We Do What We Do, by Pere Ubu

We Do What We Do

by Pere Ubu

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marcello donadello “We decided that if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck: it’s a duck” (David Thomas)

“I'm crossing parrots with carrier pigeons”
“What for?”
“So you can send vocal messages!”
(Buddy Ebsen to Frances Langford; “BORN TO DANCE” 1936)

Life originated in a swamp: this duck is doing things that no ordinary duck can do, since day one, 50 years in advance, never interested in becoming a boring lake swan.
The world is just a pond: I'm glad to be “Born to the MODERN Dance”

david jackson Been a fan ever since I first heard Datapanik in Year Zero.

mrmarshall That's one hell of a setlist.

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You've heard a few of these songs from this iconic gig on previous cds - the tour that changed EVERYTHING for Pere Ubu, and this crowd perhaps encapsulated what happened more than any other gig before or after. tells the story of the audience getting 'it.' The four bonus Encore tracks are available to those who download, along with Liner Notes.

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	1.	Heart Of Darkness 04:36
	2.	Navvy 03:27
	3.	Street Waves 04:42
	4.	Modern Dance 04:27
	5.	Heaven 03:39
	6.	On The Surface 03:19
	7.	Dub Housing 05:21
	8.	Caligari's Mirror 04:39
	9.	Final Solution 06:25
	10.	Ubu Dance Party 05:07
	11.	Codex 05:29
	12.	Real World 05:15
	13.	Humor Me 03:07

about

This was the first year of touring Europe in 1978 and people came along even though, mostly, they'd never heard of the band. This gig was a game-changer. The whole 17 songs were rediscovered and remastered, and you can hear the audience get into it - maniacally. That's quite a feat considering it was taken from the sound desk but they were so loud, it was there. Mr Thomas actually edited our much of the applause before the (TWO) encores as 'it was crazy. They went on forever.'

credits

released November 3, 2023

David Thomas - vocals, percussion, musette
Tom Herman - guitar, vocals, +bass
Alan Ravenstine - EML synthesizer, sax, tapes
Tony Maimone - bass, vocals, +guitar
Scott Krauss - drums

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Pere Ubu Utica, Pennsylvania

This is the Official Pere Ubu Bootleg page Assembled from lead singer, David Thomas' own cassettes, CDs and sound desk recordings, we will be issuing a year on year history from the archives to present day. Bootleggers are not the pirates: Pere Ubu are the pirates and they sail the good ship Ubu Projex. For all info on Pere Ubu, visit ubuprojex.com ... more

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