Who's in the band? - London show 5th December

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

and in this venue, is it even a good idea to try taping at the front? never been there before, no idea what the specific sound is like.

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But at the end of the day, everything else at a venue aside from the sound quality is bonus material; if a venue sounds really damn good — we will be back no matter what. And this is where Thalia Hall shines. Not only does it have all the favored bells and whistles, it boasts the sound quality to back it all up, which instantly makes it one of our favorite spots in the city. It’s obvious this place spent the time and money on the optimal sound system for this unique space. And what’s most surprising is that the best sounding spot in the whole room in the center of the balcony, which is quite a rarity but a great thing for those of us who love the balcony.

Source:
http://soundfusemag.com/2014/11/05/v...t-thalia-hall/

[pavementtune]

oh wow, thanks for the link. our tickets are GA, so I guess I better hand that stuff over to someone on the balcony.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

if you're at the front, the PA is not aimed at you. so i doubt that's a good place to tape.

[pavementtune]

depends, in small venues with a fucked sound vibrance, I usually just tape mics to the stage, that gets a better result than standing 10m back. but I'm more experienced in booming, this zoom h6 goes straight over my head. I'll better let someone do it who knows what they are doing haha.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by pavementtune

oh wow, thanks for the link. our tickets are GA, so I guess I better hand that stuff over to someone on the balcony.

You're welcome. I remembered reading about the sound when I was looking for a picture of the venue a couple of days ago.
Good luck & have fun!

[Pizza Club]

I'm considering balcony, I don't know yet. I depends on what time I get there.

[Skradgee]

Yay!

[Skradgee]

Oh yeah - aim the mics at the soundboard so you can get an AUDSBD.

[Ram27]

Setlist from tonight

One and All
Being Beige
Hummer
Tiberius
Tonight Tonight
Drum+Fife
GatGC

Solid selection of old stuff. Cannot wait to hear Hummer. I wonder if the style of the tour is just straight up rock and trying to imitate the old SP, or if it's like the Adore tour in a way.

Plus electric Tonight Tonight is always good. Hope Jeff broke his elbow

And they haven't played GatGC since Machina, have they?

[sneakyflutes]

They played it during the Residency tour and the Zeitgeist tour.

[BurtSampson]

Originally Posted by Ram27

Setlist from tonight

One and All
Being Beige
Hummer
Tiberius
Tonight Tonight
Drum+Fife
GatGC

Solid selection of old stuff. Cannot wait to hear Hummer. I wonder if the style of the tour is just straight up rock and trying to imitate the old SP, or if it's like the Adore tour in a way.

Plus electric Tonight Tonight is always good. Hope Jeff broke his elbow

And they haven't played GatGC since Machina, have they?

Wtf only 7 songs?

And they played GatGC on the 2007 tour all the time but it was so boring it's no wonder you don't remember

[sneakyflutes]

Surely that is just so far. I can't imagine the show is over.

[sneakyflutes]

Never mind. So far:

One and All (We Are)
(Live debut)
Being Beige
(Live debut)
Hummer
Tiberius
(Live debut)
Tonight, Tonight
Drum + Fife
(Live debut)
Glass and the Ghost Children
Stand Inside Your Love
(Unknown)
(new song "what do you want me to do?")
Drown
Disarm
Zero

Live update link from the tour forum:

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-sm...-33cd8039.html

[Araneae]

(new song "what do you want me to do?")

Is that a Waterboys cover?

[Ram27]

Bullet with Butterfly Wings
Fame (David Bowie cover)
Silverfuck
Encore:
Burnt Orange Black

It'll be good to hear BOB without the shit backing vocals

[sneakyflutes]

Listening to the Drum and Fife clip I'm becoming convinced Billy would benefit from just recording his vocals live when the instrumental parts are tracked. He doesn't overthink things when he's distracted with his guitar playing.

[Ram27]

Breathtaking

SIYL:
http://instagram.com/p/v45xrxiMBF/


BWBW:
http://instagram.com/p/v5IJEQCMSn/
http://instagram.com/p/v5GQ6cCMZ2/


Zero:
http://instagram.com/p/v5E2Lvu0pK/

Decent wardrobe: http://instagram.com/p/v5FgCqkcpv/

[Elvis The Fat Years]

selling fuck you anderson cooper shirts. nice touch.

http://www.alternativenation.net/wp-...1/spcooper.jpg

[BurtSampson]

They sound damn good. Probably cause of the whole having a real drummer again thing.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by Ram27

Breathtaking

SIYL:
http://instagram.com/p/v45xrxiMBF/


BWBW:
http://instagram.com/p/v5IJEQCMSn/
http://instagram.com/p/v5GQ6cCMZ2/


Zero:
http://instagram.com/p/v5E2Lvu0pK/

Decent wardrobe: http://instagram.com/p/v5FgCqkcpv/

Holy crap!...Billy's body language!...I haven't seen that in years!
And how about his vocals...there's some passion again!

[amoergosum]

SmashingP: Chicago Thalia Hall. Right now @billy pic.twitter.com/WObPwNz6Qm http://t.co/28QJgsEKf7 #

— In Rock Music (@inrockmusic) 27. November 2014

Dude @SmashingPumpkin just played an insane version of Silverfuck. Flipping out right now. @ThaliaHallChi @Billy

— Stephanie Griffin (@stephapelvis) 27. November 2014

[cardiac]

Sounds great! They sound like a completely different band than than what they've been for the last 6 years or so. You can tell Billy is actually giving a shit again. He even did some old schoold screaming on Bullet!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3bW7c6CUAARtsp.jpg

[amoergosum]

Silverfuck >>>

[Billy at 7:01]

[Pizza Club]

Way to steal my thunder

[amoergosum]

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/11-27-2014/r0GOSH.gif

[cardiac]

Holy shit those new Silverfuck riffs. Fuck that live in New York 2013 dvd. Fuck it.

SIYL:

[Caine Walker]

that show was fucking awesome. Eulogy and i haven't been able to shut up about it all night. the new songs were great, the old songs had energy i haven't heard in years. this one is going to stick with me for a while.

[sneakyflutes]

Fuck... Bill should scrap what he's already recorded and put these four in a studio to record an album. I haven't heard Pumpkins songs with that much energy since the 90s.

[dreamover]

i filmed the whole silverfuck performance. it was about 10 minutes and like no version i've ever heard. i'll upload it tomorrow.

[Shallowed]

That Silverfuck is like the original Silverfuck meets Superchrist meets Drown meets Black Sabbath