![]() |
#1 |
the end of the ugly
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Budapest city
Posts: 1,011
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
ive been thinking about this for a while.
whys that? they always play EXACTLY one and half hour shows! (except if its an improv gig) cure often do play for 3 hours.. (not that i like them) nick cave played for 2 hours here in budapest many rock bands play much longer than 1andhlaf hours. even fuckin kyle minogue plays for 2and a half - altho its not a fully live gig its more like a show, but she fuckin dances for 2and a half hours nonstop! (not that i care tbh its just an example) sonic youth do have millions of songs to play.. why so short then? its acceptable on a big festival but not on a 'solo' show.. c'mon guys do some more! |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#2 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: A RETIREMENT HOME
Posts: 18,499
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
because i can't stand up and dance for any longer.
__________________
RETIRED |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#3 | |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 2,036
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
__________________
|
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#4 |
bad moon rising
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 196
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I think maybe its because they play a lot and so to do three hours every night is hard plus most places have a cerfew so they are limited with time etc.
__________________
I went out with a metal detector once and all I found was another metal detector. |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#5 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: A RETIREMENT HOME
Posts: 18,499
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
don't lie to yourselves, it's because they're old.
__________________
RETIRED |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#6 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 2,526
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Could it be a throwback to their early days? To a band with no-wave origins, a scene where the average show would probably be no more than twenty minutes, even a ninety minute show must be almost an act of selling out.
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#7 | |
100%
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Huddersfield, England
Posts: 670
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
selling outs the new punk, man |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#8 | |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Near Paris, France
Posts: 3,762
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
Maybe I'm wrong, but they don't look to enjoy playing songs from their 00's era like they are for their older stuffs. Yeah, they've grown older. It's life. |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#9 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 28,843
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
1 1/2 hours seems like plenty...
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#10 |
bad moon rising
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 213
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
tbh as much as I'd love to see the cure live, I don't think I have the patience to stand there for 3 hours (probably more with a support band), not because I wouldn't enjoy it, but because I get uncomfortable standing around for ages, and I'm an athlete! I think an hour and half is just right.
If you look at the setlists from SY's tour history you'll find a lack of older material in the majority of their setlists, I noticed that when listening to a sister bootleg. |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#11 | |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Arrived in Smoke, Arrived in Gold
Posts: 2,569
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
exactly. I wondered wtf the topic of this thread meant, like why do they play for so long or something? then yr comparing them to the Cure and Kylie Minogue?! I remember reading an interview with Kim after signing to Geffen where she said one of the main differences about being on a major label was that they had to play longer sets.. like it wasn't necessarilly a good thing.. |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#12 | |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In the land of the Instigator
Posts: 27,951
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
this is my reason too
__________________
RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read. |
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#13 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In the land of the Instigator
Posts: 27,951
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
the more songs they play the more guitars they have to travel with, especially for older songs.
__________________
RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read. |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#14 |
little trouble girl
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: white plains NY
Posts: 56
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Dirty tour had shows shorter than an hour and a half
![]() |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#15 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 3,615
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
yeah even with sonic youth i wouldn't be able to stand there for even an hour and a half.
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#16 | ||
the end of the ugly
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Budapest city
Posts: 1,011
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Quote:
thats not true! the stones are old not sonic youth! they are around as old as nick cave and robert smith and his band mates.. and when they were younger they didnt play longer either. Quote:
but 2 was superb!!! |
||
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#17 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London sink
Posts: 4,576
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I can speak only for the Daydream Nation gig i saw in September, but thats enough time for me. That gig was £30 or so, and lasted 2 hours (as well as being a "special occasion" of sorts) with encores. And i dunno how much you pay for a 3 hour Cure gig, but its a different kettle of roundabouts.
__________________
"It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican ![]() |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#18 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: in the darkest part of your mind
Posts: 1,737
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
theyre getting old. thats it.
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#19 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: fucking Los Angeles
Posts: 14,801
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I have seen them play a bit longer, but when you really think about it, over an hour for a single set is grateful dead territory, and it takes certain artists to be able to take their art that far night after night. I saw this reggae band, groundation, last friday, they always play two sets, an hour and half each, and it is just so much fucking energy it is insane, it takes a lot out of you to participate with that, especially if you are not a wallflower.
__________________
Today Rap music is the Lakers ![]() |
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
![]() |
#20 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Mexico
Posts: 15,713
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
i rather leave wanting to see them again rather than get sick of them playing for too long.
|
![]() |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |