!!! (chk chk chk/ boom boom boom/tock tock tock/ect.) did a show in Tokyo a while back in Ebisu's Liquidroom and turned part of it into a Japan only live release. We'll 3/5 of it is live, the 4th track is made up from a performance at the BBC and the final is a remix of "Me and Giuliani down by the school yard (A True Story)" by label mate LFO. (This song has been on the last three albums of theirs I bought, 2 of them being EP's)
Five tracks doesn't sound like much but when you're !!!, each song is a 5-10 minute dance/stomp boogy so that's like getting 5 separate parties all together.
Like I said the first three tracks are live and this is what I bought the album for. To hear familiar songs with crazy vocals and unpredictable tangents from the band; crowd banter and to hear the band in a natural freak out just like all great live records should strive to be.
The first two tracks easily accomplish this, the third is frankly boring. Sounds like they are trying to gain their strength back from the first two songs, but when you're putting out only three live tracks on a live cd I would hope they would choose the shows three best.
The BBC performance sounds like a studio release which is ok I guess if I didn't already have it on their last LP"Louden up now".
The final track remix of "..down by the school yard..." isn't all that great. It makes their style of dance music (live instruments, freak out vocals) into generic four on the floor (do people still say that?) synthesizer dance music. Maybe not as bad as a 1995 release of Jock Jams but it's still not that appealing either. (After repeated listens it went from who needs it to alright but not as good as it should be.)
Some highlights during the concert are when he addresses the crowd like so:
"What's up Japan!"
"..............................(lone guy in the back) WOOOOO!"
".....Anyway.....We're chk chk chk (and so on)"
Isn't that funny!?!?! They didn't no how to respond! HAHAHAHAH.
And in the track "Hello, is this thing on?" near the end when he goes through the songs "I'm at a club on drugs and I'm freaking out maaaan" section and he's yelling,
"Am I making any sense at all? Does anyone here speak English? Does anyone. here. speak. English! DOES ANYONE HERE SPEAK.... heuh, heua...DOES. ANYONE. HERE....everybody's actin'......everybody's. acting....everybody's actin' like I'm f*cking crazy or something....EVERYBODY'S ACTING LIKE I'M F*CKING CRAZY OR SOMETHING.... hyuh..hyhu...EVERYBODY'S..." ect. ect. ect.
Hahaha, I'm sure he had the whole crowd glancing nervously around in a cold sweat.
"Man, this guy's pissed! Someone speak some English to him." *Everyone glances away* Get it? Because he's in JAPAN! HAHAHAHA!
That would have been great to see everybody stop dancing and grow generally concerned for the guy.
It's a good listen but maybe a better name would have been Live! Live! Live! Studio! Remix!
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