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http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayRelea ... 594&EDATE=bronxapostle wrote:ummm, where is the "official" word about this please?
Too early for those.bronxapostle wrote:what will the two unidentified sings turn into: HIGH FIDELITY (slow); IDLE HANDS; B MOVIE (fast)?????
Dr. Luther wrote:Too early for those.bronxapostle wrote:what will the two unidentified sings turn into: HIGH FIDELITY (slow); IDLE HANDS; B MOVIE (fast)?????
Busy Bodies, maybe.
And Stranger in the House, perhaps.
Neil. wrote:God, I saw that Robert Wyatt Meltdown, Paul B.
He went a bit bananas - using two mics at a time, going all Thomas Dolby at one point. I do remember storming versions of No Wonder, Alibi and 45 - and he introduced the new Spooky Girlfriend, too, I recall, and Dust. I love Dust, actually! Great lyrics (if dust could only speak, cry or scream - a superb and, yet again, impossible image from Mr C.), great hook in the line 'Should I spit out the truth or would you rather just swallow the lie?'
No great perception on my part.bronxapostle wrote:yeah! you're right Dr. L. those are more like MARCH 1979 shows, huh??? stranger would have been known then though, don't you think? but, BB sounds like a good call!!!Dr. Luther wrote:Too early for those.bronxapostle wrote:what will the two unidentified sings turn into: HIGH FIDELITY (slow); IDLE HANDS; B MOVIE (fast)?????
Busy Bodies, maybe.
And Stranger in the House, perhaps.
Absolutely Neil, it was a real left field gig wasn't it. There was a cracking semi beat box version of Hurry Down Doomsday too (mind you I remember Jerry Sheff banging away on a dustbin on it on the Rude 5 MLAR tour). As far as I recall when he premiered the Imposters for the encores they just did oldies, which he almost always plays so loud and furious that the vocals get buried and it just becomes a very elating hell of a noise. In the queue to get into the brilliant but different Astoria show a few months after, when WIWC was released, I met a nice couple who'd been at Meltdown but had had to leave before the encore to catch a train - the looks on there sorry faces were a picture when I told them what had happened!Neil. wrote:God, I saw that Robert Wyatt Meltdown, Paul B.
He went a bit bananas - using two mics at a time, going all Thomas Dolby at one point. I do remember storming versions of No Wonder, Alibi and 45 - and he introduced the new Spooky Girlfriend, too, I recall, and Dust. I love Dust, actually! Great lyrics (if dust could only speak, cry or scream - a superb and, yet again, impossible image from Mr C.), great hook in the line 'Should I spit out the truth or would you rather just swallow the lie?'
I don't think "Stranger in The House" is the second unidentified song, as it appears elsewhere in the show as song #12! "Busy Bodies" appears a very good guess, though, especially since it's absence on the Rhino bonus disc (which collects all the other performances of ARMED FORCES songs from this show, among others) could be explained by the presence of an alternate studio version. The other most likely candidates are songs that were played at other shows around this time like "Less Than Zero" and "Blame It On Cain", though it's not immediately clear why the person who transcribed the setlist wouldn't recognize such familiar songs. It's hard to believe that the Rhino folks would have neglected to include a truly offbeat track like "Damage" (played a Paris show a couple weeks later) if it was part of the set, but I'd like to think perhaps there is a small chance it was a one-off performance of a b-side like "Big Tears" or "Tiny Steps" (not otherwise known to be performed until a few months later)?Dr. Luther wrote:Too early for those.bronxapostle wrote:what will the two unidentified sings turn into: HIGH FIDELITY (slow); IDLE HANDS; B MOVIE (fast)?????
Busy Bodies, maybe.
And Stranger in the House, perhaps.
Er, so it's two of any of the above then ? That or something else!And No Coffee Table wrote:
Among the remaining possibilities for the two missing songs: "Night Rally," "Pay It Back," "Roadette Song," "Living In Paradise," "Moods For Moderns," "Big Tears," "Radio Sweetheart," "Welcome To The Working Week," "No Dancing," "Sneaky Feelings," and "Sunday's Best."
"Oliver's Army," "Big Boys," "Green Shirt," and "Chemistry Class" had all been premiered as solo performances by this point, but I don't think they had been played with the band yet.
It's always possible something truly unexpected was played. While Groothuizen indicates that song #4 was played at three of the four shows preceding Hollywood High, song #9 wasn't played anywhere else on that leg of the tour.