Close My Eyes is absolutely fantastic on record, but for some reason they never seemed to play it live (apart from very early gigs - I had it on some bootleg cassettes of gigs from Oxford in 89, but it didn't really sound like the version eventually released).
― (Meme From) Essex Press (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 April 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I always suspected as much. A real one-off studio based treat - the feedback running through the first minute or so is incredibly brilliant.
― kraudive, Saturday, 18 April 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Annnnd here's my interview with Andy:
http://www.factmag.com/2015/05/09/ride-interview/
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 May 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
while bassist Steve Quercio left professional music to focus on interests and work elsewhere
Steve who???
― (Meme From) Essex Press (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 9 May 2015 23:09 (nine years ago) link
Ha THAT was a weird glitch. I'll get it fixed.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 May 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
seeing them in sept... would prefer they'd avoid stuff of third album but ehh
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 10 May 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
enjoying this a lot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1322&v=Vy4dItfxZis
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Thursday, 21 May 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
Some more tickets available for the Roundhouse on Sunday:
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/320476
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 22 May 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Gah. I needn't have forked out for expensive tickets for that Field Day festival after all.
― (Meme From) Essex Press (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:40 (eight years ago) link
Listening to Hunter's link and not liking how Mark's got this strange pretend American pronunciation on Like A Daydream now (and possibly other tracks, I haven't got that far yet)
― (Meme From) Essex Press (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 22 May 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
Yeah thought the same thing upon hearing Dreams Burn Down
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 23 May 2015 07:01 (eight years ago) link
manchester was beyond words tonight. album tracks greeted like they were Bridge Over Troubled Water. longest set so far on the tour.
― piscesx, Sunday, 24 May 2015 03:11 (eight years ago) link
They were fantastic in Amsterdam yesterday. Had to leave before the encore so sadly missed Tomorrow Never Knows...
Leave Them All Behind Like a Daydream Polar Bear Seagull Sennen Cool Your Boots Black Nite Crash Twisterella OX4 Dreams Burn Down Time of Her Time Chrome Waves Paralysed Taste Vapour Trail Drive Blind Encore:Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles cover)Mouse Trap Chelsea Girl
― willem, Wednesday, 27 May 2015 10:15 (eight years ago) link
totally jealous
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 27 May 2015 10:38 (eight years ago) link
Ah, wow, that was fucking great. I've got to say, I genuinely hadn't been feeling it leading up to this gig - I bought the tickets because I felt like I'd kick myself if I missed it, but I haven't had any real enthusiasm as the day approached. And then finally tonight, six months after I bought the tickets and more than 23 years since I last saw them, I saw the gigantic 'RIDE' backdrop go up at the back of the stage and I finally started to feel excited. Started off a fair way back but when they started up 'Seagull' I just forced my way right to the front where it was mayhem. Great gig (though it dipped a little in the middle, not performance-wise, just songs I'm less keen on), from what I can remember the set list was pretty similar to the Amsterdam one above (but we didn't have Twisterella, Paralysed or Tomorrow Never Knows).
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 7 June 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/mS8x5ltXQpc
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 7 June 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
x-post setlist for Amsterdam has been corrected, it was "Nowhere", not "Tomorrow Never Knows".
― willem, Monday, 8 June 2015 12:27 (eight years ago) link
By the way, I don't know if this is news, but last night Andy Bell said something like "this is the last of the gigs we planned six months ago and we thought we'd see how it went before deciding what to do next...and now we've decided we're going to continue." He also said (after Drive Blind's 'You Made Me Realise' interlude) "That one was for the Valentines. We might not have invented it, but we were the first to rip it off." Or something.
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 8 June 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
Hope they start adding "Unfamiliar" to the list.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 18:39 (eight years ago) link
Good call. I was quite surprised that was missing, actually.
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Tuesday, 9 June 2015 21:17 (eight years ago) link
It's one of their four or five greatest songs, I think.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:00 (eight years ago) link
they played it in LA, see my above post with the set list.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:03 (eight years ago) link
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-au-primavera-sound
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 04:00 (eight years ago) link
awesome
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
I was expecting this show to be nice in that it was a band that I liked playing the songs that I liked, but I was not expecting the actual performance to be anywhere near as great as it was. Hearing "Chelsea Girl" without the layers of sludge was like hearing it for the first time, and the vocals were mixed perfectly. I guess I never quite realized how big of a component vocal harmonies are to their sound?
― WE WANT FET WAP (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 11 June 2015 13:52 (eight years ago) link
Definitely. Not super complex like the Byrds (to whom they were sometimes compared). But they did it well.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Thursday, 11 June 2015 13:57 (eight years ago) link
By the way, new UK tour announced for October. Tickets go on sale officially tomorrow morning, but if you're with O2 you could buy advance tickets yesterday. I am with O2, but annoyingly the London gig is a date that I absolutely have to work in the evening. I'm hoping they addd an extra London gig the night before (it can't be the night after as they'll be in Liverpool then).
It's worth buying this fanzine: http://www.ride.network/
In-depth interviews with each band member individually. I used to buy this way back in 91/92 - this is the first issue in over 20 years.
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 18 June 2015 11:46 (eight years ago) link
Rhino has a remaster of Nowhere currently on offer with the Today Forever EP and a live set: http://www.rhino.com/product/nowhere-20th-anniversary-edition
The price is exorbitant but if there's one CD I own that would benefit from a remaster, it's Nowhere
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 14:43 (eight years ago) link
Nice - is this distributed in Europe by any chance?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
I dunno. It would be wise of them to do it, but the Rhino Handmade is usually a limited-run deal. I listened to the clips on the site and it sounds as if the remaster is a huge improvement.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 30 June 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link
Just listened to (the remastered) Nowhere for the first time in 20+ years. I remember it being thought of as a misstep at the time, failing to match up to the promise of the EPs. But it's beautiful from start to finish. Also, so many little bits that I forgot influenced me - a rush of melody parts that I would adapt for myself.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
More West Coast dates announced for November
https://twitter.com/rideox4/status/620640031221354496
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 July 2015 19:10 (eight years ago) link
Live at Melt festival, Ferropolis, Germany, July 19th
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-melt-2015
― StanM, Friday, 24 July 2015 13:50 (eight years ago) link
I think I prefer the Primavera show tbh. Maybe because it's longer or mixed slightly differently.
― StanM, Saturday, 25 July 2015 18:59 (eight years ago) link
And another full show: La Route Du Rock, Aug 15
http://concert.arte.tv/fr/ride-la-route-du-rock
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 16:36 (eight years ago) link
Even though it's the same festival setlist, I think it's fascinating to be able to compare these shows - here it's like they're the most energetic of the three
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
Or am I comparing sound mixes and video directors?
― StanM, Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
really fukkin good live in dc damn. dunno about the fedora tho, other guitarist had a neu! trucker hat
― am0n, Friday, 18 September 2015 16:43 (eight years ago) link
yeah I laughed out loud when I saw him come out with a muscle tee and a fedora. Andy looked a bit like a hip Mike Love in that hat.
I was on the fence about the show... the analog tracks were great as was their overall sound. On the other hand the overdubbing was very obvious and distracting, and they sometimes had trouble keeping to the beat.
― skip, Friday, 18 September 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
The hat is a key part of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG6jlkOkw8E
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 September 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
LOL.
― skip, Friday, 18 September 2015 18:36 (eight years ago) link
what was overdubbed, vox? didn't notice but i was far away
― am0n, Friday, 18 September 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
The first three songs all used a backing track. The first two were pretty well done but the whooshy guitar on Polar Bear was the one that set me off. Presumably the third vocal and third guitar on Leave Them All Behind were tracked. It's not clear what they needed for Like a Daydream.
I had to leave early and am sad to have missed Dreams Burn Down > Taste > Vapour Trail > Blind.
― skip, Friday, 18 September 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
OX4 seems to be the new opening theme tune on Football Focus? Huh.
― kraudive, Saturday, 19 September 2015 11:16 (eight years ago) link
intrigued/disappointed by this 'overdubbing' theory.
christ is genuinely 'live music' a thing of the past? when did this become common practice i wonder.
― piscesx, Saturday, 19 September 2015 13:49 (eight years ago) link
There was not much overdubbing. On Like a Daydream it's just that backward cymbal crash. In NYC they also put in the string quartet at the end of Vapour Trail, but they nailed it. Not sure Polar Bear was backing track; might have just been a pedal out of sync with the beat.
The hat sounded amazing.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
Going see 'em tonight & totally stoked - last saw 'em in the UK in 1990.
― BlackIronPrison, Friday, 25 September 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
Saw themtwice back in the 90's and can't see why they'd need to use backing tracks nowadays unless they've just become lame.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 26 September 2015 01:14 (eight years ago) link
A friend in her 20s saw Lana Del Rey a few years ago and enjoyed the show but complained that she didn't hit some of the notes properly. "If you can't sing a certain part live, you use a backing track. It's just what you do. Taylor Swift does it, so you can't say it's not legitimate."
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Saturday, 26 September 2015 08:52 (eight years ago) link
https://youtu.be/O3ZSFj_A0KE
The Field Day Festival that I saw them at in June
― Let's go, FIFA! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 28 September 2015 22:27 (eight years ago) link