So I decided to go and see John Foxx, since he hasn't made it to Australia since 1983 or so I believe. The Ultravox material sounded great, with John vocoding all his vocals over a mostly pre-sequenced live set. The newer material was a little harder to focus on, but there was still the sense of melody and movement amongst all those vanilla - preset sounds.
The crowd was appaling in that there was none. Welcome to Adelaide.
I took some crap photos on my phone.
Journal
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John Foxx - Adelaide, Fowler's Live
8 May 2008, 01:04
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Album Covers That Resemble Other Album Covers (yawn)
30 Aug 2006, 08:00
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Public Image Ltd - Metal Box / Second Edition
13 Apr 2006, 12:20
Metal Box
A mixture of messy and what appear to be half arsed first takes of skeletal ideas that somehow combine to form a very very interesting album.
This album has *those* moments, where every element seems to just ping harmoniously making for compelling listening. Lydon's voice does of course grate abrasively throughout, but the foundation created by Keith Levene's dark and metallic guitar treatments, and Wobble's simplistic yet solid basslines provide the perfect accompaniment to such a harsh and intense vocal delivery.
Track down the Death Disco 'megamix' single for an extra minute or two of the Swan Lake / Death Disco take - still the most haunting moment of the
post-punk era output (which also has an alternate version of 'Fodderstompf' on the flip). Also a rare track 'Pied Piper' was issued on a Virgin compilation
(Metal Machine Music?) that was also from the Metal Box era sessions.
Death Disco vid clip
PiL play Death Disco on Top of the Pops
PiL play chant and are 'interviewed'
