Airborne Lemming's video: Editors - Eden Project Highlights BBC Radio 6 1st August 2005

It's hard to believe but it was almost 16 years ago when Editors played this show at the Eden Project. This isn't the full set, just a BBC Radio 6 Highlights broadcast but it's worth hearing purely for its value as a piece of the band's history. It's wonderful to hear them attacking these early songs in a way that you don't hear as much now, with the repetition of touring and rehearsing having drained some of the essence out of the compositions. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not disrespecting the songs or the band in any way, just acknowledging that if you're asked to play even the greatest song hundreds of times year in and year out, then whatever feeling you got during those initial formative creative stages is bound to be diminished slightly. I will say that it's disconcertingly bizarre hearing Fingers in the Factories ending the way it does. As I've said before, I tend to listen to Editors live recordings all the time and far more than their studio counterparts. The more time I spend with the most recent shows means that the nuances of the old ones get forgotten, so much so that they're sometimes a shock when I hear them again years later. I'm so used to hearing Fingers collapsing into a blizzard of feedback at the end that to hear it just...stop is like having a trippy flashback of some description. "Oh yeah, it did used to end that way!". What made this gig a little bit extra special was the live pop quiz that took place on air, which saw Editors take on Keane in a test of musical knowledge that would only see one party leaving with all the marbles. If you'd like to hear that, follow the link below. Enjoy the music ;) Editors vs Keane Pop Quiz https://youtu.be/EuHy91unYhA Broadcast Setlist Blood 0:00 Fingers 3:47 Fall 7:57 Munich 13:04 Open Your Arms 17:55 For more Editors stuff, drop by the Archive https://lemmingarchive.blogspot.com201703the-archive-index.html brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ) x