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jmdick
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:26:58  Show Profile  Visit jmdick's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hello,

I'm just back from the concert. I had a great time and I was really surprised to see that many people.
The "ambiance" was really friendly and I feel like Kim, Frank, Joey & David enjoyed it too. Just the end was kind of strange. Everybody thought that they would come back after leaving the stage. After a few minutes they finally turned on the lights. Then you leave with a strange feeling.
I was also amazed by the tshirts, they look really good.

I hope that everyone had a great time like me,

JM

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jmdick
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:33:39  Show Profile  Visit jmdick's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Sorry, I don't have the setlist, I just remember the beginning.
1./Bone Machine
2./Crackity Jones
3./River Euphrates
Then I'm not sure of the order: Hey, Cactus, I bleed, Tame, Debaser, Gouge Away, Caribou, Where is my mind, Monkey gone to heaven, WAve of mutilation, Gigantic, No 13 baby, Velouria, Here comes your man, Holiday song, Ed is dead, Isla de encanta, Into the white, Broken face, In heaven... I might forget some songs.

Good night,

JM
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benji
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New Zealand
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:34:39  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
what about Mogwai?
how were they as openers?


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Crac un pti jaune
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:46:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yeah that was great, very punchy, I almost died in the crowd behind...
They also played Mr Grieves..
I was a bit disappointed with Mogwai they kinda made people sleep and the sound was really bad when there was saturation all you could hear was noise...
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jmdick
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:50:05  Show Profile  Visit jmdick's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Same for Mogwai. Was not really looking to see them and when I entered the hall, it was f*cking dark, couldn't see where I was going. There was already a lot of people.
So I went out for beers!
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Crac un pti jaune
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:52:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Mogwai said something funny about the french football team...but I didn't understand
hope they win... or lose... against england...don't know
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Crac un pti jaune
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:53:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Beer is always a good choice
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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  15:59:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Mogwai lead guitarist said he wished France football team to beat England.
Actually, Mogwai are scottish, so I don't think they support Beckam and his friends ...

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The Holiday Son
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:00:42  Show Profile  Visit The Holiday Son's Homepage  Reply with Quote
They also played Something against you and Broken Face.
Lots of things to tell but I don't remember 'em all.
Frank's brother was there (I guess it was him) and he looks a lot like Brian Wilson.
What did Joey played at the end of Vamos' solo?
They didn't leave the stage for the first encore (Into the white) which was kinda cool and Frank asked that the light stayed on.
The second and last encore was: Gouge, Debaser and Tame.
I've never seen an encore that loud from the audience, that was kind of a shock they didn't come back after Tame because the audiance was wild (even a little too much sometimes during the show...)

Highlights: Mr Grieves, In Heaven, ...
Too bad they didn't play Blown Away.

That's all for tonight
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Crac un pti jaune
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:07:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think they played U-mass too...
And Kim sang on where is my mind...
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kharl
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:17:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
the bad stuff:
I found the sound was disapointing especially for mogwai, but also when frank and joey were strumming like mad all I could hear was noise!
they made some songs sound too "punchy", too loud... i bleed was weird
like jmdick I though the pixies left in a weird kind of way : they just put their guitars down and walked away...and that was it! also they weren't very talkative...
they didn't play many songs from bossanova or trompe le monde...

the good:
there were lots of people, i could see the stage very well!
frank "sang" incredibly well ! the guys from mogwai were cool, they joked and said some words in french.

overall it was a good concert and would have been awesome if the sound had been a bit better.
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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:17:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
First thought : that was awesome.
I was in the third row at the beginning of the show. But then it was a real war to keep one's position !!!
It was so hot that it was sometimes hard to breath.
Broken face almost sent me to the cemetery ...
I gave up after Something against you and began to go down into the crowd, about 10 meters from stage.
Pixies haven't lost their energy while they were accumulating weight increase and losing their hair ...
Too bad they didn't come back after the second encore cos people were very excited.

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *

France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:23:10  Show Profile  Visit Adnan_le_Terrible's Homepage  Reply with Quote
i didn't see any of other fb.netters.

i hope you enjoyed as much as i did

too drunk to post now, see you later.



And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.
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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:47:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It was so hot and the show was so punchy that I'm exhausted right now (never been so tired after a show).
I had to spin my t-shirt dry with my hands because I sweated so much !!!
Now I'm gonna take a refreshing shower (I will try not to sing Pixies songs too loud, otherwise I'll have problems with my neighbours ...).
I don't know for you but I'm always very excited after a concert.
It will be some time before I can sleep, so I don't think I'll be very concentrated on my work tomorrow ...

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  16:59:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Last thing before the shower : the french radio OUI FM (102.3 in Paris) said today that there would be cd's of the tonight show available 20 minutes after the concert, for 20 euros.
I personally was sceptic cos I've ordered shows on Disclive.com. Disclive made this for the 15 first shows after the reunion in Canada and USA, but they never said they would do the same for the european tour.
We asked in le Zénith and it looks like the information was wrong.
Too bad cos I think some people (including me) were disappointed not to be able to go home with the cd of the show.
Does someone have any information about that ?

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
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sloy
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  17:03:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ZE setlist(not in order)

Debaser
Gigantic
Tame
Vamos
Bone Machine
Gouge Away
Here Comes Your Man
Monkey Gone to Heaven
Where is my Mind
Broken Face
Caribou
Hey
Velouria
Wave of Mutilation
Cactus
In Heaven
Isla de Encanta
No. 13 Baby
Something Against You
U-Mass
Into the White
I Bleed
Holiday Song
Crackity Jones
Dead
River Euphrates
Ed Is Dead
Mr. Grieves


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Mister pink
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  17:14:25  Show Profile  Visit Mister pink's Homepage  Reply with Quote
pictures of the gig http://aftershow.free.fr (the gig of my life .. 12 years i was waiting for ..) + kim after the show in a sexy "nick cave" sweat shirt

This amazing final with gouge away / debaser / tame .. really ... great ..




http://the.pixies.free.fr

Edited by - Mister pink on 06/07/2004 22:25:35
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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  17:34:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
28 songs !
1 hour and a half !
The less we can say is that they did the job.
En français, je dirais qu'ils ne se sont pas foutus de notre gueule.

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
... Calme et tranquille
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Nono le petit lutin
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  17:38:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well done Mister pink !
You shoot faster than your shadow !
But I can't enlarge most of the photographs ... maybe it's my pc that sucks !?

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Nono le petit lutin
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  17:44:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Did someone notice the adhesive on the guitar of Mogwai lead guitarist ?
"Don't mess with Texas".
I like that kind of sense of humour (at least 25th degree !!!).

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  18:18:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nono le petit lutin

Did someone notice the adhesive on the guitar of Mogwai lead guitarist ?
"Don't mess with Texas".
I like that kind of sense of humour (at least 25th degree !!!).


"Don't mess with Texas" is the Texas anti-littering bumpersticker. I agree it does take on other meanings these days, but then it was a poor choice of phrase from the start.

Thanks for the reports.
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Mister pink
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France
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Posted - 06/07/2004 :  22:27:10  Show Profile  Visit Mister pink's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Nono le petit lutin

Well done Mister pink !
You shoot faster than your shadow !
But I can't enlarge most of the photographs ... maybe it's my pc that sucks !?


click on the small on and my pics are in 1600 X 1200 or 1024 .. so i think is allready quite large ..


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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  05:03:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:


Well done Mister pink !
You shoot faster than your shadow !
But I can't enlarge most of the photographs ... maybe it's my pc that sucks !?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



click on the small on and my pics are in 1600 X 1200 or 1024 .. so i think is allready quite large ..


The problem comes from my home pc because it's ok at my work.
Whatever, good job !
I saw a few photographers during the show ... were you on the first row ?

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
... Calme et tranquille
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Mister pink
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France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  05:11:57  Show Profile  Visit Mister pink's Homepage  Reply with Quote
i was just in front of the drum, not in the first row .. there was just a friend (girl) smaller than me. I protected her and she didn't disturb me for set and photo ..

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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  06:02:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
"Don't mess with Texas" is the Texas anti-littering bumpersticker. I agree it does take on other meanings these days, but then it was a poor choice of phrase from the start.

Thanks for the reports.


You're welcome, Erebus.

Thanks for this precision ... I had actually already heard of it, but, funny, I only focused on the "other meaning" as you say ...
This slogan sounds very nationalistic (or state-istic) and authoritarian, not particularly welcoming.

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Arnaud
They tried to give me advice / Down at the record shop / I said sit down boys / This may come as a shock / What's all I listen to / It's all freedom rock
... Calme et tranquille
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Nono le petit lutin
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France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  06:24:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
i was just in front of the drum, not in the first row .. there was just a friend (girl) smaller than me. I protected her and she didn't disturb me for set and photo ..




Bravo ŕ toi ! Tel le roseau qui plie mais ne rompt pas, tu as fait front dans la tempęte.
As I said before, I was in the 3rd row and the crazy crowd ate me after a dozen of songs ... poor me ...

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Etienne
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Japan
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  08:58:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Complete playlist in correct order

Bone machine
Crackity Jones
River Euphrates
Wave of Mutilation (regular version)
Monkey gone to heaven
I bleed
Caribou
Cactus
Broken face
Something against you
Isla de Encanta
Hey
No13 baby
Dead
U-Mass
Gigantic
Velouria
Ed is dead
In heaven
Where is my mind ?
Mr. Grieves
Here comes your man
The Holiday Song
Vamos

(Mini break)

Into the white

(Break)

Gouge away
Debaser
Tame


I will post my comments soon.


Etienne
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vilainde
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Niue
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  09:01:21  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Does this mean you taped the show? E-mail me for a trade if you're interested.


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benji
> Teenager of the Year <

New Zealand
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  10:44:17  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Erebus"Don't mess with Texas" is the Texas anti-littering bumpersticker. I agree it does take on other meanings these days, but then it was a poor choice of phrase from the start.

Thanks for the reports.



but of course Stuart (Mogwai guitarist) means it to be taken as anti-bush.....his hatred of GWB is wellknown to those who are fans of Mogwai.


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ducon
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  11:11:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
it was great concert
mogwai was great as usual the set list was too short & the sound too low
of course people came for the pixies but mogwai derved more attention
the pixies gig was fantastic and noisy
sound was better but i expected much better , also disapointed about the end , we hope for more
i taped the show i had to transfer , the sound seems good but not my best
cheers
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *

France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  11:18:53  Show Profile  Visit Adnan_le_Terrible's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The sound was too low? Ducon, you're kidding?



And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *

France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  11:24:39  Show Profile  Visit Adnan_le_Terrible's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I didn't like that line about the French national team (which I support) beating England . OK, he's Scottish, so what? They play music without words, and the only thing he had to say was this? I can think about many smarter things to say.

I like Mogwai, nevertheless.



And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.
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Tique
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  12:55:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Just came back home one hour ago....
What can I say? One of the greatest experience of my life. Surely and I am so extited to go again next week :)
Really good crownd, as some of you, I was a bit pissed when they didn't came back after their encore but by the end of the day it was a great gig so I can't really complaint.
See ya next week
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Etienne
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Japan
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  13:30:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey everyone / salut ŕ tous

I was at the front row and found that the lighting was very poor. I went to many shows in smaller venues and it is the first time that I notice this. I was standing more or less in front of Kim and most of the time I could barely see Joey because of this poor lighting... On top of that, the pics I took which are usually good (check the photo gallery) were a bit foggy and colorless...Did anyone have the same feeling ?

From a musical point of view, I really enjoyed the long long outro when they played Vamos. Joey did a long guitar solo including a part of the "Where is my mind?" riff into it !!
I also appreciated to see that Frank and Kim looked so close, talking and joking around during the songs.

I am sure the show was taped because I was asked at the end by a pro-taper if I was interested in a recording. I will let you know if I get a grip on it...

Etienne

Edited by - Etienne on 06/08/2004 13:31:32
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remig
* Dog in the Sand *

France
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  14:23:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
HI

I was seated at the fifth row for mogwai then stood up like everybody, almost in the middle, sound was ok, not disapointed by the setlist, I loved them all and was aware that they'll only play Surfer/pilgim/doolittle songs, but I would have liked to hear subbacultcha or hang wire.

The audience was very excited so that's why I think people were a bit tired when they should have asked for a third encore.

Shame on the Zenith for the commercials before the show, I went there for the strokes and it did not happen.

Now I wait for Frank going back solo, and play show with ONLY FB songs (honeycomb, honeycomb, honeycomb!)
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ducon
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Posted - 06/08/2004 :  15:55:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi adnan
the sound was quite low for a band like mogwai
i saw sthem several times nand here at thezenith , a large venue , i was hoping for something better
i listened to my recording , adn that was not the best
anyway, the most important thing was , last night was a tremendous show!!
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