Comments on: Live Review: Built to Spill w/Meat Puppets @ Echoplex LA, CA 02-18-08

By: Susan M

Susan M — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:49:09 +0000

Thanks Christina, I’m glad to hear about the second show.

Just to be clear, I didn’t ask the band about the setlist, I asked my friend Mike D, who has seen them several times.

By: Christina

Christina — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:25:15 +0000

I was at the show last night, the second night at the EchoPlex, and first off, I would like to thank you for such a lovely and thorough review. I thought that both sets were breathtaking. The Meat Puppets, like Dinosaur Jr (also recently reunited), do something with their music that I rarely catch when I watch other, younger bands. They are joyful and unassuming, and I was honored to watch them play. As for Built to, I have always loved them and reading the set list that you posted made me a bit regretful that I missed “Liar” and “Time Trap.” However, last night they played “Carry the Zero” and it was one of the top 5 songs that I ever saw anyone play live. I am glad you asked them about the set-list and if they ever listen to the shouted requests from the audience. I have been curious about that too. At any rate, great review, and props to you for loving such a wonderful band.

By: mike d.

mike d. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:15:40 +0000

so it’s a cover of a cover, case closed.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:31:13 +0000

“Third Uncle” is by Brian Eno. Bauhaus covered it. When doing research I found a live youtube clip of BTS with Doug introducing it as a Brian Eno song.

I’m not sure what “Done” is. I can probably find out though.

By: mike d.

mike d. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:12:03 +0000

susan, i think “done” might be the brian eno cover. i don’t recall a bts song w/ that title. dale also mentioned that “third uncle” was a bauhaus cover as we left the show.

By: BTD Greg

BTD Greg — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:01:47 +0000

I think Third Uncle is a Bauhaus song, in their later period when they started to sound more like 3/4 of them would as Love and Rockets. Either that, or Bauhaus also covered the Brian Eno song.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:50:10 +0000

Haha. His equipment looked like it was all 50 years old. And made from scratch.

By: mike d.

mike d. — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:34:56 +0000

bts is always a good show. the first few times i saw them they only had doug and jim on guitar, but the addition of brett netson has been great for their sound. it’s just this dense wall of guitar noise; i’ve never heard anything like it before.

personally he’s my favorite guitarist of the three, i love the freaky sounds that he can coax out of his instrument. and even though it’s silly, i love it when he sticks his lit cigarette in between the strings at the top of his guitar while he plays. and the best part is that he looks like someone that they just pulled out of the street and threw an electric guitar over his shoulder.

i remember once i was on a website that had a bunch of live bts concert mp3′s for download (approved by the band), but there was a warning that went something like “if we find out that you’re trying to sell these to anyone, brett netson will come to your house and sleep on your couch for a month.”