Jeanie Escribi�:

For the rest , well , there is one thing that SHOULD and never WILL change. And that is the love at CHems gigs. Blame it on half of the audience , if not more , being drugged up , but ieve never felt so much love as during those Chems gigs in London. Strangers hugging me , the whole front row standing hand in hand with people youve never met before , people creaming at you that ' THIS IS MY CHURCH! AND THEIR GOD!' It's such a beautifull things. Its a reminder that there is so much love left in the world and that feeling lasts so long - the Chemical Afterglow.



Love is All and always will be people !!



* Emotional * :'(

*sniff sniff* That was beautiful!

woolv Escribi�:

I'd like to hear SPRING on tour, which is on the boxer ep.



The sweet melodies, shining lights, smiling faces....



That's gonna be stunning.

Incredible, the same thing I was thinking right now before entering this thread! X-D

A Live version of Spring would be magic! :)

UNDER THE INFLUENCE (like the paris zenith 99' version) ---> It's so great !!! The ultimum ressource for dancing !!! So powerfull track !!! I Love this song !!! The mix with "It doesn't matter" bass is wonderfull ...



And after I want old Chemical Songs like IT DOESN'T MATTER, DON'T STOP THE ROCK, THREE LITTLE BIRDIES DOWN BEATS and why not a small FLASHBACK !!! H�h�



But I also want to listen a live version of THE TEST (like Barcelona 2002), a excellent mix of PIKU PLAYGROUND, a small Beat seance like at the Lollipop Festival in 1996 (LOOPS OF FURY, PRESCRIPTION BEATS...)...all this things without forgotting the 3 last ELECTRONIC BATTLE WEAPONS and THE PRIVATE PSYCHEDELIC REEL for the end !!!



TRACKLIST (for HARD people DANCING :)):



INTRO

UNDER THE INFLUENCE (paris zenith 99 version)

IT DOESN'T MATTER

DON'T STOP THE ROCK

THREE LITTLE BIRDIES DOWN BEATS

FLASHBACK

THE TEST

PIKU PLAYGROUND

LOOPS OF FURY

PRESCRIPTION BEATS

ELECTRONIC BATTLE WEAPON 7, 8 & 9

THE PRIVATE PSYCHEDELIC REEL

Would love to hear Loops of Fury and Flashback live. I actually like the live version of Hold Tight London and think it should be kept in. The EPD stuff should definately be kept in (including Chemical Beats which was added midway through the last tour).



I think the intro to Galvanize works really well and gets a good reaction from the crowd but I think the rest sounds a bit flat without the lyrics.



Other than that I'll go with whatever's played.

I don't pop in here nearly as often as I should but I just want to say that I totally agree with everything Whirly and Jeanie have said, especially this little nugget of pure inspired genius...

Jeanie Escribi�:

However - those MASSIVE beats they did the last times i saw them AFTER Block Rocking Beats , the ones that u also hear the siren in it and sometimes the "ROCK THE HOUSE IN" sample , fuck me , that beat is so amazing.

That massive beat down mashup is pant-wettingly amazing and the perfect transition from the down tempo stuff into the more bouncy 4/4 based magic :D



Regardless of what Tom and Ed decide to do, I know I will enjoy it 1000% and I quite frankly can't wait til it all drops!

I'm glad you got what i was on about Hubie!

And those beats are absolutely fucking incredible!

abso-freakin-lutely! :D



Can't wait!

So it's time to bring back this topic, i think to give them some ideas an opinions for their live events, even if they have already been planned. Somthing like: Please please play the Test again!!!!

I think I am going to pu my trust in God... I mean, Tom and Ed. And just go with it and be happy when I see the show.



It s all we can do.

whirlygirl Escribi�:

I think I am going to pu my trust in God... I mean, Tom and Ed. And just go with it and be happy when I see the show.



It s all we can do.

And the good is, we know it will be fine! Not mattering what they'll do . . . But it's quite cool as it happend last time when they played Morning Lemon as requested from so many here and matched perfectly in their sets!

Csar Escribi�:

whirlygirl Escribi�:

I think I am going to pu my trust in God... I mean, Tom and Ed. And just go with it and be happy when I see the show.



It s all we can do.

And the good is, we know it will be fine! Not mattering what they'll do . . . But it's quite cool as it happend last time when they played Morning Lemon as requested from so many here and matched perfectly in their sets!

Yes, that was totally cool of them to bring Morning Lemon into the sets due to popular demand!

I'm personally hoping for a reintroduction of Three Little Birdies Down Beats complete with blips and all :)

I think Hold Tight London would be a great and unique part of their set if they some more tweaking for live play and such, because what I have heard has amazing potential.

The cool thing is the Chems have built such an extensive catalogue between albums and b-sides, the sky is pretty much the limit. There's so much they can do! They wouldn't even have to play entire songs, but they could mesh so many different textures from different tunes to help build and accentuate the main song they're playing. Sort of like how they brought Chemical Beats into Come Inside, for example.



Damn. Think about the preparation for a tour must be insanely painstaking get the flow right and bring it all together.



God. I'm so excited!!!

Just as long as Under the Influence/It Doesn't Matter-Out of Control- Star Guitar isn't dropped.



Has to be one the highlight of the Chemical Brothers live experience for me I just love it but then the whole concert is just one big highlight really X-D



But yeah I love this part. I liked their PTB tour I hope they don't drop too much although I wouldn't mind if Galvanize was dropped, though it was anticipated and got a kickass response from the crowd, nevertheless I personally wouldn't mind if it was dropped. I'd love to see something like Get up on it like this or prescription beats be played oh there is so much I'd love to hear - Tom and Ed know what theyre doing anyway.

So this topic is back eh? I guess the reason must be the increase in anticipation of the new album since the tom interview.



I pretty much said before that this new live tour needs to be changed significantly in terms of visual presentation and songs.

I know I might get criticised for this, but I think the last 'PTB' tour didn't have as strong impact as the live tours before. I think for a lot of people it just felt as a bit of a 'same old, same old'. And I think there were two reasons for this.



First, visually the tour looked like it took the step backwards - they just had bare equipement infront of a screen with two lasers (sometimes two smaller screens depending on space). Now this still looks amazing if you live in 1996, but in 2005/2006 it was nothing to write home about (every single dj has a screen and a bunch of lasers, even the one at your local pub).

Now, we know that Chems are basically just two guys messing with synths, mixers and drum machines, so the visual aspect is very important in order to elevate the live experience. Just look at the recent Daft Punk tour - now do you think people would be talking so much about it in amazement if they were just standing behind a dj desk with one screen behind them? - I don't think so either. I don't think Chems need to have some stupid pyramd (it doesn't suit them anyway), but I think a slight change and visual upgrade is due.



Secondly, when it comes to song playlist, the last tour felt like 'Surrender' tour with a few new songs put in, and the issue was that these new songs (galvanize, big jump, come inside, surface to air) just did not have a massive impact as the new songs in previous tours - except for maybe 'Believe'. As good as 'Push the Button' album was, it just didn't have that 'massive, oh my god I have to listen to this til' my finger bleeds from pressing play and neighbours die from heavy synth overdose' track. It didn't have that 'Leave Home', 'Block Rockin' Beats', 'Hey girl, Hey Boy', 'Star Guitar' moment.



So I think creating an excellent new album with a few visual upgrades is esential for success of the new live tour. I know that a lot of the people who saw them for the first time during the 'PTB' tour might not agree with me, but those poeple who saw Chems several times over several live tours will understand what I'm talking about.

Do not take this wrong, I still love Chems as I did the first day I heard them, and I can't wait to see them live again, I just want them to keep that 'wow' factor forever.

Alchemist Escribi�:

First, visually the tour looked like it took the step backwards - they just had bare equipement infront of a screen with two lasers (sometimes two smaller screens depending on space). Now this still looks amazing if you live in 1996, but in 2005/2006 it was nothing to write home about (every single dj has a screen and a bunch of lasers, even the one at your local pub).

Now, we know that Chems are basically just two guys messing with synths, mixers and drum machines, so the visual aspect is very important in order to elevate the live experience. Just look at the recent Daft Punk tour - now do you think people would be talking so much about it in amazement if they were just standing behind a dj desk with one screen behind them? - I don't think so either. I don't think Chems need to have some stupid pyramd (it doesn't suit them anyway), but I think a slight change and visual upgrade is due.

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I with most of which you're saying - I thought the visuals kicked ass but from looking at old videos - I wished I hadda been around for that instead. I want to Chems to come back ontour with a sweet new album and some breathtaking new visuals.

But saying that - thats kinda putting them under pressure and maybe cause they're maturing its going to show through their music etc. ie calmer visuals more relaxed or whatever. Just speculating - not actually suggesting that.

But yeah I think the Brothers will come on tour and blow Guy Manual and his mate out of the water. 8)

hopefully got glint/tppr stays in, but some new tunes would be cool. Hold tight london would be great if they put in their set, some parts of get up on it like this, piku/elektrobank would be cool too.

I think for their live sets I've just learned to truse Tom & Ed's opinion. But I really did enjoy Hold Tight London and like the idea that they did a new version of Sunshine Underground, if only they could find a way to play that and then surface to air.... that would be sweet

Please expand the set duration! Maybe a 2 hour set would be very fine (and necessary).