UFO Live in Hollywood
By
DJ WILL,
KNAC.COM Personality
Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 7:22 PM
At the Key Club
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A wind storm hitting Los Angeles hard tonight knocked out power to The Roxy & Rainbow next door for a few hours but The Key Club was completely unaffected as the show was well attended inside. 'Lights Out' indeed!
UFO performed a really solid show, great musicianship, but in my opinion it was overshawdowed somewhat by Phil Mogg and his really, really dry English wit in between songs as it was non sequitur after non sequitur of aimless stories/gibberish that just went nowhere. Half the time no one could make out what he was talking about and it really was only the aspect of theUFO set that slowed the pacing I felt.
Hate to say this about a legendary performer but in the flow of what your saying if its not setting up the next song, 'dummy up' and sing!
Now to his credit Phil at age 61 still has the pipes and still hits the notes especially on 'Love To Love','Mother Mary'and 'Only You Can Rock Me'.
This version of UFO in support of the latest CD The Visitor is rounded out by Vinnie Moore on Guitar, Rob De Luca (ex-Spread Eagle/Sebastian Bach) on Bass and core members along with Phil Mogg, Paul Raymond - Guitar/Keyboards & Andy Parker- Drums
Go see them if they come through your town you may be less critical than I about what the singer is doing in between songs but make no mistake...its a solid 90 min of UFO classics!
THE SET LIST (most what you would expect)
1. Saving Me (NEW SONG)
2. When Daylight Goes To Town
3. Mother Mary
4. Let It Roll
5. I'm a Loser
6. Hell Driver (NEW SONG)
7. Cherry
8. Baby Blue
9. Only You Can Rock Me
10. Ain't No Baby
11. Love To Love
12. Stop Breaking Down (NEW SONG)
13. Mystery Train
14. Too Hot Too Handle
15. Rock Bottom
Encore
16.Doctor Doctor
headbangersue - 12/1/2009 3:18:12 PM Ah! I love LOVE2LOVE
gringuita - 12/1/2009 3:15:08 PM That must've been a hell of a show! UFO is always awesome!
scrapmetal - 12/1/2009 7:26:06 AM theres a new box set entitled Bootleg with several live perforamnces available in england not sure if its the classic or modern lineups
phrydom - 11/25/2009 6:21:59 AM Ratt and Poison--even Kenny Rogers--kicks these guys' ass. hehe
scrapmetal - 11/24/2009 2:56:19 PM I saw them with moore opening for BOC & it was sad to see how old & worn out both groups had gotten
7thRingofHell - 11/23/2009 1:35:20 PM UFO is a god! One of the most clever rock bands of our time. Without Schenker it's not the same is it? I love Vinnie Moore and Chapman did a decent job filling in for Michael in 1980. Great to see these guys still ripping it up live in sake of the music. Though it will never be like "Strangers in the Night."
scrapmetal - 11/22/2009 8:42:43 AM definitely in the top 20 along with Kiss alive/thin lizzy live & dangerous/Cheap trick @ budokan/nuge double live gonzo....
TangoCharlie - 11/20/2009 3:05:57 AM Strangers is the best live album ever!
cutlerrage - 11/16/2009 9:54:33 AM Scrapmetal, you are wrong.
scrapmetal - 11/15/2009 4:33:53 PM take a hike dude those arent even top 20 material
metaldominator - 11/12/2009 1:52:49 PM Exit Stage Left is the best live album ever with Stages by Triumph checking in at a close second
scrapmetal - 11/11/2009 12:40:35 PM exit stage left?Ill take all the worlds a stage any day
blueflamer - 11/4/2009 11:51:26 AM Strangers in the Night, Live at Leeds, Exit Stage Left...best live albums ever.
Metalbox - 11/4/2009 8:05:33 AM UFO and SCARRED Rocked the night!Lights Out was a little blue without Schenker, but great show otherwise. At the age that Phil is the guy still Rocked!Sang all my favorite UFO songs.
My second time seeing Scarred and let me tell you this is the band to see, outstanding show .. vocalist is amazing, reminds me of Faiths Warning singer, but with agression.
scrapmetal - 11/3/2009 6:46:05 PM bman check out thin lizzy live & dangerous
