In Rainbows In Rain
Aug. 21st, 2008 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Last night Radiohead played the White River Amphitheatre on what was undoubtedly the foulest day of the last two months, if not more. So me, I was there, of course! Fortunately I had a ticket for the section under the roof, so I didn't get drenched, unlike the poor sods sitting out on the lawn, and I only had to break out the Niagara Falls poncho for the trek back to the car after the concert. We caught a fortunate break in the downpours at entrance time.
I wasn't hugely impressed by the support group The Liars. I was trying to decide if the balance of their set-up was off, or if they really wanted their music to be that dominated by the drums. I was hedging towards the latter after the singer announced that the drum emphasis in their music was supposed to represent Native American influences, but either way it didn't work for me.
Radiohead really know how to put on a show, filling the stage with rows of hanging light columns that really ramped up the more abstract feel of some of their tracks. They also know when not to use them, just letting them set a single mood colour for the pieces that needed that. I love the fact that Radiohead never repeat a set list, leaving you guessing at what you're going to get :-) And they give good value, playing for more than two hours, which can't be said for all bands. Of course, they only give good value if you stay for the whole show, and aren't so desperate not to be caught in the traffic that you leave at the start of the encore. Since Radiohead played two encores, with eight tracks, those people missed a third of the gig.
Thom Yorke doesn't talk much and prats around the stage looking a complete idiot in a way you can only get away with if you're Thom Yorke, musical genius with a scary brain, but the show still had tons of energy. But next time, leave the red sweat pants at home, Thom, 'kay?
01. 15 Step
02. Reckoner
03. Optimistic
04. There There
05. All I Need
06. Pyramid Song
07. Talk Show Host
08. The National Anthem
09. The Gloaming
10. Videotape
11. Lucky
12. Faust Arp
13. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
14. Climbing Up The Walls
15. Dollars and Cents
16. Nude
17. Bodysnatchers
Encore 1
18. How to Disappear Completely
19. Arpeggi/Weird Fishes
20. Idioteque
21. In Limbo
22. Street Spirit
Encore 2
23. You And Whose Army?
24. No Surprises
25. Everything In Its Right Place
I would have paid the ticket price just for Reckoner, Lucky and Street Spirit alone.
Oh, and I've noticed that I'm not receiving most of my LJ comment notifications lately - I only got one from the last post. I hit refresh on my own posts, but if you said something to a comment made on somebody else's post and I didn't acknowledge it, I probably don't know about it.
I wasn't hugely impressed by the support group The Liars. I was trying to decide if the balance of their set-up was off, or if they really wanted their music to be that dominated by the drums. I was hedging towards the latter after the singer announced that the drum emphasis in their music was supposed to represent Native American influences, but either way it didn't work for me.
Radiohead really know how to put on a show, filling the stage with rows of hanging light columns that really ramped up the more abstract feel of some of their tracks. They also know when not to use them, just letting them set a single mood colour for the pieces that needed that. I love the fact that Radiohead never repeat a set list, leaving you guessing at what you're going to get :-) And they give good value, playing for more than two hours, which can't be said for all bands. Of course, they only give good value if you stay for the whole show, and aren't so desperate not to be caught in the traffic that you leave at the start of the encore. Since Radiohead played two encores, with eight tracks, those people missed a third of the gig.
Thom Yorke doesn't talk much and prats around the stage looking a complete idiot in a way you can only get away with if you're Thom Yorke, musical genius with a scary brain, but the show still had tons of energy. But next time, leave the red sweat pants at home, Thom, 'kay?
01. 15 Step
02. Reckoner
03. Optimistic
04. There There
05. All I Need
06. Pyramid Song
07. Talk Show Host
08. The National Anthem
09. The Gloaming
10. Videotape
11. Lucky
12. Faust Arp
13. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
14. Climbing Up The Walls
15. Dollars and Cents
16. Nude
17. Bodysnatchers
Encore 1
18. How to Disappear Completely
19. Arpeggi/Weird Fishes
20. Idioteque
21. In Limbo
22. Street Spirit
Encore 2
23. You And Whose Army?
24. No Surprises
25. Everything In Its Right Place
I would have paid the ticket price just for Reckoner, Lucky and Street Spirit alone.
Oh, and I've noticed that I'm not receiving most of my LJ comment notifications lately - I only got one from the last post. I hit refresh on my own posts, but if you said something to a comment made on somebody else's post and I didn't acknowledge it, I probably don't know about it.
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Date: 2008-08-23 04:09 am (UTC)I was just stoked by Reckoner. Damn, that beat kills me. I was almost disappointed they played it second, I would have kind of preferred to wait for it....
Yeah, if I hadn't had a covered ticket I would have been tempted to bail myself. The weather was so revolting on the drive down, I kept having to switch the wipers to fast. They were a brave bunch of people who sat out there all night. Sorry you missed out though :-(
I'm sure the band picked No Surprises for this tour just so they could get the cheer for 'Bring down the government, they don't speak for us' XD
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Date: 2008-08-23 06:42 am (UTC)That's why I copied and pasted the set list from the reviews the next morning XD
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Date: 2008-08-23 06:41 am (UTC)Everything In It's Right Place worked well, actually. More life to it after the incredibly quiet and light No Surprises, but still something of a 'winding down' feel.
I don't know about bad luck in the DC area, they just don't seem to have done too well with this section of the tour! It poured dismally for Toronto and Vancouver before Seattle, as well as VA and your aborted gig earlier in the 'summer'. Luckily it doesn't put everyone off!
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Date: 2008-08-24 07:13 am (UTC)And obviously you and I can congratulate ourselves on the exclusivity of our good taste ;-)