This one's for you, Kristi. ;) Anyone who reads my LJ has already seen this, but I've had a few curious fans who didn't get to catch this leg of the tour asking me if it was a good show. I'd wanted to wait until I had photos (somehow) that would do justice to the extraordinary stage setup and completely mindblowing lighting effects, but so far, no luck. You are, therefore, just getting a copy of what I posted in my other blog. (At least it has a set list! And amusing pictures and video 'n' stuff!)
Broken bones or not, I felt no pain in the presence of my rock god. Special thanks to Dimitri and HW for being entertaining concert-going buddies!
Where to begin??
Admittedly, I was a little worried at the start of the show. For some inexplicable reason, Trent opted to start with three songs off "The Slip", their newest album, with which very little of the audience is yet familiar. Myself included. I only knew the words to one of them (Discipline - you can download the MP3 for free at that link). But beyond that, my criticisms are few. The show ROCKED.
There were a handful of tracks that were taken from the GHOSTS I-V album(s), so I couldn't tell you which ones they were (it's all instrumental, and none of the 37 tracks have lyrics or titles - they're all just numbers), but aside from those, I'll see what I can do to recreate the set list (though I can't guarantee it'll be in order!).
SET LIST:
1,000,000
Echoplex
Discipline
March Of The Pigs
Letting You
Gave Up
The Good Soldier
The Frail
Closer
Terrible Lie
Vessel (ungh!!!)
Only
Piggy
9 Ghosts I
14 Ghosts II (?)
? from Ghosts
The Greater Good
Pinion
The Big Comedown
The Warning
Wish
God Given
The Hand That Feeds
Survivalism
Hurt
In This Twilight
Did I miss anything, guys?
I truly hope that HW's cell phone pictures turn out enough to even BEGIN to illustrate the JAW-DROPPING set they had for this show. No two songs took place in the same formation. There were things being done with the lights and the instruments that I could never have imagined - it was absolutely ASTONISHING. I've never seen anything so sophisticated and just downright bloody COOL.
And oh, Trent, you looked so good. You have hair again, and you're in amazing shape but you're not all buffed up anymore. Delicious.
I'm sure the secondhand pot billowing up from the guys in front of us didn't hurt the amazement I experienced at just about everything, but really, I'd have been throughly impressed no matter what. They incorporated the strangest things into the music: a giant (and I do mean GIANT) xylophone, an electric cello, countless weird percussive and piano-like things, an enormous touch-sensitive curtain that seemed to be somehow connected to the electronic bassline... Seriously, it was just...beyond.
The last NIN show I saw, back in the summer of '06, was still superior. But this was one hell of a show. There were parts that were positively electric. Palpable. Dripping with sex.
I'd break the rest of the bones in my feet to have stayed another hour. Maybe next time. In the meantime...
P.S. Yes, the August MUXTAPE is coming soon. I KNOW I'M LATE AGAIN.
July is upon us! Last chance to request (or buy) any of the MP3s from my June Muxtape! (Yeah, fine, so I'm a couple of days late. Shaddap.) You can comment to this blog, or write on my Facebook Wall, if there's something that catches your fancy.
The way it works is this: You can upload your favourite music of the moment (12 songs, I think?), and the site will host them. People can't download from it, so it's legal; they have the option to buy the MP3s from the site, which is cool. (Of course, legano, ni legano... I'll send you a song if you ask nicely.) And in the meantime, all you have to do is click on a track on someone else's Tape, and you get to hear the whole song, crystal clear (unlike Last.FM or Facebook's iLike, for example, where you only usually get 30 seconds of a track).
I'll be changing the selections later today, most likely, so do let me know if there's something you'd like. And if you happen to have one of your own (or are inspired to make one 'cos cool people like me and Sephorah are doing it), link me to it! I like seeing what people are listening to these days. It says a lot about someone.
JUNE 2008's MUXTAPE Tracklist:
Econoline Crush - Razorblades and Bandaids
Billy Joel - And So It Goes
Keane - We Might As Well Be Strangers
Tea Party - Walking Wounded
Level 42 - Leaving Me Now
Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
The Tragically Hip - It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken
