The Disco Biscuits delivered the second of three concerts at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee on Saturday. After asking fans to vote for a movie for the band to play along with, tDB scored The Fifth Element as part of the second set at the famed subterranean venue.
The Fifth Element performance revived a tradition of performing live film scores last trotted out on New Year’s Eve 2015, when band played along with Tron. Earlier in their career, Bisco provided a score for Akira on New Year’s Eve 1999 and followed with a Pacific Northwest Run in the fall of 2001 featuring jams on Alice In Wonderland, It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Koyaanisqatsi and Run Lola Run.
The Disco Biscuits — bassist Marc Brownstein, guitarist Jon Gutwillig, keyboardist Aron Magner and drummer Allen Aucoin — launched the first set with the new tune “Why We Dance.” “Freebis Slinky” then made its first appearance in nearly a year and kicked off a segued sequence that included the title track, “Shocked!,” to the quartet’s newly announced space-themed rock opera, a nearly 17-minute “The Great Abyss” and another new tune, “Who’s In Charge?,” to close out the set.
Bisco began the second set with a live, improvised score to The Fifth Element, projected behind the band at 1.25 speed. The 1997 sci-fi film starring Bruce Willis won out over Labyrinth, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Princess Mononoke, Planet Earth and Blade Runner. While the lineup of movies was put to a fan vote, tDB did not announce the winner so it was a surprise. The Fifth Element jam clocked in at over 80 minutes.
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The Disco Biscuits capped the second set with more of their new material and a fitting song to follow Fifth Element, “One Chance to Save the World.” The band would return to encore with “Helicopters.”
Check out official audio via nugs.net below:
Setlist (via tDB Facebook)
Set I: Why We Dance, Freebis Slinky-> Shocked-> Great Abyss-> Who’s in Charge
Set II: The Fifth Element-> One Chance to Save the World
Encore: Helicopters
