PiL
- BRISTOL, LAKE COMPOUNCE PARK, USA
July 11th, 1989
Running Order:
1. Warrior
2. Happy
3. This is Not a Love Song
4. Home
5. Round
6. Brave New World
7. Same
Old Story
8. The Body
9. Open and Revolving
10. Rise
11. Disappointed
12. Public Image
Running Time:
50 minutes (approx)
Sound Quality:
(9) Quality Soundboard Recording
Tape Gradings Explained here
review by Steve Miller
Notes:
There is a little "glitch" right after 'Brave New
World' ends, but it last for about a second. This gig was part of 'The
Monsters of Alternative Rock' tour with the Sugarcubes and New Order.
Review:
As PiL come on stage, you can hear someone say, "It's P...i...L (the
person spells out the letters instead of saying, "PiL"...)..." After
the opening notes of 'Warrior' Lydon says, "Good day, this
is Public Image Limited.... you... get off your arse..." and
so goes one of the best live bootlegs I've ever heard of my entire
collection.
Lydon is in full "get up and dance!!" mode, yelling it between most
songs through the show. I can see why people said back then that PiL stole these
shows. This disc is amazing.
After 'Brave New World', Lydon comments how "laid back" the crowd is
and someone yells "boring!" (jokingly). Then Lydon says, "We'll
try harder if you do..." then comes a fucking blistering version of
'Same Old Story', to which Lydon screams again at the intro, "get up,
get up!!!!" The version of 'Same Old Story' tears the '9' version to
shreds. I've always thought the
sound quality of 'Same Old Story' was a bit lower on '9' than the rest of
the songs, therefore a bit hard to enjoy. This version more than makes up for
it.
Next up 'Rise' and, of course, it gets the crowd up and going with Lydon
asking "What is anger?..." to the crowd, and then responding back himself
with, "It's energy, you fucking arseholes..."
'Disappointed' gets a really wonderful response being it the "hit" at
the time in the States. It's good to hear an excellent response to a McGeoch/Dias/Edmonds/Smith
- era song since the line-up is so overlooked and underrated in my view.
Lydon adds a few great comments of sarcasm with "let's cry together...friendship...boo-fucking-hoo..."
Lastly, a driving 'Public Image' with a very satisfied crowd.
Lydon and the band sounds so excellent during this show. All focus these days
is on the Levene/Wobble/Atkins line-up. As great as that line-up were, in my
view, the line-up on this disc is a lot tighter, a lot funner, and a lot more
diverse.
