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| Date |
17/09/03 |
| Country |
USA |
| Town |
Washington |
| Venue |
9:30 Club |
| Support |
Brookville |
| Setlist |
01. Crystalline Green
02. Human
03. Lovely Head
04. Deep Honey
05. Train
06. Slippage
07. Utopia
08. Tip Toe
09. Deer Stop
10. Twist
11. Strict Machine
12. Pilots
13. Yes Sir
14. Black Cherry |
| Reviews |
- Just got back from the DC show. What can I say that you don't already know? "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" made my heart race faster than anything in the recent past!
(TheMondayMan from the official forum)
- I was at the DC Show last night, wasn't sure what to expect when I got to the 9:30 club. I realized
goldfrapp wasn't that popular in the states, and the show wasn't sold out, so I didn't know if I would see a
100 or a 1000 people there.
I first got there around 7:45, and I think there were only 20-25 people there before me, which I was shocked. Anyways, i was able to get front row about 5 people off to the left, I could of stood front row center, but I
am pretty tall, and didn't want to piss off everyone that would end up behind me. Most people were just
getting drinks from the bar.
More people slowly made there way in, and Brookville took the stage at 8:45. I heard a song or two from them
a few days before, and thought they were good. They were a good live band, but not many people were really into them. They ended around 9:30.
I'd say about 600 people were there, about 3/4s full for goldfrapp, more then I expected.
They make the stage around 10:00, and Allison is HOT!!! I couldn't believe it when I saw her, my mouth just dropped open and couldn't help but stare at her during Crystalline Green. The band looked a little tense at the beginning, but alison kept telling us that we were too tense. The crowd was cheering after every song, but
not going nuts. I tried to cheer my best, but the band looked kind of pissed off with everyone's response.
They came back on for the encore, and Allison says something like "you seem like a bunch of nice people."
After 2 songs in the encore, Allison wanted to leave the stage, but was convinced to stay for Black Cherry. After that, the rest of the band left, and Allison stayed for a minute saying thankyou and shaking hands with people in the front row, I was too far to the left for her to notice me. She looked like she didn't want to leave then.
I had a really good time at the show, goldfrapp is definitley a different catch then other bands out there, and
it made me realize how talented they all are. Wish they were a bigger hit in the states. Hope they come back
to DC someday.Cheers!!
(hammeringinhead from the official forum)
- For its latest album, "Black Cherry," Goldfrapp shifted from techno torch songs to more upbeat material, a move that seemed to augur livelier concerts. Wednesday at the 9:30 club, however, the synth-pop group returned to its sultry mode, downplaying the drive of its newer songs.
With full-time musical partner Will Gregory supplemented by three versatile musicians, the sound was not especially electronic. Two of the players sometimes shifted to violin, and many of the beats were live rather than synthesized. Such songs as "Strict Machine" and "Crystalline Green" recalled mid-'80s Siouxsie and the Banshees and late-'70s Iggy Pop; even some of the slower tunes were built on a rhythm strongly reminiscent of the latter's "Nightclubbing.
"The band's central special effect was Alison Goldfrapp herself, dressed in a showgirl-goes-to-war uniform that suggested Marlene Dietrich entertaining the troops. She emitted high-soprano trills that -- when filtered through electronic treatments -- were more birdlike than human. These outbursts sounded like Bernadette Peters channeling Diamanda Galas, and sometimes crashed the pain threshold. Brookville, the opening act, also had a occasional problem with shrillness. Aside from a few harsh guitar or synth fills, though, the band's set was a mellow blend of American folk rock and French lounge music. That's also the formula for singer-guitarist Andy Chase's other group, Ivy, and in concert Brookville sounded even more like Ivy than on its album, "Wonderfully Nothing." The resemblance was not unwelcome, but it did encourage the suspicion that most of the band's material would sound more interesting sung by Ivy's vocalist, Dominique Durand.
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