MG Concert, London, 13/9/02

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MG Concert, London, 13/9/02

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Last night was my first MG concert and I hope to God it's not my last

Setlist from RFH.net:

01. Generation X-Wing
02. Load Me Up
03. Under The Influence
04. The Future Is X-Rated
05. Advertising On Police Cars
06. Life Beyond The Minimum Safe Distance
08. Everything Is Automatic
09. Tripoli
10. 4 Minute Mile
11. Hello Time Bomb
12. Apparitions
13. Weapon

Encore

14. Giant
15. Symbolistic White Walls

I got in line at the Wester Fair grounds at about 2 pm, lucky enough to be second in line. When we were finally allowed into the concert are at about 6:15, there were about 75 or so people there and we got front row (a bit to the left) easily :mrgreen:

The opening band was a local band called "Flashlight Brown", who gave a pretty good punk-rock act and were funny as hell, even though the crowd did nothing for them. Lead singer: "Okay, so everyone who's recording this concert to put on the net later raise your hand! *crowd does nothing* Hehe, yeah we've got two tape recorders hidden back here to record matt good's set and put in on the net when it's all done. Gotta make a profit somehow hehe." I was half expecting Matt to come out and kick him or something.

Bif came on about a half hour after they left, and were pretty damn good. I'm not exactly a fan of Bif but I'm gonna check out their stuff now that I've heard it. The bassist was absolutely hilarious, he was dressed head to toe in black and was riverdancing or something while he played.

But finally MG took the stage and kicked things off with Generation X-Wing, which kicked ass as an opener. I didn't really know what to expect from him live, but he was just plain fun to watch: he was spastic and funny as hell :lol:. Load Me Up was good, a little slower than usual and not really mind blowing, but still good; same goes for Under the Influence. The Future is X-Rated was reeeaaally different, done really slowly and Matt's vocals being more melodic than ever, I loved it. Then came the big'un: Advertising on Police Cars. This is my favourite MG song and it's the best song I've ever heard live; done almost totally faithful to the album version, but done better even. LBtMSD was great after AoPC, but at that point things were getting reeeeaaaal slow, so we needed a change of pace. Fortunately we got it with Everything is Automatic followed by Tripoli. EIA kicked ass, and the crowd really got into it, but Tripoli was absolutely mind blowing, especially since not as many people knew the lyrics so we didn't have some 5000 fans screaming the lyrics I'd much rather Matt sang :freak:. Can't remember much of Four Minute Mile unfortunately, other than that I thought it sounded like The Inescapable Us. Hello Time Bomb was incredible, especially when they messed around with the sound to take it from a pretty faithful rendition to an almost brand new tune (note: to all hardcore MG fans, yes I do crack myself up). I didn't expect Apparitions to be played at all but damn was I happy when they did, it was a dead on performance and that's nothing to complain about. I recognized Weapon from the lyrics, though I had never heard it before, and it totally blew me away. If he makes music like that by himself then we don't need no stinkin' Genn :roll: The encore was short and sweet, and more of a comedy act lol... Giant sounded a little off but it was still good, but in the outro Matt decided to lie down and take a little nap while the crowd worked itself into an absolute frenzy :freak: It was hilarious, by the end Matt couldn't even keep a straight face while he pretended to sleep and finally finished things off with a rocking version of Symbolistic White Walls. The setlist above is a little innacurate, because at one point a bit after AoPC Matt did a solo performance of Strange Days that was incredible, even though he kept rolling his eyes at the crowd because he wanted us to take over singing it (a la 4AM for OLP) but no one seemed to be able to remember the lyrics :lol:

All in all I've gotta say that MG sounds infinitely better live than on cd, which is saying a lot. At one point he even climbed almost into the crowd while grinning like a maniac and my friend managed to grab his pants :lol:
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You crack me up Joshy :lol:
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You are a lucky, lucky boy. And Weapon is awesome.

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ya he is great to see live, i saw him here a few years ago
yes we threw a shoe at him and he walked off the stage
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but im pretty sure they guy who threw the shoe got the shit kicked out of him

so good for him
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Ah, the infamous shoe incident...
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From RFH.net:

"We've just received word that 'Weapon' will be the Matthew Good's first single off of his new album! Matthew will be shooting a video for the song next week, which will also be featured on this years Much Music compilation disc, Big Shiny Tunes 7! We've also been told that the new album should most likely be released in early February, so stick around for more updates on that, and more exciting news from the MG camp!"

Sounds good to me.
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i wanna see mg play... too bad i live in the untited states... :cry:
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defying_gravity wrote:Ah, the infamous shoe incident...


I would have liked to have seen that :lol: which reminds me, Joshy did you throw anything at him for me? :P :mrgreen:
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I couldn't really, the crowd prevented any movement... but we did manage to chuck a beer nut up on stage :roll:

Gav's now got a big red welt on the side of his face from getting his head smacked off the bar, and my ear was purple for a couple hours from when a mosher tried to walk on my head :uh:

It was weeeeell worth it though :nod:
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matt good is my god. and me and kimmy are going to capture him and bring him to long island so if anyone wants to help let us know. maybe u can borrow him for a night.
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Was the beer nut at least aimed at his head? :P
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Not really.. though at one point he did go "fuck I'm gonna fall" when he was near it, so he might have slipped on it :lol:
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That's what I like to hear :thumbs: :lol:
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i was reading the title and i was like since when is there a 13th month? and then i remembered that people in other countries put the date first.

i wish i could see matt good. mmmmm matt good.
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clumsyfish wrote:
defying_gravity wrote:Ah, the infamous shoe incident...


I would have liked to have seen that :lol: which reminds me, Joshy did you throw anything at him for me? :P :mrgreen:


I don't get it...if you like the guy's music, then why do you want to throw stuff at him? :wtf:
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I don't like him or his music .. hence the throwing of objects :lol:
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oh...I didn't read it right..you said throw the shoe at him FOR ME.

This sleep deprivation thing is starting to mess with my brain. :freak:
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areusad831 wrote:matt good is my god. and me and kimmy are going to capture him and bring him to long island so if anyone wants to help let us know. maybe u can borrow him for a night.


:lol: yes we'll tie him up and drag him kicking and cursing into the back of rob's car and take him to the vanderbilt and make him play for us :evil:
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