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[Montana]

Man I almost forgot how hard that Madison crowd parties- an eclectic mix of young hippies, aging hipsters, frat punks, sorority bimbos, and everything else under the sun. This was an outside concert and the haze from all the weed present was remarkable. Free concert sponsored by Southern Comfort. Definitely one of those great late summer nights with the clean, crisp air(oops, Chicago doesn't have that anymore so it's just a Madison trait now) and a good vibe (as Wayne mentioned himself). The perfomance was excellent, and Wayne's voice was pretty good for most of the night. They came on at about 8:45 and played till 10:15 or so. Setlist: Ta Da! Race For The Prize Tapsmir Free Radicals Fight Test Mountainside Vein Of Stars Firebird Suite Finale Yoshimi Pt. 1(Stripped version) Sing Along Pompeii Yeah Yeah Yeah Song with Intro Sing Along Taps The WAND Do You Realize? E1: Jelly/sing along Fantastic showmen, a real throwback to the great live acts where they do everything they can into putting on a good and interesting show. I can't believe Wayne had the balls to actually grab one of those military trumpets with the prerecorded rendtion of "taps" inside them and play it. Wayne talked about how the Army issues them for funerals due to lack of musicians to play at every soldiers death. It was a sobering moment that sucked the air and the fun out of the entire place. But as soon as "taps" ended, The Lips grabbed that energy back and kicked it into an impressive version of "the Wand". Madison is simply an excellent town. The place always delivers a good time. Was interesting driving home after the contact buzz from the smoke haze. Cops all over the place.

[Montana]

FM quality

http://www.mediafire.com/?0fjgzy003da

Flaming Lips KCRW Studios - Morning Becomes Eclectic
Santa Monica, CA
"Brave New World"
May 15, 1996
01 Brainville
02 Interview
03 Evil Will Prevail
04 Interview
05 Put The Waterbug In The Policeman's Ear
06 Interview
07 Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head > Outro


Full song sample from this show:

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[DrJimmy]

what the fuck is Tapsmir?? is it new?

[Montana]

what the fuck is Tapsmir?? is it new?

It's just the Kashmir riff repeated a bit with some jamming(using the military "taps" trumpet) and squirrels fighting on the big screen It's ok.

[MattDrufke]

what the fuck is Tapsmir?? is it new?

It's just the Kashmir riff repeated a bit with some jamming(using the military "taps" trumpet) and squirrels fighting on the big screen It's ok.

I hope it's better than how you described it just now.

I do agree that Madison is a decent place to see a show.

[Montana]

I hope it's better than how you described it just now.

I wouldn't count on it.

I do agree that Madison is a decent place to see a show.

It's more fun than Chicago, more often than not. Very similar to Boulder.

[BobtheSquid]

Fantastic showmen, a real throwback to the great live acts where they do everything they can into putting on a good and interesting show.

You mean they pressed play and sang along in all the right places?

[sKinnY]

saw them on friday and yup it was a fun and interesting show. when i saw it 4yrs ago.

[Montana]

saw them on friday and yup it was a fun and interesting show.

when i saw it 4yrs ago.

The same could be said of any live act except for Pink Floyd or The Who.

And I doubt you saw Friday's show.

[Umberto Eco The Dolphin]

saw them on friday and yup it was a fun and interesting show.

when i saw it 4yrs ago.

The same could be said of any live act except for Pink Floyd or The Who.

And I doubt you saw Friday's show.

I did. I liked it. I only ever saw them before at Lollapalooza last year. I wonder.....does Drozd always say "Thank you" like Mickey Mouse? Is this an effect of his riding the horse? Also...."Clouds Taste Metallic....your parents are waiting for you at the front of the stage." Will these songs ever resurface live?

[Montana]

I did. I liked it. I only ever saw them before at Lollapalooza last year. I wonder.....does Drozd always say "Thank you" like Mickey Mouse? Is this an effect of his riding the horse? Also...."Clouds Taste Metallic....your parents are waiting for you at the front of the stage." Will these songs ever resurface live?

I know they played some Zaireeka shit in Chicago, and they have been doing "Mountainside"(which predates CTM). But I think they admit the big part of the CTM sound was Ronald Jones.

Oh yeah, Steven has been doing that Mickey Mouse voice for years.

[bleach]

saw a pic of the setlist for friday's show and it had them closing with moonlight mile. this doesn't mean they actually played it though. anybody?

[sKinnY]

The same could be said of any live act except for Pink Floyd or The Who.

And I doubt you saw Friday's show.

got me..must have been some other handsome son of a bitch sweatin his balls off all night.

[Umberto Eco The Dolphin]

saw a pic of the setlist for friday's show and it had them closing with moonlight mile. this doesn't mean they actually played it though. anybody?

Yes, they did. I am a bit anti-Stones, though, so I was like, "yeah...ok....this instead of "Bad Days" or something." But it was ok I guess.

[Wilcoinator]

The Chicago show on Friday was awesome. This was the third time I've seen the band, and they were easily the loosest I've seen them. They added back in "Fight Test" and "Waiting for a Superman", which havent been in their setlists for a while. The theatrics were still there, bigger than ever, but I think the band has started to focus on musicianship a little more, with Steven's guitar being even more in the forefront than past performances. Amazing show though. I don't care what people say, their show keeps getting better.

[SatanicCuckooClock]

Fantastic showmen, a real throwback to the great live acts where they do everything they can into putting on a good and interesting show.

You mean they pressed play and sang along in all the right places?

heh.

[Campaigner]

The same could be said of any live act except for Pink Floyd or The Who.

Dude, I love me some Floyd, but to suggest that their live shows vary wildly then your hand is well and truly resting in the place that will make you need glasses. These are guys who once went out on tour (in 1977) and played their last two albums in entirety and then came out to play a couple of Dark Side tracks as an encore. And that wasn't just one night - it was the whole fuckin' tour! Not to metion their performances don't differ too wildly from what's on record.

[Montana]

The same could be said of any live act except for Pink Floyd or The Who.

Dude, I love me some Floyd, but to suggest that their live shows vary wildly then your hand is well and truly resting in the place that will make you need glasses. These are guys who once went out on tour (in 1977) and played their last two albums in entirety and then came out to play a couple of Dark Side tracks as an encore. And that wasn't just one night - it was the whole fuckin' tour! Not to metion their performances don't differ too wildly from what's on record.

Woah....you really need to brush up on your history. I highly doubt you have even read about the shows or listened to the boots. There's so much that went into each tour it's mindboggling. Dark Side wasn't even out yet when they toured it, so how could it sound like the album? Animals wasn't even out yet when they toured it, so how could it sound like the album? Ridiculous comment which shows how misinformed you are on this. They knew their material was so fucking good, they could hang it out there for every Tom, Dick and Judy to rip it off before it got to vinyl. Didn't matter, because no one lese could pull it off. First, they stuck to improved perfomance from 66-77. They were one of the first bands to play albums live in their entirety as a live concept centerpiece. They even went on tour playing only tracks from one album because that album was designed first as a live show. Each tour had a completely different stage show including new innovations in sound and light( where do you think that big circular screen came from that everyone uses now?), from quadrophonic sound systems(* the first of it's kind live). They were really the first live rock band with wild, angular guitar rock/noise experimentation. Even the extended, improvised jams they played during the WYWH and Animals tours were legendary, with longer versions of the studio songs. The Dark Side shows had kick ass improvisation and a complete change up of the sound system, props, etc. You never knew what you were going to get at a floyd show - from improvised jams, to new material never put to record, to planes crashing into the stage, to airforce jet flybys at the start of songs, to joystic operated sound shifting quadrophonic speakers setup behind the cheapest cheap seats, to giant inflatable pigs and on and on and on. The WYWH/ Animals shows did feature mostly material form those two albums, but it was highly improvised and much, much longer track versions, which again shows you have no idea what you are talking about. Those were some of rocks largest shows ever, amazing that a rock band so succesful could get away with huge improvisational pieces and 20 minute long jams and sell such a staggering amount of records while holding the attention 80,000 people (sometimes 100,000). Truly brilliant.

They stopped improvising live for the Wall tour(which is widely regarded as the most groundbreaking rock tour in history) and pretty much stuck to a script from there on out. That tour was the largest rock spectacle in this planets history. They couldn't even tour with the thing it was so big , instead playing only three locations for extended periods.

They were *the* "change up* artists in terms of live performances from great rock history, raising the bar each time out, challenging the system more and more, putting on the best show humanly possible. They started the first raves and timed lighting shows a the UFO club in the London Underground with their noise rock extended improv jamming, then moved on to their quad sound system and varying light stage shows of improvisation, utilizing everything from giant inflatable octopuses to the new quad sound system, to "mr. screen". They finished this groundbreaking live pioneering by building a giant Wall between themeselves and their audience, then tearing it down for the finale. Yeah, it was the same ole same ole.....

They are *the* live pioneers. Some reading from Sound On Stage Magazine:

http://www.pinkfloyd...v/art-sos1.html

Over the 30 years that have passed since their debut record, Pink Floyd have remained unchallenged as the rock world's premier live attraction. In this unique and comprehensive four-part series, Mark Cunningham traces the development of the Floyd's live sound and talks to the key personnel who have contributed to some of the greatest shows on Earth.

And be sure to listen to this improvised Great Gig In the Sky from the Dark Side tour. Truly a work of art:

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DivShare File - Dark_Side_tour.mp3



Another absolutely sick improvised track form the Animals tour (with Roger and Dave cracking up on vocals):

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*note this track is ten minutes longer than the studio version......

http://www.divshare....oad/1924648-6bb

[yancy]

He's come a long way from posting links to 30-second Amazon clips.

[theremin]

it's unfortunate that such an innovative band made such shitty music.