Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 02:44:26 -0700
In San Francisco the crowd, at least those down next to the stage got into
it. And, they were just as loud for the second encore as the first. I
have to say it was amazing, and I will also give props to the drummer.
Does anyone know if Craig Anderson was on keys? after their rework of 'heat
miser' he did a vamp with a cool 'grand piano' sound on keys, with a cool
classical sound and feel.
They started with 'Angel' and when Horace Andy showed his face the crowd
went wild. 3D looked a little mellow, but, he had a nice almost scream
into a mike at his eye level so he had to crane up to it. You could tell
the tall mic was for Daddy G who did some nice skanking (jamacan for any
tipe of dancing--just more descriptive of what he was doing). Mushroom
looked a little out of it, but, he did have control of the turntables. He
even did some extra scratching on some songs. Now the vocalist I heard as
Deborah, anyone know who--was I hearing correctly.
After 'Angel', I think came 'Risingson' was 3D, Daddy G and Deborah, then
Horace back out for 'Man Next Door'. Other stuff:
from "blue lines" - safe from harm (Deborah, she sounds like she has a
classically trained voice, great vibratto), one love (I think Horace sang
all of his tunes), unfinished sympathy (Deborah with that voice),
daydreaming (Deborah again), and Horace saying something to the effect of
"to all the concience people out there..." with the familar whale sonar for
the hymn of the big wheel.
from "protection" - a cool version of Karmacoma (Daddy G doing Tricky's
vocals), weather storm (3D vamping over every so often, and a great cadenza
by Craig Armstrong as mentioned), spying glass (Horace again), eurochild,
heat miser (mentioned before)
and from "Mezzanine" - Angel, Risingson as mentioned, Teardrop (Deborah in
great form, also love the funky leather dress), Inertia Creeps (ended the
second encore with this--Mushroom on tamborine--and a wild jam at the very
end), Man Next Door, and Mezzanine, maybe the (exchange) mix too.
Overall I have to say that the band was tight, and, that the sound was
really good, I could feel the kick drum. 3D, Daddy G and Mushroom looked
dazed some of the time, Daddy G expecially when doing vocals--but he was
really into the breath blow-suck on 'weather storm'--go figure. And HORACE
ANDY he was haveing a ball and he played the crowd like the master he is.
He even came out afterwards with tape recorder that those still near
shouted at. I even got to shake his hand!!!!!!!!!!
Question, talking with someone later he said that he didn't think that
Horace Andy was going to be there (reminder get "Skylarking" on
Melankolic). But, I gather that with the Massive being a sort of
collective that they just try and book who they can a go with it. So,
anyone see Tracy Thorn, Trickey, Nicolette, Shara Nelson, et al.?
erik g
>
>Just checked out MA at the Palladium in L.A.. . . Anyone else see them? Any
>thoughts?
>
>I thought the show was great -- as far as Massive themselves were concerned.
>What I can't get over is how unbelievably lame the audience was. MA was
>laying down some serious grooves -- their drummer was great -- but everyone
>was standing motionless, somewhat zombie-like, staring at the band as if it
>was TV or something. It took the really killer beats at the end of
>"Mezzanine", at the end of the set, to finally bring these people to their
>senses and remind them that there was a live band on stage. I don't get it
>-- there's serious energy in this music, but everyone seemed afraid to move.
>Is this just an American thing? I suspect that this apathy is borne out of
>our culture of stadium rock and bars where everyone sullenly sips their beer
>while watching bands churn out four chords and the truth.
>
>Would it kill people to get into the music a bit?
>
>Dale
>
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