No matter how bad the venue I can\'t imagine any circumstance that I would rationalize it being better to have skipped seeing an Of Montreal show all together.
Though I only saw them once, it was certainly enough to establish an solid opinion about their live performance. For me, the greatness of their show was largely in part due to the consistent solid execution of their music. Of course I personally was completely eating up the over the top theatrics. The theatrics are the icing on the cake for me. I have never experienced anything comparable, because even the Flaming Lips have nothing on the kind of antics that go down on stage.
I am not a fan of
Skeletal Lamping, comparatively to last 3 previously released albums. With the exception of say a handful of songs, this is what they played. I am such a huge fan of anything they put out, so their was no possible was I couldn\'t be in pure glory that entire show. It flew by. Devastated when it was over, I left with a completely different view of
Skeletal Lamping, with such an heightened appreciation of it.
I thought that the reason, perhaps, that I (personally) was such a big fan of the music of OM was because of the nature of albums (..like my personal favorites
Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? and
Satanic Panic in The Attic.) They flow so fluidly, taking different directions, and telling us stories, beliefs, Hopes. Each come together forming these spectacular, solid wholes. How can they be broken up and can they translate into a live performance well?
When personal favorites from said albums; She\'s a Rejecter, Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse, Eros\' Entropic Tundra and of course Disconnect the Dots were played, I cannot describe the elation I felt. It did not matter that they were broken out of their usual sequence. The placement was great and they sounded spectacular.
Listen to the albums a number of times. They grew on me tremendously. They continue to. I listen to them obsessively.
Are you open minded about seeing this way over the top behavior? Different isn\'t always bad. Just because I am fanatical doesn\'t mean I think you should be too. That being said.
xoxo
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