I Ripped The Pea Out Of The Pod

Don’t be fooled by Matador’s claims that Slow Century contains two full concerts – it doesn’t even contain one. I had thought that the Seattle set was complete, but alas, I’ve found the full audio of the show (not from the DVD source, but an audience recording) which reveals that “U R A Light” and “Summer Babe” were cut from the running order, they were just after “Stereo” in the setlist. Now, I can completely understand why “Summer Babe” was cut – the version at the Manchester show is superior, and even that is made redundant by the 1992 performance that’s in the documentary. “U R A Light”‘s absence really bothers me, it’s one of the best songs from Terror Twilight, and this version of the song is pretty damn great. My only guess is that there may have been problems with the film during the song, something like that – after all, why cut that song and have two versions of “Date With IKEA”? Or, if you’re going to cut a Terror Twilight song, why not the limp version of “Major Leagues” from that show?