03/29/89 - Vienna, Austria @ U4

QUOTES

T: "That's our new lead singer! What do you wanna do? Oh does anybody want any candy?"
L: "I wanna do some sorta ultra strobe light song. Cuz I dig that."
T: "Does anybody want any Toblerone? You want some? You want some candy Kim? Steve? [?] There you go, whoa! Hey you know, it's only eight, it's almost quarter of nine. Did everybody eat dinner yet?"
L: "Show's almost over!"
T: "Happy hour."
L: "I forgot my set list!"
T: "Aww Lee forgot his set list! You know, Lee's uh, Lee's little kid is up there. In the dressing room. Hey Cody! Say hi to the nice audience! There he is! Let's have some lights up here please! Turn the lights on! Turn the lights on! Ah that doesn't help. I don't know if you can see him. Let's put a flashlight on him, there he is! He's four..he's uh, he's this tall."
L: "[?] strobe. Susanne! Do the strobes! 1 2 3 4!"
- Brother James
T: "Thanks!"
L: "Oh that was a trip!"
- The Wonder [segue into "Hyperstation"]
- Hyperstation
["Superstar" by the Carpenters plays]
L: "This is called 'Eric's Trip'."
- Eric's Trip
["Superstar" by the Carpenters plays]
T: "This song is for Gerhard Richter, it's called 'Candle'."
- Candle
["Superstar" by the Carpenters plays]
- Kissability
T: "Thanks!"
K: "Hello."
- The Sprawl
- 'Cross the Breeze
T: "Susanne, she's really into AC Temple. She's got all their demos. Oooh yeah. [?]"
[Lee and Steve briefly jam on "Ruben's Beard" from the 1989 Peel Session]
T: "We got a song we call 'Ruben's Beard'. This next song is about Rick Rubin's beard. It's a warm place to hibernate when you're [??]. You wanna take a picture of us? You want us to pose? Hey this girl wants to take a picture, if everybody comes around here we'll pose for her. One second! Lee? As soon as you're done with that uh, that, you know, whatever you're doing! You know...Steve, you wanna come over here for a sec? This, the girl wants to take a picture, she's [???] I mean, I went to go eat, but before the uh, the Gas House closes."
L: "Just do us, just do us!"
T: "Alright just do the frontline. Oh I didn't pose! We didn't pose! One more. Can you send one of those to my mom's house cuz uh, I haven't written to her in a while. I fucking agree man, I really do. I'm not here to argue. Where we going? [laughs] This song is called 'Teenage Riot'." [plays intro riff, stops immediately] "It sounds like a transistor radio! Oh okay. Let me add a little bass still for fun though. There's no bass left, alright."
- Teen Age Riot [no intro]
L: "Alright this next song is called 'Hey Joni', and it's for Cody and his big penny."
- Hey Joni
L: "Thanks."
T: "Thanks!"
L: "Two more."
T: "[?] keyboard. This is for the lead singer of Live Skull, it's called 'White Kross'."
- White Kross
- Eliminator Jr
K: "Thank you."
T: "Alright thanks. Thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks! Thanks! Thanks!"
[encore break]
T: "Alright. I was trying to look like Glenn Danzig before I could come out, it didn't work. Devilock. Mudhoney's playing here on the fourth. Your enthusiasm is fuckin' out of bounds. Mudhoney is from Seattle and they're like the best band in the United States right now. I advise anybody who has a cool haircut, you should definitely go, cuz I think you'll like it. WHAT? [??] This is for all the people who are standing in the hallway. Cuz they know the lyrics to 'Psycho Mafia'. Here's a banana. Oh watch out, watch out! Man. Poked his out. Banana, a banana is like a soft sculpture. [laughs] Fuck man, don't throw bananas at us! Get some vitamin A, beta carotene."
- Silver Rocket
L: [over intro of "Silver Rocket"] "Ah I feel a strobe light coming on!"
K: "Thank you."
L: "It's been swell, it's been a long time since we've been here, it's really been good. Alright, we're gonna do some screwdriver rock!"
- The World Looks Red
T: "Thank you! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!"
L: "Seeya next year!"
["Venus" by Television plays]

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