That has to rate high on the all time most boring pieces of music ever created.
I hope you enjoy a nice nap during the concert.

Of course you realize that by posting this here, the show will now be full of nothing but "cool kids" just there to say they were at the Cornelius show. They will pay for tickets -- not to watch the show, but to get drunk and complain about stupid shit(like Friday night's Xiu Xiu show, where the girl behind me wouldn't shut up telling her friend about how she had always dreamed, "since forever," that she was going to die on her birthday). And what could have been a fantastic show will be another Portland gig ruined by assholes who won't shut up.

Sounds like it may have otherwise been ruined by music snobs like "Fuckin Hipsters?"

Chas: I'm thinking of going tonight but $17+ is a lot of money for me. What was the show at the Crystal like? Should I expect a cacophony of craziness ala a Flaming Lips show or a few hours of a guy puttering around with a laptop? If it's going to be the visual-equivalent of the stuff on Fantasma, with video screens and people running around in monkey masks, I'm so there.

Jesus christ, what an annoying-as-fuck way to kick off the comments section.

Cornelius makes videos for all of his songs, not just the singles, so that video was for the down-tempo intro to his new album. Anybody who's heard his records, particularly Fantasma, can attest to the fact that they get a lot more lively.

Curious—the 2002 show wasn't quite as manic as a Flaming Lips show, but it's way more focused. Each song is accompanied by a really amazing video, and the live music and videos act in a perfect sync, which would get totally fucked up if the band was half a beat off. Last time, there were about 7 or 8 people on stage, playing in perfect precision, with the amazing light/video show going on all the while.

Here's what his publicist said:

Cornelius’ music is rich and ambitious, but it is his dazzling live show that
cements his reputation as a modern, musical pioneer. His concert set is notorious
for featuring dancing apes, laser light shows, and classical interludes. At one
Tokyo concert he even sent an additional audio channel to the headphones
that were part of the concert program.

Throw in a Theremin solo and you've got a spectacle of epic proportions.

no, they are right, i have no taste.

That's what I was hoping for. Thanks for the info.

If being a music snob means paying good, hard-earned money to watch a band I love and revere, and then feeling that the show has been ruined by people who insist on talking through the *entire* show -- then let me be the biggest music snob you've ever come in contact with.
If I wanted to do nothing but stand around and talk, with music in the background, I'd stay at home. It's certainly cheaper that way.

As Anton Newcombe once commented, the people in the audience have paid to be there; why would they do that if they're simply going to ignore the band?

If you want to pay a $20 cover, then go to H20.