I have a few kind words for Justice:

They explored the depths of their album "Cross," as it were, and brought something yet again to their live set that can only be described as inventive. Clearly, they represented electronic musicians in a way that gives credibility to live electronic music performances, fusing their set into a seamless blend, creating music on-stage and going with a wonderful flow. There were high points during the set that didn't quite move me in the ways which sets by other electronic musicians have, but they definitely rock the house.

Now for a few unkind words for Justice:

You're not Metallica. You don't play metal, nor is your music anywhere near the crap composed by hair bands. Taking Master of Puppets and shoving it into the end of your set while laying over a rough-edged house beat sucks the soul out of your performance and chips away at the foundation of what one considers live electronic music.

And while we're on the metal, why is it that I felt like that's what you were going for the entire time? Why do you have to try to shove the style of your music into a genre which doesn't quite embrace the idea of electronic music?

Some of Justice's music is "hard," indeed; Waters of Nazareth has some pretty intense beats going on, but other than that you're not going to mosh to D.A.N.C.E. So why did it feel like that's what Justice was trying to make the crowd do the whole time? They crowd surfed, literally, in the way that rock stars do. And don't get me wrong, it's not like you couldn't consider them as such, but Xavier and Gaspard are living out a fantasy.

And apparently American crowds are eating it up. For the record, the all-ages show brought out some seriously lamefuckingdouchebags. I couldn't believe how many idiots didn't understand the idea of personal space, as in you don't shove your elbow in someone's face and expect them to be okay with it.

So I had fun, Justice played a great set, but I wanted to love the experience so much more than I actually did.

hmm, sorry to hear that show was sacrilegious. does sound more intriguing now that you say it was a bleak attempt at metal.

could be worse. you could've been standing next to a nutter yelling "Play [the Salmon] D.A.N.C.E.!"

lol - this is true. At least they didn't demand The Salmon Dance.

There were definitely high points--

Stress lasted like 8 minutes and was nicely destructured and restructured with tons of other shit thrown in; Phantom pt. II had 3 amazing peaks; they noticeably mixed stuff on the fly and sometimes even brought the crowd along with them.

Oh, I guess the tracklist for anyone's interest (from approximate memory):

Genesis

Phantom pt. I

D.A.N.C.E.

DVNO

ppaarrttyy (or whatever that shitty song is called)

Stress

Waters of Nazareth

Phantom Pt. II

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Some sort of odd creation with the sample from Soulwax's NY Excuse thrown in

Master of Puppets (sigh)

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Gaspard and Xavier stage dive into the crowd

So, yeah, I guess I can't say I have a love-hate relationship with them, but I definitely have a love-dislike relationship with them.

Edit: I had to put this in after reading this--

http://stuffwhitepeo...ll-at-concerts/

It definitely applied to last night, but I'd say a good number of San Franciscans showed some life.

Edit #2: "Note: the addition of the drug ecstasy changes everything." L O L

LMAO YES I LOVE THAT SITE!! It's so sad how many dinner parties I go to and how much of that shit is true about me. I swear I only go to an organic foods place because it's closest to my home.

Anyway, that's kinda odd they'd stage dive, sounds like their both having fun with the show in a mildly mental way. Anyway, I've been getting into Justice and other Ed Banger stuff more recently (good music for playing the wii), so I need to find some live justice.

I heard from someone that they use to be a Metallica cover band at one point in their early careers...

Any who, I caught their show last Thursday night in Chicago and it was quite entertaining. I got to the concert early with my friend and staked a really good spot to see the show. Good thing too, because it was fucking packed to the gills. The sound was REALLY REALLY loud, left my ears ringing for the next few days. The only two parts that annoyed me was 1, all the douche bag kids dressing up in their 80's attire. And then 2, to be totally honest, I'm quite tired of hearing their music. The only song that has held its ground, for me, since the beginning, is Genesis. Irregardless, it was still a good energetic show. Kinda felt like I was at a punk show, minus the mohawks.

Oh yeah, and thomas bangalter decided to show up for the show too :p

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http://www.youtube.com/v/9yOspR-Jg2c

can be seen at the beginning of this video too...

http://www.youtube.com/v/013eFNMpNh0

nice mug shot

lol

ahh woops wrong links..hehe....will be fixed in a minute

So... was that really Thomas Bangalter?

haha, no It wasn't. But when I first saw the guy, I thought it was really him. He duplicated his suit flawlessly.

I got the last picture with him before he left. He was going out the door and I jumped on him and was like "naw i need a pic"

Doh! I should've worn my Bosco shirt that night so you could have found me Geoff

I got there just as Diplo started and basically spent a large part of his set trying to find my friend who went to the bathroom and somehow managed to get lost.

And judging off of the second video, it seems you were on the opposite side of the floor as I.

actually I didnt take those videos or the pictures. I was actually on the left, right on the railing, on 1st elevated tier by the left stairway (if that makes sense :P )

any who, im not surprised if your friend got lost, there was a sea of people in that place.