Orbital reform - Tour 2009

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Wubwubwubwub

Both should throw themselves under lorries.

Could you give us a demonstration so we know to tell them how to do it right?

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by Wubwubwubwub

Both should throw themselves under lorries.

I thought they were both married?

[Rog]

Originally Posted by dubman

oh no, we're even more shit when we're seperate, lets see if we can scccccccrape together some bits of stuff so that together we can be mediocre again

meh.

bollox!

[Rog]

Originally Posted by Wubwubwubwub

WOW I HOPE THEY PLAY DOCOTOR WHO AND THEN THE BELINDA CARLISLELS SONG BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ALL HEARD THE EXACT FUCKING SAME THING NINETY TIMES.

Both should throw themselves under lorries.

double bollox!

[stimpee]

The setlist for the 2002 tour was identical to the 2004 tour except for 2 songs. It was almost in the same running order, and sounded almost the same every night too. Variety was never the order of the day with Orbital gigs but if you saw them once per tour you were always satisfied and the show they do put on is always good.

2002: remind, the girl with the sun in her head, funny break (weekend ravers mix) belfast, technologisiki park, the box, satan, halcyon, frenetic, impact, dr ?, chime

2004: remind, the girl with the sun in her head, belfast, you lot, the box, satan, halcyon, one perfect sunrise, impact, dr ?, chime

so you can see one perfect sunrise replaced frenetic, and you lot replaced technologiski park. The 2001 tour had a few more tracks from the Altogether and was the last real album tour. The blue album tour was rushed, as you can see with the setlist.

[Dirty0900]

I can remember Tension being played as the first track when I saw them...

[holden]

Agree that they weren't too varied live from show to show (or as Stimpee points out, from tour to tour), but geeez, they were SO MUCH BETTER than 98% of the other electronic dance music out there, and much of their 90's touring career was legendary.

This isn't unexpected, but perhaps sooner than i thought they'd rejoin, esp. with their solo projects going on (i quite liked the first Long Range LP). And though their last few albums seem a tad cobbled together, see point above (e.g. SO MUCH BETTER THAN....)

If it's a one-off for their 20th anniversary, that's cool, and you can probably tell right now which songs will get played. But if there's a cjhance of new material (heck, even if thrown on the back of a reissue of Chime, gotta see that coming), i'm all

[BeautifulBurnout]

To be fair, the 2004 tour was the "farewell" one, so it was evident it was going to be a Greatest Hits with a coupla bits of the Blue Album in it.

I wouldn't mind seeing them again no matter what they play, frankly.

[IsiliRunite]

Originally Posted by Wubwubwubwub

WOW I HOPE THEY PLAY DOCOTOR WHO AND THEN THE BELINDA CARLISLELS SONG BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ALL HEARD THE EXACT FUCKING SAME THING NINETY TIMES.

Both should throw themselves under lorries.

Considering I would rather see Underworld perform on quaaludes than go to any other electronic bands concert, Orbital aren't too shabby live.

not everyone can be Jimi Hendrix...

[joethelion]

Originally Posted by dubman

oh no, we're even more shit when we're seperate, lets see if we can scccccccrape together some bits of stuff so that together we can be mediocre again

meh.

kinda have to agree with that statement as well...

I mean really guys... did Orbtial EVER make an INCREDIBLE album where you can listen to the whole album at once, and not want to skip a track or three?

Orbital are kinda like Tricky in that they will have two or three good/great songs - then a lot of filler

(except Tricky at least went through a period of solid albums before becoming patchy)