en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal The Last.fm journal for the_richman. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2009/07/14/2vabdo_dark_electro_favourites_as_of_july_2009 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:16:58 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2009/07/14/2vabdo_dark_electro_favourites_as_of_july_2009 My ten favourites, you should try them :-)

Aslan Faction - Event Decay [Feindflug Remix]
Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat [Amduscia Remix]
Feindflug - Tötungsmaschine Mensch
Grendel - Harsh Generation
Nachtmahr - Nachtmahr
:Wumpscut: - Jesus Antichristus [Feindflug remix]
:Wumpscut: - Die in Winter
[:SITD:] - Richtfest
Tactical Sekt - Bring Me Violence
Wynardtage - Sterbehilfe 2006]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2009/06/14/2sprkt_good_evening_munich%21_%28depeche_mode_live_at_the_olympiastadion_munich%2C_13_june_2009%29 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:36:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2009/06/14/2sprkt_good_evening_munich%21_%28depeche_mode_live_at_the_olympiastadion_munich%2C_13_june_2009%29 Sa., 13. Jun. – Depeche Mode - Tour of The Universe 2009

My personal position: It was my second Depeche Mode concert after the Berlin gig on the wednesday before. This time I had a seat in section A1 (~30-40m from the stage, on the left side of the stage) and now I know that I'm not going to buy a concert ticket for a seat anymore. Berlin was much more fun (I'd been in the standing area) although there were also enough idiots that didn't really participate (ok, in Berlin I was also accompanied by some people that wanted to celebrate :) ). But in Munich most people in my section were neither singing nor moving, most of them just stood there and did nothing (if at all) and I could also see many people in the standing area thinking that standing area means they're not allowed to move.

Before the concert: Anyway, the band dd their best although you could see that Dave wasn't 100% healthy (he just didn't move as much as seen on the DVDs), however, he was great nonetheless. They got on stage quite a few minutes earlier than in Berlin, a few minutes before 21:00 while the opening act M83, who weren't bad at all, had stopped playing about 40 minutes before (They needed to have finished earlier as usual because of the night flight ban in Munich after 00:00).

The concert itself: The concert's intro was a mix of In Chains and Esque and was too calm in my opinion. They should've opened with a stronger and faster song as they did during Touring the Angel with A Pain That I'm Used To. It seemed to me that most people didn't know its lyrics. During Wrong the atmosphere got better but then worse again except for the refrains of the following songs. The versions of those weren't altered much compared to the album versions and older live versions respectively. Many people sat down during the songs sung by Martin (although Home, which was performed for the first time in the tour, had a new and better piano version than on the last tour) what was a shame in my eyes. Starting with Peace (with sounds much better when performed live) Christian Eigner's drums got more powerful and the audience got louder with the drums entering during track In Your Room which got an awesome new arrangement (first it's more like the album version and later more like the Zephyr Mix/single version). The intro of I Feel You was slightly altered compared to older live version (and it is better now). With the beginning of Enjoy The Silence most people started celebrating and singing more and the bassline of Never Let Me Down Again as used in the Split Mix, the Aggro Mix and several older live versions sounded great. Many people started too early with the famous "NLMDA-wave", many minutes before Dave signed us to do so (the interesting thing was that especially the people not moving and singing were too early).
After a few minutes break they came back on stage to perform the first encore, consiting of Stripped (which should've better been performed earlier in this concert), Master And Servant and Strangelove. Those two songs weren't performed since 1990 and sounded interesting with the new drums. The second break was a bit longer but not too long and during the break the atmosphere didn't get worse. I liked the new version of Personal Jesus. The concert ended with the beautiful bare version of Waiting For The Night und a few stars in the sky with Dave and Mart singing together on the catwalk.

Overall: Especially the drums made the concert to a great event although a smaller audience would have been better.

Unusual Events:
-Strange Sounds during Come Back (?)
-During Strangelove: First the sound dropped out for ~10 seconds and then the screens turned red for the rest of the song (censored?).

Setlist (changes compared to the Tel Aviv gig are bold):
Intro: Esque
01. In Chains
02. Wrong
03. Hole To Feed
04. Walking In My Shoes
05. It's No Good
06. A Question Of Time
07. Precious
08. Fly On The Windscreen
09. Jezebel
10. Home
11. Come Back
12. Peace
13. In Your Room
14. I Feel You
15. Policy Of Truth
16. Enjoy The Silence
17. Never Let Me Down Again
18. Stripped
19. Master And Servant
20. Strangelove
21. Personal Jesus
22. Waiting For The Night (Bare)

Videos (and pictures) to follow!

SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/05/03/b613y_my_eclectic_score_is_currently... Thu, 3 May 2007 17:23:05 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/05/03/b613y_my_eclectic_score_is_currently... Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

78/100

The 78 related artists for my profile are a-ha ABBA Aerosmith (2) Alphaville And One Aphex Twin Black Eyed Peas Black Sabbath Bloc Party Boards of Canada Bob Marley & The Wailers Boston Brian Eno Britney Spears Bryan Adams (2) Camouflage Coldplay (3) De/Vision Depeche Mode (2) Eagles Elton John (2) Elvis Presley Emerson, Lake & Palmer Erasure Evanescence Foo Fighters Frankie Goes To Hollywood Franz Ferdinand (2) Genesis Green Day (2) Guns N' Roses (2) Gwen Stefani Herbert Grönemeyer Journey Kaiser Chiefs Kylie Minogue Led Zeppelin Limp Bizkit (2) Linkin Park Manu Chao Martin L. Gore Matisyahu Melotron Mesh Metallica Michael Jackson (2) Moby Nelly Furtado Nena New Order (2) Nine Inch Nails Nirvana Oasis (2) P.O.D. Papa Roach (2) Peter Gabriel Phil Collins Pink Floyd Placebo Puddle Of Mudd Queen (2) Radiohead (3) Recoil Red Hot Chili Peppers (2) REO Speedwagon Styx Sublime System of a Down (2) The Beatles The Cure The Killers The Kooks The Police The Strokes The White Stripes U2 (4) Wolfsheim Yes]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/03/14/b613x_my_new_cds_this_year Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:44:45 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/03/14/b613x_my_new_cds_this_year [in chronological order]

All CDs are by the artist Depeche Mode!

1. Album = Speak & Spell
2. Album = A Broken Frame
3. Album = Violator (Collector's Edition (CD + Bonus DVD))
4. Single (CDBONG25) Barrel Of A Gun
5. Single (CDBONG20) World In My Eyes

The next CDs to be bought by me are the single boxes 1-6]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/01/20/b613w_speak_and_spell_%5Bbonus_tracks%5D_-_i%27ve_finally_got_it%21 Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:05:51 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/01/20/b613w_speak_and_spell_%5Bbonus_tracks%5D_-_i%27ve_finally_got_it%21 After a few days of waiting it is finally here - Speak And Spell with bonus tracks! My first impression: Seems like a very good album, but I think some tracks are too...happy...

1. New Life
2. I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
3. Puppets
4. Boys Say Go!
5. No Disco
6. What's Your Name
7. Photographic
8. Tora! Tora! Tora!
9. Big Muff
10. Any Second Now (Voices)
11. Just Can't Get Enough

Bonus Tracks:

12. Dreaming Of Me
13. Ice Machine
14. Shout
15. Any Second Now
16. Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)

Soon I'll start to make reviews for every Depeche Mode album and maybe for the compilations!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/01/04/b613v_depeche_mode_-_b-sides Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:30:23 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2007/01/04/b613v_depeche_mode_-_b-sides So,
I started to collect Depeche Mode b-sides, my "big collection" 'til now:

1. Newborn from the single
"A Pain That I'm Used To"
2. Free from the single
"Precious"
3. Surrender from the single
"Only When I Lose Myself"
4. Headstar from the single
"Only When I Lose Myself"
5. Zenstation from the single
"Freelove"

I hope more b-sides are comin' soon (I only say: "Complete Depeche Mode at iTunes Store"^^)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2006/12/27/b613u_my_favorite_dm-songs_%28and_albums%29_2006 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:20:15 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2006/12/27/b613u_my_favorite_dm-songs_%28and_albums%29_2006 Here's a list of my favorite songs of Depeche Mode:

1. Strangelove
2. Never Let Me Down Again
3. Martyr
4. Personal Jesus
5. Enjoy the silence 2004
6. I Feel Loved
7. I Feel You
8. John The Revelator
9. A Question Of Time
10. People Are People

And my favorite studio albums (no compilations):

1. Music For The Masses
2. Violator
3. Playing The Angel
4. Songs Of Faith And Devotion
5. Some Great Reward]]> http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2006/12/25/b613t_depeche_mode%27s_best_of_album Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:40:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/the_richman/journal/2006/12/25/b613t_depeche_mode%27s_best_of_album Oh yeah, I've got this album(The Best of Depeche Mode, Vol. 1) yesterday and listened to it so many times since now. I love this kinda music! Especially the DVD with the music videos is awesome!
So, gotta listen to Depeche Mode again.

See ya!]]>