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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: kurosawa-b/w on July 01, 2003, 01:14:00 pm
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So I'm looking forward to my first Placebo concert experience tonight... Who else is going?
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I'm going. and also very much looking forward to it. I'm surprised it hasn't sold out.
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Not for me....
I really just think the new album is terribly bland and conceited.
Have fun though.... Let us know if they play lots of songs from the first two albums, then I might be regretful.
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I've never heard them but their name reminds me of childbirth.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I've never heard them but their name reminds me of childbirth.
placenta
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I imagine childbirth to be no less painful than having to listen all the way through their current album.
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I will be coming to 930 for the first time in like a month tonight!! Cant wait, i have never seen Placebo but they are one of my favourites. Hopefully they will play plenty of old stuff, thier new album has only half grown on me....
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I'll be there!
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i'll agree w/ sonickteam2, half of the album i like...i hope they'll sing few songs from the first album...however, it will be a refreshing event, bringing a breath of home, memories, youth!
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I've never heard them but their name reminds me of childbirth.
is that why you run so much? to lose the pregnancy chub?
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(First-time poster, long-time reader)
This will be my second time seeing Placebo, and they are one of my faves. Yes, their new album is very ??conceited?. That is one of the reasons I love them. Purely gratuitous arrogance!
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Originally posted by Andrew WK:
I imagine childbirth to be no less painful than having to listen all the way through their current album.
Childbirth may be longer than 50 minutes usually.
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Originally posted by BlueEyedAndDangerous:
(First-time poster, long-time reader)
This will be my second time seeing Placebo, and they are one of my faves. Yes, their new album is very ??conceited?. That is one of the reasons I love them. Purely gratuitous arrogance!
hello newbie,
Perhaps conceited wasnt a good choice of vocabulary....
Perhaps bland and comfortable.... Is it me of do Placebo use the same rhymes in all their songs?
Either way the current album doesnt go anywhere the last three had already been.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Childbirth may be longer than 50 minutes usually.
I know.... I just think that album is concentrated torture.
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Originally posted by Andrew WK:
Originally posted by BlueEyedAndDangerous:
(First-time poster, long-time reader)
This will be my second time seeing Placebo, and they are one of my faves. Yes, their new album is very ??conceited?. That is one of the reasons I love them. Purely gratuitous arrogance!
hello newbie,
Perhaps conceited wasnt a good choice of vocabulary....
Perhaps bland and comfortable.... Is it me of do Placebo use the same rhymes in all their songs?
Either way the current album doesnt go anywhere the last three had already been. [/b]
yes, they tend to use the same words/phrases in all of thier songs. sometimes i forget which song i am even listening to!
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Which makes me wonder why they get so much good press for this album?
I am beginning to think most British bands shouldnt be alowed to make more than three albums......
Radiohead and blur would also fit nicely into that.
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I agree that the current album isn't as good as the rest. But it is still good music.
(BTW: I also stand up for Saturday Night Live we everyone bashes the show. Nostalgia, I guess.)
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"There is a time when you have it, and then you lose it, and you can never get it back"
"But I think his later records are alright"
"yeah, they may be alright, but inside you know they're just... shite"
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I hope they play old stuff as well but nothing will top their 1st (?) show at 9:30 -- the one with the dreadful & departed Stabbing Westward and some other act I've blocked out. They played almost all of the first album. Our Lady of the Flowers was crushingly beautiful.
I certainly hope the crowd is better than last time -- nothing but rude, pogoing Eurotrash and an unfortunate goth-lite Lollipop Kid contingent.
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the first time the band was great but the crowd was much worse than the second time.....
"dude is that guy, like, gay"
"dude, he is gay"
DUDE YOU'RE GAY"
fucking genius stabbing westward fans.... As if stabbing westward was not a gay enough band name anyway.
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Hopefully with Placebo slipping out of general popularity, the crowd will be more true fans.
Who say, "Oh wow, I hope he's gay!"
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yeah im going,markie i will give you back your cds at the idlewild show
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Originally posted by bungle bud:
yeah im going,markie i will give you back your cds at the idlewild show
Alrighty then, have fun tonight. No getting up on stage and kissing Brian....
What kind of rock and roll name is Brian?
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Originally posted by Andrew WK:
Which makes me wonder why they get so much good press for this album?
I am beginning to think most British bands shouldnt be alowed to make more than three albums......
Radiohead and blur would also fit nicely into that.
say that about Radiohead ONE MORE TIME and i'll kill ya!
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
]say that about Radiohead ONE MORE TIME and i'll kill ya!
Quakey quakey quakey.......
Look mummy, "the emperor is naked".
Oh yes son, "And how fat and repulsive he has got".
"should we stay to point and laugh?"
"No, its just too abhorrent"
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Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
So I'm looking forward to my first Placebo concert experience tonight... Who else is going?
me, me; it'll be my first time too, should be an experience.
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Must second our dear Andrew/Markie...the new album is very blah. Even if they play a good selection from the first two, it still might not be worth $20 to stand through all the new stuff.
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Originally posted by Shiverintheshadows:
I certainly hope the crowd is better than last time -- nothing but rude, pogoing Eurotrash and an unfortunate goth-lite Lollipop Kid contingent.
i went to get my idlewild tickets tonight and i must say it was certainly a very goth lite crowd..............
note to kids in black...............goth only works if you don't have tans i'm sorry but you look way too healthy..........
better get anaemic quick.................
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I thought the show was pretty darn good, the sound towards the back could have shattered glass it was so sharp. All in all, I thought the new songs are pretty good, the older material was a lot of fun to hear. Always helps when the show is free too of course! :)
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I agree. Much better than their last tour. The set list sucked but they sounded great. Unfortunately, I somehow got sidetracked by a pretty girl, gin and tonics, and a candy necklace. Woke up with an email address on my hand that I can't decipher. I think it says surfer rosa.
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
note to kids in black...............goth only works if you don't have tans i'm sorry but you look way too healthy..........
better get anaemic quick.................
lulu, anemia and iron deficiencies are serious and not to be joked about! shame on you! :D
actually i do know a cool trick... if you rub a fairly pure gold ring on your cheek, it will turn black (as though you have been attacked by a pencil) where you traced the ring if you are iron deficient. when i noticed this, my friends immediately wrote bad words on my forehead and whiskers on my cheek. it was awesome!! haha
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sounds like placebo could use a lesson or two from pearl jam :D
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Originally posted by kosmo:
sounds like placebo could use a lesson or two from pearl jam :D
You think they should be mor grunge? haha, jk. The show, I thought, was great, although its true the setlist was kinda not cool. They couldve played Passive Aggressive and Peeping Tom, but Special K was esp cool to hear, thats thier best song i think. and the "Where Is My Mind" cover at the end was the icing on the cake. The crowd was jumping in the front, standing in the back and didnt seem to un-930ish to me. I got there late and managed to unrudely get about 10 feet from the stage, so that was cool.
Worth $20 definitely, but i wouldve picked PJ over Placebo had they not been at the Nissan Hellhole. I wouldnt even go see Radiohead there, unless it was thier only US show, which wont ever happen!
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So then.....
did they play anything off their masterwork first album?
Did they play for an hour and then have a two song encore?
Was the bass player tall and skinny?
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Originally posted by Andrew WK:
So then.....
did they play anything off their masterwork first album?
Did they play for an hour and then have a two song encore?
Was the bass player tall and skinny?
no
yes
sure
I have an attention span problem AND got there late, but i heard
The Bitter End
Black Eyed
Every Me, Every You
English Summer Rain
Without You I'm Nothing
This Picture
Special K
Slave To The Wage
Pure Morning
(not really in that order and i probably missed a couple)
the encore was that song i can never think of the name of, and then Where is My Mind was the last song.
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Thanks Sonic, you're the best.
so I missed pure morning and every you, every me....
$10 for each decent song....
I am not sure that would work well in the dollar per minutes of entertainment scale...
I made the right choice in resisting.
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I dunno...I really like "The Bitter End" and some of the other new tunes. I'd go see them again.
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
I dunno...I really like "The Bitter End" and some of the other new tunes. I'd go see them again.
I think This Picture is the best song on the new disc. And i would go see them again too. :)
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yeah i liked the sound but was really disappointed in the setlist. they didnt play some of the best songs: days before you came, 36 degrees, commercial for levi, nancy boy, and spite and malice! also, how could a first rate band like placebo end a set with a cover?!
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yeah i liked the sound but was really disappointed in the setlist. they didnt play some of the best songs: days before you came, 36 degrees, commercial for levi, nancy boy, and spite and malice! also, how could a first rate band like placebo end a set with a cover?!
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i had a particularly fabulous time being the obnoxious fangirl i am...
however i could have done without that guy in front of me informing everyone about his hard-on and throwing dollar bills at Stefan.
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good thing the dat player didn't have a hangover...
all the "hip" bands end their shows with a cover these days
or
is this cover thing becoming a cliche?
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
They couldve played Passive Aggressive and Peeping Tom, but Special K was esp cool to hear, thats thier best song i think. and the "Where Is My Mind" cover at the end was the icing on the cake. [/QB]
I totally agree with this!
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sorry for telling everyone about my hard on.
great show, brians hair was great, had my doubts about it when i first saw the pictures...but seeing it,wow,suits you sir.
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I thought it was a fantastic show. Somehow, I didn't think it would be that loud and hard? They rocked out and got a rapturous response from the crowd. I can't believe I've never seen them before. Great energy and great sound. I hope they come back.
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Originally posted by bungle bud:
sorry for telling everyone about my hard on.
Bragging will only bring the Melty Man...
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Originally posted by bungle bud:
sorry for telling everyone about my hard on.
great show, brians hair was great, had my doubts about it when i first saw the pictures...but seeing it,wow,suits you sir.
That wasn't you Bungle, that was the Black Markie. He was standing right in front of me for the 1st half of the performance. (Everyone shuffled around a lot.) I thought he was going to come all over himself. :D The set list was fair but I was very disappointed that they didn't perform Something Rotten. Never-the-less, the show was definitely worth attending. Anyone who says otherwise, wasn't there and doesn't know what they missed.
This was the first time that I've seen Placebo and was surprised at what a shrimp that Brian is. Not as Gay looking as I expeceted either....not that I cared. Just an observation.
Paige, you would have loved the bass player's body! :D He was really hot from the neck down. You might have even liked from the neck up but he was just too Freddy Mercury's younger Punkier brother above the neck for me. Not bad at all, just not my thing.
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Well Jag I have seen Placebo twice before.....
The last time I saw them, the previous time they played (with idlewild), I was very underwhelmed by their performance. Not playing their best songs infuriates me.
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jag you are indeed correct...i didnt have a hard on. but you fail to mention how great brian looked.
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You are one strange Bungle, arent you, Bungle
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What is with your childrens TV obsession?
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Originally posted by bungle bud:
jag you are indeed correct...i didnt have a hard on. but you fail to mention how great brian looked.
Well, I guess Brian looked okay. He just didn't visually excite me. Looked good for him, I guess. I preferred his music over his looks.
Sorry we didn't see you there. I would have liked to have introduced you to Kurosawa. We did make some more new friends who were great guys. It was a good night, all in all.
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rainbow was the greatest kids show ever, im sure you are aware of the show and its brilliance,i just took bungles name because he had a surname bud, im not aware of either zippy or george having one, plus bungle had all his limbs and a fondness for the man of the house.