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And after this I watched movies instead
Jul. 23rd, 2008 07:29 pmLadytron, Metropolis, July 2
I like this photo best because it shows off Reuben Wu's bosozoku quiff in all its profiled glory. That's what, winner of Most Fashionable Indie Haircut for the eighth year running? A-ma-zing. BTW I have just learned from Wiki that Reuben Wu was an industrial design consultant before he started the band. And Mira Aroyo was a molecular geneticist.
The opening act was Datarock - we didn't arrive in time to catch most of their set, unfortunately, though I know![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
elfiepike likes them? They were very energetic, and there was the matter of a Dirty Dancing cover. XD During the encore of Ladytron's set they appeared in one of the boxes, from which they rained streamers and penis balloons on the audience. I would not previously have associated the, uh, concept of "penis balloons" with Ladytron at any remove, but they've loosened up a lot since the Light & Magic tour. When I saw them in 2003 they basically stood in place behind their Korgs the entire time, glacially beautiful and not a smile cracked, like 28th-century spaceship pilots at their console decks. This time Helen and Mira moved around on stage, smiled, waved, interacted with the audience (one is forcibly reminded they're from Liverpool, not Beta Centauri), pogoed, discussed getting tattoos because they thought Montreal was awesome, and in general gave the impression of not being robots. This time, the audience danced.
The contrarian streak still showed in the setlist order, with "Playgirl", "Seventeen", etc. tossed in halfway through where most bands would've saved them for the end - they could be that confident in the consistency of their material. Most of Velocifero was played, and a smattering of album tracks from 604 for the old-skool fans; not much from albums two and three besides the obvious singles. 'Course nowadays "Destroy Everything You Touch" is the big hit. XD I gather they can't do "Versus" live, alas - it was played over the soundsystem as the house lights came on.
I like this photo best because it shows off Reuben Wu's bosozoku quiff in all its profiled glory. That's what, winner of Most Fashionable Indie Haircut for the eighth year running? A-ma-zing. BTW I have just learned from Wiki that Reuben Wu was an industrial design consultant before he started the band. And Mira Aroyo was a molecular geneticist.
The opening act was Datarock - we didn't arrive in time to catch most of their set, unfortunately, though I know
elfiepike likes them? They were very energetic, and there was the matter of a Dirty Dancing cover. XD During the encore of Ladytron's set they appeared in one of the boxes, from which they rained streamers and penis balloons on the audience. I would not previously have associated the, uh, concept of "penis balloons" with Ladytron at any remove, but they've loosened up a lot since the Light & Magic tour. When I saw them in 2003 they basically stood in place behind their Korgs the entire time, glacially beautiful and not a smile cracked, like 28th-century spaceship pilots at their console decks. This time Helen and Mira moved around on stage, smiled, waved, interacted with the audience (one is forcibly reminded they're from Liverpool, not Beta Centauri), pogoed, discussed getting tattoos because they thought Montreal was awesome, and in general gave the impression of not being robots. This time, the audience danced.The contrarian streak still showed in the setlist order, with "Playgirl", "Seventeen", etc. tossed in halfway through where most bands would've saved them for the end - they could be that confident in the consistency of their material. Most of Velocifero was played, and a smattering of album tracks from 604 for the old-skool fans; not much from albums two and three besides the obvious singles. 'Course nowadays "Destroy Everything You Touch" is the big hit. XD I gather they can't do "Versus" live, alas - it was played over the soundsystem as the house lights came on.
