Chicago gig report

[Skull_X]

will be coming soon..just got home late last night and have lots of work to do, hopefully later tonight. in brief storming gig, met the band and more!

[Skull_X]

setlist:
01 Kill All Hippies
02 Can't Go Back
03 Miss Lucifer
04 Suicide Sally
05 Jailbird
06 When The Bomb Drops
07 Beautiful Future
08 Higher Than The Sun
09 Beautiful Summer
10 Deep Hit
11 Exterminator
12 Suicide Bombs
13 Sick City
14 Shoot Speed
15 Swastika Eyes
16 Movin' On Up
17 Rocks
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18 Damaged UPTOWN
19 Necro Hex
20 Country Girl
21 Accelerator

They dropped beautiful summer from the set list and added Uptown. I asked Andrew if they'd play it and they did :) My wife is 99% sure that Bob/The Scream dedicated it to 'Skull X" aka me I presume... She said it started with and "S", so pretty cool if they did. Bobby seemed to be getting into the gig...

every song was killer. Swastika eyes was immense, though it seemed some of Bobby's singing was a little off in parts

Afterwards I met the band. Innes and Duffy were totally cool and down to earth. Of course Mani was very cool as well, but I didn't talk to him much. I will post pics and a copy of the set list, the copy I got was Bob's. I Didn't "meet" Bobby until the band went downstairs. He was talking to someone so I went over and gently grabbed his arm and introduced myself, he nodded, didn't say a word that i was aware of, then turned away from me. Maybe his was pissed I grabbed his arm but he could have been a little cordial and respectful. He seemed more concerned with talking to an apparently "famous" ( or maybe "notorious" is a better word) 70s groupie that was there! I won't mention the name in public. I had never heard of this person but I'm sure some people here have...I was a little offended but luckily I'm an easy going guy. Then after a few minutes I went up to him again and he couldn't be bothered to talk to me again, I just said to him, thanks for playing Uptown, he nodded (i think) and then as I left, he raised his arm and made a fist, like rock on I guess or something to effect. I must admit I was disappointed since I didn't act like a  "fanatic" like most people were acting. Shit, I'm his age practically! I guess he good only be bothered with groupies and not real dedicated fans. I wasn't even expecting to talk to him long since I'm not a fan boy. I guess in Bobby defense as well, my wife said he couldn't be bothered to talk to other people, though he seemed to be talking to women every time I looked over

if anyone recorded this gig, i'd love to get a copy

[Medication]

Great review, glad things are going well in the US.

Shame about Bobby being a cock, is not unusual for him to be like that, my mate approached him at Glasto 2003 during the Warlocks set on the Saturday, mate was just trying to thank him for the mindblowing set and Bobby shaked his hand but could barely turn his head to acknowledge him, i didnt even bother trying to speak to him cos i didnt want it to ruin the perfection of the night before. He was clearly snorting powder with some mingin young girl so just left him to it.

[KowaIski]

Hope Mrs Bobby doesn't read this forum! 

Good story Skull, really glad to saw them live.  They are still a real force on the live circuit.

[Skull_X]

pics from chicago (not mine)
http://chicagoist.com/2009/03/23/photos_primal_scream_at_metro.php

[versus_reality]

wow, what a bummer that Bobby was like that but eh, not to worry.

sounds like an awesome show! will be posting an NYC review tomorrow

[russ3000]

Just seen this post but why on earth is bobby a cock? No one has to talk to anyone in this world and they dont really owe their fans anything. The one time he did speak to me ( and I was being a pilled up fan) he was a perfect gent.

still..made for a great story and u got to meet the band, a rarity in london I can assure u.

[Skull_X]

the first time i meet him was the screamadelica tour, he was totally cool, probably hopped up on drugs.... no biggie

[Davieboy.]

Don't take it personally Skull, he seems to be like that more often than not. He was exactly the same when I met him in 97 or 98. Mani is the friendliest guy you'll ever meet, I'd always make a beeline for him. Never met Innes or Duffy, but folk who've met them always say they're good guys, so will hopefully meet them one day.

It's true what they say about meeting your heros - still, would have thought he couldn've made a bit of an effort with you as you run the fansite. He'd have talked to you if you were famous though....

[tmb2.0]

As others have said, Bob is a well-known miserable cunt at times. I think it depends what day/mood you catch him on/in. I've heard other people I know well, who have met him and said that he was perfectly civil. Others have said that he's an ignorant tosser.

He is what he is and there's no point feeling disappointed by it because that edge is part of what drove him on to contribute to such a great body of work.

[kats_d]

Hey Skull, I know this is old news, but I've not been on the site in a while as I've been pretty unhappy, but just wanted to say that I've had that treatment from Bobby, too, backstage, and I'm female. Remember that terrible picture I posted of me looking like I'd won the lottery and him looking like he was at his own funeral? But then other times he's been lovely, like that time I met the whole band outside a sandwich shop and they were due to play that night at 229 Great Portland St. and Bobby was very chatty and put me on the guest list (his idea). Go figure.