Medusa
Joined: January 15, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Front 242 Roll Call.
November 28, 2005 at 02:47 AM UTC
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I am so excited !!!!
Who will be there?
Not sure exactly what I'll be wearing yet but I will have one of my trademark glow in the dark necklaces on (blue in color) so if you see that/me, please say hi!
DJ Strange and others will be there and we can't wait!
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
hostiledm
Joined: March 27, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 197
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 28, 2005 at 09:06 PM UTC
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Can't wait.
bunnyman
Joined: November 19, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5542
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 28, 2005 at 09:11 PM UTC
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I would love to go but have a birthday dinner party that will probably go past ten. ARGH!
hostiledm
Joined: March 27, 2005 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 29, 2005 at 02:08 PM UTC
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holy heck that was an amazing show. damn.
Medusa
Joined: January 15, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 565
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 29, 2005 at 09:01 PM UTC
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Originally posted by hostiledm:
holy heck that was an amazing show. damn.
I was very disappointed in this show (so was DJ Strange, for that matter).
It began with the technical difficulties re: microphones at the beginning which pretty much ruined the first 4 or so songs, and then the energy never seemed to pick up. Of course perhaps I should have been in the thick of things downstairs but due to claustrophobia I get nervous in those situations.
Apparently Front 242 also played a shorter set last night than they have done in other cities (they played "Quite Unusual," plus more songs, in Chicago for instance).
The only highlight for me was that the visuals were absolutely stunning and luckily added some redemption to the evening. The silhouettes of Richard 23 and Jean-Luc De Meyer against those backdrops were fantastic and very "Front 242" I thought.
If I had to pick songs I enjoyed they would be "Welcome To Paradise" and "Moldavia." I was disappointed to not hear "Quite Unusual" and the version they did of "Headhunter" was terrible.
I'd been SO psyched up for this show so I really wish my views today were different. :/
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
bunnyman
Joined: November 19, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5542
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 29, 2005 at 09:46 PM UTC
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Did they play "Never Stop" or "Im Rhythmus Bleiben"?
debaser
Joined: November 04, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 135
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 29, 2005 at 10:12 PM UTC
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I have to disagree with you on the visuals. I found them quite primitive and given how other electronic acts have used them, quite antiquated. I did love the silhouettes, but thought the image of the exploding sun in the mountain looked more "Dianetics" than dynamic.
Medusa
Joined: January 15, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 565
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 29, 2005 at 10:14 PM UTC
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> Did they play "Never Stop" or "Im Rhythmus Bleiben"?
They played "Im Rhythmus Bleiben."
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
MindCage
Joined: May 14, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1282
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 29, 2005 at 10:35 PM UTC
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Originally posted by debaser:
I have to disagree with you on the visuals. I found them quite primitive and given how other electronic acts have used them, quite antiquated. I did love the silhouettes, but thought the image of the exploding sun in the mountain looked more "Dianetics" than dynamic.
I was surprised as well with the light show actually. I thought it could have been better given the person that was running them. He's extremely talented and has done better work for VNV.
The turn out was more than what I expected for a Monday night and given the demographics of their fan base now. I was glad to see live drums rockin out and everyone really moving around on stage. If they didn't have that backing video, it would have been pretty dull. Overall I thought the show was above average and I had fun bopping around.
Oh, and I think DJ Strange didn't like the show because I was blocking his view for a bit :p
MindCage
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Dandy01
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Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 30, 2005 at 01:33 AM UTC
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I was disappointed as well, by the song choices, lack of energy, and overall sound. I had expected so much more. I don't feel like I witnessed the Front 242 they should've been.
imrotten
Joined: February 20, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1089
Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 30, 2005 at 02:33 PM UTC
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Sure am glad I skipped this one! I saw them at the 9:30 a few years back after they issued a live album on a small indie label…..Metropolis,maybe?…….pretty good show if I can recall…..the time before that was the first time I saw them………Orlando,Fl. back around '91 or '92….when they were still with Epic records and it was a large scale release…..saw them at a club called Visage….standing next to me at the Front show were some kids from one of the mostly crappy local bands that used to play there….one of the kids was a guy named Rob Thomas…..yeah,Matchbox 20 boy was a goth/punk when he was just a young lad……..
walkonby
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Re: Front 242 Roll Call.
November 30, 2005 at 06:04 PM UTC
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the sound and the show were fine. i like being almost induced into a seizure fit with pulsating lights. . . but luckily they had a sign. it did seem primitive, but two four two isn't exactly rolling in the euros; like one couldn't tell that by their "ride" out front.
all in all, the entire show was a "hey, hey, look at me, i feel as if i'm back in the nineties fake rave scene, with girls in multi-day glow dreadies, and british billy boys in (fresh from the closet) leather jackets, when it's hot as a freaking oven in the club.