Comments on: Live in Washington DC 6/13/2006

Live in Washington DC 6/13/2006

The Radish — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:00:43 -0800

Live videos of TV On The Radio performing Dreams(QT), Final Solution(QT) and Bela Lugosi's Dead(QT) with Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor on vocals.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:05:20 -0800

Awesome, thanks. I love these guys.

By: togdon

togdon — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:10:46 -0800

Trent's looking a bit soft these days...

By: togdon

togdon — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:20:10 -0800

Also, what the fuck is up with the crowd of <250? TOTR, Peter Murphy, and Trent Reznor show up to play a show together and that's the best crowd that DC can muster?

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:48:20 -0800

Trent Reznor looks more and more like Greg Puciato.

By: unwordy

unwordy — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:20:21 -0800

Wow, I think I'll go see them in Brooklyn tonight - outside, $3. I've heard of TOTR before, but these vids were the first time I've actually heard them. thanks!

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:26:16 -0800

TVOTR makes me happy (their first EP and album are great-but-not-OMGAWESOMEWTF, but they seem like the sort of band with nearly limitless potential, so I was much looking forward to more work from them). I've been anxious to see them live for quite some time, but haven't gotten the chance yet. And their new album's phenomenal (judging by the leak). With regards to this post, I think one of the "TV On The Radio" links should've pointed to this blog o' theirs.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:41:28 -0800

Their cover of Mr. Grieves (TVOTR) by the Pixies is something that I would hold up as the pinnacle of the covering art. It is the song, but is not the song and it takes the song apart and it puts the song back together. I am a nerd.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 09:48:28 -0800

Wait, but seriously, what the ding-dong... Is it a pre-show? I've been in bathrooms with more people than there were at that show.

By: jdfan

jdfan — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:23:54 -0800

sigh. Trent Reznor is Shatner to Murphy's Nimoy. Just so there's no confusion, I mean over-acting/"emoting" pompous ass.

By: Divine_Wino

Divine_Wino — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:30:17 -0800

Yeah, I didn't know you could stack brie that high.

By: longbaugh

longbaugh — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:48:33 -0800

Saw Peter Murphy in Nottingham last year, he was looking a wee bit more portly than back in the day but he still rocked. My missus was happy enough that she got to shake his hand and that wouldn't have happened with a huge crowd.

By: nuclear_soup

nuclear_soup — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:48:52 -0800

Awesome! thanks!

By: blastrid

blastrid — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:07:27 -0800

Rawk on, these guys are super-talented. I'm quite curious what the setting is of these performances... sound check? I mean, even as 1st opener for a show TVOR would have more than 50 people in the audience. And Peter Murphy sounds like a big ol' douche...

By: shoepal

shoepal — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:08:43 -0800

Looks like it was the show at Nissan Pavillion in Northern VA (outside DC), which means there are likely a lot of people seated. It is also bright out, so likely early so maybe a lot of NiN/PM fans haven't arrived yet for fear of their gothic skin getting some sun? Stephin Merritt does a nice cover of Bela Lugosi's dead, though I've not ever come across a video of it.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:10:54 -0800

Wait! The end of Dreams shows the stands completely EMPTY. I'd say this was sound check and/or part of some radio station contest for a pre-show show.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:39:32 -0800

3 bucks? tonight? unwordy, where are they playing?

By: StopMakingSense

StopMakingSense — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:58:07 -0800

Prospect Park. I heard it was Free. But 3 dollars is close enough.

By: yeti

yeti — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:11:16 -0800

$3 donation. Voxtrot and Matt Pond PA open.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:21:15 -0800

I'll be at Prospect Park to see TOTR tonight. Anybody want to meet up?

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:21:36 -0800

Their cover of Mr. Grieves (TVOTR) by the Pixies is something that I would hold up as the pinnacle of the covering art. Yes. It is a perfect example of how to make a song your own without fucking it up. Also, it takes Colbert-sized brass balls to take a Pixies song and make it acapella, and then pull it off with such aplomb. I would probably be much more conservative when covering someone I near-idolize, unless I had the brilliant idea and sk1llz to pull off something more audacious. Otherwise you'll end up with an awful scary-disco version of Gouge Away, or something.

By: pinky

pinky — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:35:27 -0800

I saw this tour for Bauhaus and TVOTR - the last NIN I owned was Pretty Hate Machine and that was from a long time ago. Despite having to play in full sunlight and to not-very-full stands, TV on The Radio were GREAT. I had some of their songs but bought a CD of theirs the next day. Bauhaus didn't play as many "hits" as I would have liked. Although I did get a chill when they did She's In Parties, always my favorite. And points to Murphy, despite the cruelties of time, for putting on a show - he was one hard working man in that velvet cape in 80 degree weather!

By: saturnine

saturnine — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:15:37 -0800

Wait! The end of Dreams shows the stands completely EMPTY. I'd say this was sound check and/or part of some radio station contest for a pre-show show. posted by shoepal I'm obviously slacking right now, because I didn't know about these videos (I burned out on this tour during the middle of last year). But it was the soundcheck performance for the Spiral fanclub members at the Nissan Pavillion show.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:10:07 -0800

I saw NIN and Bauhaus in Detroit last weekend (but with Peaches instead of TVOTR). The three-act timing meant that it didn't get dark until halfway through Trent's show, so the opening acts lacked ... atmospherics. Also, at that show many many people didn't even seem to be there until just before NIN; there were a lot of empty seats for both openers. Peaches had an incredible amount of energy, and Peter Murphy seemed to take a cue from her in terms of playing around on the stage. The audience energy started to come together during their set. My friend had seen him before, solo, and thought this show was 100x better. He did his own "Bela", but she'd seen this video already. Totally agree with Plinky, kudos for putting on a show. If you don't think Trent did a great job with "Bela", try listening to Bauhaus mangle "Hurt" ... torrent ... just to be fair. ;-)

By: shoepal

shoepal — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:33:35 -0800

I heard the Bauhaus version of Hurt on the radio the other day. Odd. Thanks, saturnine! I figured as much.