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On Fire - side 1, track 1: Blue Thunder

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Dodge Dart - photo: Bryan Jones (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
PERFECTION: this has sepulchral bass, guitars which caress and crumble as through an opium-drenched haze, straining out-of-tune vocals which never quite attain, a wired saxophone which bursts in just when you don't need it, silence so full of wailing noise as to make you shiver in awe every time. "Blue Thunder" is the sound of a storm brewing, oppresively, in the eventide.

The opening track of On Fire is one that Galaxie 500 and all post-Galaxie 500 configurations have performed live…

Galaxie 500… obviously

Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder live in Heidelberg, Germany - 1989

Source: 29th November 1989 - Galaxie 500 - Schwimmbad, Heidelberg, Germany

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Galaxie 500 - Blue Thunder (video) (play on YouTube)

Luna

Luna - Blue Thunder live in London, UK - 1993

Source: 3rd June 1993 - Luna - Borderline, London, UK

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Damon & Naomi

Damon & Naomi - Blue Thunder live in Tokyo, Japan - 2005

Source: 23rd June 2005 - Damon & Naomi - NHK Livebeat, Tokyo, Japan

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Dean & Britta

Dean & Britta - Blue Thunder lvie in New York, USA - 2008

Source: 21st August 2008 - Dean & Britta - The Zipper Factory, 336 W. 37th St, New York NY, USA

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Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham, - Blue Thunder live at Indietracks, UK - 2014

Source: Dean Wareham at Indietracks

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Blue Thunder review (Melody Maker, January 1990)

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As On Fire approaches it’s 30th birthday I thought I’d post a series of posts of randomness about each of the tracks on the album - some from me and some from other fans.