Anybody Seeing Echo and the Bunnymen

[bearman🐻]

So...anyone going tonight?

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

Originally posted by bearman:
  So...anyone going tonight?

I waited too long and didn't grab a tick....I have lots to do anyway.....going away next week.....

[bearman🐻]

Great show last night. Here's the setlist (I have it at home, but I think this is everything):
 
 Going Up
 Show of Strength
 Stormy Weather
 Seven Seas
 Bring on the Dancing Horses
 the Disease
 Scissors in the Sand
 All That Jazz
 The Back of Love
 All My Colours (Zimbo)
 The Killing Moon
 Do It Clean
 Never Stop
 Villiers Terrace/Roadhouse Blues
 Rescue
 The Cutter
 -----------------
 Nothing Lasts Forever/Walk on the Wild Side
 Lips Like Sugar
 -----------------
 Ocean Rain
 
 Over the Wall was supposed to be played before Ocean rain, but the band went on at 11pm and finished up at 12:30. Bags, great to see you...I managed to get a cab home (after getting in one and then being told that he was only going to Virginia), then I found I had no power once I got there. Argh...anyway, all in all, a better show than the one in November. I was just happy to hear Do It Clean again.

[Bags]

Thanks to bearman I not only saw the show, but was 10 feet from dear Ian and 6 feet from Will Sargent.  
 
 "Do It Clean" made it all worthwhile, definitely the best song played.
 
 The opener, BoysKillBoys or something like tht, sounded pretty good except that it was WAY too loud, so I really just wanted them off the stage.  I'd like to check them out at normal volumes.
 
 Glad I made it out.  Thanks again, bearman!!!

[bearman🐻]

I totally agree..."Do It Clean" made my night! Plus, it's so great to watch Will play guitar. I never get tired of watching him play "the Killing Moon" or "Ocean Rain". Great stuff...glad that it worked out Bags. I suspect a lot of people didn't make it out to the show because of the rain.

[Cock Van Der Palm]

I planted myself in front of Will to watch his guitar mastery.  I was about 5 people deep.  I let a few shorties in front of me.  It must suck being short at GA shows.  That is the 2nd show at the Black Cat where Ian's voice sounded great!
 
 
 I thought Boy Kill Boy were pretty good as well.  I'll definitely check out their album when it is released in the states.

[HobbesGTS]

Hope it was better than their hfstival performance lol
 
  http://www.hfstival.com/ETBM.mp3

[bearman🐻]

Oh GOD...that was the WORST. A total trainwreck. "Me voice is fucked." I'll say.

[Cock Van Der Palm]

HFStival was a disappointment.  He did make attempts to go on with the appearance but it was clear his voice was completely shot.  Probably would have been better for them not to even attempt to play that day.

[bearman🐻]

Funny thing is that 2 nights earlier in Philly they were awesome, one of the best times I've seen them.

[beedubyah]

That flip of the mic when he left was hysterical. Very Liam-esque....

[HobbesGTS]

More like he was drunk off his ass for the festival.. that wasn't water in his water bottle on stage.

[bearman🐻]

No, but being drunk is going to mess up your voice THAT much, especially when you're a seasoned pro like Ian.

[anarchist]

jimmy of jimmies chicken shack sez he got ian f'd up before the whfs show and feels responsible for ian's problems.  at the bc it was funny seeing ian flicking his finished (but still lit) cigarettes toward the stage techs (stage right) and watching them run out of the way.  best sound i have ever heard at the bc.

[Lively One]

jimmy of jimmies chicken shack sez he got ian f'd up before the whfs show and feels responsible for ian's problems. at the bc it was funny seeing ian flicking his finished (but still lit) cigarettes toward the stage techs (stage right) and watching them run out of the way. best sound i have ever heard at the bc.

That's funny...It wasn't Jimmie who got him drunk.  It WAS Chicken Shack's booze that contributed to Mac's issues--girlfriend troubles--and yes, his voice was already shot--however it wasn't Jimmie himself who egged him along.  It was another JCS bandmember.  I was there.  
 
 He also had issues keeping his pants on and asked my sister and I if we had a safety pin.  He's definitely an entertaining character, and very, very nice. Apparently he and the girlfriend have reconciled and all is well now.