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Anyone going to Somerset House tomorrow? Can't wait for the gig! Another of the few bands that never fails to deliver!
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I'm going tonight, should be a cracker, surround sound n all that.
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Thought is was pretty damn good overall, obviously you have to excuse the usual London dickheads who have a distinct inability to keep their mouths shut for longer than 3 mins but hey....
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No Fear Satan, neither of the Helicons, no Like Herod, no My Father My King, very little evidence of the surround sound, and we were deliberately towards the back to make the most of it (although I have to say there was nothing wrong with the overall quality of the PA - crystal clear).
An opportunity truly wasted in my book - as proved by the main set closer We're no here which showed how it could have been and was fab, but was too little too late.
Felt a bit sorry for John Cummings actually - to me it used to be his band but now they seem to only want to play the keyboard/synth/vocal numbers and at times you could hardly hear his guitar.
There were plenty of talkers for sure, but in the old days they wouldn't have been able to for most of a Mogwai set because it would have been too bloody loud! Says it all that one of the songs was out-noised by the Somerset House bells chiming the hour!
Really disappointing, and my last Mogwai gig for sure.
Oh well, onwards and upwards....
An opportunity truly wasted in my book - as proved by the main set closer We're no here which showed how it could have been and was fab, but was too little too late.
Felt a bit sorry for John Cummings actually - to me it used to be his band but now they seem to only want to play the keyboard/synth/vocal numbers and at times you could hardly hear his guitar.
There were plenty of talkers for sure, but in the old days they wouldn't have been able to for most of a Mogwai set because it would have been too bloody loud! Says it all that one of the songs was out-noised by the Somerset House bells chiming the hour!
Really disappointing, and my last Mogwai gig for sure.
Oh well, onwards and upwards....
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I agree on a few points, could really have done with some intense ones like My Father, Satan etc.
we where pretty close to the front so it was pretty loud, but, you are right not nearly loud enough, whoich probably has more to do with Westminster council than Mogwai.
Surround sound elements where pretty good from where we were, maybe it was a location thing, PA was as you say very clear indeed.
we where pretty close to the front so it was pretty loud, but, you are right not nearly loud enough, whoich probably has more to do with Westminster council than Mogwai.
Surround sound elements where pretty good from where we were, maybe it was a location thing, PA was as you say very clear indeed.
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I saw Mogwai at ATP- i'm a big fan, but the live show was a kinda mixed bag. The performance and sound quality was great, I thought what let it down was the setlist- they started with Superheroes of BMX (one of their most boring tracks IMO), and didn't play many of my favourites. I'm also not a huge fan of Mr Beast, and obviously the set leaned heavily on that.
They also weren't particularly loud, until the encore anyway, when they cranked it up mega loud for Glasgow Megasnake and My Father My King.
They also weren't particularly loud, until the encore anyway, when they cranked it up mega loud for Glasgow Megasnake and My Father My King.
Ah, man ... Mr. Beast is incredible!!!! I think it's one of their best albums. Oh well, guess we aren't exactly seeing eye to eye, as I found the Black Angels album to be pretty boring. I was really excited by Black Grease, but the rest of the tracks on the cd EP were weak, IMO, and the album followed suit. Perhaps we can agree on a different band.
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mr. beast the best mogwai album,
wha wha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
i felt that one was definetely one of their worst, i had a real problem getting into it. i still own it, but to be hoenst it doesn't get much plays. i seem to remember liking a piano number. but i also thought the tracks were too short, right as you would get into it *boom* it was over.
ahh well, how's the band going paul?
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wha wha whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
i felt that one was definetely one of their worst, i had a real problem getting into it. i still own it, but to be hoenst it doesn't get much plays. i seem to remember liking a piano number. but i also thought the tracks were too short, right as you would get into it *boom* it was over.
ahh well, how's the band going paul?
me.
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Bingo! Thats exactly what i thought- at no point do the songs stretch out at all, you think "oh it must be about to get good and epic RIGHT now" and then it fades out. The production is also too shiny and Protooled to fuck, that style kind of worked on Happy Songs For Happy People but not here.a beautiful noise wrote: i seem to remember liking a piano number. but i also thought the tracks were too short, right as you would get into it *boom* it was over.