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In Rainbows In Rain
Aug. 21st, 2008 07:55 pm
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?
( Set List )
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?
( Set List )
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.
