Monaco @ the Melkweg Amsterdam 2000

Hi there,

I was re-arranging my CDs the other day and stumbled upon that recording I got from someone working at Roadrunner records. It's just one cda file of about one hour, the quality's rather good, it must be soundboard. I think the whole gig's on it, as far as I remember. The crowd on the night was rather unreceptive which is probably why Hooky sounds a bit pissed off. Anyway, does it already exist as a bootleg somewhere? Otherwise I can try to convert the cda file to separate flacs and upload it at dimeadozen or something. Or if someone fancies doing it instead I can send you a copy.

Cheers

Ally wrote:

The show ended with Old Lead Foot and Andy doing their (own?) Electro tune after the rest of the band had left the stage...

I've always wondered if this was something completely improvised, or was the song on the setlist (does it have a title?)

no title, was just some ego exercise for me and andy...

Zorglub wrote: Hi there,

I was re-arranging my CDs the other day and stumbled upon that recording I got from someone working at Roadrunner records. It's just one cda file of about one hour, the quality's rather good, it must be soundboard. I think the whole gig's on it, as far as I remember. The crowd on the night was rather unreceptive which is probably why Hooky sounds a bit pissed off. Anyway, does it already exist as a bootleg somewhere? Otherwise I can try to convert the cda file to separate flacs and upload it at dimeadozen or something. Or if someone fancies doing it instead I can send you a copy.

Cheers

Would love a copy so that I could convert it to FLAC files and seed on DaD. Have sent you an e-mail.

Cheers!

Tracey

Zorglub wrote: Hi there,

I was re-arranging my CDs the other day and stumbled upon that recording I got from someone working at Roadrunner records. It's just one cda file of about one hour, the quality's rather good, it must be soundboard. I think the whole gig's on it, as far as I remember. The crowd on the night was rather unreceptive which is probably why Hooky sounds a bit pissed off. Anyway, does it already exist as a bootleg somewhere? Otherwise I can try to convert the cda file to separate flacs and upload it at dimeadozen or something. Or if someone fancies doing it instead I can send you a copy.

Cheers

Ik kan mij de uitzending op de radio, vlak voor middernacht herinneren (zal wel bij de VPRO zijn geweest...). Helaas vergeten op te nemen... Graag zou ik een copy van dit concert willen, als dat mogelijk is...

Tracey Spivey wrote:

Zorglub wrote: Hi there,

I was re-arranging my CDs the other day and stumbled upon that recording I got from someone working at Roadrunner records. It's just one cda file of about one hour, the quality's rather good, it must be soundboard. I think the whole gig's on it, as far as I remember. The crowd on the night was rather unreceptive which is probably why Hooky sounds a bit pissed off. Anyway, does it already exist as a bootleg somewhere? Otherwise I can try to convert the cda file to separate flacs and upload it at dimeadozen or something. Or if someone fancies doing it instead I can send you a copy.

Cheers

Would love a copy so that I could convert it to FLAC files and seed on DaD. Have sent you an e-mail.

Cheers!

Tracey

tried to send you an e-mail about this last night, but it was returned as undeliverable. if you see this, hope you get a chance to touch base with me. cheers!

does anyone have a copy of this SBD recording that they are willing to share??? would love to get a copy!!! please PM me if you can help out.

cheers!!!

I was there! I was probably one of the few who were not unreceptive. Venue was half empty, half of the crowd were Brits. I still have the poster that announces the second album I nicked off the door of the loo after the concert :-)

The thing that amazed me most about the concert is that "the other bass-player" of the band sounded almost exactly like the Hookster.

I'd love to have this on my iPod.

Tracey Spivey wrote: does anyone have a copy of this SBD recording that they are willing to share??? would love to get a copy!!! please PM me if you can help out.

cheers!!!

i thought i would bump this to the top of the page to see if i could get anything going on this. i think there are a few of us out here who would love a copy of this gig. cheers to anyone who's willing to take the time to help out!

Go on Dimeaozen live concert to download by Monaco at San Francisco 1997,Cant download myself problems with my computer

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Expanding the brand - that's what wanky marketing men and New Labour strategists call it. Sticking the imprint of a successful venture onto other products in the hope of its 'personality' rubbing off and hoodwinking loyal customers. It's a notion which, alas, doesn't always work. Look at Virgin Trains. Or a decade of underachieving New Order side projects.

Monaco probably have more New Order DNA in them than other spin-off bands - Peter Hook's bass sound, after all, is New Order - but this thinly attended reception in Amsterdam speaks volumes about the unique chemistry of great bands, and the grudging affection afforded their bastard offspring. The atmosphere is lukewarm. Fortunately, Captain Hook has brought his own, and he fully intends to rock.

It's more of a Hooky show this time around. David Potts shares the workload, but it's very much a father-and-son deal, with the walrus-voiced Ollie Reed of disco-metal in charge - dispensing deadpan insults and wielding his mighty bass like a ceremonial sword. The bulk of this set features gruff Hookster vocals, from brooding oldie 'Tender' to brooding newie 'A Life Apart', and from anthemic, club-friendly oldie 'What Do You Want From Me' to anthemic, club-friendly newie 'Seesaw'. The latter is Monaco's largely successful attempt to make euphoric trance sound grimy and lascivious, and features the killer punch line, "Put a smile back on my face/All back to my place".

Pottsy has the smoother pop voice which he demonstrates on sweet new guitar gushers like 'Kashmere' and 'I've Got A Feeling'. But his uncanny pastiche of Bernard Sumner's vocal style does both singers a disservice. Pottsy has the edge in technical competence, but his listless croon lacks Barney's prickly passion.

It's perhaps why Monaco are most themselves when Old Man Hook weighs in with his Gruffo The Sheepdog growls, as on melodic bruiser 'It's A Boy' - essentially New Order's 'Run' sung by Manchester's answer to Johnny Cash.

The Monaco brand will probably always be perceived as the EasyJet to New Order's Virgin Atlantic, but partly because Hook is a victim of his own success. Yet regardless of lineage or limitations, at the heart of Monaco lies an unquenchable exuberance which transcends critical sniping. Hooky doesn't need this aggravation, after all. He's clearly getting off on Monaco big time, but you're invited along for the ride. Because it's hard, in the end, to resent a veteran disco-metal monster's boyish enthusiasm. Long may his brand expand. Share !