It's been a whole year since I fairly casually woke up to watch some videos of Adam in concert. I didn't follow what happened, just decided to go to YouTube and see. What resulted was a physical reaction to the videos of the performance. My hair stood on end in goosebumps, my spine tingled and my breath got taken away. Right there and then I knew I was witnessing something special because I compulsively hit repeat like an addict needing another hit.
One year on, that concert and that WLL is still peerless. It's still my favourite, a favourite for many, still being watched regularly and we still recall it as stuff of legend. It has stood the test of time, testament to the power and the impact that performance has had on us all.
Here's a playlist of all my edits for that concert:
I haven't gotten round to finishing all of the set yet and many videos have since been removed so if you'd like to help me, I'm looking for lossless rips of original YouTube files (especially those from lekispop) or raw footage.
I find it a little bit surprising that after such a long time, FS hasn't been topped. Why hasn't this happened, and should it have been? Adam is one to keep pushing the bar so why hasn't this one been hurdled yet? One of the things about it is that it was unique. We haven't seen the same set list or the same desert-dwelling witch outfit whipped up by the elements since then, so there haven't been any direct comparisons of which a later concert has compared favourably. Subsequent concerts were hindered somewhat by structure, repetition, choreography. But I feel there's much more to Fantasy Springs being special, there was something momentous about the occasion. It was Adam's first solo concert and not only was everything fresh, exciting and surprising, it felt so alive, magical even. To use one of Adam's favourite subjects, it was like all the planets aligned and everything came together to give us that perfect moment. It was like there was a mysterious desert wind which threaded an energy through each performer, connecting each and every person like a sixth sense and the music just effortlessly flowed. I felt we saw Adam at his very best - open, natural, free-spirited, creative and spontaneous. With a new album and new music in the making, surprise will come more easily. I'm confident the mood and energy will be recaptured and there'll be more Fantasy Springs moments to come.
Well we can't have an anniversary without presents now, can we? In the year since then, I've picked up more sound editing skills and have re-mixed the audio for WLL, targetting most of the audience speech and screams. I used the excellent wav recordings from tinafeapf and swflaboy to create the files. Uncompressed wav format is also included because this legendary WLL deserves to be listened to in the best quality possible. You can listen to a compressed preview below though the downloads are much better in quality. Enjoy!
Download FS WLL (without band intro) mp3 - 17.03MB
Download FS WLL (without band intro) wav - 75.08MB
Download FS WLL (with band intro) mp3 - 19.82MB
Download FS WLL (with band intro) wav - 87.40MB
Showing posts with label FS WLL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FS WLL. Show all posts
Monday, 28 February 2011
Monday, 8 March 2010
Whole Lotta Fantasies
I thought this Fantasy Springs video should get its own post because it took a whole lotta love. It's the most difficult video I've done so far, principally because every clip I watched kept luring me in so I'd lose track of what I was doing. Then it would take me a while to get my breath back and it would happen repeatedly.
This for me is a momentous performance, one I will be watching over and over again and one that we'll probably still be talking about in years to come so I wanted to do it justice. So apologies for the delay. I never thought I would feel the way I did about RoF again. I thought I'd built up an immunity to being surprised by Adam by now, but I was wrong.
This is the most incredible psychedelic arrangement and performance of WLL and one of the sexiest things I've ever seen or heard. There's a lot that's reminiscent of Jim Morrison. There are no overt sexual gestures but what he achieves is purely with his sultry voice and stage presence and is so sizzling hot. He slinks about the stage, moaning breathily, his erotic cries startlingly primal. Whereas the previous renditions were pure sex of the sordid aggressive rip-your-clothes-off encounter, this one is a long slow hedonistic tripped-out throw-your-phone-away all-day love-in, teetering on the edge of blissful agony. His voice works you up and down, knowing when to stop you from boiling over but keeping you simmering. Not only does he do this with his voice, but when things are getting too hot, he turns his back, giving you time to ease away from the edge before effortlessly stroking and teasing you right back there again, kneading you into spasms of ecstasy.
I love the smile he gives just before the song finishes. He seems thrilled about turning the audience into a wild writhing mess, knowing that he's nailed it. We do indeed need cooling.
DOWNLOAD Whole Lotta Love (acoustic) v2 - final version mp3 19.8MB
Update 09/03/10: Changed file hosting service as some of you have reported viruses from the previous link.
Update 10/03/10: DOWNLOAD Whole Lotta Love (acoustic) iPod compatible mp4 50.4MB
Update 27/03/10: DOWNLOAD Whole Lotta Love (acoustic) HD mp4 v1 142.7MB - Better sound than version above
This for me is a momentous performance, one I will be watching over and over again and one that we'll probably still be talking about in years to come so I wanted to do it justice. So apologies for the delay. I never thought I would feel the way I did about RoF again. I thought I'd built up an immunity to being surprised by Adam by now, but I was wrong.
This is the most incredible psychedelic arrangement and performance of WLL and one of the sexiest things I've ever seen or heard. There's a lot that's reminiscent of Jim Morrison. There are no overt sexual gestures but what he achieves is purely with his sultry voice and stage presence and is so sizzling hot. He slinks about the stage, moaning breathily, his erotic cries startlingly primal. Whereas the previous renditions were pure sex of the sordid aggressive rip-your-clothes-off encounter, this one is a long slow hedonistic tripped-out throw-your-phone-away all-day love-in, teetering on the edge of blissful agony. His voice works you up and down, knowing when to stop you from boiling over but keeping you simmering. Not only does he do this with his voice, but when things are getting too hot, he turns his back, giving you time to ease away from the edge before effortlessly stroking and teasing you right back there again, kneading you into spasms of ecstasy.
I love the smile he gives just before the song finishes. He seems thrilled about turning the audience into a wild writhing mess, knowing that he's nailed it. We do indeed need cooling.
DOWNLOAD Whole Lotta Love (acoustic) v2 - final version mp3 19.8MB
Update 09/03/10: Changed file hosting service as some of you have reported viruses from the previous link.
Update 10/03/10: DOWNLOAD Whole Lotta Love (acoustic) iPod compatible mp4 50.4MB
Update 27/03/10: DOWNLOAD Whole Lotta Love (acoustic) HD mp4 v1 142.7MB - Better sound than version above
Update 28/02/11: Re-edited the sound files to cut out most of the chatter and screaming.
Download FS WLL (without band intro) mp3 - 17.03MB
Download FS WLL (without band intro) wav - 75.08MB
Download FS WLL (with band intro) mp3 - 19.82MB
Download FS WLL (with band intro) wav - 87.40MB
Download FS WLL (without band intro) mp3 - 17.03MB
Download FS WLL (without band intro) wav - 75.08MB
Download FS WLL (with band intro) mp3 - 19.82MB
Download FS WLL (with band intro) wav - 87.40MB
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Fantasy Sprung
WHOA! Fucking hell! Not quite what I was expecting... but Adam has sprung a wonderful surprise upon us with the most amazing acoustic renditions included in the set. This was the first time I didn't stay up for the stream and I'm feeling mild regret. What a morning it's been though, to wake up to these videos!
Before the concert, I'd been hoping that Adam would change up his look a little as he'd been wearing lots of dark colours under a trenchcoat. My wish was granted, with a new hairdo and a most fabulous costume. From the photos it looks like he had some blue dreads put in, instantly giving off a hippie vibe, especially with those tie-dye jeans. The full costume with the huge floaty sleeves and Zodiac vulture-feathers on his shoulders make him look like a desert-dwelling witch from a nomadic tribe, albeit of the glam variety. The first video I saw was WLL without these though, and my initial impression was of an inhabitant of a far-off exotic island, hair adorned with tropical flora and feathers, and lei around his neck. Or maybe that was just from the heat given out from that performance!
Here's my video selection so far in set order. All the videos are now here as an EMBEDDED PLAYLIST. I'll be updating it as better versions turn up.
I absolutely have to comment on the most incredible psychedelic arrangement and performance of WLL, which I think must be one of the sexiest things I've ever seen or heard. There's a lot that's reminiscent of Jim Morrison. There were no overt sexual gestures but what he achieved was purely with his voice and stage presence and was so sizzling hot. Whereas the previous renditions were pure sex of the sordid aggressive rip-your-clothes-off encounter, this one was a long slow hedonistic tripped-out throw-your-phone-away all-day love-in, teetering on the edge of blissful agony. His voice works you up and down, knowing when to stop you from boiling over but keeping you simmering, effortlessly stroking and teasing you into spasms of ecstasy. Whew! If I can manage to tear myself away, get my breath back and string together some coherent thoughts, I'll be back later.
Before the concert, I'd been hoping that Adam would change up his look a little as he'd been wearing lots of dark colours under a trenchcoat. My wish was granted, with a new hairdo and a most fabulous costume. From the photos it looks like he had some blue dreads put in, instantly giving off a hippie vibe, especially with those tie-dye jeans. The full costume with the huge floaty sleeves and Zodiac vulture-feathers on his shoulders make him look like a desert-dwelling witch from a nomadic tribe, albeit of the glam variety. The first video I saw was WLL without these though, and my initial impression was of an inhabitant of a far-off exotic island, hair adorned with tropical flora and feathers, and lei around his neck. Or maybe that was just from the heat given out from that performance!
Here's my video selection so far in set order. All the videos are now here as an EMBEDDED PLAYLIST. I'll be updating it as better versions turn up.
I absolutely have to comment on the most incredible psychedelic arrangement and performance of WLL, which I think must be one of the sexiest things I've ever seen or heard. There's a lot that's reminiscent of Jim Morrison. There were no overt sexual gestures but what he achieved was purely with his voice and stage presence and was so sizzling hot. Whereas the previous renditions were pure sex of the sordid aggressive rip-your-clothes-off encounter, this one was a long slow hedonistic tripped-out throw-your-phone-away all-day love-in, teetering on the edge of blissful agony. His voice works you up and down, knowing when to stop you from boiling over but keeping you simmering, effortlessly stroking and teasing you into spasms of ecstasy. Whew! If I can manage to tear myself away, get my breath back and string together some coherent thoughts, I'll be back later.
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