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Sunday, July 30, 2006
Fan review...The Stone Pony, 27.07.06
Gig: 27.07.06 - Asbury Park, New Jersey - The Stone Pony
Reviewer: Markus from Delaware (the guy yelling "Skeleton" at the top of his lungs between each song)
Photos: Heather from Seattle
Bloc Party at The Stone Pony did what they do best: churn out bangers. I arrived and was surprised to find an outdoor venue, but my ticket did say "rain or shine" so I wasn't worried. Mew was accessible but I wish I could have heard their album before the show. Bloc went on after an intro from a local D.J.
'Waiting...' was the first one, and was different from the demo I have of the song from the spring. Mostly effects on their new equipment (Kele's Gretsch is beautiful), the rhythm was clear and direct. They ran through a few favourites like 'Banquet', 'She's Hearing Voices', and 'Positive Tension', but then...oh man. I've heard all the demos circulating the net recently but nothing can do justice to 'Hunting For Witches' live, which I believe has been reworked slightly. I think the people around me, who I'm sure haven't heard the song before, actually really got into it. Kele prefaced it with "be nice", but no need when the song was so excitingly frantic and dug so deep. Best song of the show.
Bloc Party dedicated 'Blue Light' to some fans they met before the show. 'This Modern Love' connected well with a lot of people. They went off for the first encore of what is usually two. It started raining lightly, but no worries. I was loving it and the Bloc didn't seem to care. They gave us 'Tulips' and 'Price of Gasoline' before they were forced offstage, despite an angry crowd. For the record though it really did seem like they were pulled from us rather than them just not wanting to play in the rain. A sad end to what was looking like the best show I've ever seen from them (this is my fourth).
Other funny things from the show:
Gig: 27.07.06 - Asbury Park, New Jersey - The Stone Pony
Reviewer: Markus from Delaware (the guy yelling "Skeleton" at the top of his lungs between each song)
Photos: Heather from Seattle
Bloc Party at The Stone Pony did what they do best: churn out bangers. I arrived and was surprised to find an outdoor venue, but my ticket did say "rain or shine" so I wasn't worried. Mew was accessible but I wish I could have heard their album before the show. Bloc went on after an intro from a local D.J. 'Waiting...' was the first one, and was different from the demo I have of the song from the spring. Mostly effects on their new equipment (Kele's Gretsch is beautiful), the rhythm was clear and direct. They ran through a few favourites like 'Banquet', 'She's Hearing Voices', and 'Positive Tension', but then...oh man. I've heard all the demos circulating the net recently but nothing can do justice to 'Hunting For Witches' live, which I believe has been reworked slightly. I think the people around me, who I'm sure haven't heard the song before, actually really got into it. Kele prefaced it with "be nice", but no need when the song was so excitingly frantic and dug so deep. Best song of the show.
Bloc Party dedicated 'Blue Light' to some fans they met before the show. 'This Modern Love' connected well with a lot of people. They went off for the first encore of what is usually two. It started raining lightly, but no worries. I was loving it and the Bloc didn't seem to care. They gave us 'Tulips' and 'Price of Gasoline' before they were forced offstage, despite an angry crowd. For the record though it really did seem like they were pulled from us rather than them just not wanting to play in the rain. A sad end to what was looking like the best show I've ever seen from them (this is my fourth).
Other funny things from the show: - Two (separate) stage divers hugging Kele before jumping back into the crowd to escape security.
- Gordy using different vocal textures, like growling, during songs, which I thought was bloody brilliant and funny.
- Russell having a problem with guitars the whole show, which I think was the venue's fault.
- Kele asking Tong to say something and all he could say was: " ...I love you all! I really do!" Haha.
Great show that should have been twice the length. I didn't even get 'The Pioneers'! Even when the crowd screamed "rain or shine" for five minutes upon them being pulled, no success. Oh well. Next time hopefully there will be a new album out and I'll get to see them indoors.
Setlist:
Waiting For The 7:18 / Positive Tension / Banquet / Blue Light / She's Hearing Voices / Hunting For Witches / This Modern Love / Like Eating Glass / So Here We Are / Helicopter [encore] Tulips / Price of Gasoline [thunderstorm stopped play!]
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As a matter of fact, Blue Light was dedicated to Andy from A.N.D.
# posted by 
: July 30, 2006 10:38 PM
: July 30, 2006 10:38 PM
haha yeah i liked the showww. it was the first bloc party show ive been to and i thought it was absolutely adorabl ehow much kele was smiling the whole show.
# posted by : July 31, 2006 7:56 PM
: July 31, 2006 7:56 PM
The NJ show was amazing! There's a bunch of pix here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwyb/sets/72157594215531171/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fwyb/sets/72157594215531171/
# posted by : August 01, 2006 7:51 PM
: August 01, 2006 7:51 PM
Found out last night in Austin why they are so reluctant to play skeleton live. Everyone would be quiet and two or three would yell the whole song through and ruin it for the rest. I was happy with the explanation and especially meeting Kele and Matt, the show could not compare to actually talking to them for a sec. But it was still bad ass
# posted by : August 12, 2006 2:09 AM
: August 12, 2006 2:09 AM
OK so its months down the road and not likely to make a difference...
The show was stopped due to electrical concerns when it went from a light rain to a downpour . Of course it is the band's job to keep the crowd happy, but it is the crew's job to be the "jerks" and keep everyone safe. Between the lights and sound equipment, there is enough electricity to power 3 or 4 average homes running on and around the stage. Not safe when wet, period.
As far as the guitar player's problem being caused by the venue? Guess what? Bands bring their own stage equipment and techs. The venue crew puts a microphone in front of it and that's it, the band's crew has it from there.
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The show was stopped due to electrical concerns when it went from a light rain to a downpour . Of course it is the band's job to keep the crowd happy, but it is the crew's job to be the "jerks" and keep everyone safe. Between the lights and sound equipment, there is enough electricity to power 3 or 4 average homes running on and around the stage. Not safe when wet, period.
As far as the guitar player's problem being caused by the venue? Guess what? Bands bring their own stage equipment and techs. The venue crew puts a microphone in front of it and that's it, the band's crew has it from there.
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