While I had a wonderful time tonight, it was a bit marred by the fact that I got incredibly sick nearly the minute we walked into the venue (which was quite a nice place, I thought). Pretty much that meant I spent most of the show sitting in my seat/falling asleep (I know, horrible, right?). I never actually fell asleep asleep, I was always aware of what was going on, but I'm sure people around me thought I was the worst person in the world. Oh well, at least I'm not those douchebags who were talking during "Codex" and who I desperately wanted to murder.
Anyways, I had a wonderful time at the show. It took me a few songs to get one I knew without Travis having to tell the title of it (Jesus, and that song was "Morning Mr. Magpie". What the hell?
The only song of the whole show I didn't like was "...Orgy" (sorry Joyful
) and I thought "Feral" was pretty great, but I think that song may be growing on me in general.
"Idioteque" was fucking amazing and I counted myself lucky by the end of the set to have even been able to see that and "Codex", let alone the rest of a truly rocking (if not completely familiar to me) set.
Then the fucking encores happened.
"Separator" was excellent, then they played a new fucking song which rocked so damn hard it was ridiculous. Then when I think they're about to leave (they'd mostly been doing 3 song encores that I could tell) they start playing "One I Love" which was a little wtf, and then "Everything In Its Right Place" which, like "Idioteque" was so damn exciting that I momentarily forgot how shitty I felt and was just having a great time (lost in the music, I suppose).
Then you get that second encore, which started by Thom possibly bashing on the Chicago beach for a moment. I'm not exactly sure what he was trying to say, but it seemed vaguely fighting-words-esque. Regardless, I don't want to think about Thom laying out on the beach
. I realized that hadn't played "Weird Fishes" yet, so when it started, I wasn't surprised, and expected it to be the closer. I was sitting down and VERY VERY out of it at this point, so when they started playing another song, I just assumed it was "Paranoid Android", since they hadn't played it. I knew the song right away, which I suppose should have sent off some sort of signal in my head, but again, verge of death over here. So I'm listening to the song, having my own little peaceful jam and suddenly I hear "faaaaade outttt agaaaain" and the very slow gears in my head finally stopped for a second and went "wait a minute...this isn't how Paranoid Android goes at all". It still took another like 30 seconds to click with me what I was hearing. Needless to say, I managed to have a fucking KICKASSMOTHERFUCKINGTIME for the next and last few minutes of the show.
So, yeah, I had a great time, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity to go. I don't know that I'd agree with the sentiment that their older material doesn't fit in this show (especially stuff from
OK Computer) but I wasn't heartbroken that they didn't play anything either (hell, I knew that "Street Spirit" or "Planet Telex" were remote, remote possibilities, but I never expected them to actually play one) so, really, I just had so much fucking fun.
Thom, btw, I mean...does he know he can't dance? I mean...he's aware...right?