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07-28-2018, 01:21 PM | #3631 |
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07-28-2018, 02:13 PM | #3632 |
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I don't want to write a super long review because we have so many good videos from this tour already, so here is my short take:
4/5 stars If you are going to see a celebration of the original SP with a lot of work put into paying tribute to those songs in their original form, this is your show and you will not be let down. Clocking in at around 3 hours, they played every hit song and nearly every single (except Perfect), and also found time to run through a lot of major fan favs (Hummer, Mayo, Porcelina, For Martha). The band looks like they are having fun and to see James getting into it as well was amazing considering how bored he looked in the Machina days. Also holy shit JAMES IHA! And his banter somehow made it feel more authentic than anything else. The playing is great, and the three originals fucking crushed it. Jeff sounds good and the third guitar is a good addition. His presence absolutely did not take away from the experience, people just want something dumb to complain about. Having him be able to fill in on 3rd guitar parts just made the band sound even bigger and badder and did help pay proper homage to the original recordings. Maybe it was just where I was sitting, but Landslide sounded messy, which is funny cause it sounded messy to me in 2008 last time i saw them too. The covers were fine as well, although unexpected. Definitely would have traded them for Geek or Fuck You, but no big deal. The "show" part of it was quite good. Very good lights and the backdrops were nice. Some very beautiful stuff. I loved the butterfly wings in Soma and the black and white SIYL images. Despite being 29 years old, I am still a weak maudlin baby and I did get kind of emotional through the intro and as people went nuts when Billy came out. As previously stated, we did not get upgraded and it was kind of crowded I think? Seemed to be anyway. Bottom line, this is not the original SP, but it is a tender, loving tribute to the original band. It's the best Billy has looked and sounded on stage in at least a decade (his voice sounded really good actually!) I would recommend going if any part of your heart is still tied up in the old music and you haven't become completely cynical towards it. |
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07-28-2018, 02:17 PM | #3633 |
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oh and then there was this from billy
"Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Siamese Dream" *cheering and applause* "Most of you were too young to be there, but it was quite special." |
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07-28-2018, 02:18 PM | #3634 |
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James: something about 420
Billy: yeah someone was just smoking some nasty weed up here James: They were like, "Duuuuuuuuuude it's 1979, gotta spark up now!" |
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07-28-2018, 02:22 PM | #3635 |
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was it you?
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07-28-2018, 02:24 PM | #3636 |
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People really waiting to the very last minute to buy tickets.
Right now on Stubhub, it says there are 995 people viewing tickets to the Philly show. |
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07-28-2018, 02:35 PM | #3637 |
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07-28-2018, 02:44 PM | #3638 |
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Last edited by amoergosum : 07-28-2018 at 02:51 PM. |
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07-28-2018, 02:59 PM | #3639 |
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unfortunately not, this venue had drug dogs! We rolled a joint for the show but it didn't seem like a good idea. A lot of people brought their little kids. Maybe if we had been up front standing it would have been fine (like the people smoking the "nasty" weed) but from where we were it would have been kind of sketchy.
the result was I paid 26 bucks for two 25oz Budweisers, yuck |
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07-28-2018, 03:01 PM | #3640 |
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BTW which one of you was it who brought your 6 and 8 year old kids and forced them to wear solara shirts under sweater vests cause your kids are gonna be fucked up
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07-28-2018, 03:09 PM | #3641 |
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drug dogs and $13 beers. thats some valley of the shadow of death type shit.
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07-28-2018, 03:32 PM | #3642 |
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07-28-2018, 03:58 PM | #3643 |
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Going tonight to Philly. What have the set times been?
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07-28-2018, 04:21 PM | #3644 |
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Pumpkins came on around 8 last night. I was confused because we got there at 7:40 and Metric had already finished even though the doors were at 7?
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07-28-2018, 04:54 PM | #3645 | |
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07-28-2018, 05:09 PM | #3646 |
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Jeff seems to be on a shorter leash which is a good thing. The acoustic guitar on Mayonaise is a nice addition. But his leads on Blew Away suck, not even close to the original song. Also the version of Landslide they’re doing bears little resemblance to the Pisces version and is pretty wack.
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07-28-2018, 05:54 PM | #3647 | |
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07-28-2018, 06:29 PM | #3648 | |
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I also think it's lame that the other members aren't involved in the video imagery. If you're gonna show big dumb Billy tarot cards, you may as well show ones with James and Jimmy as well. Make it a band experience. I think with a reunion, it would be suitable if the entire band walked on stage to start the show together. That way it gives the fans an opportunity to applaud everyone, but starting with simply Corgan kinda sets in motion that it's the Billy Corgan show... Sorta undermines James and Jimmy. Last edited by fuzzyroes : 07-28-2018 at 06:43 PM. |
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07-28-2018, 07:00 PM | #3649 | |
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07-28-2018, 07:36 PM | #3650 |
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fuzzyroes should be the art director
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07-28-2018, 07:58 PM | #3651 |
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Is it just me, or do most of Strawberry's videos seem to be aping the aesthetic of the Dude's bowling alley dream sequence in The Big Lebowski? I don't think it's intentional but that's what a lot of those weird videos last night reminded me of, visually.
Also, forgot to mention it in my review, but that outro solo for Porcelina fucking ROCKED. I might like it even better than the album version. So good. |
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07-28-2018, 09:14 PM | #3652 |
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Maybe traffic is bad to a lot of these venues, I dunno. However, it is kinda disappointing how empty the arenas are for Metric. Even during some of the beginning songs of the Pumpkins, you see people filing to their seats.
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07-28-2018, 09:41 PM | #3653 |
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Man, I'd do way better than Straw-tits... Guaranteed.
First artistic director decision of mine: in the video with all of the Billy tarot cards, there HAS to be a tarot card with Jimmy Chamberlins face illustrated to look all serious with 8 octopus tentacles coming out from it, all holding drumsticks. The tarot card will be shown on the screen during a part where Jimmy is going nuts... The whole arena would burst out in epic applause. The problem with Linda is that she simply doesn't have any original ideas. She just apes what everyone else is doing. |
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07-28-2018, 09:50 PM | #3654 |
Minion of Satan
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It'd be disappointing if they were actually a good band, maybe.
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07-28-2018, 10:37 PM | #3655 | |
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07-28-2018, 10:51 PM | #3656 |
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I used to think rap was cool, then I heard this.... I will not be making anything in the same genre as that!
RBG thinks this shit is cool |
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07-28-2018, 11:02 PM | #3657 |
Braindead
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Protip: rap is a vocal technique, not a genre
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07-28-2018, 11:02 PM | #3658 |
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Hit the drums as hard as you can at all times like Travis Barker!
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07-28-2018, 11:30 PM | #3659 |
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07-28-2018, 11:38 PM | #3660 |
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Those wankers charge hundreds of dollars for shit performances like that?!?!
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