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"Hellooo Europeans...Do you like your rock with punk in it?" If you squint, he looks like Mick Jagger with a few added inches in the height department, but Hives frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist kicks and struts more like Iggy in his prime in this live gig from October 29, 2004. He blows the crowd kisses after "Main Offender," lets them bear him aloft during "Walk Idiot Walk," then asks, "Should you not be dancing?" before "Die, All Right!" There's also plenty of duck-walking, over-the-head clapping, and not-so-idle boasting ("The Hives are the hot band!"). To be sure, it's schtick, but after years of charisma-free alt-rock acts--Jon Spencer and the reformed Stooges aside--it's certainly refreshing to stumble across one as committed to showmanship as musicianship. Together, the spats-sporting Swedes run through 19 numbers, including Dion's "I Was Born to Cry."
Tussles in Brussels includes four videos, five TV performances from the UK’s
Later and
Top of the Pops, and the strange Little Steven-narrated film "The Hives, Hinduism and Me." The latter is undeniably original, but not necessarily informative (no band interviews, but beaucoup groovy graphics). Overall, those looking for subtlety have come to the wrong place, but for those who've lost their faith in two-chord rock--hold on tight and let the Hives take you on an adrenaline-fueled ride.
--Kathleen C. Fennessy
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EXCLUSIVE 30 MINUTE FILM: DW Johnson’s The Hives, Hinduism & Me (narrated by Little Steven) 64 MINUTE LIVE SHOW – FROM BELGIUM 2005: 1. Abra Cadaver 2. Antidote 3. Missing Link 4. Main Offender 5. State Control 6.Walk Idiot Walk 7. Outsmarted 8. A Little More For Little You 9. Die All Right 10. Declare Guerre Nuclaire 11. No Pun Intended 12. Hate To Say I Told You So 13. Born To Cry 14. Supply And Demand 15. Diabolic Scheme 16. Two Timing Touch And Broken Bones 17. B Is For Brutus 18. Dead Quote Olympics 19. AKA I-D-I-O-T VIDEOS: Walk Idiot Walk • Two Timing Touch And Broken Bones • Hate To Say I Told You So Main Offender • AKA I-D-I-O-T • Die All Right Including EXCLUSIVE never-before-seen videos for: A LITTLE MORE FOR LITTLE YOU and ABRA CADAVER TV PERFORMANCES: Main Offender (Top Of The Pops) • Walk Idiot Walk (Top Of The Pops) Supply And Demand • Die All Right • Hate To Say I Told You So
