August 26, 2008

Radiohead at The Hollywood Bowl

Go see Radiohead?  Don’t mind if I do! Last night a friend and I made our way, along with nearly 18,000 other people, to the Hollywood Bowl.  I saw them once before at Coachella in 2004 and this experience was far better.  The light show that accompanied them was monstrous and strange and wonderful.  Huge floor to ceiling columns of light that seemed capable of any combination of color or pattern.  That they played even 1/3 of True Love Waits made my evening, and I almost cried.

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 (via sweetcell‘s flickr)

Set List: Reckoner/Optimistic/There There/15 Step/All I Need/Pyramid Song/Weird Fishes/Arpeggi/The Gloaming/Videotape/Talk Show Host/Faust Arp/Tell Me Why (Neil Young Cover) /No Surprises/Jigsaw Falling Into Place/The Bends/The National Anthem/Nude/Bodysnatchers Encore: House of Cards/ Planet Telex/Go Slowly/Fake Plastic Trees/True Love Waits Intro/Everything In Its Right Place Encore 2: Cymbal Rush/Karma Police/Idioteque

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(via sweetcell‘s flickr)

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  1. Josh Harnden on August 26th, 2008 at 11:26 am

    I almost cried too! If they had played the whole song I totally would’ve.

  2. James on August 26th, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Damnit! True Love Waits?!?!? I was at the show on Sunday….not Monday… :(

  3. vancouver73 on August 26th, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    saw them in Vancouver BC.

  4. Amanda Mae Meyncke on August 26th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    True Love Waits is my most favorite song of theirs.

    Yeah, I liked the Monday playlist much better.

  5. Kris on August 26th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    I saw Radiohead in a pub in Melbourne in 1993, cost = $8.

    Then I saw them at Festival Hall in Melbourne in 1998, cost = $42.

    I figure if I ever decide to go see them again, it’s gonna set me back at least 200 bucks, at that inflationary rate.

  6. Amanda Mae Meyncke on August 26th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    In 1993, I was seven. I didn’t have any dollars. Sometimes I stole kumquats from the neighbour’s tree.

  7. josh on August 26th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

    and Tell Me Why? How was that?

  8. Brandon Hobson on August 26th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    I’m so envious. Sounds like a great show. Radiohead, Radiohead. Suddenly I want to masturbate.

  9. Brandon Hobson on August 26th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    uh oh.

  10. Mike Dresser on August 27th, 2008 at 5:57 am

    I wonder if anyone has made love to Radiohead Brandon, lately.

  11. Amy Mabli on August 27th, 2008 at 7:41 am

    There wasn’t such an elaborate show here in Dallas, but hey, it ain’t LA. I did, however, get to lie down on a blanket on the lawn and look up at the stars and listen to beautiful live music. I was in tears at least once that night and it wasn’t because of the $8 crappy beer they had for sale at the Smirnoff Center.

  12. Brandon Hobson on August 27th, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    Let’s all make love.

  13. Deron Bauman on August 27th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    clusterflockstock should be interesting.

  14. lulwa on August 28th, 2008 at 1:53 am

    it was fucking orgasmic…i went nuts to the entire set. genius. legendary. awe-inspiring.

    i have to say though i was surprised and disappointed at how passive the audience was…compared to me ;)

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