If you're more than just a casual Human League fan, you'll know that they've actually had quite a number of hits - and they just kept coming Sunday night - along with numerous costume changes as well! After playing a couple more singles from their new album "Credo' they played their North American number one hit from 1986 'Human' - followed with 'Love Action (I Believe In Love)', then 'All I Ever Wanted' from their 2001 album 'Secrets' and 'Tell Me When' from their 1995 comeback album 'Octopus'. They pretty much stuck to the original versions of songs - no radical remixes - although a couple songs were extended a bit.
Hearing the opening bassline of '(Keep Feeling) Fascination' always cheers me up - here's a rare remix included on the U.K. bonus disc of their 2003 'Very Best Of' collection - this is the 'Groove Collision TMC Mix'... Enjoy!
'(Keep Feeling) Fascination' was followed with 'Mirror Man' and by the time they got into 'Don't You Want Me' the band was at risk of being totally drowned out by the crowd singing along! They did pretty much every song a fan would want to hear - the only other songs I wished they might have played were 'The Things That Dreams Are Made Of' and 'Louise' - which I have a total soft spot for - but then it wasn't much of a hit here in North America anyway.
The first encore featured Philip alone for a rendition of one of their earliest singles 'Being Boiled' - which was first released in 1978. Susan and Joanne then returned for a song originally credited to Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey - that has since become a concert staple for the band - 'Together In Electric Dreams'.
As a massive fan I loitered around afterwards in hopes of getting my '21st Anniversary Edition' of 'Dare' & 'Love And Dancing' autographed but the band slipped out too quickly. Luckily they were selling copies of 'Credo' - both regular and autographed - earlier so I picked up an autographed one (and a t-shirt of course) just in case they were in a hurry.
All in all it was pretty flawless show - my one small criticism would be that they didn't have any high tech lighting to match their high tech equipment - they just used the rather outdated house system at the Rickshaw. And no disrespect intended as both Joanne and Susan are amazing - pure class, but Susan needs to eat more or something - some of her outfits did not flatter her near anorexic frame. More importantly though, everyone's vocals are in fine form and if The Human League comes to town I highly recommend checking them out!
Here's the most extended of all the extended versions I've ever found of their signature song 'Don't You Want Me' - clocking in at 11 and a half minutes - this is the super extended 'Tommy Reye Remix'... Enjoy!
Here's the full 17 song setlist performed on Sept. 11th, 2011:
Never Let Me Go
Open Your Heart
Sound Of The Crowd
Heart Like A Wheel
The Lebanon
Egomaniac
Empire State Human
Night People
Human
Love Action
All I Ever Wanted
Tell Me When
(Keep Feeling) Fascination
Mirror Man
Don't You Want Me
encore:
Being Boiled
Together In Electric Dreams
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