STEWART COPELAND

by **Dietmar** on 19 Sep 2007 03:19

Finn Brothers: yes, they made it to Germany

I've seen Neil Finn solo before twice. One concert was in Haldern and a certain group which played before him was Santa's Boyfriend (aka Fiction Plane)

Feb. 12 is my 40th birthday and I decided to spend it with THE POLICE whereever they are. Hoping for Tokyo !

Dietmar

by **Mrs. Gradenko** on 19 Sep 2007 08:58

Your 6th month birthday just passed!

That icon is still eerie.

by **JMRL** on 19 Sep 2007 18:44

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]Hey, I'm going to check out that band, JMRL. I've heard of them...either Jose or my friend Thiego mentioned them to me, I think...I'm just going to have to make it to Rio before too much more time goes by. [/quote]

Hi Divemistress: check here
http://www.goear.com/viewgroups.php?a=Soda%20Stereo&p=0
there are a lot of Soda Stereo songs there to listen online. What was that about "make it to Rio"? Are you talking about Rio de Janeiro? That´s Brazil, not Argentina!!

Joe

by **animal** on 21 Sep 2007 11:42

Saw the Genesis show in Philly last night.

Played a lot of the old stuff, and the drum duet was just amazing.

It was another SC.net gathering with Sockii & Vespapod. Hope you guys made it home ok.

by **sockii** on 21 Sep 2007 12:06

[quote="animal"]Saw the Genesis show in Philly last night.

Played a lot of the old stuff, and the drum duet was just amazing.

It was another SC.net gathering with Sockii & Vespapod. Hope you guys made it home ok.[/quote]

Yes, we did! I'm just downloading my photos now so I'll send a link when I've got them all put together. I think I actually got some decent ones even for being in the back nosebleeds.

It was a solid show with a very nice set (albeit a coulple snoozy ballads that I could have done without). Very impressive that they played straight through 2 hours & 40 minutes of material (!!) which allowed for of course most of all of the big hits, but a fair number of album cuts and rarer gems as well. The drum duet then going into "Los Endos" was definitely a highlight to me, as was a great version of "I Know What I Like" featuring a lovely photo montage of the band through the years.

It is sort of interesting to compare the two reunion shows (Police, Genesis) and their approaches. I felt pretty satisfied having seen the Genesis show *once*, as much as I enjoyed it, because I got the impression it was a very locked, set show--with all the timing to match the lights and video, I don't see where there's any real room for improvisation, changing solos and the like, so it's not like the Police where there's clearly been a lot of improvisation/evolution of numbers night to night, even within a tight set.

OTOH, I'm hugely impressed by the stamina of these guys to go out there and play a nearly THREE hour set--and here they were on their third night in a row in Philly without showing any signs of fatigue (or vocal strain on Phil's part--they seemed to nicely space the instrumental/vocal songs to help avoid that). It DID kind of leaving me wanting the Police to play a longer set--at least adding in a couple more "rarer" songs, because these guys didn't seem so bound to have to play *every single* vs. giving the fans some deeper gems (though like the Police, the setlist has apparently been locked solid with no variation night to night).

Merchandise pricing was enough to make me gag though, as if the Police stuff wasn't bad enough! T-shrits were $40, hoodies (comparable to the Police $60 one) were $85!!! :shock:

The only thing oddly cheaper were the neck lariats ($10 vs $15), but I still passed on that.

Very sedate crowd up in the 'bleeds, though at least for the most part they actually seemed to know & enjoy the real early stuff to my surprise, instead of going for a beer run every time a hit single wasn't played (unlike at too many Police shows I saw this summer. :roll:

) We did have an amusing view of some crazy lady in the front row who kept giving Phil some very special "private", interpretive dances during the ballads.

Oh, and it was funny to see the Genesis fan club had THEIR banner out--which made the video screen once--but it was a huge ugly, handwritten fucker. Nothing so "tasteful" as our green flag!

by **animal** on 21 Sep 2007 12:40

Sockii, very sedate in my section also.

I actually moved back one row so I could stand without be AssHatty to the people around me, and air drum with the best of them.

Still love In The Cage medley ending in Afterglow.

I will also try to get my pictures uploaded sometime this weekend.

Yeah the fanclub banner was not a patch on the FLAG.

DM, you & Moe really have done something really special.

by **sockii** on 21 Sep 2007 13:50

I'll get the other photos done later, but here's one great pic of animal, me and vespapod from last night:

http://i16.tinypic.com/4y5ib12.jpg

by **Divemistress of the Dark** on 21 Sep 2007 13:52

Thanks for the show reports, folks!! I'm actually a decent fan of Phil Collins' first couple of solo records...did he play "I Know You Know"? I love that one.

JMRL, I'm sorry...I misread your post. I'd actually love to make it to both Argentina and Brazil, for different reasons (Tierra del Fuego vs. Brazilian Amazon...and for the good food in both places! Wow!)

Anyway, I am going to check out your band! I'm not really familiar with Argentinian music, although I own a fair number of CDs from other South American/Central American countries...

by **sockii** on 21 Sep 2007 13:57

[quote="Divemistress of the Dark"]Thanks for the show reports, folks!! I'm actually a decent fan of Phil Collins' first couple of solo records...did he play "I Know You Know"? I love that one. [/quote]

It was all strictly Genesis stuff, this was the set list:
1. "Duke's Intro (Behind The Lines)"
2. "Turn It On Again"
3. "No Son Of Mine"
4. "Land Of Confusion"
5. "In The Cage" / "The Cinema Show" / "Duke's Travels" / "Afterglow"
6. "Hold On My Heart"
7. "Home By The Sea" / "Second Home By The Sea"
8. "Follow You, Follow Me"
9. "Firth Of Fifth" / "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
10. "Mama"
11. "Ripples"
12. "Throwing It All Away"
13. "Domino"
14. "Drum Duet"
15. "Los Endos"
16. "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
17. "Invisible Touch"
18. "I Can't Dance"
19. "The Carpet Crawlers"

(I love his first two solo albums too. Some great stuff there.)

by **policerule** on 21 Sep 2007 14:19

this is the "other concert" thread, so here it goes...

the cure announced philadelphia on 5/10/08

i'm going... who's with me?

by **GinaSuperCat** on 21 Sep 2007 14:26

Sockii & Animal...thanks for the reports and great pic!

I just went bust on the Foo's Charlotte gen. sale (got locked out, heh) so I'll have to see what happens!

The Cure? They were my first concert at age 12, Head on the Door tour <grin> Looks like all the dates have been moved to a 2008 tour, awesome <grin>

by **policerule** on 21 Sep 2007 14:27

[quote="GinaSuperCat"]Sockii & Animal...thanks for the reports and great pic!

I just went bust on the Foo's Charlotte gen. sale (got locked out, heh) so I'll have to see what happens!

The Cure? They were my first concert at age 12, Head on the Door tour <grin> Looks like all the dates have been moved to a 2008 tour, awesome <grin>[/quote]

my first was the go-go's... :lol:

by **DirtyMartini** on 21 Sep 2007 14:33

[quote="sockii"]Oh, and it was funny to see the Genesis fan club had THEIR banner out--which made the video screen once--but it was a huge ugly, handwritten fucker. Nothing so "tasteful" as our green flag![/quote]

[quote="animal"]DM, you & Moe really have done something really special.[/quote]

*snicker* And thanks, animal.

Great photo of the three of you, sock!

by **policerule** on 21 Sep 2007 14:40

yes, i fogot to say... that is a really nice photo of the 3 of you!

glad you had fun at the show!

by **Divemistress of the Dark** on 21 Sep 2007 14:43

I love it: SC.net shirts at the *Genesis* show!! Truly we have taken over!!

STEWART COPELAND

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