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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:44 pm    Post subject: 21X21 fan reviews...8)No 1 In Heaven Reply with quote

8th concert
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 6:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know what would make this gig even better? If they played Peter Cook's rambling monologue about Tryouts over the PA just before the band come on and launch into it...
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the music played before introducing was plain depressing. sort it out, please!
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i hope its not too short since the album has only 6 tracks

this will be one killer show..very song is pure brilliance
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

themightybishop wrote:
the music played before introducing was plain depressing. sort it out, please!


I've noticed all bands seem to have horrible music playing before they come on...I've always assumed it's so that the crowd is more relieved when the music stops and they come on to play, so they get bigger applause!
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

good point!
not sure if anyone's mentioned last night's support band - bo pepper. really enjoyed their short set. very pipettes-like.
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still cant believe this is finally going to happen tonight, Ive barely been able to sleep! Every album has been astounding live and now we reach my favourite record since I was 5 years old. If you want to come and say hi to me in the audience I'll be the guy exploding!
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Im gonna be driving in a car to vancouver while this one is happening. so bummed, if its gonna be uploaded anywhere please please please let me know.

I just put my version of MY OTHER VOICE up on the myspace (link is below signature). listen to it if you need help getting pumped for the show (yah right) or if you wanna talk shit because you hate what ive done. russell liked it. heh enjoy
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking forward tonight to this groundbreaking album done in its entiritey.Simon have a blast mate...
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I CANNNNOOOTTT WAIT for La Dolce Vita - im gonna go maaaad! Oh the excitement
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron's got "that" hairstyle!! And no tie!!!
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

watching it on 50" plasma here, aweesooomeee

and loooove rons hairrrrrr
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just got home so was not able to see from the beginning and the first I noticed was Ron's hair, cool :)
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For one night only, Disco Ron was back!! This album was a departure for Sparks back in 1979 and blew my mind then, and it still stands the test of time now - is it really almost 30 years old? Not one of the best nights of the series so far, but still another brilliant all round performance from all concerned. No jacket tonight Russell? Ron was, er....well....Ron. All six tracks were performed to perfection - they even pulled off My Other Voice. Those opening chords of The Number One Song In Heaven make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time and this track definitely the highlight tonight. If this isn't the best disco album ever written then I don't know what is - and no, not Saturday Night Fever!!! I wondered what the bonus would be tonight and they gave me what I'd hoped for - Dancing Is Dangerous; simply wonderful.
Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing Ron Playing
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When this album came out I wasn't happy at all with it!!Disco was in these days nothing for rockers.Time made this feel better for me and showed me I was wrong!!!!Loved the show tonight.Ultimate !!!!!No.1 song in heaven is very big!!!!!!!!!Ron,love your hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Dancing is dangerous was a grand surprise!!!!!
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FAB!!!! "My Other Voice" was sublime. Russell looked so cute in his braces. I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I saw Ron's hair and lack of tie, lol. I've never heard "Dancing Is Dangerous" before but it rocked. Ron Playing

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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another winner tonight, can't really say much more than that. Keep up the good work R&R.
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron – kudos for the hair. I’d like to know how he reproduced the synth sounds so accurately…they were using different keyboards back then.
Of course, I knew that the drum bit in Beat the Clock would be amazing (go Steven), but the real surprise for me was No. 1 in Heaven. I’m always kind of shocked by the song that works best live, and that one’s really hard to sing. Everyone’s always going on about how a singer’s voice deteriorates with time, but that’s obviously not true. Amazing job.
And the encore was a song I’d never heard before, which is cool. Can’t wait for Young Girls tomorrow – one of the most psychologically disturbing songs I’ve ever heard.
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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How happy did Ron look when taking his bow at the end ? And such a good hair day too........Hats off to Mr Nistor - a thoroughly decent unassuming chap. What a talented young guy and surely one of the best and versatile drummers around anywhere at the moment. Top man Steven, thanks.......

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PostPosted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't like disco, but liked Donna Summers "I feel love", though. So this album, is .... great! As this is Sparks, of course. I did not even now the second song, Academy performance, what a nice surprise! The same for the encore. Dancing is dangerous. I did not know that one, too. And I thought I Knew ALL Sparks songs! RON, you looked swell, wow!
The only song I did not recognize, is my other voice! I know that one, well I have to hear the replay anywhere, then.
I miss the guitars, though they were somewhere at the background. But all of the electronic sound effects are very futuristic, they sound wonderful. The combination of the beats and Russell's voice works!
Tomorrow another well deserved day off, boys. See you!
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