today I'm listening to the new Eels and...
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I heard Eels in concert last wednesday, in Oslo. They were all very good, not least the banter in between the musical pieces. They got through a lot of material and played for about 80 minutes with no breaks. The pieces tended to be fairly short, without the pop-song mindless repetitions and fade-outs, which I liked. The whole thing seemed to be to a high standard of musicianship. This offset the thought "are they taking the piss?" caused by the late start.
The strangest thing was to see him smoking on stage; smoking in such a public indoor arena is banned here, but no-one dared object, presumably worried that the wonderful music might stop. Or maybe people were wondering if smoking as part of an artistic act is not banned - I must look that one up.
The strangest thing was to see him smoking on stage; smoking in such a public indoor arena is banned here, but no-one dared object, presumably worried that the wonderful music might stop. Or maybe people were wondering if smoking as part of an artistic act is not banned - I must look that one up.
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I've seen them live twice. Fantastic.
I've only had a cursory listen to their new one, and, well...maybe it'll grow on me.
Hate Eric Clapton with a passion.
I've only had a cursory listen to their new one, and, well...maybe it'll grow on me.
Hate Eric Clapton with a passion.
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GAZZ said:
To my ears, it's most like Beautiful Freak - was that their first?
After BF I bought their subsequent albums - Souljacker and Electro Blues or something - which I thought were pretty crap and I hardly ever listened to them. Luckily they've rediscovered their form for this album.
