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russycarps, on Mar 19 2010, 10:03 AM, said:
Good on them.
I saw them when they played the park and they were great. I doubt I'd go to one of their own gigs but it does make me laugh when fans go to a gig just for one song. I cant quite get my head round that.
I remember reading somewhere that their set list is partly decided on the atmosphere generated by the audience - that they feel certain songs only work live in certain atmospheres. It is no surpise to me to hear that a London audience were quiet and disinterested (and probably talking throughout the songs.) So they are bound not to play their lively songs in that environment.
Crowds at London gigs are often the worst I have experienced anywhere. I think there is a "too cool to enjoy yourself" attitude amongst the so called cool kids who live at home with mummy and daddy in surrey. Sad really.
Of course, certain bands have followings that are always excellent no matter where they are - flaming lips for example have a wondrous following no matter where they play.
MGMT are a nme hyped band and so I bet a lot of the audience were there because just wnted to say they were there, rather than to enjoy the music. People like this are complete tits, and I expect the person who made this thread falls into that category.
I saw them when they played the park and they were great. I doubt I'd go to one of their own gigs but it does make me laugh when fans go to a gig just for one song. I cant quite get my head round that.
I remember reading somewhere that their set list is partly decided on the atmosphere generated by the audience - that they feel certain songs only work live in certain atmospheres. It is no surpise to me to hear that a London audience were quiet and disinterested (and probably talking throughout the songs.) So they are bound not to play their lively songs in that environment.
Crowds at London gigs are often the worst I have experienced anywhere. I think there is a "too cool to enjoy yourself" attitude amongst the so called cool kids who live at home with mummy and daddy in surrey. Sad really.
Of course, certain bands have followings that are always excellent no matter where they are - flaming lips for example have a wondrous following no matter where they play.
MGMT are a nme hyped band and so I bet a lot of the audience were there because just wnted to say they were there, rather than to enjoy the music. People like this are complete tits, and I expect the person who made this thread falls into that category.
There was these 4 girls in front of me, who just stood there yacking away and fixing her hair, not even facing the band most of the time, shoving her enormous behind in to my mate for no reason and then at the end just as MGMT went off one of them chucked up right in the middle of the crowd, classy. A symbol of the whole crowd to be honest.
I quite liked the new songs to, flash delirium was played rather well, just no one seemed bothered by anything apart from Time To Pretend, I came home angry last night to and criticised them on twitter but I just think it was mainly the crowd, they played very well the first few songs and I really enjoyed weekend wars, electric feel and pieces of what but it gets you down when no one else in the crowd is moving at all, not even that if you don't know the song listen don't keep talking, there was constant murmur that really spoiled it.
Wish Heaven would go back to being an over 18 venue though, hopefully a fair few of those there for one from radio 1 would stop.
Don't live there anymore though , downgraded in the world hah
Fantastic!!
