I could do stop it from happening, Crackity Jones onward) got a setlist, so you can see what was planned - wow they added a lot:
La La
Ed is dead
Here Comes Your Man
Crackity Jones
Isla De Encanta
Hey
Is She Weird?
Gouge Away
Debaser
Bone Machine
Levitate Me
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Velouria
I Bleed
Gigantic
Nimrod's Son
Vamos
Where Is My Mind? |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 12:17:21
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quote:
Originally posted by marinade
It was great but I couldn't make out anything Black/Frank said.
My highlights were Levitate Me, Into the White - a great psychedelic ending to the show - and the joy of a girl in the queue when my friend gave her our spare ticket for nothing.
What made him pick her? Was she good looking by any chance???
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 12:24:54
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I have to say that I feel a little robbed now from the previous night's set. The crowd stayed for about 15 minutes and screamed for more but they only did one encore.
I want my money back!!!
Just kidding.
Seriously though, despite the superior setlist, I would never swap the opening night of their return to the UK for ANY other night, no matter how good the setlist/support/mood of the band etc.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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listypoos
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 15:40:38
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thursday night was fucking brilliant. daves magic show was great!
i was right at the front and the security's faces during joey's vamos noise fest was brilliant. "what the hells this??!"
also, i'm guessing from how he looked and descriptions of him on here that it was franks brother i could see at the side of the stage? and on the wednesday night, i think i could see kelley deal at the side. unless i was just hallucinating.
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listypoos
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Posted - 06/04/2004 : 15:45:36
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actually, i forgot to mention that last night was the very first time i've heard frank sing the "this is a song for carol" part of bone machine live. every other version i've heard he doesnt seem to sing it.
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2004 : 22:36:31
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great to hear that it was an amazing show.
so what's the deal with the magic show? lets here some details. i saw them in vancouver and didn't get no magic show. what the fuck?? did dave electricute any pickles or does he have new material.
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03/06/04 - Brixton Academy, London
