#electroset

2. Answer the questions and then tag 20 people.

GENERAL APPEARANCE  

2. What color and style is your hair? copper brown, straight bob with fringe/bangs 

3. What color are your eyes? one brown hazel, one green hazel

4. Do you wear glasses? yes. I have nerdy brown/purple square frames

5. Do you wear braces? No

6. What is your fashion style?  Country yoga goth.  I wear a lot of black dresses over yoga leggings, knit tops and sweaters, mala beads around my neck and wrist, and mary jane shoes.  I don’t wear makeup except for eyeliner and mascara, and clear lipgloss.

YOU IN GENERAL

8. When were you born?16 may

9. How old are you? ageless

10. Where are you from/where do you live now? I’m from Italy but I have lived most of my life in the US

13. What kind of student are you?  I am good at languages but not at numbers

16. What are your favorite TV shows? The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, The Fall, The Killing - not comedies

19. Favorite pastime? tumblr, soundcloud, and baking

20. Do you have any regrets? Yes, but I let them go.

21. What is your dream job? famous club DJ 

24. Girly girl, regular girl or tomboy? whatever regular girl is...? I am a chameleon.

25. Do you like shopping? Yes, but I need to try everything on, so it takes forever.

27. What’s the scariest nightmare you’ve had? I don’t dream

28. Do you have enemies? And if I did I would keep them closer than my friends

29. Do you have a significant other? Yes, a few

30. Do you believe in miracles? I believe in karma

YOUR MUSIC

Put itunes on shuffle and list the first 3 songs that come up: I am doing soundcloud lately, and this is one of my favourites

 https://soundcloud.com/lebote/duran-duran-electroset-live-07

one of my favourite setlists of all times.  Slight variation from what’s here

fastrthanlite asked for a history of the Electroset, so this is my experience and what I know. If anyone else wants to add anything, please do.

When the band did their run of Broadway shows in the run-up to the release of Red Carpet Massacre, they broke the set into three sets: 

Playing the entirety of Red Carpet Massacre from beginning to end.

The Electroset

A final set that included “the hits.”

The Electroset was somewhat of a tribute to Kraftwerk in their lineup at the synthesizers across the stage, wearing matching suits. The set itself was a technofied megamix of some of the songs that don’t appear in their lives sets much (if at all) since the Reunion. Initially it also included covers of Kraftwerk’s “Showroom Dummies” and The Normal’s “Warm Leatherette,” but “Showroom Dummies” didn’t seem to make it beyond the Broadway shows (from what I saw). After the Broadway run, they added “Tempted” into the Electroset since they were no longer playing the entire RCM album at each show. The Electroset was a huge hit with the fans and they continued it into the bulk of shows for the rest of the RCM tour.

Here are some photos I took: