Radiohead @ Merriweather

[eros]

The Merriweather closing thing came from another thread.  I don't see it happening either.  By far my favorite "large" venue in the area.

[Sir HC]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Sir HC:
 
 where the Who had a big riot in the early 70's.  

where DIDN'T the Who have a big riot in the early 70's is my question! [/b]

This one was classic, they tore up all the seats in the Pavillion (the audience, not the Who).  Merriweather didn't allow rock shows for about 2 years until Pink Floyd (Dark Side of The Moon tour I believe) made it back in.

[mjnova]

Originally posted by cal:
  mjnova
 
 do you have good tix or lawn seats like me
 
 i think a tarp sounds good

Seats luckily, but I've seen a few shows on the lawn (REM, Depeche Mode) and still had an excellent time.
 
 Also, if they tore down Merriweather I'd just stop going to big shows altogether.  Nissan and Bull Run aren't worth the trek and I have horrible luck with MCI (the last couple of times I've been there I've had litterally the worst seats in the house, in the veeeeeery back).  When I saw Zwan up in Towson or wherever that was, it was like being in a barn.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by mjnova:
   

Originally posted by cal:
  mjnova
 
 do you have good tix or lawn seats like me
 
 i think a tarp sounds good

Seats luckily, but I've seen a few shows on the lawn (REM, Depeche Mode) and still had an excellent time.
 
 Also, if they tore down Merriweather I'd just stop going to big shows altogether.  Nissan and Bull Run aren't worth the trek and I have horrible luck with MCI (the last couple of times I've been there I've had litterally the worst seats in the house, in the veeeeeery back).  When I saw Zwan up in Towson or wherever that was, it was like being in a barn. [/b]

Zwan?  and Ben Harper is a pox on music? lol.
 
   the Towson center is a bad place to see music. I saw Tribe Called Quest there years ago, and they were horrible sounding.  Oh and you forgot about the mecca of live music, the Patriot Center!! hahaha.  It is a shame that theres not many good large venues around.

[Metal Meltdown]

Merriweather isnt too bad, I have tickets for the Iron Maiden show coming up, I caught Black Sabbath there back in 1999, and I think Live/PJ Harvey a few years before that. I live in NOVA and Nissan is still a massive trek for me along the parking lot that is 66 to pay such outrageous prices. Ditto on the MCI Center, easier to get to, but I have a hard time justifying 50 bucks for nosebleeds in that place...

[mjnova]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  Zwan?  and Ben Harper is a pox on music? lol.
 
   the Towson center is a bad place to see music. I saw Tribe Called Quest there years ago, and they were horrible sounding.  Oh and you forgot about the mecca of live music, the Patriot Center!! hahaha.  It is a shame that theres not many good large venues around.

Ben Harper is awful.  Have you seen his soulless vapid takes on Motown Classics in standing in the shadow of motown?  God, Bootsy can't really sing but at least he gives his all.  Can't say that about Harper.
 
 Zwan needed to be seen to confirm that Billy has lost it.  Which he has.  He's the weakest member of his own group.  The whole is waaaaay less than the sum of the parts.  Lesson learned on that one.

[lily1]

while i don't mind a lot of the larger venues, for the ocassional show, nissan pavillion just needs to go. i can't think of one redeeming value about that place.
 
 the patriot center can be a royal pain in the ass, but depending on the show, the sound can actually be great. it was for david gray in january. 'course getting there and back without a car is an adventure.
 
 mci center, obviously for me, is easy as hell since i live 3 stops from there, esp when you buy your ticket half price from some guys because their friend is too hungover to make it to the show and they need to get rid of their extra ticket.
 
 bender arena has mediocre sound. wolftrap is great, but i think its more the concept and whole package that makes it such an enjoyable experience.
 
 and if you've been in dc long enough, you have a certain affinity for rfk. its just nostalgia.

[cal]

the last time i saw radiohead at merriweather they opened for alanis morisette.
 
 to clarify i wasnt there for her...
 
 
 anyone else?
 
 see i've been a fan for a loooooooong time

[mankie]

The best venue in DC (and the metropolitan area)without a doubt is the 930 club. The Black Cat gives me the feeling I'm in a church hall or something, probably with having the seats all the way at the back for your mums and dads. Sports arenas are meant for sporting events, and seating is designed for all to see down to the center of the arena not at one end, so there's not many really good seats to be had at MCI. Listner needs to be a movie theatre, and nothing in VA is worth the drive. Wolf Trap is the best of a bad bunch.

[mjnova]

Originally posted by lily1:
  while i don't mind a lot of the larger venues, for the ocassional show, nissan pavillion just needs to go. i can't think of one redeeming value about that place.
 
 the patriot center can be a royal pain in the ass, but depending on the show, the sound can actually be great. it was for david gray in january. 'course getting there and back without a car is an adventure.
 
 mci center, obviously for me, is easy as hell since i live 3 stops from there, esp when you buy your ticket half price from some guys because their friend is too hungover to make it to the show and they need to get rid of their extra ticket.
 
 bender arena has mediocre sound. wolftrap is great, but i think its more the concept and whole package that makes it such an enjoyable experience.
 
 and if you've been in dc long enough, you have a certain affinity for rfk. its just nostalgia.

Hell, RFK is the best stadium around.  It's got charm and charecter and a horrible futbol team who play there who I love anyway.
 
 Wolf Trap is actually really nice.  BUT, for the next 20 years or so, there won't be much I wanna see there.  The only reason I went before (and I'm going again) is to see Elvis C. do half a dozen tunes off of This Years Model, and hopefully Watching the Detective this time (or did he do that last time, my memory is going in my young age).

[Sir HC]

the 9:30 reminds me of a Roman colleseum, especially from the stage, you get that view of all those balconies.  You expect some dude in a toga to be giving the thumbs up/thumbs down from the top.
 
 Black cat I like the brick walls, sounds pretty good, and yeah the tables are a bit cafeteria like.  Still better than the old one.

[eros]

Speaking of venues, why does everyone love to rip on Constitution Hall?  I've been there a couple of times and thought the sound and view were pretty good.

[lily1]

iota is quite good. though, yeah, for a smallish venue, the 930 kicks ass.
 
 

Originally posted by mankie:
 and nothing in VA is worth the drive.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by mjnova:
 

Ben Harper is awful.  Have you seen his soulless vapid takes on Motown Classics in standing in the shadow of motown?  God, Bootsy can't really sing but at least he gives his all.  Can't say that about Harper.[/b]

Come on now.  If Ben Harper did more than 2 songs on that compilation I will kiss you. Plus, he didn't even write those songs, and may not have even wanted to be on that album or sing those songs. (we all know that musicians dont make ALL of thier own decisions). I think Harper has a style of his own, or of few, and one of the things i think makes him good is that he does put so much feeling into it.  you should pick up an album of stuff he wrote  

[sonickteam2]

are we in the wrong thread?
 
 whoops