The Prodigy (official thread)

[Bosco]

@Enjoyed

I don't care how non-live this was. Prodigy's music was built to play at festivals, their energy is so HUGE. Why-oh-why weren't they part of the festival when I was still attending... I will say, I do think Maxim still needs a co-pilot to MC the gig though.

[ThePumisher]

Do they normally have a guy on stage just completely miming the very obviously not live drums?

No, idon't understand the drummer on stage either, and except for Their Law i also don't understand the guitarist. But for some reason Liam decided this has to be (rather than asking Leeroy to come back).

they stoped Out of Space after about minute!

It seems in the last couple of years that they played tracks from Experience (Out Of Space, Charly, Everybody In The Place) just to please the crowd and not because they wanted to.

Also, no AONO tunes

Liam completely ignoring AONO since 2009/2010.

[shakermaker]

I watched the Coachella W1 livestream and caught the first night at the Warfield in San Francisco, and I could not be more excited about this band again.

::Warning:: - long ramble incoming.

Similar to other classic electronic acts, Prodigy seems to have a resurgence in interest. They were last on the west coast 14 years ago, and not selling out shows. Now they are back for the Coachella-Portola double-header, and sold out two nights at the Warfield between Coachella weekends. (Night two ended up canceled due to Liam being unwell, but still the demand was there to sell out two nights.)

Watching the Coachella webcast reminded me how visceral and raw this band is, and how different they are from modern electronic acts, even other live acts. It felt a lot like they had returned to the festival after 20 years with a "Let us show you how it's done" kinda attitude.

During the Warfield show Maxim asked the audience who was there last time they played here, in 2009. About 10 of us raised our hands. He went on to acknowledge that they are playing to a new generation of fans, and at that point it struck me - a younger generation is interested in this band who's heyday was before some of them were even born. I found myself suddenly grateful not for my opportunity to see them again (this being my 5th time seeing them), but for the younger crowd that wouldn't have experienced them otherwise (some of whom I was with).

I also loved seeing them outside of a standard album promotion tour. I was able to receive each song they played as itself without concern of what album it is from. Some songs I had previously overlooked as part of relatively underwhelming albums now stand on their own - in particular Invaders Must Die and We Live Forever.

RE: the drummer, I noticed the video and audio were not in sync on the Coachella live stream, which was a distraction any time we saw the drummer, and not up to Coachella's usual standards.

[Fine Time]

Premiere of The Prodigy's full show at Pinkpop 1996 , now going out on youtube , , Pinkpop Archive channel