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Are gigs getting quieter these days?
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My Bloody Valentine's 25 minutes of one-chord feedback last year was quite an earbleeder. Remember the floor afterwards was covered in as many abandoned earplugs as shattered plastic pint glasses...
Here's a Guardian review:
"People seem excited, rather than concerned, about the fact that tonight, 16 years on from their last tour, earplugs are being handed out on the door. This turns out to be more than affectation. The mix renders Shields' vocals completely inaudible, removing the keen sense of melody that made My Bloody Valentine's records so simultaneously appealing and disturbing: there are fantastic tunes lurking beneath the fog of guitars, but you would have no idea on the basis of tonight's show.
It is a major loss, but what is left is still overwhelming. The churning chord sequences happen at such volume, it is literally impossible to remain unmoved: your body physically shakes with every note. Performing essentially the same set as on their final tour, the band appear to have been preserved in amber for the last 16 years. The members look exactly the same: a veritable advert for the invigorating properties of doing virtually nothing. Shields and fellow guitarist/vocalist Belinda Butcher stand motionless and impassive, while bassist Debbie Googe and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig are a relative blur of activity.
The night ends with You Made Me Realise, the 1988 single that famously contains 40 seconds of screaming noise instead of a middle-eight. Tonight, it lasts 20 minutes: if you tentatively remove an earplug, it is like being punched in the side of the head.
Afterwards, the audience lurch out of the venue, shellshocked. It is hard not to feel that some of My Bloody Valentine's essence has been trampled. But on volume alone, it is equally hard not to feel that the reality has lived up to the myth."
Here's a Guardian review:
"People seem excited, rather than concerned, about the fact that tonight, 16 years on from their last tour, earplugs are being handed out on the door. This turns out to be more than affectation. The mix renders Shields' vocals completely inaudible, removing the keen sense of melody that made My Bloody Valentine's records so simultaneously appealing and disturbing: there are fantastic tunes lurking beneath the fog of guitars, but you would have no idea on the basis of tonight's show.
It is a major loss, but what is left is still overwhelming. The churning chord sequences happen at such volume, it is literally impossible to remain unmoved: your body physically shakes with every note. Performing essentially the same set as on their final tour, the band appear to have been preserved in amber for the last 16 years. The members look exactly the same: a veritable advert for the invigorating properties of doing virtually nothing. Shields and fellow guitarist/vocalist Belinda Butcher stand motionless and impassive, while bassist Debbie Googe and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig are a relative blur of activity.
The night ends with You Made Me Realise, the 1988 single that famously contains 40 seconds of screaming noise instead of a middle-eight. Tonight, it lasts 20 minutes: if you tentatively remove an earplug, it is like being punched in the side of the head.
Afterwards, the audience lurch out of the venue, shellshocked. It is hard not to feel that some of My Bloody Valentine's essence has been trampled. But on volume alone, it is equally hard not to feel that the reality has lived up to the myth."
My Bloody Valentine's 25 minutes of one-chord feedback last year was quite an earbleeder. Remember the floor afterwards was covered in as many abandoned earplugs as shattered plastic pint glasses...
Here's a Guardian review:
"People seem excited, rather than concerned, about the fact that tonight, 16 years on from their last tour, earplugs are being handed out on the door. This turns out to be more than affectation. The mix renders Shields' vocals completely inaudible, removing the keen sense of melody that made My Bloody Valentine's records so simultaneously appealing and disturbing: there are fantastic tunes lurking beneath the fog of guitars, but you would have no idea on the basis of tonight's show.
It is a major loss, but what is left is still overwhelming. The churning chord sequences happen at such volume, it is literally impossible to remain unmoved: your body physically shakes with every note. Performing essentially the same set as on their final tour, the band appear to have been preserved in amber for the last 16 years. The members look exactly the same: a veritable advert for the invigorating properties of doing virtually nothing. Shields and fellow guitarist/vocalist Belinda Butcher stand motionless and impassive, while bassist Debbie Googe and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig are a relative blur of activity.
The night ends with You Made Me Realise, the 1988 single that famously contains 40 seconds of screaming noise instead of a middle-eight. Tonight, it lasts 20 minutes: if you tentatively remove an earplug, it is like being punched in the side of the head.
Afterwards, the audience lurch out of the venue, shellshocked. It is hard not to feel that some of My Bloody Valentine's essence has been trampled. But on volume alone, it is equally hard not to feel that the reality has lived up to the myth."
Here's a Guardian review:
"People seem excited, rather than concerned, about the fact that tonight, 16 years on from their last tour, earplugs are being handed out on the door. This turns out to be more than affectation. The mix renders Shields' vocals completely inaudible, removing the keen sense of melody that made My Bloody Valentine's records so simultaneously appealing and disturbing: there are fantastic tunes lurking beneath the fog of guitars, but you would have no idea on the basis of tonight's show.
It is a major loss, but what is left is still overwhelming. The churning chord sequences happen at such volume, it is literally impossible to remain unmoved: your body physically shakes with every note. Performing essentially the same set as on their final tour, the band appear to have been preserved in amber for the last 16 years. The members look exactly the same: a veritable advert for the invigorating properties of doing virtually nothing. Shields and fellow guitarist/vocalist Belinda Butcher stand motionless and impassive, while bassist Debbie Googe and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig are a relative blur of activity.
The night ends with You Made Me Realise, the 1988 single that famously contains 40 seconds of screaming noise instead of a middle-eight. Tonight, it lasts 20 minutes: if you tentatively remove an earplug, it is like being punched in the side of the head.
Afterwards, the audience lurch out of the venue, shellshocked. It is hard not to feel that some of My Bloody Valentine's essence has been trampled. But on volume alone, it is equally hard not to feel that the reality has lived up to the myth."
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
- Mar 11, 2007
- 9,719
Yes, if you see two bob bands such as the 'rakes'.
Diana Ross would get that place rocking.
Diana Ross would get that place rocking.
Diana Ross would get that place rocking.
*Sniggers*
I saw Saxon last night in the not too massive Forum and they filled the place with their delicate refrains 
The first support band were loud, the second louder, and come the main event, it was turned up to eleven!
PS I went to see Bryan Adams at The Centre a few years ago with my sister, and we were chatting about/during the gig, and this bloke asked us to keep the noise down!! Couldn't believe my ears...
The first support band were loud, the second louder, and come the main event, it was turned up to eleven!
PS I went to see Bryan Adams at The Centre a few years ago with my sister, and we were chatting about/during the gig, and this bloke asked us to keep the noise down!! Couldn't believe my ears...
Fred Oliver - Legend
Well-known member
who the hell are 'the rakes'?!
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
and most hyped at the time, saw them in camden electric ballroom....they was pants.
Pretty pink fairy
Banned
- Jan 30, 2008
- 31,981
errrrrrrrrrrrr your deaf??
Paxton Dazo
Up The Spurs.
- Mar 11, 2007
- 9,719
What?
Mmm?
I went to Ultravox at the Dome last night and that was loud, perhaps because most of us were deaf 40+ years old so they had to make sure we could all hear properly! You had to shout to the person next to you to have a conversation and we were towards the back of the stalls.
Bat for Lashes last week was also pretty decent sound at the Corn Exchange, even if the atmosphere was slightly less then a mid season match at Withdean!
Loudest gig I ever went to was the Prodigy at the Brighton centre a few years back, the doors were bouncing open with the baseline/drum beats and I was pretty much deaf when I left the place and for a few hours afterwards! The worst was Springsteen at the Emirates, way way too quiet, spoiled the gig - would never go to that place for a gig again - come to think of it not seen seen any advertised since that gig - perhaps as its in a residential area and too many restrictions they have decided its not a suitable venue!
The last gig I saw at the Concorde was the Levellers and I thought the sound was reasonably loud, but not particularly great in quality.
Bat for Lashes last week was also pretty decent sound at the Corn Exchange, even if the atmosphere was slightly less then a mid season match at Withdean!
Loudest gig I ever went to was the Prodigy at the Brighton centre a few years back, the doors were bouncing open with the baseline/drum beats and I was pretty much deaf when I left the place and for a few hours afterwards! The worst was Springsteen at the Emirates, way way too quiet, spoiled the gig - would never go to that place for a gig again - come to think of it not seen seen any advertised since that gig - perhaps as its in a residential area and too many restrictions they have decided its not a suitable venue!
The last gig I saw at the Concorde was the Levellers and I thought the sound was reasonably loud, but not particularly great in quality.
Pretty pink fairy
Banned
- Jan 30, 2008
- 31,981
exactly !!
Juan Albion
Chicken Sniffer 3rd Class
If you were 'chatting' during a gig, they had every right to have you taken out and shot. People who insist on 'chatting' while the music is on are the scum of the earth.
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
Yes and can I categorically state...
I DO NOT LIKE THEM
just incase a few people were confusing the issue..
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
- 18,855
I saw The Rasmus in Concorde a couple of weeks ago and left the place deaf, so I can't agree gigs are getting quieter.
It was quite good in that the bloke in question's missus started to chat to him a bit later and it gave me real satisfaction to tap her on the shoulder and ask her to keep the noise down
