Concrete appreciation

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kimphilby · #16 Post by **kimphilby** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 6:59 pm

Pink Floyd. Do you know which song?

Will find out. It's from The Wall methinks.

! · #17 Post by ! » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 7:21 pm

Live albums are live albums; they're not my cup of tea. I'll probably get in the future some time*

Rufus Wainwright singing Casanova in Hell saves it. I much prefer him singing it than Neil.

*January sales

diana · #18 Post by **diana** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 7:23 pm

kimphilby wrote:
Pink Floyd. Do you know which song?
Will find out. It's from The Wall methinks.

I think it's Speak to me, but that song is very difficult to download, only the beginning at Soulseek.

SilentRose · #19 Post by **SilentRose** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 7:35 pm

I am grateful to Concerte for one thing: finally there is a version of Numb i can actually listen to without cringing! (i'm talking about neil's vocals). I don't know why i can't stand his vocals on the album version, i find it absolutely horrible, but now i can at least listen to the song.

Roundhead General · Thu 26 Oct 2006, 8:44 pm

I really love the concrete album it is a perfect compromise between a normal live album & a studio one.
But great as it is there strike me as being one glaring omission from the set list! "It couldn't happen here". Every other project PSB have undertaken is covered Liza, Dusty, Closer to heaven, Battleship etc. but not the film. Also if you read Neil & Chris's notes in the Actually Further Listening booklet it states than an arrangement was done by Angelo Badalamenti but because Stephen Hague hadn't arranged an orchestra to record it Blue Weaver did it all on a fairlight.
This would have been a perfect opportunity to here an orchesteral version of this great song so its a shame they didn't do it.

MD · #21 Post by MD » Fri 27 Oct 2006, 5:18 am

Roundhead General wrote:I really love the concrete album it is a perfect compromise between a normal live album & a studio one.
But great as it is there strike me as being one glaring omission from the set list! "It couldn't happen here". Every other project PSB have undertaken is covered Liza, Dusty, Closer to heaven, Battleship etc. but not the film. Also if you read Neil & Chris's notes in the Actually Further Listening booklet it states than an arrangement was done by Angelo Badalamenti but because Stephen Hague hadn't arranged an orchestra to record it Blue Weaver did it all on a fairlight.
This would have been a perfect opportunity to here an orchesteral version of this great song so its a shame they didn't do it.

I've always felt this song is one of the best they have ever done. I love it!!!

Your right, it was a waste to not have used it here.

TwizzleUK · #22 Post by **TwizzleUK** » Fri 27 Oct 2006, 12:44 pm

Yes, it occured to me that the non-inclusion of 'It Couldn't Happen Here' in the concert was a missed opportunity.

Andy

Tom Angel · #23 Post by **Tom Angel** » Fri 27 Oct 2006, 1:26 pm

Hadn't thought of that, I wonder if they'd forgotten? Great idea and a missed opportunity.

moxlox · #24 Post by **moxlox** » Sat 28 Oct 2006, 6:44 pm

Concrete is awesome!

Love Left to My Own Devices, Casanova in Hell and Integral are fabulous.

The sleeve artwork really reminds me of stuff done on Warp records for Autechre (by Designers Republic) or Squarepusher. Anyone else thought that??

Trixiemix · #25 Post by **Trixiemix** » Sun 29 Oct 2006, 12:49 am

Bought mine today! It's FAB.....just as I remembered....being in the audience.

Ramzy · #26 Post by **Ramzy** » Sun 29 Oct 2006, 12:05 pm

Oh come on, 'The Great Gig In The Sky', surely?!

I can see the Autechre thing. Maybe the PSB one's a bit more... delicate, with the typesetting and stuff. But definitely. Didn't they actually do an opaque case a while ago too? I'm not sure if that was the same set of designers, though.