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Re: Bands You've Seen
Hi all,
I've seen quite a lot but three stand out:
Kraftwerk-London 1980 (amazing visuals for the time, perfect sound and they really seemed to enjoy it, grooving around on stage and having fun).
Nurse With Wound- San Francisco 2009. We had only found out about it two days before and sprinted from a family meal to get there just in time. Once again, amazing simple visuals and a slow drift/loop.
Throbbing Gristle - London 2009 (a good year for gigs I notice!). I had seen them before in the very olden days and am wary about seeing bands you liked then 'revived', but I found the first night surprisingly poignant in its delivery and once again the whole group seemed on good form.
I see far less nowadays. Bands like Nick Cave (I saw the Birthday Party way back when- they seemed full of themselves but very dynamic), are just too expensive but there is a good weird music scene here and I see Zoviet France whenever I can. There are always some beautiful moments in them - they once gave the audience a speaker to pass around near the end of one gig, just gently pulsing with sound. It was handled like a chalice. That was a good moment. You just can't get that watching youtube clips...
J
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