sonic youth backstage at minehead
The ATP Nightmare Before Christmas show in Minehead, England last weekend was what can only be described as a real blast. There is something fascinating about these events to me; young people still turn out in droves to see a strong live bill obviously, especially when there’s 53 bands on that bill, but to snap up all those tickets three months in advance shows you the power of the live concert as a shared, communal experience that will outlive CDs and downloads for ever. It was a pleasure to perform this event. Here’s some video I shot of Sonic Youth working on a song prior to their Saturday night performance.
November 11th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
[...] Almost a year ago I shot some footage of Sonic Youth working out one of their songs backstage before their performance at an All Tomorrows Parties show in the UK. Now it’s Gang of Four’s turn. I was not involved in the writing or recording of I Love A Man In A Uniform as by then I’d formed Shriekback, and consequently whenever we’ve tried to play it live it sounds to me as if it’s too stilted and never ‘in the pocket’ rhythmically-speaking. Here we are backstage in Istanbul giving it the semi-unplugged version - we didn’t play it on stage that night anyway…. Share this Post: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
November 13th, 2007 at 12:00 am
[...] Almost a year ago I shot some footage of Sonic Youth working out one of their songs backstage before their performance at an All Tomorrows Parties show in the UK. Now it’s Gang of Four’s turn. I was not involved in the writing or recording of I Love A Man In A Uniform as by then I’d formed Shriekback, and consequently whenever we’ve tried to play it live it sounded to me as if it was too stilted and never ‘in the pocket’ rhythmically-speaking. Here we are backstage in Istanbul giving it the semi-unplugged version - we didn’t play it on stage that night anyway…. No Comments, Comment or Ping [...]