€uroMeinke
04-05-2009, 10:41 PM
We had a great time at the El Rey last night seeing Stereo Total (http://www.stereototal.de/news/index.html). I love this band and their pop-minimalism, but they always seem to be paired with bizarre opening acts. This time it was Leslie and the Ly's (http://www.leslieandthelys.com/).
How to describe them? If the Gary Larson woman lived in Iowa and started a Rap band and jeweled sweater collection - that would be a start.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4sort3eI/AAAAAAAAEz8/ZEgy7qtdXO8/s640/Leslie%20and%20the%20Ly%27s.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4tMcoC-I/AAAAAAAAE0E/8soNYOcTWEU/s720/Leslie%20and%20the%20%20Ly%27s%2001.jpg
They played a short set, which was good as there's just so much of this schtick you can do before it gets old. Would have made a great SNL sketch.
As for Stereo Total they played a great set of their multi-lingual hits. I love their minimalist set-up, a snare drum and cymbal, Guitar, and some sort of 8-bit synth set up. It looks like it can all be packed into a suitcase and so I have to wonder if they traveled the U-Bahns of Berlin playing out their songs.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4tua0OkI/AAAAAAAAE0M/QFs2HC0OwJ4/s800/Stereo%20Total%2005.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4qPrq0FI/AAAAAAAAEzk/OYYsCdfoc0k/s800/Stereo%20Total%2001.jpg
One of the hilights was whn they were going to play a song in English, "No tututu" which turned out to be a striped down cover of the Rolling Stones Satisfaction that was more deconstructed than Devo's version - the song title?
I can't get
No tututu
Satisfaction
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4rOsBQzI/AAAAAAAAEzs/ZmUs34W7rT0/s800/Stereo%20Total%2002.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4rxFRt_I/AAAAAAAAEz0/HfS8F3nWRKw/s800/Stereo%20Total%2004.jpg
As in the last time I saw them, they invited an unsuspecting member of the audience to join them in their song "j'aime l'amour a'trois" (I love to make love, just the three of us) - and then invited members of the audience to come on stage for Tanzen Koncentriert (concentrated dancing).
Lot's of fun, I'll see them again whenever I can.
How to describe them? If the Gary Larson woman lived in Iowa and started a Rap band and jeweled sweater collection - that would be a start.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4sort3eI/AAAAAAAAEz8/ZEgy7qtdXO8/s640/Leslie%20and%20the%20Ly%27s.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4tMcoC-I/AAAAAAAAE0E/8soNYOcTWEU/s720/Leslie%20and%20the%20%20Ly%27s%2001.jpg
They played a short set, which was good as there's just so much of this schtick you can do before it gets old. Would have made a great SNL sketch.
As for Stereo Total they played a great set of their multi-lingual hits. I love their minimalist set-up, a snare drum and cymbal, Guitar, and some sort of 8-bit synth set up. It looks like it can all be packed into a suitcase and so I have to wonder if they traveled the U-Bahns of Berlin playing out their songs.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4tua0OkI/AAAAAAAAE0M/QFs2HC0OwJ4/s800/Stereo%20Total%2005.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4qPrq0FI/AAAAAAAAEzk/OYYsCdfoc0k/s800/Stereo%20Total%2001.jpg
One of the hilights was whn they were going to play a song in English, "No tututu" which turned out to be a striped down cover of the Rolling Stones Satisfaction that was more deconstructed than Devo's version - the song title?
I can't get
No tututu
Satisfaction
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4rOsBQzI/AAAAAAAAEzs/ZmUs34W7rT0/s800/Stereo%20Total%2002.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_TkzYib9T4ZU/Sdj4rxFRt_I/AAAAAAAAEz0/HfS8F3nWRKw/s800/Stereo%20Total%2004.jpg
As in the last time I saw them, they invited an unsuspecting member of the audience to join them in their song "j'aime l'amour a'trois" (I love to make love, just the three of us) - and then invited members of the audience to come on stage for Tanzen Koncentriert (concentrated dancing).
Lot's of fun, I'll see them again whenever I can.