Thursday nights show exacerbated my tinnitus, despite earplugs
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 23 July 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
July 22, 2018
My Bloody Valentine at Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, California
1. I Only Said2. When You Sleep3. New You4. (Unknown) (new song)5. You Never Should6. Honey Power7. (Unknown) (new song)8. Cigarette in Your Bed9. Only Tomorrow10. Come in Alone11. Only Shallow12. What You Want13. Thorn14. Nothing Much to Lose15. Who Sees You16. To Here Knows When17. Slow18. Soon19. Wonder 220. Feed Me With Your Kiss21. You Made Me Realise
― Bee OK, Monday, 23 July 2018 23:53 (five years ago) link
it looks like their setlists have been pretty consistent on this tour.
i'm seeing them for the first time later this week! and i for one am PUMPED about this consistent setlist - for someone like me it is maybe the perfect combo of old songs that i must hear (what you want, soon, when you sleep), my favorite non-album tracks (honey power, thorn, cigarette), material off m b v, and new NEW material. maybe the only thing i'd change is that i'd reaaaaaaally like to hear "(when you wake) you're still in a dream". on some days that's my favorite mbv song, period.
i have to admit that i kind of wish that for just one song (feed me with your kiss) i was going alone. i would say "I have been known to lose my shit during this song" but i would be lying, because no one else has ever witnessed the intensity of me air-listening to that song, alone. but in any sort of company i am usually able to contain myself. still, i am very much looking forward to hearing all of this at such an incredible volume, and if the sound is a bit muddy, i'll just fill in the rest of the sonic details in my miiiind
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
my review:
there were some personal issues leading up to this show, so i missed a couple of songs. i assumed they would be handing out ear plugs but we were so late that we just wanted to buy a beer and get out there. it was a general admission show and the place was just packed, felt overcrowded. they didn't like where we were standing and told us we had to move in. this is where i lost my three friends, we pushed our way in at the front of the stage. i had a moment where i felt like they rolled up their sleeves and said you are in for a legendary band and we are here to rock you, don't feel that way at most shows but they know there is no-one else out there like them. there was no air on in the place so everyone was just sweating buckets. i was having a great time swaying to the music but it felt like it was getting louder and louder. i stopped moving and plugged my ears, a few moments later someone gave me ear plugs and that was the greatest gesture i have ever got at a live show. though i only was able to plug my ears for about four or five songs i needed it. i think they were slowly turning up the sound as the concert went on. one of my friends said that Kevin had 20 different amps on stage with him. the whole band looked old, Kevin is going bald and gray. Colin, the drummer, is also gray and Debbie looked good with her short hair cut. Bilinda looked young from where i standing and didn't seem to age at all. i know that was not the case but she looked good. overall it was a good show, not my favorite but so happy i got to see them again for the first time since the Loveless tour.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEXSP5U2QM
18. Soon19. Wonder 220. Feed Me With Your Kiss21. You Made Me Realise
Love this. Teeth clenching finale.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 00:45 (five years ago) link
That new song sounds a bit like the mighty Quo’s “Rockin’ All Over the World” in places. I’m quite taken with the idea of Shields as a sort of shoegazing Francis Rossi.
https://youtu.be/t-8K8Hj8bxE
― Position Position, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 01:05 (five years ago) link
Ha! I wasn't thinking Quo at all - more like Hawkwind. Or maybe MBV covering Hawkwind covering Quo.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 03:43 (five years ago) link
We were about 10 people back from the very front and when the band kicks in at 0:30...
https://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/Dude_then.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 03:48 (five years ago) link
Now Kev looks like knopfler. or brian may sometimes…
Psyched as fuck to see 'em in a few weeks!
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnPOtdkUkAUNgIo.jpg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 06:27 (five years ago) link
do they have a keybs person/guitarist on this tour? I am watching bataclan '13, and man is it amazing to watch him playing that slide-ish part that threads "come in alone." MBV has never had a lineup change to speak of, have they?
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 14:56 (five years ago) link
Someone tried to leave once, but everyone was just like “what? I couldn’t hear a word you said! My hearing is really bad because of our concerts!” and it all blew over pretty quickly
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
Fuckgrandpa rockin out
― F# A# (∞), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
they have had an auxiliary keyboard/guitarist in the past, i think in 2013 and on this current tour
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
it does not seem that Colm is playing "soon's" pumpin kick drum part at this show. goddamn is this song is glorious.
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
which is to say it seems the part is generated by the keybslady here…
― veronica moser, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
global i'm going tomorrow nite! very excited to see mbv for the first time
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
MBV has never had a lineup change to speak of, have they?
They had a bunch of changes in the first 4 years but that was all pre-"Ecstacy"/"Strawberry Wine", a period known for gothy sub-Cramps/Echo/Birthday Party rave-ups. Kevin didn't even sing on the first few EPs/singles.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 15:12 (five years ago) link
They had a flute player on the Loveless tour (at least in the UK part of it).
― Position Position, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
Taking a page from the Blind Mr. Jones playbook?
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
i'm so damn excited for this show tmrw, one of the most special bands to me
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 24 July 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
I was at the Shrine show too - pretty sure that by the second half of the set at least they were louder than at FYF 5 years ago, which is pretty goddamn loud. Wish I'd brought good earplugs - the ones supplied by the venue muffled everything. Had to take em out now and then just to confirm what song I was hearing. Lots of millennial couples ostentatiously making out around me throughout the show. Some first date that would be.
I hadn't revisited their catalogue for a while before the show, so I forgot some songs and I wanted to confirm which ones I thought were the new ones (their place in the setlist order above seems to line up roughly with what I remember, but I wasn't counting). As far as I could tell, the first new song they played was almost entirely one chord, sort of like a sped-up "Sister Ray," with a rising, hissing sound effect like a pressure cooker on top.
― It's like an Christian pop (thewufs), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
OK yeah, I was right about the first new song. The second was the one where Kevin played acoustic, right?
― It's like an Christian pop (thewufs), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
Hey NYCNative, I don’t have a taker for my extra Philly ticket yet so if you want it for what I paid ($63.50) it’s yours
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 23:47 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcS-xu1GrW0
the second new song sounds good
― ufo, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
I was at the Shrine show too - pretty sure that by the second half of the set at least they were louder than at FYF 5 years ago, which is pretty goddamn loud.
Ha! For the last 10-15 minutes of that FYF show, the PA was completely dead and what you were hearing was the on-stage sound. Great gig that was!
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 07:05 (five years ago) link
That's Jen Macro of Hurtling. I liked what I could hear of three-part singing she, Blinda, and Debbie did on "New You"
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 07:09 (five years ago) link
Been listening to a lot of this band leading up to the show tonight
and I have to say:
MBV is the best album
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
'who sees you' is the damn fuzziest and wooliest thing i've ever heard live
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
only tomorrow is stunning still
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
It's a really good album, strangely underrated I think.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
Stoked for seeing 'em Friday in Chicago. Hadn't listened to 2013 mbv record much since year it came out and it is hitting the spot.
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
show last night was wonderful, the visuals especially. v psychedelic
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 26 July 2018 21:55 (five years ago) link
This show is loud. Even with good quality earplugs it's a wall of sound that you feel in your clothes/hair. Very entertaining show - all these years later, everyone is playing top notch. I saw 'em Valentine's day 92 in Chicago, and they're just as good, if not better than I remember.
― BlackIronPrison, Saturday, 28 July 2018 23:59 (five years ago) link
https://78.media.tumblr.com/a9332621cd1b7a235cd3ce1af0141bc6/tumblr_ogoyqjF0Xg1qeclgho2_1280.jpg
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 29 July 2018 07:13 (five years ago) link
cool picture imo
i enjoyed the show but wow, you couldn't hear the vocals at all. it's hard for me to imagine seeing them live and not hearing the records beforehand - you'd have no idea that there was this whole vocal melody thing going on
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 29 July 2018 07:14 (five years ago) link
whoops, meant this picture
https://78.media.tumblr.com/9e2b5d4c17e5505de0ee30c5b406b10e/tumblr_ol6l16Joir1v8qexwo1_400.jpg
i like how the hair and guitar strap cut away the body equally
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 29 July 2018 07:16 (five years ago) link
Is that a tumblr of just Bilinda lookin super foxy?
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Sunday, 29 July 2018 07:44 (five years ago) link
Re: tonight's performance by the band My Bloody Valentine, yes very much indeed yes. The last fifteen minutes felt like another trip through Lynch's atomic detonation. Glorious noise. I was just in awe over how good they sounded.
I thought it wasn't actually as loud as the ample warnings had suggested (really only earplugged a few brief times) but now I'm lying in silence for the first time this evening and, oh, there's the ringing I thought I'd avoided.
― Things To Do For Dinner When You're Dad (Old Lunch), Sunday, 29 July 2018 07:54 (five years ago) link
gotta say that when I saw 'em in 08 at roseland, I encountered a lot of "gawd this is the loudest show you'll ever go to," from indie rock and dance music people in advance. afterwards it was "oh 'you made me realize" was so crushing," etc etc… it seemed that anyone saying that had never, for instance, been to a Slayer show or to an event involving any of that band's descendants. MBV didn't seem that extreme to me in light of the volume of, oh, the 20 or so prior years of metal shows I'd gone to.
also, the bataclan 2013 video is fascinating to me vis-a-vis who generates what parts, as loveless and MBV by definition do not make it clear what any individual musician is supposed to play in live situations. It seems BB mostly strums chords as ballast when KS needs to play single notes/phrases, and often she doesn't play at all. I can't see from the vid what Deb is doing.
― veronica moser, Sunday, 29 July 2018 13:28 (five years ago) link
"vocalist" iirc
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 29 July 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
I've seen Slayer at First Avenue! also Motorhead! Swans!do I pass yr big boy noise guy test?Motorhead was super loud in a club setting, probably as loud or a bit louder than MBV, due to old school wall of ampsMBV is really loud and I think it's ridiculous to argue otherwise
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 29 July 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
Loud and also uncomfortable frequencies (at least to my ears).
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 29 July 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
@ the Oakland show - always memorable ingesting reactions to Holocaust section. Oakland crowd seemed meditative and accepting. A couple people seemed to go out of their way to make a show of themselves as if reacting on a different emotional plain - maybe they were, I can't say. Denver crowd 5 years ago was incredulous, confused - and favorite part was seeing front stage security eventually turn around in confusion, wondering if they hit a glitch in their life. Well worth seeing any show @ The Fox in Oakland, just for the record.
― 57mg/20floz, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 17:40 (five years ago) link
fucking great last night at Hammerstein ballroom, a place I had not been to in 13-14 years. Sound is not great in that room and I was mostly near the doors, so if the sound was crushing for people closer to the stage, it was not devastatingly loud.
so so exciting to hear "soon" pumping away, and the 2013 shit was excellent. and it was an alt rock show of the sort that I used to attend a lot but do not any longer. Smashing Pumpkins was basically across the street.
― veronica moser, Thursday, 2 August 2018 16:20 (five years ago) link
ah damn sounds like fun xpost
― eris (Ross), Thursday, 2 August 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
extra tickets released yesterday for all the sold-out venues on the current world tour
― My Gig: The Thin Beast (sic), Friday, 12 October 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
Lol http://thequietus.com/articles/25475-my-bloody-valentine-two-new-albums
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 13 October 2018 07:03 (five years ago) link
Every picture of them they remain young as ever.
― everything, Saturday, 13 October 2018 07:34 (five years ago) link