Les Claypool at the Electric Factory
Yes I saw Les Claypool for my second time at the Electric Factory last night. The last time I saw him was 10/20/05 at the Electric Factory, this is actually pretty interesting because if you purchase Of Whales and Woe from iTunes the you get bonus track of him playing "D's Diner" at that same show. So anyway onto the show...
I researched the opening band The Coup on Wikipedia and YouTube to see if I would like them and I'll just say the internet did not do them any justice. I wasn't looking forward to seeing them after watching some videos on YouTube but Youtube failed me. They were actually pretty good, like good enough that I would consider torrenting one on of their albums (maybe even buy one). So the Coup are kindof a rap/funk/rock/alt.rock band and are pretty good if you like that stuff, some parts kindof reminded me of Rage Against the Machine. Anyway lets talk about Claypool...
He just walked on stage and broke into "One Better" from Of Whales and Woe and what was cool is that this album came out a little over a month ago and that everyone was singing the words. After this he said something and played "Makalaster" from Purple Onion which everyone sang and Heeyaa's to; it was epic. I don't remember the whole setlist but these are the songs I remember. (in somewhat chronological order but it gets blurry after "Makalaster")
"One Better" - Of Whales and Woe
"Makalaster" - Purple Onion
"Long in the Tooth" - Purple Onion
"Holy Mackerel" - Highball with the Devil
"Cosmic Highway" - Purple Onion
"Vernon the Company Man" - Of Whales and Woe
"Big Eyeball in the Sky" - Big Eyeball in the Sky
"Iowan Gal" - Of Whales and Woe
"Lust Stings" - Of Whales and Woe
He basically played at least one song from everyone of his albums, except Sausage and I sang through every one.
After "Makalaster" I proceeded to the pit but went through it so I was only 5 or so feet away from the master bass-playing colonel himself. The crowd wasn't like too wild but it was drunk wild the pit was good but a lot of people passed out and stuff, also there was a lot of crowd surfing.
Well that's about it and I look forward to seeing him again soon.
Also,
Rest in Peace
Syd Barrett
I researched the opening band The Coup on Wikipedia and YouTube to see if I would like them and I'll just say the internet did not do them any justice. I wasn't looking forward to seeing them after watching some videos on YouTube but Youtube failed me. They were actually pretty good, like good enough that I would consider torrenting one on of their albums (maybe even buy one). So the Coup are kindof a rap/funk/rock/alt.rock band and are pretty good if you like that stuff, some parts kindof reminded me of Rage Against the Machine. Anyway lets talk about Claypool...
He just walked on stage and broke into "One Better" from Of Whales and Woe and what was cool is that this album came out a little over a month ago and that everyone was singing the words. After this he said something and played "Makalaster" from Purple Onion which everyone sang and Heeyaa's to; it was epic. I don't remember the whole setlist but these are the songs I remember. (in somewhat chronological order but it gets blurry after "Makalaster")
"One Better" - Of Whales and Woe
"Makalaster" - Purple Onion
"Long in the Tooth" - Purple Onion
"Holy Mackerel" - Highball with the Devil
"Cosmic Highway" - Purple Onion
"Vernon the Company Man" - Of Whales and Woe
"Big Eyeball in the Sky" - Big Eyeball in the Sky
"Iowan Gal" - Of Whales and Woe
"Lust Stings" - Of Whales and Woe
He basically played at least one song from everyone of his albums, except Sausage and I sang through every one.
After "Makalaster" I proceeded to the pit but went through it so I was only 5 or so feet away from the master bass-playing colonel himself. The crowd wasn't like too wild but it was drunk wild the pit was good but a lot of people passed out and stuff, also there was a lot of crowd surfing.
Well that's about it and I look forward to seeing him again soon.
Also,
Rest in Peace
Syd Barrett
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