Stereolab: Classic or Dud

I think I've seen them 3 times - once for Cobra, for Sound-Dust, and Margerine Eclipse. They were never anything less than a blast. If they never make another record, I'm fine, but I'm very glad to get a chance to hear them again. I could hardly call it nostalgia because I never stopped listening to their music.

I have Glasgow tickets, will be my first time seeing them live.

hoping for ‘jenny ondioline’, anything else is gravy

That pretty much is their "Stairway to Heaven"/"Freebird" so you won't have to worry.

Anyway, sharing a little something...

A lighter note, given the @stereolabgroop US tour dates going on sale -- one of my earliest stories, from 1993 in UC Irvine's student paper, interviewing Laetitia ahead of their _Transient_ tour stop. pic.twitter.com/IZnRcfh4nI

— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) February 22, 2019

i figured xp. i wonder if they add an additional mpls date if they will change up the setlist at all? for a lot of classic band nostalgia reunion gigs, groops don't seem to do so

except for WEEN lol

hoping for ‘jenny ondioline’, anything else is gravy

That pretty much is their "Stairway to Heaven"/"Freebird" so you won't have to worry.

They didn't play this when I saw them and kept screaming for "Jenny"!

For me it would be The Way Will Be Opening

Um, as a song I'd love to hear. Not as an expected stand out or anything

I just remembered this song that samples "Crest."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e310Daluio8

Fuckin hell, all these shows selling out already! Just got my tix before they were all gone.

except for WEEN lol

when I saw 'em last year they played like, 9 songs off The Pod. it was nuts. what I'm saying is, there's some hope...

super bummed the ny shows already sold out

I may have an extra ticket. Check back in september I guess. My wife really doesn't like Stereolab. It's a problem.

yeah I’d def take you up on that / also sorry to hear about your difficult marriage

they added another fillmore date for SF folks

Huh, don't see it on their calendar yet.

I got an email - tickets on sale as of 10am this morning

Ah, there it is. Quite the three night stand!

I saw them there 20 years ago, they closed with the last track on Cobra, lights were low and the disco ball was spinning, amazing experience

probably as good a time as ever to post this again, not sure if I ever shared it before. Just after finishing the sessions for ETK, John McEntire returned to Oberlin and gave this tape to the guys who ran the record store there, who'd been an influence on him. I worked at the store at the time and they gave me a copy. At the time ETK was just "Idful Sessions" and all the songs were listed under working titles based on some of the primary influences at work.

https://i.ibb.co/5vdVWCV/Screenshot-2019-05-24-13-40-31.png

Nice! I'll have to share that.

the most obvious one is Tomorrow is Already Here is Steve Reich Pop. It's essentially Four Organs.

With every other marimbafied Reich piece kicking in 3/4 of the way through.

the title track is the Ono

Melancholy Chords = Spinal Column
Faust Rhythm Pop = Motoroller Scalatron
Glass Pop = Les-Yper Sound

I get what they mean, but "Tony Conrad Bass" makes me LOL. Like it's a tribute to all the tasty bass licks on those funky Tony Conrad albums.

The set lists we're all written like this back in the day.

*were

Nice! I'll have to share that.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 24 May 2019

Yeah, me too, if you don't mind Dan.

Meanwhile, here's Ned on bandcamp Daily:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/05/24/stereolab-best-albums-guide/

Go for it.

JMc's engineering contributions to the finished product were: Les Yper-Sound, Tomorrow Is Already Here (he also played vibes & guitar), Monster Sacre & Anonymous Collective.

All this chatter inspired me to do a big update on my Stereolab Origins playlist. Lots of stuff has been added to spotify since I last updated, so I was able to add about 2 dozen more tracks.

https://open.spotify.com/user/olken2000/playlist/06G3CvbMmQ90bj0KOPWM0b?si=YR5aaK4zR_m3NRdmqs6bSw

hm I actually meant to post that pic to the other Stereolab thread. I just did a quick search.

I thought "Metronomic Underground" was the Ono tribute - the bass line, drums and tambourine remind me of "Mindtrain" on "Fly".

My vote is "Melancholy Chords" = "Monstre Sacre"
Good call on "Faust Rhythm Pop" = "Motoroller Scalatron" upthread. I hadn't noticed before, but now I think they were adapting the rhythm on Faust's "So Far" - both songs are in 7/4 time.

Oh wait, just saw the exhaustive Ono discussion on the other Stereolab thread, sorry for the duplication. And I agree with "ETK" = Ono's "Why"! Hadn't noticed that before, also.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/stereolab-played-their-first-show-in-over-10-years-setlist/

Looks pretty nice.

"John Cage Bubblegum" is a deep cut?

Hoping they stuff have the Cliff tees when they come here, definitely something I'd pick up.

Twin Mustang attack!

holy fuck @ that setlist!

come and play in the milky night is such a perfect first song to play after a 10 year hiatus

Pleased to see some of my favorite Sound Dust tracks on there, particularly 'Double Rocker.' I wonder who sings Mary's bits. There's one little Mary vocal on that track that slays me every time...

fluorescences! the extension trip! brigitte!! BLUE MILK->CONTRONATURA!!!1

Aaarrgghh, gonna miss the Brussels gig because of a work trip. My friend's gonna take his brother along instead. He'll get me a shirt. Still. So. Fucking. Jealous. And. Annoyed..

that setlist is killing me, these shows sold out so fast in the US :(

get a ticket on stubhub. i did. it's worth it probably

I like the ring tee, but they'll probably only have small and XXL sizes by the time the 'lab train rolls into Austin

i feel like stereolab is like MBV where their song titles have such a same and particular aesthetic that even as a fan i cant always keep the tunes straight