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The Ultimate Spiritualized Machine...
What line-up do people think is/was the best live incarnation of Spiritualized? I was wondering this after listening to a recording of the Royal Festival Hall gig (specifically Come Together), and thought that the guitar sounded like it was beamed down from outer space. I would've done this as a poll, but was unsure of all the lineups there's been. Was the famous Ladies And Gentlemen era band the best there's been, or are the new lineup doing it for you?
(I personally think the most noticeable thing in the new lineup is that the drumming is not as strong as in Ladies And Gentlemen-era shows.)
(I personally think the most noticeable thing in the new lineup is that the drumming is not as strong as in Ladies And Gentlemen-era shows.)
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Damon Reece drumming...
Sounds elitist but the original line up, or the one linked by Will Curruthers and Sean Cook, in 1991 produced the best live music I have ever witnessed. After Jon Mattock was sacked the next incarnation was also pretty awesome, with Mooney on guitar. Despite the band now being better than most others on the circuit previous musicians made a lot more impact on me.
Sounds elitist but the original line up, or the one linked by Will Curruthers and Sean Cook, in 1991 produced the best live music I have ever witnessed. After Jon Mattock was sacked the next incarnation was also pretty awesome, with Mooney on guitar. Despite the band now being better than most others on the circuit previous musicians made a lot more impact on me.
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line up
Watching a clip of Smiles and Things'll Never be the Same from Glastonbury 1992 the other night.
Jason, Kate, Mattock (my fave Spiritualised drummer by a mile), Sean and Mark was an awesome line up. The same as played the MTV session at the time of Medication (with the addition of one horn and one sax). Definately my favourite line-up.
The rest while brilliant never sound as pure.
Jason, Kate, Mattock (my fave Spiritualised drummer by a mile), Sean and Mark was an awesome line up. The same as played the MTV session at the time of Medication (with the addition of one horn and one sax). Definately my favourite line-up.
The rest while brilliant never sound as pure.
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runcible is indeed correct, the line up ofruncible wrote:Damon Reece drumming...
Sounds elitist but the original line up, or the one linked by Will Curruthers and Sean Cook, in 1991 produced the best live music I have ever witnessed. After Jon Mattock was sacked the next incarnation was also pretty awesome, with Mooney on guitar. Despite the band now being better than most others on the circuit previous musicians made a lot more impact on me.
jon mattock : 60's sonic drumkit
mark refoy : fender jaguar
willie carruthers / sean cook : fender bassline
kate radley : vox continental
jason pierce : fender telecaster
is by far the best live lineup of all that ive seen.
second to this is the pure phase line up with jon coxon and michael mooney
third is ladies & gents : cook, mooney, radley, reece, pierce,
final and least favourite:
anything with pierce, thighpaul and his rinkytinky piano sound
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