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Old 10-26-2008, 08:09 PM   #1
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Default set the controls is almost worse than last year's versions of GATGC


 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:15 PM   #2
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no

it is

gatgc was at least a SONG

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:16 PM   #3
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I'm one of the biggest G+TGC (post 1999) haters alive, but I'd take that over Set The Controls any day of the week.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:19 PM   #4
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i quite enjoyed GATGC during the 07 tour.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:20 PM   #5
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I'd rather hear Geek USA. Stop whining. If you don't like it, stay home watch porn.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:22 PM   #6
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I'd rather hear Geek USA. Stop whining. If you don't like it, stay home watch porn.
fuck off

i'll just watch porn during set the controls

go iphone go!

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:24 PM   #7
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I'd also, rather catch someone watching porn on an iphone during Set the Controls than hear Geek USA. That would be some funny shit.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:26 PM   #8
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you know you should just give up when fans in attendance would rather watch porn on their iphones than listen to you play a 15 year old song.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:27 PM   #9
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you know you should just give up when fans in attendance would rather watch porn on their iphones than listen to you play a 15 year old song.
oh no i'd rather hear geek usa!

but i'd rather watch porn on my iphone than watch set the controls again. that was bullshit.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:28 PM   #10
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I'd also, rather catch someone watching porn on an iphone during Set the Controls than hear Geek USA. That would be some funny shit.
look for me in chicago

set the controls? i'll be settin the controls on mah wang

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:50 PM   #11
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look for me in chicago

set the controls? i'll be settin the controls on mah wang
See a doctor.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 08:52 PM   #12
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or call security.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 09:00 PM   #13
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set the controls one of the best covers they have done.

HMM is awesome always.

thanks for playing!

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 09:07 PM   #14
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hmm was awesome, albeit bloated, prior to the august tour. at the august tour it was trimmed down but sounded too tight and mechanical (sorta ironic i guess). for what i'm talking about, listen to the opening part (we all need our heavy metal dream/scream/whatever) and compare one from the euro arena tour to aug tour. it sounded no more enthusiastic than a single.

set the controls is an ok cover but honestly, it's kind of boring. i mean, sure you can play birdcalls and use timpani's and rub your guitar on them and do a barrel roll but it still wont change the fact that the other 90% of that song is still boring.

gossamer, where are you?

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:23 PM   #15
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Set The Controls was awful. If I hadn't known it was so near the end of the set I would have had to walk to the back and sit down, my back was killing me by that point. SO LONG. It didn't help that the band was two hours late coming on with no explaination, blah.

That said, it was the best SP(2) show I've seen. (Charlottesville)

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:24 PM   #16
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set the controls is an ok cover but honestly, it's kind of boring. i mean, sure you can play birdcalls and use timpani's and rub your guitar on them and do a barrel roll but it still wont change the fact that the other 90% of that song is still boring.
i thought that was 90% of the song!

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:26 PM   #17
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maybe it is, i've been subconsciously blocking out the song for song long i can't even remember.

 
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:28 PM   #18
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:50 PM   #19
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what the fuck does that mean

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 12:23 AM   #20
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I loved 07 GAtGC, I actually prefer it to the 00 version. I don't particularly care for Set the Controls though.

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 12:32 AM   #21
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I really like Set The Controls (though I am a Floyd fan)....and matter of factly, also enjoy GAtGC!

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 12:35 AM   #22
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Set The Controls wouldn't be bad at all if they trimmed 5-10 minutes off it.

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 01:23 AM   #23
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my bloody valentine literally plays the same note for 25 minutes and nobody bitches.

the pumpkins play a 20 minute cover (let alone a 9 minute re-imagining of their own song) and everybody cries.

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 02:11 AM   #24
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I saw them two nights in a row, the second night at a music festival with a much shorter setlist. I loved Set the Controls the first time, but they played it again at the music festival along with United States & Cash Car Star, which was overkill.

I love the live recording of Glass that I have, mostly because of Jimmy. He totally got shafted at the Scream awards - the camera barely glanced at him. Keep rocking Jimmy!

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 02:35 AM   #25
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my bloody valentine literally plays the same note for 25 minutes and nobody bitches.

the pumpkins play a 20 minute cover (let alone a 9 minute re-imagining of their own song) and everybody cries.
nope, they both suck!

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 02:36 AM   #26
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See a doctor.
lol UR FUNNY

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 03:52 AM   #27
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i quite enjoyed GATGC during the 07 tour.
THis.

But yeah, Set the Controls has to go.

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 04:19 AM   #28
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my bloody valentine literally plays the same note for 25 minutes and nobody bitches.

the pumpkins play a 20 minute cover (let alone a 9 minute re-imagining of their own song) and everybody cries.

The whole point of the noise holocaust is the loudness and sensory immersion. Set the Controls, when I saw it (Davenport) contained neither.

If Billy were playing actual drone/noise, I'd be singing a different tune. But Set the Controls sounds like ironic/parodical wankery that just goes on way too fucking long.

edit-also MBV actually has decent visuals during the holocaust.

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Old 10-27-2008, 10:27 AM   #29
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my bloody valentine literally plays the same note for 25 minutes and nobody bitches.

the pumpkins play a 20 minute cover (let alone a 9 minute re-imagining of their own song) and everybody cries.
Cinnamon Girl features the same note played over and over throughout the entire solo. And Neil Young is so ballsy, he plays the solo not once but twice in the song.

MBV and SP are no Neil Young, however.

 
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Old 10-27-2008, 10:44 AM   #30
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gatgc was at least a SONG
Agreed.

 
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