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mogwai @ colchester arts centre |
01/06/1997 |
(incomplete)
summer (priority version)
helicon 1
angels versus aliens
stereo dee
arab strap supporting
colchester and it's arts centre pretty much suck but stuart and dominic
seemed to like it. as far gigs go this was the highlight of the year for tut
arts centre. highlight of the poncily named "horses head... the sound of the
new underground, a short season of post modern, art-rock types...". such
pomp doesn't do justice to the intelligence of mogwai's sound.
opening on this leg of the tour was arab strap. tonight they played a
real crowd pleasing set. aiden seemed pissed off but fully in control. below
him mogwai slumped down and lay in front of the stage and appeared to be
doing their best to put ageing strap off. partway through the set stuart
crawled under the stage and popped his head out and went peakaboo. for two
thirds of the set they played completely new material. the rockier stuff sounded
amazing, however the slower ones didn't benefit from the live environment
however if they turn up on record i have no doubt that they'll sound far
superior. the rockier tracks sound like nothing on the album but if you
heard the peel session you should have a good idea how it sounded. the first
recognisable song they played was the clearing. despite lacking the
distinctive "secret receipe" drum sound it was still tasty. it then
immediately became kate moss which sounded exactly how it does in record.
tonight it fitted in perfectly. the rocky version of little girls was
also amazing and easily bettered the album version. instead of singing aiden
pulled out his harmonica and pulled off a blow job. he would have used a
megaphone if the fucker had worked. for a closer was tonights version of
first big weekend. unfortunately what was said couldn't be heard. he
then hopped off stage to get some audience participation going. the pussy
colchester crowd wimped out which i'm sure resulted in insults. good set
although the amount of new, previously unheard stuff was a bit hard to
swallow.
mogwai opened again with summer (priority version). i'm a miserable tit
and prefer the original for the heartstopping echo during its climax. new
paths followed and my heart began beating much faster. the addition of brendan
means that angels versus aliens is made just that bit easier. even
stuart grabbed some sticks and joined in. tonight felt a bit experimental with
a couple of lengthy workouts. the second of which (and penultimate song
played) practically made my heart stop. however stereo dee jump started it going
again. stereo dee is fast becoming mogwai song #1 for me. live stereo
dee potentially holds the most amazing climax within its grasp and tonight it
surpassed my expectations. as stuart played battle of the planets
samples through his guitar via his dictaphone i knew something special was
happening. the thunderous climax resulted in bombardment upon bombardment of
feedback as dominic smashed away at the drums and john and brendan kicked guitars
around the stage. the old church that is the arts centre felt as if it would
slide down north hill. when the amps were finally switched off it was hard to
readjust, such powerful forces must not fall into the hands of evil.
evil such as the scumbag bouncer who threw us out. cocksmoker.
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