08-15-2003, 03:45 AM
my mum will be 54 on sunday, i shall be here to celebrate or something. and i too feel i'm nearing the big 10k so hang around for a bit longer, eh? thanks :thumbs-up:
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08-17-2003, 06:59 PM
bet i get there before all of you!
I will touch the sun or I will die trying.
08-18-2003, 02:24 PM
I've never been this excited for a show ever.
This is going to be good.
08-19-2003, 02:48 PM
My high expectations were surpassed. It really was the greatest live show I've ever seen.
08-19-2003, 07:38 PM
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08-19-2003, 08:18 PM
One thing I found odd last night was that there was virtually no grooving amongst the crowd. At a jam band show, I'm usually one of the more mellower people in the crowd, but no one was dancing last night as far as I could see except me and my gang of hippies.
08-19-2003, 08:24 PM
i dont think i ever wrote a review of the beacon show. it was one of, if not the best show i've ever witnessed. first, because it was such a small theater and beautiful, with ornate decorations and a huge chandalier. the show began with "there, there", as Jonny Greenwood, O'Brien and Selway all pounded away at the primal percussive beat that dominates the song. it was a great opener and was the first of many new "hail to the theif" tracks that most of the audience had already memorized due to the album being available for weeks on the internet.
2+2=5 and many other electronica and sonic jazz laced tracks followed. its amazing how well they can recreate such discordant and spontaneously beautiful rhythms, disjointed and still oddly melodic in a live setting without the net and editing a studio allows. radiohead in some ways is like the only living breathing example of a band that bases much of its recent discography on blips and bleeps meshed with more traditional instruments that can still put on a show like a real rock and roll band. they have swagger without seeming snobbish, playful without coming off goofy. at various times during the show O'Brien, Jonny and Thom were talking to people in the first few rows, joking and generally seeming to have a great time. Thom even came out onto the floor at the end of the first set, where nobody noticed him until i walked over and shook his hand, at which point security shuttled him back inside. highlights of the night were Morning Bell and Idiot-eque which whipped the crowd into a frenzy and Sit Down, Stand Up which builds to its climax with the frantic ending getting faster and faster. No Surprises and Fake Plastic Trees sent shivers down my spine. they performed THREE encores, the last of which was a real treat with Thom performing "True Love Waits" all alone on an acoustic guitar. all in all it was a magical night, one that i still daydream about. there are additional reviews and a setlist of this show here... <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ateaseweb.com/live/2003/20030605.php">http://www.ateaseweb.com/live/2003/20030605.php</a><!-- m --> ![[Image: 723475742_8cb2b0be6c.jpg]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1019/723475742_8cb2b0be6c.jpg)
08-19-2003, 08:27 PM
no i didnt go, i want to see them again when they perform in another smaller venue. they were dancing like crazy at the beacon show. especially during morning bell, idiot-eque, stand up-sit down (at the end when it builds) and kid a.
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