Summer Concert Roll Call

[Fetou]

Went to night one of two of Radiohead last night. First time seeing them live, and my God they are talented. Phenomenal live performance. I may have to go again tonight.

Edited August 1, 2018 by Fetou

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Fetou said:

Went to night one of two of Radiohead last night. First time seeing them live, and my God they are talented. Phenomenal live performance. I may have to go again tonight.

 

how'd they interact with the crowd?

 

encores?

 

 

[Fetou]

25 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

how'd they interact with the crowd?

 

encores?

 

 

Two longer encores (like 4 songs and 3 songs roughly?)

 

Honestly not much crowd interaction at all. A terse "thank you" every once in a while, but they kind of just get the whole experience going like a trance and roll from song to song without much delay. The lighting was awesome as well.

[boyst]

Manson tonight is going to be fun. Girlfriend is getting dressed up and makeup... Not sure what that'll mean, but I'll play along.

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Fetou said:

Two longer encores (like 4 songs and 3 songs roughly?)

 

Honestly not much crowd interaction at all. A terse "thank you" every once in a while, but they kind of just get the whole experience going like a trance and roll from song to song without much delay. The lighting was awesome as well.

 

excellent!!!

 

not the biggest fan but they have full respect for all aspects of their craft....

10 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:

Manson tonight is going to be fun. Girlfriend is getting dressed up and makeup... Not sure what that'll mean, but I'll play along.

 

and you??????????????

[boyst]

1 minute ago, row_33 said:

 

excellent!!!

 

not the biggest fan but they have full respect for all aspects of their craft....

 

and you??????????????

And me what?  Makeup?  Nah. Already have toenails painted.  That's as crazY as I get

[row_33]

9 minutes ago, Boyst62 said:

And me what?  Makeup?  Nah. Already have toenails painted.  That's as crazY as I get

 

i always pick away at my toenails, used to bite them, too fat to do that now

 

[Gugny]

Slayer, Anthrax, Lamb of God, Napalm Death and Testament tonight.

 

The things I do for my son. 

[row_33]

12 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Slayer, Anthrax, Lamb of God, Napalm Death and Testament tonight.

 

The things I do for my son. 

 

is it just noise now?

 

[Gugny]

2 minutes ago, row_33 said:

 

is it just noise now?

 

 

There is definitely talent in every band; specifically, the drummers and lead guitarists.  But that's it, in my opinion. It's fun to watch, but I get bored of it pretty quickly.  Show starts at 5pm, which is great.  I just hope that doesn't mean that I'm there till 11pm.

 

EDIT:  Just googled it.  I'll be there till 11pm.  !@#$ me.

Edited August 1, 2018 by Gugny

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

Saw Daughtry last night with the wife.  Actually recognized 3 songs.  Dude has a powerful voice.

They were on for less than 90 minutes.  He appeared to be having trouble with his monitor earpieces.  They all left the stage twice and came back.  Apparently the 2nd of these meant the start of encores but it wasn't obvious and the crowd sure didn't react like usual.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

13 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

There is definitely talent in every band; specifically, the drummers and lead guitarists.  But that's it, in my opinion. It's fun to watch, but I get bored of it pretty quickly.  Show starts at 5pm, which is great.  I just hope that doesn't mean that I'm there till 11pm.

 

EDIT:  Just googled it.  I'll be there till 11pm.  !@#$ me.

I was gonna say, that doesn't seem like a concert that would be up your ally. 

[swnybillsfan]

2 hours ago, Gugny said:

Slayer, Anthrax, Lamb of God, Napalm Death and Testament tonight.

 

The things I do for my son. 

i am going to this show friday night at Darien Lake. i have a feeling this is going to be the "i'm too old for this ****" concert. still love the music, but there is no way i can survive a mosh pit, or a circle pit, or any other kind of pit.

[Gugny]

8 hours ago, swnybillsfan said:

i am going to this show friday night at Darien Lake. i have a feeling this is going to be the "i'm too old for this ****" concert. still love the music, but there is no way i can survive a mosh pit, or a circle pit, or any other kind of pit.

 

I'll wait for you to write how you liked it before I give my review (to avoid any spoilers).  I will say a couple things, however:  one of the local radio stations posted the start/end times for each band.  They were on schedule to the second.  Impressive.  And Slayer was the loudest band I've ever heard in my life; I've been to a lot of concerts.  Enjoy!!

[Rico]

On 8/1/2018 at 12:38 AM, Gugny said:

Saw Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Beth Hart opening on Friday night in Albany.

 

There will be spoilers, so if you have tickets, then stop reading.

 

I've listened to limited Beth Hart over the past year, or so.  Was impressed and was looking forward to seeing her.

 

I did NOT expect her to floor me the way she did.  Unbelievable passion.  Phenomenal voice.  Serious pipes.  The crowd did not want her to leave.  She played a solid 90 minutes, which surprised the crap out of me.  I am a fan.  She is incredible.  It was like watching an episode of "Storytellers."  She explained the origin of the majority of her songs and one of them literally brought me to tears.  She is passionate about her craft and she is truly appreciative of every single person who comes to see her.  Refreshing.

 

KWS came out with one of his tunes, then quickly went into an SRV cover (House is a Rockin').  For the first four songs, his guitar was barely audible; that was fixed pretty quickly.

 

I was surprised to see how much he sang.  He has a good voice, but I could tell he wasn't entirely comfortable playing and singing, as he would stop playing during the more difficult changes and his lead singer would back up the guitar parts (admirably).  His singer has a really good voice, but his stage presence sucks.  He sang during the Experience Hendrix show I saw ~5 years ago, in which KWS played and blew me away for the first time.

 

KWS' guitar playing was incredible.  One of my favorite parts of the show was a song which featured his organist.  He brought the crowd to its feet.  He also had Chris Layton (Double Trouble) on drums, which was SUPER cool.  I had no idea he was playing with KWS.

 

Based on his guitar playing, alone, I'd see KWS any day of the week and not mind paying for it one bit.

 

My biggest takeaway was that his originals bore me.  They're not great songs.  The solos are amazing, but other than that, the songs are Zzzzzzzzzzz.  I can never see myself buying one of his studio albums.

 

I could tell the crowd felt the same, because they (we) got loudest when he played Jimi/SRV covers.  By a long shot.

 

He ended up playing a solid 90 minutes, ending with an amazing 10-minute version of Voodoo Chile.

 

I highly recommend seeing this show.  KWS is easily one of the best out there today.  To see him in a venue that holds less than 3,000 was a treat.  And to see Beth Hart open was really the icing on the cake.  

 

Great show.

Nothing against Kenny Wayne Shephard, but he would've been the icing on the cake for me, I would've gone for Beth Hart.

18 hours ago, Fetou said:

Went to night one of two of Radiohead last night. First time seeing them live, and my God they are talented. Phenomenal live performance. I may have to go again tonight.

I went to night 2, 1st time I've ever seen them. Great show, but I have to say that the couple times Thom Yorke danced around, I was reminded a little of Ed Grimley.

[swnybillsfan]

9 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

I'll wait for you to write how you liked it before I give my review (to avoid any spoilers).  I will say a couple things, however:  one of the local radio stations posted the start/end times for each band.  They were on schedule to the second.  Impressive.  And Slayer was the loudest band I've ever heard in my life; I've been to a lot of concerts.  Enjoy!!

thanks Gug. i am very curious about this show. i know almost nothing about Napalm Death. Lamb of God is probably the heaviest band i listen to. and i kinda grew up with Slayer, Anthrax and Testament. i hop that Tom Araya still has his Santa Claws beard going, that is just too funny...Santa cranking out some evil thrash tunes!

[row_33]

David Byrne in Toronto tonight, good way to start a long weekend.

 

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

Question. Before attending a concert, do you look up what the setlist has been like for that tour, or do you like to be surprised?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

1 minute ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Question. Before attending a concert, do you look up what the setlist has been like for that tour, or do you like to be surprised?

 

I like to be surprised, personally.  I saw Dark Star Orchestra a couple summers ago (unreal Grateful Dead cover band).  They play entire sets from real GD shows.  I reluctantly peeked at their setlist from the show the night before, and it was a show from Winterland ‘77.  

 

They played 2 consecutive nights at Winterland in ‘77 (IIRC), so I was pretty sure they would play the second show the night we were going to see them.  Turns out they did, and I knew the entire set list before they played.  Kind of ruined the show for me.

[row_33]

10 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

I like to be surprised, personally.  I saw Dark Star Orchestra a couple summers ago (unreal Grateful Dead cover band).  They play entire sets from real GD shows.  I reluctantly peeked at their setlist from the show the night before, and it was a show from Winterland ‘77.  

 

They played 2 consecutive nights at Winterland in ‘77 (IIRC), so I was pretty sure they would play the second show the night we were going to see them.  Turns out they did, and I knew the entire set list before they played.  Kind of ruined the show for me.

 

the only way you could say the show was kind of ruined?  i've listened to various sources many many times......