Comments on: Radiohead Live in London – Night 1 [live report]

By: seagirrl

seagirrl — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:07:03 +0000

Great gig! I loved The Gloaming, Dollars and Cents, How to Disappear and You and Whose Army… well all of it actually.

By: 0_T

0_T — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:17:36 +0000

I agree with Paul above about the setlist.

They didn’t play many of the really really great songs from the early days.

i.e. – Paranoid Android, Fake Plastic, Karma, High & Dry, Lucky, Bends, Iron Lung, Street Spirit, No Suprises, Black Star, Let Down, 2+2=5, Myxoamatosis, Wolf, Knives Out, the ‘C’ word… etc.

Instead there were songs like the gloaming, cymbal rush, bangers, $s and cents, which left me felling a bit cold.

Although it was interesting to see some of the rarer tracks live and it’s great that every gig is unique. From there point of view, playing the same tracks again and again would drive them mad.

I feel a bit jealous of those who go the setlist of the second night and glasgow…

Next time it’s both nights all the way. I also hope they more intimate gigs again soon.

I thought Bat For Lashes were great aswell – though not many other people seemed into them which was a shame.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:12:33 +0000

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the ignorant tw*ts in the audience who couldn’t even be bothered to pay attention to (or even stand facing) a band they’d paid close to £50 to see. Every time I moved to get away from them, I was greeted with more. I had to tell so many people to “sssshhhhh”, when all I really wanted to tell them was to “shut the **** up!!”

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:09:37 +0000

I have to agree with Paul (about 4 posts above me) that this was a disappointing gig. The setlist on Wednesday was FAR better – I could list about ten songs from that gig that I wanted to hear on Tuesday, when I think there was too much from Kid A and Amnesiac and not enough from The Bends and OK computer. The crowd just didn’t seem to be as “into it” as usual a lot of the time. The only time the entire crowd went mad was during Just. I expect more than that, even from the people standing towards the middle/back. Both nights for me next time…

By: attackofthewargs

attackofthewargs — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:47:29 +0000

@Paul ( the confused)
Personal taste? My stupidity? I said it is silly to complain at a set list. I think it is ignorant to moan that a band did not play the songs you wanted. I did not mention technical or sound problems. I think you need to calm down and stop stating how long you have been following a band as if it means something. I enjoyed the concert and expressed it in my message. I’m sorry you didn’t, no need to get in a huff.

By: Cee

Cee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:53:55 +0000

Oi Ade! Where’s the second Vicky gig’s report? I was there and the setlist (which I don’t know in order) absolutely Kicked ass!!! It was the best Rh gig I’ve been. I want to hear other’s comments so please set a news entry about it!!!

By: mly

mly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:02:53 +0000

I had been waiting 6 years of my life to see Radiohead live! Naively, i never once thought the crowd could be so huge and crushing.
I was near the front to begin with, alll was cool through bat for lashes..and the inbetween-y parts…until radiohead appeared…and out of no where..the most obnoxious,arrogant,selfish wankers I had ever experience at a gig..began to ‘mosh’ …They were grown men..so grown they were balding..and they were jumping into people..whacking me in the back/head..causing other people to fall over and get crushed themselves. i couldnt hear the music.. i could see a thing! It was horrible:( in the end me and my friend pushing through the crowd..and found a little patch of grass..just to the side of the stage, with enough room to dance! and from that point..it was the most amazing time

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:26:25 +0000

@attackofthewargs (the pretentious)

here we are talking about personal tastes that cannot be judged (so “ignorance and incompetence” only show your stupidity) and technical comments about sound and daylight that are facts!

I have been following Radiohead for 15 years now and I can tell you that the first concert @Victoria Park was by far the worst I’ve seen of this great band.

The yesterday’s setlist however looks better, without being a simple greatest hits, I hope that even the sound was better because on Tuesday was crap for the first 8-10 songs

By: sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:27:57 +0000

just an edit on my last message
the the independent newspapers stated that
the crowd was about 40 000. and there
were chants of “Free Tibet”

By: sarcasm_mister

sarcasm_mister — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:22:39 +0000

the crowd was about 40 000 according to