Bucket List!
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@NTA Yeah, I mentioned on the other thread I saw them in London quite a few years ago. They played 4 nights in a row I think, and there were fairly mixed reviews on their concerts - I think it depended on how hammered they were before they went on stage.
The once I went to was good though. They did have to restart one song though if I remember correctly due to the bassist fucking it up.
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Phase 1 report ... I may have seen these bands in the wrong order.
Metallica on Friday night. Without a doubt, one of, if not the best live concerts I've been to. Every single thing about the concert was incredible. The band themselves are second only to Shihad at the energy they produce on stage, the sound was brilliant (fuck it was loud though), lighting show fantastic, and the back drop to the band was 5 screens about 15 metres high, so no matter where you were, you got a hell of a show.
The band were tight, but still loose enough to you felt like you were at a gig and not just listening to the radio. Hetfield is still the master of the frontman, Hammett smashes out solos with energy and enthusiams, Ulrich - he's the old man with his full grey beard and beanie but does a great job and then there is the beast that is Trujillo - tough gig making bass playing look cool as fuck, but he does it.
Setlist was awesome - can see it here http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica/2017/asiaworld-arena-hong-kong-hong-kong-3bf880f4.html
As a fellow metalhead punter said ... even the new songs you didn't know were fucking amazing .. and they are usually the shit part of any concerts. If you guys get the chance, go and seem them on this tour. Epic.
I can't see for the life of me how GnR are going to even come close.
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@MajorRage yea I've been keeping an eye on the set lists from this tour, they look alright. Might have to go when they get to Aus
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You won't regret it. They nailed they setlist for me. Didn't play Fuel for a start, and the only additional song I would have like to see was Hit The Lights. But did get Seek & Destroy & Battery, so I can't complain ...
I wasn't aware they were heavily restricted on what they could play in China. Hetfield gave a great interview on that. Media were trying to really stir shit up about due to the censoring etc etc and I think were expecting fuck you style response, but he just said ..
“Why shouldn’t you respect their culture when you’re there as a guest and you’ve been invited to play? We want to be respectful, and just because we do things differently, it doesn’t mean it should be forced upon [others]. But hopefully we’ll keep coming back and they’ll realise we’re not a threat politically and we have no agenda except to cross boundaries with music and let people enjoy the songs. We’re not trying to bring a secret message to anybody.”
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What kind of fucking piston wristed gibbon goes to GnR and spends all night on his phone taking selfies and videoing himself?
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@mariner4life said in Bucket List!:
What kind of fucking piston wristed gibbon goes to GnR and spends all night on his phone taking selfies and videoing himself?
Millenials.....
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@mariner4life said in Bucket List!:
What kind of fucking piston wristed gibbon goes to GnR and spends all night on his phone taking selfies and videoing himself?
Me on Saturday?.....
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@mariner4life The kind of piston wristed gibbon that wanks on about huttites and then goes and spends an evening locked in a stadium with them?
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@Bones bingo!
Don't forget "dressed like one"
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@mariner4life That jacket is an abomination.
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I guess I'm lucky in that the opinions of swarthy creeps with bad facial hair, pink shirts and rats tails don't bother me too much. It was a case of spot the person NOT on their phone. Just the way things are these days. I expect similar wankery from @Hooroo this Saturday hopefully minus the rain.
Axl looks just like Donald Trump these days. It's quite eerie. They opened with 'it's so easy' which no one guessed during the pre drinks but rocked straight into ' Mr Brownstone' after that. They did all the big hits ( except 'Patience' which didn't bother me as I think it's a crap song ) predictiably finishing with 'November Rain' and 'Paradise City' and completely bringing the house down. The gig was fucken brilliant although with the wind and sound issues there were a couple of crackly moments. Nice of Slash to give the other guitarist some leads and Duff sung a song too ( he's a bloody solid bass player ) Axls voice was amazingly almost as good as ever.
I still hate 'Knocking on heaven's door' but that gave me ample time to have a piss. Things didn't wrap up til nearly 12 so I'm expecting a few strongly worded comments on Stuff.co.nz complaining about that. Bloody good getting a park on Thorndon Quay too.
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@MN5 said in Bucket List!:
I expect similar wankery from @Hooroo this Saturday hopefully minus the rain.I expect if I did that, the feed would only be of Kylie and I bitchin and moaning how long the drink queues are......
Although apparently in Daimond area, there are stalls just for people in that area which would be sweet child of mine!Looking forward to it. Was kind of surprised that it look like a predominately older crowd?
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@Hooroo said in Bucket List!:
@MN5 said in Bucket List!:
I expect similar wankery from @Hooroo this Saturday hopefully minus the rain.I expect if I did that, the feed would only be of Kylie and I bitchin and moaning how long the drink queues are......
Although apparently in Daimond area, there are stalls just for people in that area which would be sweet child of mine!Looking forward to it. Was kind of surprised that it look like a predominately older crowd?
There was all ages really. Gotta remember that a 20 something year old who bought Appetite for Destruction ( still the biggest selling debut album of all time ) is 50 odd now.
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@Bones it's like he's just walked off the set from being an extra on The Sopranos
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@NTA when Dad says shall we go for a walk he'll say no thanks?
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@taniwharugby he would want to erase the memory of getting whipped by his little sister in the walk back, while he cried like a little bitch.
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@mariner4life said in Bucket List!:
@Bones it's like he's just walked off the set from being an extra on The Sopranos
