underworldlive amsterdam show

[lloyd]

thanks boys
Yeah, the vibe police really did end it too soon. This concert was part of the dance festival 5 Days Off. Loads of people just there because it was underworld, not fans per se. By that and the way they build up the concert/tracklisting, the crowd wasn't really into it until way in the second half. It really felt like it needed at least one more song, the place rocked by then and wanted a climax. Pity there wasn't time for more.
They made up for it with 2 3 hour gigs in Tilburg tho

[joethelion]

well - it seems that the title for "darc" has been corrected

but strangely - 'Push Upstairs' is still cut short

[TheBang]

Well, by my reckoning, here's a little bit more complete tracklisting for this release:

1. Darc
2. 5 Foot 5
3. Juanita/HMH Untitled-2
4. Pearl's Girl/Yard Beat
5. Dub Shepherd/Born Slippy .NUXX 2003
6. Lenny Penne
7. Small Conker and a Twix/You Do Scribble
8. Back in the Fears/D's Ablt
9. King of Snake
10. Push Upstairs
11. Cowgirl/Rez
12. Jumbo

We still don't have a proper name for "HMH Untitled-2," which was also played after Back in the Fears at Electraglide Tokyo, after NUXX at Osaka, and after Shake That Higher at Zurich. Maybe it'll just have to go down as "2005 Improv."

[change]

Originally Posted by Jan

No, in my opinion the mastering is really, really excellent! No clipping/distortion and full dynamic range... feel the punch of the drums when you increase the volume... it's great!

Agreed, this is mastered better than any of the other concerts we've gotten so far. This show is a fantastic treat for us. Thanks!

[crank]

Man, Thanks Underworld. 'Nuff Said.

[TheBang]

Push Upstairs has been corrected and reposted. Thanks guys!

[crazysugarboy]

Originally Posted by crazysugarboy

Let's face it, how many other bands continually give us totally free live albums??! And the track titles are almost insignificant as each recording is totally different - the Amsterdam "5ft Five" is a mere shadow of the Barcelona version (but no less for that) - it is a totally different track. Underworld have captured life i.e. we catch the same bus each day into work, yet each journey is subtly different - that regular person isn't on, who is that?, the journey was surprisingly traffic-free, who is holding up the bus demanding the season ticket!!

I love this band more than life itself (and I wish that they could play on my bus journey)

I'm quoting myself here when I first heard the amsterdam "five ft five" I thought, "that is a major re-working of the track!" - which it would be, cos I was thinking of "shake that higher" - oops! (you have to admit, the titles sound the same-(ish)

[Georg.]

Thanks to Underworld!
What a great start for 2007!

G.

[holden]

Still enjoying this show!
At the risk of delving too deeply, did anyone else notice how at the start of "Juanita", Karl is singing without vocoding? Sounds different/neat! In fact, the vocoded effect is kept minimal thoughout, much less so than most live versions.