As you may have noticed from earlier postings, or even musings of this site, I attended a Radiohead concert last night. It was absolutely immense, an amazing experience that I suggest you try…
There were two warmup bands before Radiohead, a strangely weird 3 piece band called Deerhoof, who by the way had one insane drummer, with a 2-piece drum kit and some completely trashed cymbals…
Beck was the other warmup act, who were really decent and set a nice standard for Radiohead, although they hardly compared when Radiohead started to get going… One of the most amazing things about the Beck act was the mini-stage complete with singing and playing mini-Beck band members, a really great addition to the concert.
But the main thing though, was Radiohead… They kicked off their 2 and a bit hour, 24 song set with the opener to OK Computer, Airbag. It was a monstrous start, and just the song to get the crowd going after an hour wait due to the complex Radiohead kit set up. with the 2 racks of guitars, pianos, original Fender Rhodes piano, and the Ondes Martenot that Jonny played. The rest of the set went on much like (or more like exactly like) what it says on ateaseweb.com – http://www.ateaseweb.com/news/archive/2006/08/radiohead_live_10.php
The first few songs though were especially rough, especially at the front of the crowd, Thom had to stop halfway through Morning Bell (the Kid A version with the 7/8 drum beat) to tell people to calm down and tell them that there were clubs around the corner where they could do that kind of thing, as the Rocksteady Security pulled people out of the crowd.
Overall though, it was certainly one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to and I did manage to get some pics and videos on my old camera though they may be a bit blurry and fuzzed out, but who cares… For the moment anyway I still need to find the USB cable to transfer the pictures… So you’ll have to wait just a bit longer to hear or see any clips and pics…