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I'll add my vote for "Dirty Epic" as my own "I can die happy now" moment...a killer performance by Karl.

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That show was damn fantastic.
I've never heard or seen Underworld that way before.
I will have to write more later.

If ANYONE has pics of this show I would really love to have them -
what a great night.

sinus

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Look in the threads with ATL or Atlanta in the title. People have posted pictures. Here are mine, I have videos coming too.

http://web.mac.com/lectoid/site/Underworld.html

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Great Pics, lectoid - can't wait for your video.
Thanks for posting a pic of the setlist too.
I noticed they didn't play everything on it :(
Was it me, or did there seem to be a lot of conferencing / discussion on stage between Karl and their equipment guy? And between Karl and Rick?

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lectoid, your pics are fantastic. I was having trouble with lighting and I was using my old crappy camera because I didn't know if security might want to take them at the door. Yours fill the void...

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Yes something was definitely wrong for part or all of the show that Karl was clearly not happy about. It was probably double-pissing him off because not only was something wrong, but it kept distracting him while he and the equipment guy had to keep messing around with stuff when I'm sure all he wants to do is throw himself completely into the show. It looked like Rick had to wave Karl over once or twice and tell him something like "don't worry about it man look at these people they love it anyway" heh. I don't think it was anything totally major, my guess is it was either his vocoder or mic setup, and/or his earpieces weren't picking up the full feed, something like that. It's rare to think of or see Karl miffed since he has a rep of being such a carefree guy but I suppose it happens, especially when it comes to putting on the best show he can.

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From up front, I could see that there were NUMEROUS technical problems. I mean, at least a dozen things went wrong. If I hadn't seen them react to all of them, I wouldn't have noticed anything was wrong, though. If I was jet-lagged and had to deal with non-working mics and effects... I'd be pretty mad, too.

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My god that show was incredible. I was afraid I might never get to see Underworld, so I was floored to hear they were playing in ATL. The show exceeded all expectations. I was front and center on the floor with one person between me and the stage, rockin the whole time. Darc, Juanita, that jam after Two Months Off - all just mind blowing. BTW - what was that jam? Are there any recordings of it?

Also, thanks for posting those pictures Lec. I'd love to see more, or hear a recording or something. I just couldn't be happier with the way that show turned out.

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yeah i have to say, for the number of times the roadie had to come out and fix things, you'd never know by listening. everything sounded like it was going off as planned. i've never seen a group roll with the punches like that. they took every issue in stride and never let it impact the show itself.

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wow, that is truly shocking to hear but now that I think of it, the tech guy was out there quite a bit.

well, if it helps any, the show was simply amazing with any technical problems that may have arose. I don't think I've ever witnessed them more 'on' than this nite in Atlanta. Every single jam was truly built into something more spectacular than when it started. As a collector of ~100 live shows this one ranks right up there with the best of them easily. About 2 minutes into Darc, I turned to one of my friends and said, "get ready for a special night." - thats what good sound and fan energy can do for ya. The crowd too, simply amazing. The best crowd, venue, set I've ever seen at an Underworld show.

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You mean Born Slippy? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfCJjzpALpk

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awesome video. what a great moment in the show. and that transition from pearls girl to beautiful burnout was just amazing.

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Looking back on it, that short Pearl's Girl transition was pretty weird, but during the concert, it seemed to work perfectly. Go figure!

My favorite part of the show was DEFINITELY Rick's reaction to the giant inflatables. He looked to see if they were going to fit on stage and when they did, he busted up laughing. When the stage manager was trying to position them so they wouldn't touch the audience (no easy feat). Rick walked over to look, laughed and said "We're going to get in so much f*cking trouble." I'm not quite sure why he said that, but they do seem to be pretty protective of their giant glowsticks :)

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Weird. I had no idea that was Born Slippy. I've never heard it like that. But yeah, that's the one. Freakin' awesome.

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You probably have it confused with Born Slippy .NUXX. It's OK, it happens to everyone. :)

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It's amazing how Born Slippy and Born Slippy .NUXX don't sound ANYTHING alike. Makes it hard to talk to people about since the B-side was actually the most popular one..

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i had the EXACT same conversation with a good friend of mine who loves Underworld. He totally forgot about BS Original and was struggling to remember the song name. I kept saying it was BS and he kept saying no. I got a kick out of it.

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maybe not,
but they did sing .nuxx live over an improvised version of one of the instrumental..
Underworld - Born Slippy (Original + NUXX lyrics) (Live).mp3
(can post, if interested)..

i've also made several fan mixes that combine both,
so the bpms do match up..

that and pearls girl have some interesting synergy in them,
though you wouldn't probably notice it offhand..

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Here's my crappy videos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUxwZbg0n8Q

I scream right into the camera. It's super annoying, but you understand :D

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interested.


also, i realized something today. this is probably going to be no new news to anyone here, but let me have my moment of simpleton discovery. i made a quick playlist for my ipod based on the setlist from the atlanta show. they started with darc and moved into mowed path, which transitioned into juanita. i noticed for the first time today that the same vocal sample is used in darc and mowed path. "i've seen the animal."

i was walking through the art museum courtyard when i caught the clip in mowed path and stopped dead in my tracks. and i had this OF COURSE! moment, like suddenly it seemed like pure genius to follow one with the other. i mean, aside from the similar BPM. it's such a lovely little subtle connection between the two tracks.

okay you uberfans stop mocking my ignorance now. i realize you all identified this back in like 1973 before you were born.

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:sheepish:

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I KNEW IT!




:p

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although, i haven't kept up in the last couple of years,
all of their previous tracks/mixes have had
some links to their past work, if you play around
with the tracks..

they stopped doing this around the time of
beaucoup fish, and since then, NONE of their
albums, tracks , b-sides, except for riverrun
had the kind of depth, and continuity of
their earlier ones, ....ie: ADHO, OWB...

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Yes, during some of the 1995 shows, before Trainspotting and NUXX broke, they used to play Born Slippy more than NUXX (since Born Slippy was the single), and Karl would sometimes (often?) sing the NUXX lyrics over it.

It's OK, cacophony. I never really heard the sample before. Thanks for pointing it out! :)

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I was born already in 1973!

;p

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here's the born slippy nuxx+inst (live)

http://rapidshare.com/files/10428395...Live_.mp3.html

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Brilliant! I was thinking this was going to be NUXX lyrics over original Slippy, but what a nice groove of the NUXX istru outtro. Seems weird to not hear Those Chords creep in at all.

Here's to Karl singing the words over Telematic! Maybe he has in the old days, ~95-96?

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That's from the Tramway gig in 1994, if I'm not mistaken? The whole set is a treat (at least the part of it I have: Dark and Long / Dark Train, Cowgirl / Rez, this, Dogman Go Woof (w/ Spoonman lyrics) / Mmm... Skyscraper I love You)

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if you want to hear a "possible" version of what that would
really sound like, i've got a 4min fanmix posted over in
craft.... uw - bs nuxx(...)[256k].mp3

http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forum...&postcount=214


hmmm.....maybe i should update it to make a longer
version, this is from agessssssssssss ago..several years
back..

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I really with I could've gone to this show
I'll probably have to wait another 4 years or so
but thanks for the live clips, gives me an idea of what I missed