M and I are in London. We just saw the Fields of the Nephilim 30th anniversary show. Not exactly a concert, it was more accurately like a frenzied summoning ritual. Totally worth flying to another continent for.
This gig had the most intense crowd I've ever been a part of, - from the first song it was crazy, but not aggro-metalhead-crazy, more like hypnosis-freakout-crazy, like "I've been taken over by the Spirits"-crazy. I didn't take many photos - here's one that is somewhat representative of the atmosphere (but imagine all these people as a roiling, bubbling mass, during Last Exit for the Lost):

They've been my favorite band since I was 16. So happy to finally have seen them, and in a proper atmosphere.
Saw Carl afterward too. I didn't say hello because I'm shy and don't like to bother people, but I enjoyed seeing him wandering around impersonating a normal person. : )
Anyway I feel like I can die now. If I get hit by a bus or something, don't feel too badly for me. (Though I'll try to stay alive).
This gig had the most intense crowd I've ever been a part of, - from the first song it was crazy, but not aggro-metalhead-crazy, more like hypnosis-freakout-crazy, like "I've been taken over by the Spirits"-crazy. I didn't take many photos - here's one that is somewhat representative of the atmosphere (but imagine all these people as a roiling, bubbling mass, during Last Exit for the Lost):

They've been my favorite band since I was 16. So happy to finally have seen them, and in a proper atmosphere.
Saw Carl afterward too. I didn't say hello because I'm shy and don't like to bother people, but I enjoyed seeing him wandering around impersonating a normal person. : )
Anyway I feel like I can die now. If I get hit by a bus or something, don't feel too badly for me. (Though I'll try to stay alive).
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I liked seeing them at this venue too, on the 30th anniversary, because all the die-hards came out. A guy with a FotN back tattoo, lots of older folks with FotN jackets, etc. I liked seeing them in their element, as it were.
Setlist and a video!
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/fields-of-the-nephilim/2014/shepherds-bush-empire-london-england-3cdc563.html
and here's a video of Last Exit for the Lost on the night we were there -- though it doesn't show the crowd, or really show the atmosphere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPrZJYUeQ-w&index=1&list=PLEw9oFGC0nmsv_M90FIIRYhPZFpj2338z
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I would like to think that perhaps something like Technological music is more centred on the individual. And the sort of things summoned by a Kraftwerk gig would be sensible pan-European transport policy, renewable energy research and a lot of earnest bicycling.
(The logical and dramatised-for-seventies-telly, therefore a bit average on the futurology, end-point would be the ITV series 'Quatermass' which may or may not be internet-available: Hawkwind-ish gig summons Great Old Ones, hijinks ensue.)
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