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offerw
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 Posted - 06/07/2004 : 04:40:15
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I will never forget Saturday night ever. Being a few steps away from Frank when Head On blasted off was one of the moments of my life. The crowd! Mayhem! The setlist incredible. Benji mentioned in Thursday's thread they should close with Vamos, spot on.It was unbelievable, Joey had so much fun. It was over far too soon. Thank god I've Paris to look forward to.
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 05:59:49
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was just an aside ... he said something like "this is a song from 'The Hour Of Bewilderbeast', the album that beat coldplay to the mercury award ..."
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bumblebeeboy2
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 10:00:20
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v. important question. On Saturday night, a large horn shaped thing appeared attached to Dave's drumkit. What was it for?
I meant to ask this before now... we all just remembered here. I don't remember it being used either... unless I missed something.. it wasn't there the other nights (according to Steve here who went on all four nights)
was it not there other nights? i assumed it was something to do with the live recordings? but obviously not if it's not normally there, very odd!
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jo
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lard
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 12:04:12
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all the horn will be for is to get a better sound for the cymbals. seems a pretty damn wierd method, but there must have been a reason.
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la muneca
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 12:43:23
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that was without a doubt the best gig i've ever been to. by SO far.
i'd really like to say what the highlights were but there were way too many :D during the encore i said to my friend "i really want vamos" and just as i'd said it, they started to play it! joey = legend <3
i want to be back there right now. wow. kim's 'ooo-oooh's in where is my mind were gorgeous, i couldn't stop staring at her, in heaven was brilliant too, and i'd been hoping they'd play dead and mr grieves so they were great :D
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jo
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 06/08/2004 : 00:27:45
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Originally posted by lard
all the horn will be for is to get a better sound for the cymbals. seems a pretty damn wierd method, but there must have been a reason.
seems weird, cause none of the other nights (and looking at last nights pics from Paris) didn't have them.... and the actual recordings of the show don't seem too different either... ah well! |
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Paul_M
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Posted - 06/08/2004 : 05:12:18
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Originally posted by jo
seems weird, cause none of the other nights (and looking at last nights pics from Paris) didn't have them.... and the actual recordings of the show don't seem too different either... ah well!
I had assumed until now (as I only went to the one show) that it was part of the stage set. I thought it was a huge megaphone and seemed to remember such an item featuring in a cover design somewhere along the line. I think I must have made this up in my head on Saturday as I stood and looked at it.
But if it wasn't that then it does seem odd indeed.
I wonder if Frank caught this mornings celestial phenomenon, the Transit of Venus? To make up for missing Halley's Comet, maybe? My pinhole device wasn't up to much and I had to make do with pics on the web. |
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anglepoise
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Posted - 06/08/2004 : 09:25:24
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| it was definitely only there on saturday ... I kinda assumed it was something to do with disclive - recording ambient/crowd noises or summin' (it had a microphone pointing into the horn) ... then the pixies came on and I forgot all about it |
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lard
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Posted - 06/08/2004 : 13:12:43
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if it had a microphone, than its to do with the disc live recording only. It must have turned out (on the previous nights recordings) that the overhead microphones weren't picking up the sound properly.....
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Hatchetman
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Posted - 06/11/2004 : 02:02:46
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Originally posted by lard
all the horn will be for is to get a better sound for the cymbals. seems a pretty damn wierd method, but there must have been a reason.
The horn seems to be at the wrong angle / place for the cymbals. If the cymbals weren't coming through very well in the mix on the other nights, the sound engineers would have just used better quality or different mics. I would have thought the horn was to do with the ambient mic'ing of the crowd. Disclive had two AKG 414's (I think) by the mixing desk and a few others scattered about.
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lard
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Posted - 06/11/2004 : 11:59:30
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Originally posted by Hatchetman
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Originally posted by lard
all the horn will be for is to get a better sound for the cymbals. seems a pretty damn wierd method, but there must have been a reason.
The horn seems to be at the wrong angle / place for the cymbals. If the cymbals weren't coming through very well in the mix on the other nights, the sound engineers would have just used better quality or different mics. I would have thought the horn was to do with the ambient mic'ing of the crowd. Disclive had two AKG 414's (I think) by the mixing desk and a few others scattered about.
Ade
they also had 2 Dynamic mics next to the mixing desk as well (Sm58's?) I know the 'horn' seems in a wierd place, but the only real detectable sound at that position would be the cymbals. Unless Dave was meant to stand up and shout things into it...........
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JakeWalker
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 13:23:27
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lard
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 16:32:52
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well do you know anything about it~??????
it seems a very weird piece of kit, and if it had a mic in it it obvoisly had some purpose other than a prop......
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pudmeister
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 09:28:44
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I was there on the weds and friday show and they didnt have it, but the sound on the weds and fri was absolutely terrible, the sound was crystal clear on the saturday even though i stood in the same area all 3 nights.Did they get some specialist in to sort it out?
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MMD
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Posted - 06/17/2004 : 06:45:30
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Originally posted by jo
http://www.offbeat.org.uk/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=463&sid=b1a2107a27bec2c659a3119920dbd329
(thanks to Vicky at TMO for those pics!)
Do you or anyone else have pictures of the Saturday night gig, I would love to see some if anyone took a digital camera in. I didn't take anything because I thought it would get conficated but I saw loads of people taking cameras in no problem.
“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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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 06/19/2004 : 12:29:48
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I want to apologise to all the Badly Drawn Boy fans for caling Damon Gough names on here before. He seemed a genuinely nice guy and a good musician.
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lard
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Posted - 06/19/2004 : 13:13:20
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well i so happen to know he's a twat and i wouldn't give him the time of day due to his attitude.......
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 06/20/2004 : 03:53:49
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A twat!  I don't know much else about the guy except that he seemed an allright guy during the show.
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lard
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Posted - 06/20/2004 : 05:21:14
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yeah, my best mate used to play with him in Manchester (i even think he helped write some songs with him), but my mate got sick of him being so arrogant that he stopped playing with him.....
I speak no lie!
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