Radiohead Roll Call

[dave24]

Cool - I'm old.  I can live with that.
 
 But, while cutting an opening set is pretty much unheard of.  Nope, I've never seen it happen (and since I'm old, I've seen even more shows than you - promise).   BUT - adapting to extreme conditions for the sake of all concerned is NOT unheard of.  There's a first time for everything.  If it makes sense to all concerned - go for it.  So what that Liars gets one les set on the tour.  How many people who watched them last night are buying the album anyway?
 
 With the roads and weather as they were, the band and venue could have been a bit more creative in how they handled it.  RH could have played their full set, and people could have been on their way to their heated cars, and their navigation of the even worse road conditions at Nissan than usual.
 
 You won't change my mind that it was self-indulgent, and borderlined irresponsible.

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Muffel:
 Missed the show as well and i did post a review on Yelp and wrote the Nissan Pavilion Costumer Service! Not sure if it matters but you should let them know! Customerservice@nissanpavilion.com
 Good luck and let me know if you get any replies.

what would people ask them to do?  i'm honestly curious.
 
 the main problem yesterday was weather and ungodly amounts of rain, nothing that management can change.  remove the rain, and yesterday's show would have been ok - usual traffic concerns, obviously.
 
 what nissan really needs is more roads going out of their parking lots and to Hwy 66.  that's just not going to happen, given the co$t and i suspect the neighborhood's displeasure with the venue (they don't want it to expand).
 
 i didn't experience any problems yesterday with nissan staff.

[dave24]

Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
   
 
 Radiohead did not drop the ball here, Nissan did.
 
 

I do agree that the lionshare of this lies at Nissan Pavilion's feet.
 
 I'm not even entirely asking for a shortened set.  But, moving it to a bit of an earlier slot couldn't have possibly been the worst thing in the world.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by dave24:
   

Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
   
 
 Radiohead did not drop the ball here, Nissan did.
 
 

I do agree that the lionshare of this lies at Nissan Pavilion's feet.
 
 I'm not even entirely asking for a shortened set.  But, moving it to a bit of an earlier slot couldn't have possibly been the worst thing in the world. [/b]

sorry, but thats the worst solution i've ever heard.

[manimtired]

apparently we are in a state of global cooling for the next 10 years now so having this show at nissan was fine  :roll:

[Arthwys]

Hate to interrupt the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of  how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees?  Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?

[amnesiac]

It was pretty miserable getting there, but I don't think it would've been that bad if it wasn't for the rain. A friend who had a head start on us told my group about a back way in. So he got in with minimal traffic, but I think by the time we got there, that entrance had just closed because of flooding. Fortunately, we still got in on time to see the whole set. We paid for the premium parking which was probably the best decision ever. We got out of the parking lot relatively quickly and made it back to DC in a little over an hour.
 
 Nissan still sucks, and I wouldn't go there for any other band. But this was the first time I ever got pit tix to see them, and so I was pretty happy. Amazing show, and I can't wait to see 'em again at APW. Hopefully, the weather is better for that...
 
 Seriously, it's unbelievable the luck DC fans have with the weather. I guess if we're ever in a drought, we should just call Radiohead...

[nkotb]

If Radiohead = Bad area weather, then I blame them for my 13 hour drive home from a wedding in Charlotte, NC.  Even parts of Rt. 1 were closed.

[distance]

Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Not to disparage the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of  how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees?  Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?

fake plastic trees is not uncommon for them to play.
 they've played it roughly half the times i've seen them.  'high and dry' is the song from the bends (that was a single) that they never play.  it hasn't been played since at least 1997.  i'd say you're as likely to hear FPT as you are to hear 'just'.

[lancha]

Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Hate to interrupt the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of  how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees?  Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?

It's the first time they've done it on this tour, which is pretty cool. Also, it was a very last minute decision to play it. I got a picture of the setlist from the stage crew, and Fake Plastic Trees wasn't on it.
 
 So my guess is they decided to play it at the last minute for the fans who got here late (it was dedicated to those "stuck in the rain"). That's pretty cool of them.

[lancha]

Also, if anyone is curious, here is what they soundchecked:
 
 Knives Out
 2+2=5
 Jigsaw (about 3 or 4 times actually)
 All I Need
 Down is the New Up
 
 too bad we didn't get DITNU - but still, amazing setlist.

[Arthwys]

Originally posted by distance:
   

Originally posted by Arthwys:
  Not to disparage the bitchfest that I've been thoroughly enjoying, but has anyone any real idea of  how long it's been since Radiohead has performed Fake Plastic Trees?  Or how rare it is for them to perform it in the last few years?

fake plastic trees is not uncommon for them to play.
 they've played it roughly half the times i've seen them.  'high and dry' is the song from the bends (that was a single) that they never play.  it hasn't been played since at least 1997.  i'd say you're as likely to hear FPT as you are to hear 'just'. [/b]

Ah, I see.  Thanks.  As a side note, from reading all of these various comments all over the web, it seems I barely made it in through the "back way" (ball ford road) before it flooded.  When I arrived at Nissan at 7pm there was a massive and very deep area of standing water nearly completly covering the entirety of both lanes of the road just before the entrance.  I wouldn't be surprised if it had caused the closure of that road within 20 minutes after I passed it.

[dave24]

Originally posted by Erinaceous Sonickus:
 sorry, but thats the worst solution i've ever heard. [/QB]

Ok, so what would your solotion have been?  9,200+ posts to this message board... do you have some words of wisdom for us all about it?  Or, do you just want to shoot other people down?
 
 I'm fine with either really (although personally, if I had posted almost 10,000 on ANY message board, I think I'd tell myself to get a freaking life - but that's just me...)

[sonickteam2]

Heres another fun story:
 
   When we got in and i went to get my wife a coffee and me a beer i ordered...she very rudely told me "no coffee or hot chocolate." So i just ordered a beer. $8, fair enough.
 
   Gave her a $10 she gave me $2 back and as i was getting ready to walk away she says "can i have a tip?"  and i said "yeah, get some hot chocolate over here, its fucking cold out!"
 
   can i have a tip?  please.

[eros]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  what nissan really needs is more roads going out of their parking lots and to Hwy 66.  that's just not going to happen, given the co$t and i suspect the neighborhood's displeasure with the venue (they don't want it to expand).
 

Correct answer.  What does the Nissan Pavilion do for Prince William county (besides a tax payment)?  Nothing.  It's not like MPP or the Verizon Center where the surrounding neighborhood benefits economically by having patrons hang out in their bars and restaurants before and after the show.  All it does for the county residents is fuck up their traffic 2-3 times a week during the summer (I've got a friend who lives off of Linton Hall road) and drain their resources for police and traffic control.
 
 So what incentive does PW county have for helping the place out?  I'd be curious to see what the arrangement is between the county and Live Nation for revenue, taxes, etc..
 
 The reason the Nissan Pavilion continues to operate is the same reason people continue to pay $4/gallon for gasoline.