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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on July 14, 2011, 12:38:31 pm

Title: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: Bags on July 14, 2011, 12:38:31 pm: Hey all, the openers for Urge Overkill are The Jones and Dot Dash. Either worth getting there early to check out?

Hope some of you are making this show. I am pumped!
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: bearman🐻 on July 14, 2011, 01:29:39 pm: They're digging out more oldies, so unless it's sold out, I may stop by. I love classic Urge. Anything from before Saturation is killer. Saturation is decent too, but "Supersonic Storybook" and "Stull" are the shit.
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Post by: Relaxer on July 14, 2011, 04:01:07 pm: I am so tempted to go to this. Saw them at the old 9:30 and it was great. I got into them due to Saturation and then worked backwards. Very curious to see if they've aged well, which I can't imagine since they weren't exactly young in 95
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: bearman🐻 on July 14, 2011, 04:19:32 pm: I saw them at the old club too...on the Saturation tour.
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Post by: Vas Deferens on July 14, 2011, 04:30:53 pm: saturation was one of the best of the 90s.

not sure about tonite though...how's the new album?
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: bearman🐻 on July 14, 2011, 04:35:24 pm: They're do so much stuff from Saturation that it'd be worth putting up with a few new tunes.
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Post by: James Ford on July 14, 2011, 04:50:01 pm: I picked up a copy of Saturation at a library book sale awhile back and threw it in my $10 for a whole box of books box and took it home. Listened to it once and threw it in the trash. Same thing with the DGC comilation cd that i snagged along with. Man, the 90's sucked musically.
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: Bags on July 14, 2011, 05:17:30 pm: I'm listening to new album now. It's very much Saturation/Exit the Dragon. Which is good. I saw these guys do a reunion show in NYC at the Bowery Ballroom (you know, most influential club in the country) -- 6 or 7 years ago?? It was great.
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: sweetcell on July 14, 2011, 06:20:23 pm: Quote from: Bags on July 14, 2011, 05:17:30 pm
the Bowery Ballroom (you know, most influential club in the country)

*ahem* the formerly most influential club in the country (http://www.thefeast.com/washington/play/930-Called-Most-Influential-Club-in-America-125077374.html) ;D
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: Relaxer on July 15, 2011, 09:45:15 am: Pretty good show. Some definite high points and Nash is lookin sharp as ever. King is showing his years but he was impressive-ish on the guitar. A little soggy but overall a good performance and a fun show.

Missed the first opener but thought Dot Dash were pretty terrible. Songs weren't bad but the singer was so off-key as to be grating and it just didn't work. I also just don't understand dressing for a rock concert that you're performing in and putting on a button-up shirt, buttoning it all the way up and then carefully tucking it in. They looked like they were at work.
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: Unsanity on July 15, 2011, 03:16:37 pm: I kinda wish I would have gone. I have Saturation on cassette and bust it out at least once a year. Always liked their version of "Girl You'll be a Woman Soon" from Pulp Fiction too.
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: Relaxer on July 15, 2011, 03:27:05 pm: Interestingly, they didn't play 'Girl'.
I heard a couple people expressing disappointment over that fact. I was fine with it because they played enough mid-tempo songs, but I was still surprised they didn't play their most mainstream-ish song.
And holding 'Sister Havana' and 'Woman to Woman' for the encore was a sucker move.
Title: Re: Urge Overkill openers
Post by: bearman🐻 on July 15, 2011, 03:37:32 pm: Did they play any stuff from "Supersonic Storybook" or earlier? I love the early singles like "Ticket to LA" and "Faroutski". Did they play those?