From: Level42-request @ worldmachine.com (Level42 Digest) Subject: Level42 Digest V2001 #202 _ ____ _ ____ _ _ ___ // //__ // / //__ // /__// __// //__ //__ \\_/ //__ //__ // /__ D I G E S T Level42 Digest Volume 2001 : Issue 202 1254 subscribers Today's topics: Re: Set Lists Will O'Shea bass talk Willem DVD quality issues Don Z ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Set Lists From: "Will O'Shea" Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 11:57:57 +0100 Steve wrote, > C'mon Mark, surprise us. Don't open with Just Like That or Hot Water, and > don't close the set list with the hits medley. I couldn't agree more. The set lists (certainly in the later years) always seemed to be constructed by formula. Start with Hot Water, then a new song, then the Sun Goes Down, throw in a few more new ones, mix in either Leaving me now or It's Over and as soon as you hit running in the family, the disappointment of knowing you only had LIL, SAY and then The Chinese way and possibly Love Games to go. Same set every night. No more than 90 minutes including encore. I seem to remember Mark did drop Running In The family from the set on the original Trash tour which was quite welcome. I guess the difficulty is that although we've generally heard enough of the hits and want to hear something a bit more rare, the average bloke off the street wants to hear the hits. I went to see James a while back and they played a load of stuff I didn't know and didn't play Sit Down. I'm only a casual James listener so I only really know the hits. I just wanted to hear stuff I knew. I'm not saying they were wrong or that Mark is wrong, just that it's a difficult balancing act. Although I would guess James have more walk in off the street people in their audience. It seems radiohead hardly ever play Creep, but when they do it's a big thing and people leave knowing they've heard something a bit special. I would also like to hear more Trash songs again. I thought stuff like Throwing Sevens sounded excellent and deserve another hearing. Also, the band have now got quite a large repertoire of songs that they've learned over the past few years. With a lot of people going to multiple shows it would be nice to hear some different songs each night. Maybe mr. Pink one night, 88 the next etc. Anyway, to agree with Steve's point, I think mixing the hits up through the set would be good. Maybe play RITF as an encore or something, then if we don't want to hear it we just don't cheer and Mark gets to go home early. Everyone's a winner! Will. ------------------------------ Subject: bass talk From: "Willem" Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 16:44:30 +0200 Any ideas what kind of bass Mark will be playing at the JC-gigs ? will it be GB, Alembic or the new headless Status bass ? Do you think the GB fits better to Mark's solo stuff ? ( Don, you dont have to answer !!) in comparison to the other basses Mark used to play ? Anyone ever saw Mark using A Zon bass live? Did Mark sell his Pangborn bass as well ? who owns it now? cheers willem ------------------------------ Subject: DVD quality issues From: Don Z Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 10:20:29 -0700 (PDT) > Just viewed the Isle of Wight DVD, and frankly, I > must say I'm a little bit dissapointed by the (lack > of) quality of this DVD. I think the resolution is > not that what you would expect from a video > recording. It looks somewhat 'cubed', like is is > compressed or so, or copied from a AVI or MOV file. > Also the motion doesn't seem fluid and smooth. Does > anyone has these same ideas or is it just me? Walter, are you viewing on a computer or stand-alone DVD player? I have to watch it on a Mac G4 to get around the PAL format. It plays fine, and looks better than the CD-ROM. But it does seem to have a bit of the "venetian blinds" scan-line effect. Haven't noticed any cubism or motion problems though. Cheers - Z. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/