Underworld@Cocoon in Frankfurt, Germany review

[TomTom]

After coming back from a short holiday in Holland, I had a fantastic time yesterday night @ Cocoon and Underworld rocked the place like only they can do it. They entered the stage directly without any warmup act in advance and played in front of a packed club.

They started the gig with Crocodile but together with Beautiful Burnout it was the only track from their recent album they played. They played a lot of older tracks from Beaucoup Fish, 2nd toughest of the infants and older albums...aural heaven.

I won't even start with a set list in chronological order because I had one beer to much to do this but some tracks I remember are:

Crocodile (opener)
Beautiful burnout
Moaner
Pearls girl
Jumbo
Push Upstairs
Two months off
Luetin
Born slippy Nuxx
Spoonman
Mmmhh Skyscraper I love you
Rez/Cowgirl (Encore)

As usual they played the tracks in unique versions and also some of the transitions were new to me (maybe they used them on previous gigs on their tour but not on the recordings I have heard so far).

Karl's voice was pretty clear though it was the last gig on their tour but he looked a bit tired on stage...maybe it was like this because the stage in Cocoon is pretty small sadly....dunno. He did not move much or danced around. This was quite different from the last times I have seen them but no complaints on my side, we had lots of fun and the crowd was in a good mood so I am sure the boys had fun with us as well.

What I love about Cocoon is their superior sound system (took my ear protection out but have no ringing in my ears today), their lasers and especially their cold fog machines...nothing better than a fat SWOOOOOSH flooding you with ice cold fog during a momumental breakdown in a track...besides the cooling effect also good for the atmosphere.

Here are some cell phone shots from yesterday night:

































Thanks to Underworld for a fantastic night!

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[res0nat0r]

that sounds awesome tom. i would love to catch them live i have wanted to for years...a bit hard in the midwest us though. those are some pretty good pics for a cellphone too...

[sakio pod]

nice tommy glad you got to see dem

[peloquin]

glad you enjoyed it Tom. they are high up on my list of acts to see live!

[Jibgolly]

nice proof tom. glad u had fun geeza!

[Steve Graham]

one of these days i will see them live, looks like an amazing set they played from what you can remember!

[Jibgolly]

aren't they headlining your favorite event in miami next week?

[Steve Graham]

yes they are, and that is the last place you will catch me, and the last place i would want to see them.. 9 out of 10 people there wont even "get" what they are experiencing seeing them live