[kj] (OT) The Cult Live in SoCal

[folk devil]

he probably said "YAYA, Shotgun!' a lot ;)



>From: "Brendan" <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) The Cult Live in SoCal

>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:50:21 +1200 (NZST)

>

>Did Ian give out any cup cakes...?

>

> > that footage of the cult looked really good,impressive sound,glad you 

>had

> > a

> > good time,you sound on top of the world today t.b are you still high  

>;=D

> >

> >   and although i am not an appreciator of the cults music,i still dont

> > mind

> > adding my 2 dollars worth concerning there overall presentation, btw

> > thanks

> > for posting.

> >

> > melinda   ps  are your ears ringing,and your eyes heavy today after that

> > gig

> > and the lack of sleep  [=)?     the trade marks of a good night befor  

>id

> > say  ;-D !!!!

> >

> >

> >>From: "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>

> >>Reply-To: "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>,"A list about all things

> >>Killing Joke (the band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

> >>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"

> >><gathering at misera.net>

> >>Subject: [kj] (OT) The Cult Live in SoCal

> >>Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:31:52 -0700

> >>

> >>Caught The Cult Friday night in Anaheim at The Grove.  This is about the

> >>10th or 11th time I've seen them since '85 during the "Love" tour.  I've

> >>pretty much lost track how many times I've seen them.

> >>

> >>Really solid show, maybe a bit better overall than the last show I 

>caught

> >>which was last year's show in Los Angeles.  The venue holds around 1,900

> >>people and it kind of reminds me of a small aircraft hanger that's been

> >>built up to a theater club.  The place is on the corner of the parking

> >> lot

> >>for the Anaheim Stadium which happened to have the huge Christian 

>Harvest

> >>Festival going on tonight which Ian joked about a couple times during 

>the

> >>show ("They're having a religious show, we're having a pagan show").  It

> >>was pretty cool running into people who I recognized and who recognized

> >> me

> >>from previous Cult shows going back to the '02 "Farewell" shows at The

> >>Wiltern and last years show in LA.

> >>

> >>The audience was very well behaved, in fact perhaps a bit too well

> >> behaved,

> >>almost sedate at times even though it was standing general admission.  

>In

> >>past shows with a less than responsive audience, I've seen Ian and even

> >>Billy get a bit pissed off but they seemed to focus on delivering a top

> >>notch performance and didn't try to aggressively rile up the audience.

> >> The

> >>sound was decent depending on where you were.  I spent the first half of

> >>the show about 3 people back from the stage in the pit and Billy's 

>guitar

> >>was nice, up front and loud but Ian's vocals were tough to make out.  I

> >>moved about halfway back during "Revolution" and Ian's vocals were much

> >>more prominent in the mix.

> >>

> >>"Horse Nation" opened the show and the first 4 songs through "Electric

> >>Ocean" just rocked. In fact, Electric Ocean along with a truly inspired

> >>version of The Phoenix complete with acid-flashback guitar intro were

> >>probably the highlights for me. It was also nice to get Spiritwalker" 

>and

> >>"Nirvana" early in that group of songs. New songs "Dirty Little Rock

> >> Star"

> >>and "I Assassin" sounded much more powerful than any of the various

> >> YouTube

> >>clips I've seen thus far.  The sorta acoustic version of "Revolution" is

> >>excellent with Ian ad-libbing a lot of lyrics. Also nice was the one-two

> >>punch of "In The Clouds" and "The Witch," which incidentally had the 

>best

> >>bass sound of any live version I've ever heard. This is probably the

> >> first

> >>show I've seen since '87 that they didn't include "Li'l Devil" in the

> >> set,

> >>which I honestly didn't mind losing (they played it Saturday night in 

>Del

> >>Mar and thankfully dropped "Wonderland" which has become stale).

> >>

> >>And of course, no Cult concert review would be complete without the 

>Billy

> >>report.  As anyone who's remotely familiar with The Cult knows, 

>guitarist

> >>Billy Duffy is probably one of the more tempremental players onstage and

> >>seems to suffer more technical difficulties than anyone I've ever seen.

> >>I'm happy to say he appeared to have a pretty good night as far as

> >>equipment issues, the worst problems he seemed to have was occasionally

> >>strongly gesturing at his side stage monitor guy to raise his wedge

> >> monitor

> >>levels a few times while he was playing.  He looked pretty pleased with

> >>himself and the way the show unfolded.

> >>

> >>Overall, The Cult has always been one of the most reliable and

> >> consistantly

> >>good bands I've seen. In over 2 decades worth of shows, I've yet to 

>catch

> >> a

> >>bad one.  BTW, someone already posted a live clip on YouTube from last

> >>night. Here's "Rain."

> >>

> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b51IFq5Eh0g

> >>

> >>The setlist:

> >>

> >>Horse Nation

> >>Nirvana

> >>Spiritwalker

> >>Electric Ocean

> >>Fire Woman

> >>In The Clouds

> >>The Witch

> >>Wonderland

> >>Revolution (acoustic with Mike)

> >>Edie (full band)

> >>Rain

> >>I Assassin (new song)

> >>Phoenix (great extended guitar solo opening)

> >>Rise

> >>Wildflower

> >>Love Removal Machine

> >>   Encore:

> >>Dirty Little Rockstar (new song)

> >>Sanctuary

> >>

> >>T.B.

> >>

> >>

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