Santa Barbara 7/16/08

[CH]

Dannyj86 of Youtube fame reviews the Santa Barbara show:

"I drove 200 miles round trip to see the Melvins play at the Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara. It was so intense. They started off with songs I haven't heard yet from Nude with Boots, then they went into (A) Senile Animal.
After that they played their old favorites, including Tipping the Lion from Stag, which is my favorite song of theirs. I'd never think they would play that song, because I didn't think it was very popular. But it blew my mind that they actually did.
They went into Honey Bucket, and the entire crowd began moshing. Needless to say, there was beer all over the floor after that song. Their set lasted from 10 pm to a little past midnight. The whole experience was insane, and I even bought Mangled Demos and H.A.T. which I'd never heard before. And a t-shirt.

"I don't think they played "My Generation", but they did all sing the National Anthem together.  I was excited that they played Tipping the Lion, I didn't think people were still really familiar with Stag.
My shirts says "Eggnog", and has a couple easter bunnies on it. The roadies were actually still wearing their Amoeba Records shirts.
The crowd was really crazy, and one punk kid with a mohawk even did a stage dive and broke Jared's cord in the process. They had to stop the show and throw him out. Then Buzz started ragging on him for how the kid looked,
"Welcome time-traveler! This gentleman has come from the past to show us what life in 1979 was like! Sort of like at Woodstock when Sha Na Na showed us what life was like back in the fucking 50's!"
It was a pretty awesome show, but I think the Melvins deserve to play in much larger venues. Hopefully people will post some videos of this tour.

Peace. "

[norecess]

Eye Flys

I was thinking, Eye Flys is the only song that the Melvins have played with all their bass players - except for the temporarily ones like Gene Simmons.  I'm just not sure if they played it while Joe was in the band but they must have. If that's true, then Matt, Lorax, Joe, Mark, Kevin, Jared and even Buzz, all had the pleasure to bang that E string.

[Dead Cowboy]

Eye Flys

I was thinking, Eye Flys is the only song that the Melvins have played with all their bass players - except for the temporarily ones like Gene Simmons.  I'm just not sure if they played it while Joe was in the band but they must have. If that's true, then Matt, Lorax, Joe, Mark, Kevin, Jared and even Buzz, all had the pleasure to bang that E string.

technically, its a D string 

[norecess]

If that's true, then Matt, Lorax, Joe, Mark, Kevin, Jared and even Buzz, all had the pleasure to bang that E string.

technically, its a D string 

Thanks for the technical correction, but I was talking about the magic of the rhythm of that song, not about tunings. I don't even care about the tuning, or what notes they are, according to the rules we made up for them. But it's my own fault, I started it.

[Idlehanz]

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

[FartLips]

Eye Flys

I was thinking, Eye Flys is the only song that the Melvins have played with all their bass players - except for the temporarily ones like Gene Simmons.  I'm just not sure if they played it while Joe was in the band but they must have. If that's true, then Matt, Lorax, Joe, Mark, Kevin, Jared and even Buzz, all had the pleasure to bang that E string.

i've heard it with joe. so that's a confirmation.

[glen]

haven't seen a "holy gospel" setlist yet.  does this mean they are throwing some minor variations out night to night?

if so then I am convinced that MELVINS not only read this forum but they also pay special attention to my bitchings. 

[perusha]

haven't seen a "holy gospel" setlist yet.  does this mean they are throwing some minor variations out night to night?

if so then I am convinced that MELVINS not only read this forum but they also pay special attention to my bitchings. 

Sorry to burst your bubble.  So far I'd say no...no minor variations yet.  But I've only seen two full sets (three counting the Amoeba Records show, which was a short set of course) so whose to say.  Tour is still way early.  No one has done a San Francisco review which I'm surprised at.  I went to that show, but was hoping someone else would review it.  But the San Francisco set was exactly the same as the Santa Barbara set.  Same selections off NWB, ASA, plus Eye Flys, Boris, Tipping The Lion, Honey Bucket, 'My Generation.'  Same order.

Of course another way to think about it could be that they are in fact reading the posts, they are paying special attention to your bitching and are keeping the set the same just for you!   

[glen]

boris and eye flys...   call me content.

has anyone seen this 'morningstar rising' yet?

[perusha]

boris and eye flys...   call me content.

For sure.  And without a doubt they really, really, really, really sound amazing.
If anyone is disappointed, they just don't appreciate pure genius. 

[anaconda]

are you paraphrasing glenda, or did he edit his post?? 

[glen]

are you paraphrasing glenda, or did he edit his post?? 

he speaks of his own free will.

[perusha]

My bad.  I frequently screw up the process of trying to quote another person...
I really need to learn how to use this whole web thing.  I've heard it's the wave of the future.