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None of this tension seemed to affect the performance. The set, like their latest album Rendezvous, opened with “Malibu Love Nest,” a song exemplary of the band??s recent tendency towards polished, upbeat, yet still clearly indie-minded tunes. Though the crowd seemed slightly upset at not hearing an old favorite, they were quickly quieted and then enthralled by the group’s mature songcraft and impeccable musicianship...
...tune (which incidentally shares a rhythm with the Velvet Underground’s monolithic and massively influential “Sister Ray”) came across as an averaging of the band??s entire output as well as input, merging both their old and new styles with those of their progenitors. By the end every eye was transfixed on Wareham: the past and the future were both on stage at once, and it was beautiful...
...song was immediately followed by “Finest Worksong,” from the band??s breakthrough 1987 album Document, which set the tone for the rest of the concert: hard-driving, drums pounding, political and aggressive. The crowd roared at the song, and when that segued into “Begin the Begin,” the the Begin,” the lights on stage flashed dramatically. During the chorus, with the stage lit white, Stipe even broke out his uniquely peculiar dance remembered most vividly from the “What?...
...downcast lyrics. The lyrics themselves were still somewhat laughable at times, but their delivery was sincere and thoughtful; even Stipe’s rapping sounded credible. Later, the rendition of “I Wanted to be Wrong,” what Stipe referred to as the band??s “State of the Union,” was lush and sweeping, with a stage awash in red, white and blue...
...order to amend this problem as best as possible, Prouty and Rand gave the tape to Bob Ludwig, the man responsible for remastering albums by such luminaries as the Velvet Underground and the Rolling Stones. The re-mastered album is now being sold on the band??s official website, www.theelectras.com...