as a huge fan I was excited to see them in concert...however I was stunned when it appeared ALL the music was on tape except a few piano chords...what a rip off !!

the .org ate my post!
I agree, they suck live. But I still love' em.

There's a shame. Pity you didn't enjoy it.

They weren't touring anywhere near me this tour so I gave it a miss. But I've seen them live previously and they were amazing. Even the (non-fan) friend I took was impressed.

And Neil smiled at me.

onenitealone said:

Poor you!

Cheek said:

Shut up!

Well, I *still* haven't forgiven either of them for ignoring me at their London signing a few years ago. And I wish I was joking. It has tainted my listening experience ever since.

But I am PSB fam/gullible consumer so I'll buy any shit they fling my way.

onenitealone said:

Blablabla... I can't cuz they astonishingly suck and Neil's voice makes me have shit in the backyard.

I happened to really really enjoy the tour. All of the songs were great and it was a good performance vocally from Neil. Don't know if it was all on tape...that doesn't seem like them. However this seemed to be a lot more electronic and pared down show than I have normally seen. It still sounded good though.

superspaceboy said:

It was all on tape, save for when Neil did "Home and Dry" on an acoustic guitar. I don't think Chris Lowe's synthesizers were even plugged in. I thought it was a major letdown after the Release Tour in 2002. For that tour, they had a live band, minimal set and some very cool reworkings of their old material. It was intimate and fresh. For this last tour, I was upset that it was basically Neil doing karaoke over what sounded like the album versions of their songs. Don't get me started on their back-up dancers. It seemed like a major retread.

Cheek said:

Pure poetry.

dhalgren said:

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my thoughts exactly....it was a cheap set and lazy, predictable setlist..

I think that's their typical show. Neil does sing live, though.

peppeken said:

I saw them for the Nightlife tour and was pretty stinkin' bored/disappointed. That said, it's hard to do electronic music live and make it really exciting.

I saw them for the Nightlife tour and was pretty stinkin' bored/disappointed. That said, it's hard to do electronic music live and make it really exciting.[/quote]

I hate to bring up the old, old, old debate, but when I saw Erasure in 2005, they worked it. The live arrangements were pretty similar to their studio counterparts, but the mix was exciting and the PA was booming. It also helps that Andy Bell was considerably more animated than Neil. That was a fun show.

I will reiterate that I thought PSB did their best with the Release tour and album. It's a very unpopular opinion, but all it took was an adventurous album and a song-focused, intimate tour to make me fall in love with them all over again.

This was the basic set-up when I saw them in 2002 (minus a giant curtain of Christmas lights behind the drummer): http://www.youtube.com/wa...QqoEHPL5eg

To me, that performance is a lot more dynamic than this, in 2006: http://www.youtube.com/wa...ziGKpbrQxY

dhalgren said:

I hate to bring up the old, old, old debate, but when I saw Erasure in 2005, they worked it. The live arrangements were pretty similar to their studio counterparts, but the mix was exciting and the PA was booming. It also helps that Andy Bell was considerably more animated than Neil. That was a fun show.

I will reiterate that I thought PSB did their best with the Release tour and album. It's a very unpopular opinion, but all it took was an adventurous album and a song-focused, intimate tour to make me fall in love with them all over again.

This was the basic set-up when I saw them in 2002 (minus a giant curtain of Christmas lights behind the drummer): http://www.youtube.com/wa...QqoEHPL5eg

To me, that performance is a lot more dynamic than this, in 2006: http://www.youtube.com/wa...xY[/quote]

Is your name a reference to the Samuel Delaney book?