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11 hours ago, u2roolz said:

I don’t remember either. It’s been years since I’ve dusted off that cd. According to Wikipedia, 2 songs are from Red Rocks: Gloria and Party Girl. 1 is from Boston and the rest are from Germany. Yeah, that video was awesome for early U2.

I'm pretty sure I have a boot of the whole Red Rocks show somewhere. I'll have to look. That would be something I would grab.

5 minutes ago, u2roolz said:

Damn! That would have been amazing to see them in the early 80s. Those were both incredible tours. I wish that there was more footage of The Unforgettable Fire tour. I’m sure you’ve dug into the Rattle & Hum documentary footage that’s floating around on YouTube.

Jealous! Super Jealous! I was just a bit too young to catch that, even the summer stadium tour. 😢I’m curious which show it was, since most of that indoor tour was bootlegged extremely well. I think every show was recorded.

I was always upset that they never released a cd of the actual Red Rocks concert. They sort of came close when they released a digital only 4 song set from that show about a year ago. I have the bootleg though and the sound is pretty stellar. 

The Zoo TV arena show I saw was the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA. I think they did 2 nights & I went to the first one. The War show I saw was in the Paramount Theater in Seattle. That one was pretty stunning, too. The audience kept singing 40 for a real long time after the band left the stage & Bono broke up a fight down front during the show.

1 hour ago, Analogman said:

They are probably one of the few bands I listened to that were current when I was young (early 1980s) and still listen to today. But yea - I have never seen them. My dream would have been to see them on The Unforgettable Fire or The Joshua Tree tour.

I saw an early pre-stadium show of Zoo TV with Pixies opening. That show was unreal. First time I saw them was the War tour in a theater, so I've pretty well covered the venue spectrum. They played a bar here on their first tour when I was 20. Unfortunately, the drinking age is 21 here. Not fair as the band is the same age as me!

5 minutes ago, Analogman said:

Aha - I have never seen the band live. So I have not heard about that.

They're fantastic live. I always go in skeptically as Bono wears on me but I always leave blown away. The last 2 shows I've seen were the 360 & the Joshua Tree a few years ago. I don't know how they do it but they have damn near perfect sound in football staudiums. Musically those guys are locked in. I admire the Edge a lot. Fantastic musician with a world class rhythm section. They always have a great presentation, too. I imagine the thing they're going to do in Vegas will be mind blowing. & very expensive haha.

I listened to the Pageant show today. Weird listening to the band without either Jay or the current line-up. I think Jay was gone by then but I could be wrong.

1 hour ago, tinnitus photography said:

they occupy a strange place for me in terms of bands i love and seeing them. i was onto them pretty early; got a copy of Slay Tracks from a second hand dealer after grabbing the 10" and other early singles and saw them in 91 at the Middle East upstairs. always bought whatever record they were releasing and loved their material.

then i didn't see them again until that 2010 reunion; not sure why i never saw them when they were in their prime.

this tour is WAY better than the first reunion.

through the power and the beauty of the internet, someone actually recorded the show i went to:

 

I forget, did you make it to any of the NIN shows this tour? There were only 25 total, 2 of them at Boston Calling. As you know they were the pinch hitters for that festival filling in for Foo Fighters & Strokes. The last leg starting in Red Rocks & ending in Cleveland was phenomenal. I got lucky & was able to catch 2 shows in Oregon. My concert going days may be coming to an end soon & if that's the case the road trip was a good way to go out. Both shows I saw were amazing & very different from each other. Trent had a phenomenal band this touring cycle. He says if & when he plays live again it will be totally different. Can't wait to see what he comes up with next! 2 weeks later I'm still buzzing from the shows I saw. & I've seen hundreds of shows from my days in the music biz. Hard to get me riled up like that these days.

40 minutes ago, brownie said:

Ok, this is probably one of the most outrageous things I’ve seen yet:  Almost Queen, a Queen tribute band, is charging $100 + $25 fees = $125 for the best seats at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ.  A tribute band!  I’ve seen them and they’re very good, but holy cow, that price for a tribute band???!!!!  Maybe some insane people will pay that much for a tribute band. 

Yes, it's out of control unless you get a venue that's not run by AEG or LiveNation. Even that is hit & miss. I've been buying baseball tickets lately via Ticketmaster & surprisingly the fees aren't that bad for those. Playoff tickets are spendy though but MLB dictates that to a certain extent. I got 2 games yesterday that wll be refunded if the games don't happen & the fees were "only" about 10%. I have slowed way down on concerts though. I only have 2 on the books for the rest of the year & a few next year. If Jeff Beck tacks on a date in Seattle at the end of his tour I'll probably bite on that just because Jeff is getting up there. Unlike a lot of his peers, Jeff has lost nothing in his playing despite his age. He's always different, too. He was real important in my rock & roll growing up. He changed my whole musical path in 1976 when I saw him open for Aerosmith & he totally destroyed them. Have seen him a lot over the years & he always blows me away. I"m hoping if we do get a date it will be after Johnny Depp is done with the tour. If that doesn't happen it's Afghan Whigs next week & Flaming Lips with Particle Kid (yay!!!!) opening in November.

6 hours ago, tinnitus photography said:

Pavement, if they were a simile to an apex predator re: bands, would be a ravenous great shark who can sprint on land.

no band can touch them right now. 

Nice to know they've still got it. I saw them waaaaay early on in a tiny club. Can't remember what they were touring but it was a monumental show.

1 hour ago, uncool2pillow said:

Was supposed to see Old 97's tonight, but was pretty sick yesterday (neg. COVID). If anyone knows anyone in the Des Moines area who'd like to see them, let me know. Ticket's only $20.

feel better soon

10 hours ago, theashtraysays said:

Dana and I had just started our weeklong vacation on Sanibel Island on Saturday... Sunday was fabulous as was Monday morning!!

Today (Tuesday) AM they declared mandatory evacuation so we skedaddled up to St. Augustine - will overnight here (and then Asheville tomorrow) on our way on back to Kentucky. 

Sigh...

Glad you got out ok.

11 minutes ago, Boss_Tweedy said:

Afghan Whigs

Nice, please let us know how it is. I have tickets to see them in a few weeks. It looks like Greg is changing up the setlists some. I haven't seen "Faded" on any though which kind of bums me out. Love that song! & album for that matter.

Crowded House rescheduled for next spring. Hate waiting that long for shows!

40 minutes ago, brownie said:

Compared to what has happened to the price of concert tickets??  I am on the verge of being priced out of live music, but tomorrow I will see two movies at AMC for $5 each on Discount Tuesday.

I was looking at the IMAX of the Bowie movie. It was $25 in these parts. One of the things I really liked about the NIN tour was Trent has made an effort to keep things fan friendly. The shows were GA, $100. He could play much bigger venues & charge way more money. Even the merch was fan friendly. High quality t-shirts were $30 (really nice long sleeve $40). In comparison I went to Roger Waters Saturday (great show, not quite as good as the Us+Them tour. expensive though). He was charging $50 for a regular t-shirt. I let him keep mine. Trent is also taper friendly although not officially due to some contract stuff. He told the guy who runs ninlive.com that he would never make him take down the archive. I'm listening to a stunning tape of the second show I went to in Bend. Amazing performance & recording.

1 hour ago, Oil Can Boyd said:

I saw the David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream, the other night.  I'm really glad I saw it but wasn't crazy about it.  The live footage was incredible but, for me, the overall experience was sort of frenetic and monotonous.  I knew it wasn't a standard biopic but I would have liked hearing from someone other than clips of Bowie in interviews.      

I'm going to wait to watch it home. I've got a good enough sound system to enjoy it. The movies have gotten way too expensive since reopening after the pandemic.

At long last, Roger Waters tonight. I was looking at the tickets (yes, real tickets) & they were bought in January 2020, just a few days before we heard about COVID for the first time. I got good seats in the less expensive realm so I hung onto them. Looks like a lot of people went for the refund. Lots of tickets available.

12 hours ago, remphish1 said:

Afghan Whigs 

Seeing them in a few weeks. New record really good.

14 minutes ago, uncool2pillow said:

Right now, I really believe the future of rock is female. So many of new(ish) favorite artists. Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, The Beths are just a few examples.

Amyl & the Sniffers! I also really like Romero (another female led Aussie band). Link below for them on bandcamp. You can get the whole record for $1.

https://romeromelbourne.bandcamp.com/album/turn-it-on

On 9/10/2022 at 12:12 PM, brownie said:

Same.   40 minutes from my house, but still free and no transportation hassles.  

 

Transportation hassles/lack thereof has become an increasingly important deciding factor for me these days.

 

 

 

I knew Pat Dinizio a bit. Gone far too young. Miss his music. He was a really nice guy.

I'll write more about my NIN adventure a bit later as I'm not feeling too well but I just wanted to put a word out about the venue in Bend OR. NIN were so good that I continued on from Portland for the show in Bend. So glad I did. My back is pretty much destroyed from an 8 hour drive Saturday but I'm not complaining as I knew what I was getting into. When I came down from the mountains on the west side Saturday I found Seattle had turned into LA in Blade Runner from out of control wild fires. We had the worst air in the world on Saturday. It's cleared up some but it made me sick. I'm one of those people who get affected by that. Anyway, Wilco is playing the Hayden Homes Amphiteater in Bend later this month. It's the best "summer" venue I've ever been to. Super nice & extremely well organized. My ADA seat was close to the stage with a clear view & the ADA parking was right outside the gate. I was back at the hotel 15 minutes after the show ended. The people who work there & run it are very nice too. If you're in the area I'd recommend it. Bring a sweatshirt though as it do get chilly there at night in the high desert.

4 hours ago, kidsmoke said:

Chuck, allow yourself lots of extra time for the drive, and pull off and rest if you need to. And have a blast! Music heals.

Thanks. I'm packed up & ready to go. Leaving about 9:00 so I should be able to dodge rush hours. It's 3 hours to the hotel (only 10 minutes to the venue from the hotel) so it will be a good test. The old boy scout in me says to be prepared. I'm bringing extra clothes in case the drive goes better than I think. If it does, I'm very tempted to go to Bend OR for NIN Friday. It's another 3 hours beyond Portland. I know I can get a ticket for face value. I basically traded 2 Placebo tickets for 1 NIN ticket for the Portland show. I'm way more into NIN so it's a good deal. NIN change the setlists every night on the stand alone shows which is where the temptation comes in. I could pull it off in a frugal fashion if my body allows it. We shall see. 

PS: meeting some folks from Echoing the Sound forum down there which should be fun.

1 hour ago, worldrecordplayer said:

Sad news indeed. I got the impression from Hood's post that his passing was a surprise. 

There had been a post on 3DD early in August regarding a Go Fund Me effort for Wes. Evidently, he had cancer before & it went into remission but came back with a vengeance.

Wes Freed, the artist who did most of the art for Drive-by Truckers has passed away from cancer. 1 of my favorite artists. His run of album covers are amazing & I have at least 3 t-shirts with his art on them. He will be missed.

I was going to see Placebo next week but had got less enthusiastic about it after I heard a tape from earlier in the tour. They're not doing a lot of the songs I like anymore. Tried to sell the tickets, no takers. Then I got an email today saying the tour was postponed. I'm taking the refund & parlaying that into a ticket for Nine Inch Nails in Portland on Wednesday. Way more into that. Got a nice hotel with pool & hot tub for way reasonable money 3 miles from the venue. The only bad thing is the drive (2.5 hours each way) is going to hurt me bad. I'll deal with that as it looks like things are going to be worse in that department soon. Except for a hospital stay this will be the first time out of the house since before COVID. About time! NIN are 1 of my all time faves so I'm pretty excited.

14 minutes ago, dagwave said:

BTS/ and the Wilcos 

woooo

That's a pretty good double bill. Maybe you'll get a nice jam during the encore. When Young Fresh Fellows opened in October the jam with both bands on Helter Skelter was the best part of the show. Sloppy but extremely fun!