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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: wml7 on June 10, 2008, 12:57:00 pm
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I'm in.
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i'll be there.
i think i'm in row bb.
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LC U, I think thats a good seat
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I'll be there. Center somewhere...
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wow, you posted twice just to tell people you were going to a concert. must be important. maybe it will be the post's rumour of the week.
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I'll be on the lawn. Very excited for this, I haven't been to a large show with three bands that I actually like in a long time.
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I'm there...will be in Club 932 for
Modest Mouse as they basically drive me nuts. Will wear my 9:30 Club button.
Seats are Left Orch, Row FF
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Lawn here as well.
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Ill be there as well, cant remember the seats though
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I picked up tickets in the center section row T on ticketmaster earlier today. I think there are still similar seats available right now if anyone still needs tix.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
wow, you posted twice just to tell people you were going to a concert. must be important. maybe it will be the post's rumour of the week.
who me?? great
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Wouldn't miss it. I'll be right down front. I saw them in Raleigh last night. Johnny Marr, Don Dixon and Mitch Easter all sat-in. Great mix of old and new stuff. Can't wait for tonight.
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I'll be there tonight.
Raleigh setlist. (http://www.backstreets.com/btx/viewtopic.php?p=1309529&sid=abc10d69abd792db33da89d36d7c82a8)
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Johnny Marr, Don Dixon and Mitch Easter all sat-in.
Oh man, how incredible.
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So a couple thoughts on the REM show.
1) the National were good good! Its nice to see an opening band win over hundreds of fans in the course of 30 minutes. When they went on, about 12 people stood up...when they went off, about 2000. cool.
2) Well, I figured out that I really dont like very many bands who dont "sing". Modest Mouse falls into this category...so does Jon Spencer, Sleater-Kinney, Nick Cave....I just cant stand it. Johnny Marr was alright though and man does that singer SWEAT!
3) Michael Stipe may be like 55 but he still acts 30 and thats pretty cool.
4) REM has so many damn songs its like they played for 2 hours and still had like 20 songs off the top of my head i can remember them not playing!
5) Stipe kicked me in the head when he was sitting on the subwoofers next to the stage.
6) One of the guys in the band now looks like Jerry Garcia.
7) When Stipe pulled out the Obama button (he was nice enough to wait to get campaign-ey til the end, half of the crowd boo-ed. Yes, Michael, most of your fans are now old enough that they only care about themselves and vote Republicsn. :)
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
When Stipe pulled out the Obama button (he was nice enough to wait to get campaign-ey til the end, half of the crowd boo-ed. Yes, Michael, most of your fans are now old enough that they only care about themselves and vote Republicsn. ;)
maybe in the pavilion. out on the lawn i didnt really hear any boos
sure were alot of really drunk 50 year olds though
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
When Stipe pulled out the Obama button (he was nice enough to wait to get campaign-ey til the end, half of the crowd boo-ed. Yes, Michael, most of your fans are now old enough that they only care about themselves and vote Republicsn. ;)
maybe in the pavilion. out on the lawn i didnt really hear any boos
sure were alot of really drunk 50 year olds though [/b]
In the pit. Tons of boos.
oh old people.
if it's any indication of the crowd - I got these texts from a friend across the pit:
"in the row in front of us i think there are swingers. there are five couples all over 45 and i think they will watch REM and then go home and have sex with each other. i think they are the cast of that new cbs show 'swingtown'"
and a little later:
"i'm sorry you don't have swingers in front of you. i see capri pants, sequins and an eye patch"
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amazing show, Let Me In was phenomenal, (Dont Go Back To) Rockville a highlight, I cant vote in this country, but when that Obama pin appeared in the screen, I cheered my lungs out.
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anyone wanna carpool to philly on wed??
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Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
anyone wanna carpool to philly on wed??
Man, if work weren't...well, work, I'd LOVE to go.
Some thoughts on thoughts here:
- Stipe is only 48. Folks still are, like, alive and doing well at 48.
- There was no way I could make it for The National, but glad they hopefully made new fans and were well received. They deserve it.
- Jerry Garcia dude is Scott McCaughy, who was in the Young Fresh Fellows (which certainly comes off as ironic based on his appearance) and now is in the Minus Five with Buck, and the Venus Three with Buck and Robyn Hitchcock. He's been the fifth member of REM (both in the studio and on the road) for a long time. Maybe 10 years?
- Crowd was pretty interesting. Very into it, which is all I really ask.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
When Stipe pulled out the Obama button (he was nice enough to wait to get campaign-ey til the end, half of the crowd boo-ed. Yes, Michael, most of your fans are now old enough that they only care about themselves and vote Republicsn. ;)
He got a very similar reaction in Berkeley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o9IuFeULmg&feature=related), well, except that is was the exact opposite. And this, after he told the "old people" from the Bay Area that chardonnay drinkers were not his people.
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to the right of us we had two 50 year old couples that were really hammered and looked like they were ready for golf
behind us we had a group of teenage girls that grabbed my ass serveral times
but uh, the national was great, i actually enjoyed modest mouse somewhat, and rem was really fun. mike sure is a trooper wearing that suit all night
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
behind us we had a group of teenage girls that grabbed my ass serveral times
Well, lets be honest. When you shake it like that it's hard not to.
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
if it's any indication of the crowd - I got these texts from a friend across the pit:
"in the row in front of us i think there are swingers. there are five couples all over 45 and i think they will watch REM and then go home and have sex with each other. i think they are the cast of that new cbs show 'swingtown'"
thats funny!!! I had these 2 cougars in the front row talking to me all night long. One even tried to buy me a beer.
Another thing i noticed is that there wasnt one single t-shirt worn at the show last night. collared shirts for everyone...and yes, many capri pants. arent those out of style already?
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Another thing i noticed is that there wasnt one single t-shirt worn at the show last night. collared shirts for everyone...
The people watching at our show was over the top. We were playing a new game: guess which era REM the bald guy is trying to imitate.
Endless enjoyment.
And for the record, I had on my 9:30 club t-shirt. Collared shirts on the weekends are for pussies.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
behind us we had a group of teenage girls that grabbed my ass serveral times
Well, lets be honest. When you shake it like that it's hard not to. [/b]
gotta use what god gave you, what can i say
tshirt for me too
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Likely BECAUSE I have so much work to do, I'm reading about R.E.M. Interesting article (http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/Other%20R.E.M..htm) from 1996, just as they signed their Warner mega-deal and folks were wondering how soon the demise of the band would come. This is before Bill Berry leaves the band, but after that tough Monster tour with all the emergency medical procedures.
Of note, Buck talking about what the future may hold. You know, way far away like when he's 50. He's 51 now.
"We're trying to keep it as forward-looking as possible and not embarass ourselves, and I think we're suceeding," Buck says. "I want to be the one. There's never been a rock band that's lasted and kept at it. I'm 39 now. By the time every one of the major classic great bands, when the songwriters were my age, they had been a nostalgia band for 10 years, or five years at the very best. I want to be the one. U2--they're our age--maybe the two of us can do that. I want to be 50 and turn in a record that's great. And I know that probably then we're not gonna sell 10 million copies, and that's cool. It would be nice if we could gold and have people go, 'You know, those old fuckers really keep at it. No matter what people say, it's a really good record.' It will all trail down--we won't be sitting in four trailers talking; I'll be on the phone with you--but I think that I can do this when I'm 50.
"I've seen a lot of the pitfalls that bands have gone through, and I'm going to try to avoid most of those," Buck continues. "Everybody makes mistakes, and maybe mine won't be to become a nostagia act. But if I find myself playing 800-seat clubs and all of us are on one bus, I could do that. Maybe not every night of the year, but we're not stupid people, I'm not going to have to work like that. We're talking about maybe doing a theater tour some time, and maybe having a vibes player and a cello player and a piano player and doing some of the quieter stuff. Which is something I could do when I'm 50."
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Good show overall. The National was pretty good. Interpolish and Walkmen like. Modest Mouse was good too. REM put on a great show. One of the bands I always wanted to see. This time decided to park in the mall lot instead of main entrance. Much faster getting out.
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oh yeah, we hung out for maybe 15 minutes after rem got off and got out of the main lot really quick. only took maybe an hour and 15 minutes to get all the way back to sterling. that was a nice little bonus
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I was actually surprised how many young people i saw having a great time.
But it was interesting during Driver 8 (and probably others) where the old folks were clearly more fired up.
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Yeah I was surrounded by people of Cocoon.
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The band is TWENTY SEVEN years old. Get over the old people all around you. It'd be far weirder if it was a "generation millenium" crowd.
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Originally posted by Bags:
The band is TWENTY SEVEN years old. Get over the old people all around you. It'd be far weirder if it was a "generation millenium" crowd.
bwahahaha. that's older than i am. :D
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Originally posted by Bags:
The band is TWENTY SEVEN years old. Get over the old people all around you. It'd be far weirder if it was a "generation millenium" crowd.
i noted the grabby teens behind me
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Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by Bags:
The band is TWENTY SEVEN years old. Get over the old people all around you. It'd be far weirder if it was a "generation millenium" crowd.
bwahahaha. that's older than i am. :D [/b]
i am stupid, move along.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Originally posted by miss pretentious:
Originally posted by Bags:
The band is TWENTY SEVEN years old. Get over the old people all around you. It'd be far weirder if it was a "generation millenium" crowd.
bwahahaha. that's older than i am. :D [/b]
isnt Generation Millenium the same as Gen Y?
sure you arent that young, miss p! [/b]
"Generation Y (sometimes referred to as "the Millennials") refers to a specific cohort of individuals born from around 1982 to 1997."
Yes. I fit into that category.
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Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
Another thing i noticed is that there wasnt one single t-shirt worn at the show last night. collared shirts for everyone...and yes, many capri pants. arent those out of style already? [/b]
You're worried about if capri pants are no longer in style? Really?
Wow - all that posting to this board, and THAT'S the best you can do? Niiiiiiiiiice You ROCK!!
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Photos here:
http://www.informationleafblower.com/blog/archives/2008/06/rem-young-despi.html (http://www.informationleafblower.com/blog/archives/2008/06/rem-young-despi.html)
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Originally posted by dave24:
You're worried about if capri pants are no longer in style? Really?
Oh, and the answer is no. Man-pri's are totally in style.
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I loved all the bands. Modest Mouse completely redeemed themselves for me! (I had seen them at the Black Cat about 7 years ago and they were terrible)
Loved the setlist, loved REM....loved the Obama stuff.
There were a bunch of people wearing t-shirts around me :) and also some dude who didn't stop taking pictures the entire time...
wish I could go again.
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So were parachute pants at one time. Doesn't make them any more attractive.
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by dave24:
You're worried about if capri pants are no longer in style? Really?
Oh, and the answer is no. Man-pri's are totally in style. [/b]
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Soooooo, I missed the Merriweather R.E.M. show, because I went to see the Deal Sisters instead, BUT...
I caught the Boston R.E.M. show last night, and I'm just getting settled from the Jones Beach show tonight.
WOW. They are on FIRE.
Setlist wise, I heard things I NEVER thought that I would hear, and performance-wise, I want to bring back up what someone said about Stipe being the ultimate front man. He. Wins.
Tonight's show was completely and entirely drenched and the show went on, at the Jones Beach amphitheater, completely outdoor, in the middle of a lightning storm! I loved it! They knew that the die-hards were left in the audience (Seriously, like 70% of the audience left once it started raining, which was in between Modest Mouse and when they would've gone on), so they played a BUNCH of rare stuff they never do. The written setlist was WAY better than what they actually played, but even still, it was amazing.
After seeing the two, I'd definitely say that Boston was better than Jones Beach, but that I'm definitely in for Philly and maybe the MSG show later this week! Whooooo!
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Tonight's show was completely and entirely drenched and the show went on, at the Jones Beach amphitheater, completely outdoor, in the middle of a lightning storm! I loved it! They knew that the die-hards were left in the audience (Seriously, like 70% of the audience left once it started raining, which was in between Modest Mouse and when they would've gone on), so they played a BUNCH of rare stuff they never do. The written setlist was WAY better than what they actually played, but even still, it was amazing.
The main level seemed pretty full from my POV. I'd say at least 50% of the crowd was still there. After they got started it was tons of fun. Kind of a drag that we got the shortest show of the tour though. After standing in the pouring rain all night, we got like 4-5 songs fewer than most other shows. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", "So. Central Rain" and "1,000,000" made it worth the drive though. Fun show - just a little short.
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psst... (http://www.bigozine2.com/archive/ARrarities08/ARremdublin.html)
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Thank you :)
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Tonight's show was completely and entirely drenched and the show went on, at the Jones Beach amphitheater, completely outdoor, in the middle of a lightning storm! I loved it! They knew that the die-hards were left in the audience (Seriously, like 70% of the audience left once it started raining, which was in between Modest Mouse and when they would've gone on), so they played a BUNCH of rare stuff they never do. The written setlist was WAY better than what they actually played, but even still, it was amazing.
The main level seemed pretty full from my POV. I'd say at least 50% of the crowd was still there. After they got started it was tons of fun. Kind of a drag that we got the shortest show of the tour though. After standing in the pouring rain all night, we got like 4-5 songs fewer than most other shows. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?", "So. Central Rain" and "1,000,000" made it worth the drive though. Fun show - just a little short. [/b]
did either of you make it to the prior torrential downpour at summerstage?? luckily that show was free for everyone, but that was a nightmare... born ruffians set was cut short once the thunder/lightning started. finally kid sister came on - and another downpour started. and a few moments of no rain and then another downpour during vampire weekend.
one of the wettest shows ive ever been to. missed seeing rem there but cant wait till thursday night. then followed up by the cure. sweet jesus! this is going to be an awesome week for me.
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Apparently Eddie Vedder came out last night with R.E.M. in Philly.
Ugh, WISH I was there.
Tonight I'm betting Patti Smith will come out and they'll do E-Bow the Letter. I *will* be at that, puking or not!
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ok - so i just got home and im dead tired, but i must say that was one awesome show tonight! a lot of highlights for new york. 'leaving new york' sounded really great (first time playing it?? or one of the first.. cant quite recall at the moment).
i love harbourcoat (and ive avoided all set lists) so i was really excited to hear that.
fall on me sounds as great as ever.
mills singing dont go back to rockville was awesome.
johnny marr played on 2 songs during the encore - beyond awesome!
i cant stand modest mouse - but marr makes the band! loved the national - so nice to see them back in their hometown.
the new stuff sounds phenomenal live. ignoreland - sounded great (some political commentary that got booed).. losing my religion was pretty cool. love pretty persuasion.
yeah great set. 2 hours of pure f'ing heaven.
i cant wait to see how the cure turns out tomorrow night.
the only downside - the morons in my section who wouldnt stand the whole set and yelled at people for standing. then security came and said we all had to sit. WTF is wrong with people.
oh and they saw tom petty there (at msg) 2 nights ago. pretty cool.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
ok - so i just got home and im dead tired, but i must say that was one awesome show tonight! a lot of highlights for new york. 'leaving new york' sounded really great (first time playing it?? or one of the first.. cant quite recall at the moment).
i love harbourcoat (and ive avoided all set lists) so i was really excited to hear that.
fall on me sounds as great as ever.
mills singing dont go back to rockville was awesome.
johnny marr played on 2 songs during the encore - beyond awesome!
i cant stand modest mouse - but marr makes the band! loved the national - so nice to see them back in their hometown.
the new stuff sounds phenomenal live. ignoreland - sounded great (some political commentary that got booed).. losing my religion was pretty cool. love pretty persuasion.
yeah great set. 2 hours of pure f'ing heaven.
i cant wait to see how the cure turns out tomorrow night.
the only downside - the morons in my section who wouldnt stand the whole set and yelled at people for standing. then security came and said we all had to sit. WTF is wrong with people.
oh and they saw tom petty there (at msg) 2 nights ago. pretty cool.
Ditto to all that. Setlist was "okay", but yeah, Harbor Coat is AMAZING, and Leaving New York is a tour debut. I'm all about Man Sized Wreath (WOW!) and I'm Gonna DJ. Hopefully there's gonna be a 2nd leg of their tour come October. Fingers crossed for a Constitution Hall date.
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Apparently Eddie Vedder came out last night with R.E.M. in Philly.
Yep - He and Michael traded verses on "Begin The Begin".
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Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
Ditto to all that. Setlist was "okay", but yeah, Harbor Coat is AMAZING, and Leaving New York is a tour debut. I'm all about Man Sized Wreath (WOW!) and I'm Gonna DJ.
Agree about the setlist. I thought it dragged a little in the middle, but after "Rockville" they were pretty much on fire. "Harborcoat", "Pretty Persuasion" and "Begin The Begin" - yowza.