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Post by kerpea30 on Oct 19, 2009 16:19:56 GMT -5
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Post by missalabama on Oct 20, 2009 9:00:10 GMT -5
Thanks, Keri! Looks like a great time! I concur on the stadium thing and concerts... I prefer small gigs! But I guess it's a little late to hear U2 in a local pub in Dublin. hahaha! U2 is always great! I also was always a big U2 girl myself, so thank you for sharing!
My favorite is in a little while! Love that song! Thanks!
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Post by devlin on Oct 22, 2009 8:50:13 GMT -5
@kerpea: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Bless you! I Love you! Your the best!  I'm still waiting to see if they're actually going to skip half the U.S. and Most of Canada, or if they will be covering all that in the spring, because they have already stared selling tickets to the SECOND European tour! And they haven't been to my state ONCE!  I feel like a jilted lover!!!!! |
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Post by kerpea30 on Oct 22, 2009 9:25:41 GMT -5
@kerpea: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Bless you! I Love you! Your the best! I'm still waiting to see if they're actually going to skip half the U.S. and Most of Canada, or if they will be covering all that in the spring, because they have already stared selling tickets to the SECOND European tour! And they haven't been to my state ONCE! I feel like a jilted lover!!!!! I am happy to share! BTW I have pics on facebook...you can check out that crazy stage they have!!! BTW - they hadn't been to Oklahoma in 26 years...so it was about time! |
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Post by Lucy on Oct 22, 2009 17:04:05 GMT -5
Great videos... Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Kati on Oct 25, 2009 12:24:28 GMT -5
About to watch your U2 videos now, Keri  |
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Post by Jade on Oct 31, 2009 13:53:52 GMT -5
Thank you Gray and Missy for your Twitter comments and for wishing me fun at the Muse concert I went to on Thursday. And since you asked how it was, Missy, but Twitter allows only 140 characters, I thought I'd answer here: It was great, spectacular, mysterious and loud... just Muse! The O2 Arena was packed (about 15 000 I think) and these guys put on an amazing show! I enjoyed it a whole lot more than their rather intimate performance here in Berlin last month. I think their music 's designed for the bigger stages and I got the impression that even the Muse boys seemed to feel much more comfortable playing this huge venue. The Sound was brilliant, great visuals as well, and a cool atmosphere all around, since everyone was jumping, clapping, screaming. Never seen so many people 'stage diving', crazy, security was busy as hell! They played all my favorites (including their "Feeling Good" cover, yay) and of course many songs from the new album The Resistance, which I'm totally in love with. Though not really what I would call authentic, it's simply superb. IMO, the best British album of the year... up to now anyway... I'm quite likely to change my mind on this in about 240 hours. Couple days ago I've read a 3 page article on Matthew Bellamy, where he talked about his take on music in general and their new album in particular, the human nature, life, death and paranormal activity. Dangerous stuff I can tell you, but fascinating all the same. He's a genius... but a crazy one - on stage as much as in real life (what is real anyway?), and I just love him for that. Not my videos, Missy, but you get an idea: Resistance www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gjCiAia1xc&feature=related Plug In Baby www.youtube.com/watch?v=cndzSCfLPB8 Undisclosed Desires www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zR-n8cGMcMatt cracked me up with all his jumping and getting on his knees - that was quite a show, niiiice! Way to go, mon belle ami (pun intended ). Christopher Wolstenholme was amazing, too, what I found a bit worrying, though: He was headbanging throughout the entire gig - can't be healthy! Dom Howard is a bit of a maniac, too and he did a really great job on drums, especially on the particularly drum-driven "Undisclosed Desires". |
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Post by missalabama on Oct 31, 2009 22:04:33 GMT -5
Oh, what a great review, Jade! Thanks! SO glad to hear you had a great time. I have never seen them live, so it really makes me want to go. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE their "Feeling Good" cover (even better than Michael Buble's, though I do like his too)! I appreciate your putting the links here, even though they weren't yours! Nice ones! Looks like it was a great show!
I love your descriptions and funny thoughts... I probably would have thought the same thing about the headbanging!
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Post by devlin on Nov 4, 2009 11:04:00 GMT -5
I FINALLY GOT TICKETS TO SEE U2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chicago July 2010!YAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'm still trying to catch my breath..........hyperventalating!! Now if only my husband can get the time off from work  Otherwise I'll have to find a friend to go with and I don't really have any friends that are U2 freaks like me!!  |
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Post by kerpea30 on Nov 4, 2009 15:25:58 GMT -5
I FINALLY GOT TICKETS TO SEE U2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chicago July 2010!YAAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'm still trying to catch my breath..........hyperventalating!! Now if only my husband can get the time off from work Otherwise I'll have to find a friend to go with and I don't really have any friends that are U2 freaks like me!! YEAH!!!! I'm jumping up and down for you!!!! And in Chi-town!!! The BEST city in the US of A!!! I wish I could come with you!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Jade on Nov 4, 2009 19:50:41 GMT -5
Soooo happy for you, devlin, that you finally got the tickets to see U2!!!!  I'm sure you will love it! They'll be playing tomorrow here in Berlin, open-air in front of the Brandenburg Gate. For some strange reason, now I picture myself onstage right beside Mister Hewson, officially announcing that Devlin will be attending their show in Chicago in July 2010... Yay ;D (truth be told, I'd never have the guts to announce anything in front of 10,000 people...) |
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Post by missalabama on Nov 5, 2009 2:01:28 GMT -5
WOO HOOO! YEAH, DEVLIN! I'm so hppy for you! You're going to have a GREAT time! Hey Jade, Did you see Mr. Hewson in front of Brandenburg gate?  I bet it was packed and FREEZING! |
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Post by devlin on Nov 13, 2009 16:48:23 GMT -5
Thanks you guys! I's great to have friends that are excited when something nice happens for you!! |
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Post by Jade on Nov 27, 2009 18:13:00 GMT -5
AW! Your responses are always proper, Jadie! Thanks for the Rolling Stone award. I think I should give it back to you, since you know that Pearl Jam was Mookie Blaylock, first. I was joking about Billy Ray doing Pumpkins... LOL! CRAZY thought!  As the resident southerner, ;D I will say that I'm not a huge fan of country (or rather Nashville, packaged music since the 80s) but I do like traditional southern music such as bluegrass, rockabilly, folk and southern rock. ;D I kind of agree with the idea behind the need for alternative country, even if I don't necessarily agree with the name. I don't agree with the name because I think that alternative country is actually country while country is NOT country anymore, if that makes sense. LOL! I'm far from a music historian but my take on it is that the alternative country movement pretty much has the same idea behind it that alternative rock did in the early 90s. It is a reaction to mainstream, Nashville, corporate, manufactured country (such as Shania Twain) that really isn't true to country roots. If Nashvlle country today were not so packaged with a high-production poppiness that is far from what country originally was, with its lo-fi qualities and vernacular sound of artists such as Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, there really wouldn't be a need for alternative country. Alternative country is more true to country than country actually is: IRONICAL! To me, Alternative Country seems much more authentic than Nashville Country today. I think authenticity is key in all music, but especially in grass-roots genres such as country. Anyway, there are a lot of different types of artists in the genre and there are 2 main camps: (1) those that are traditionalists, such as folk and bluegrass artists and (2) those that come from rock and punk backgrounds but who have discovered country and want to experiment with fusing rock with bluegrass, rockabilly and folk. The latter, I find quite interesting. At least, that's how I see it. Otheres (Afroshane & John) may know more about it than I. Here are some songs that I guess one could call alternative country though I would probably call them bluegrass or bluegrass/rock fusion or perhaps folksy rockabilly or southern rock (especially the last few)... Y'all be the judge. It's realy is hard sometimes to categorize some music. It can be a tedious thing to name genres, at times, I think. P.S. I'm soooo JEALOUS that you saw U2! I havn't sen them since '93!!!!! It is great that bands like U2, Parl Jam and Foo Fighters are still going strongly after all these years! Thanks again, Missy, for your posting. That was an interesting read, especially since I'm not quite so familiar with Bluegrass, Country etc. I really learned a lot! Nice videos as well. Couldn't watch them all (copyright restrictions again), but those I could watch I really liked. Most of all the one of Alison Krauss (what a voice!! And that white dress is also rather spectacular). As for alternative/country collaborations, my all time fave has to be Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails. Maybe it's because I like the song "Hurt" so much - quite possibly the saddest song ever written - maybe it's because I'm a big fan of Trent Reznor and the psychic, electronic sound of his music. Anyway, I think their collaboration just goes to prove that music is multi-dimensional, transcending all boundaries of genre and time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjwgYvzQWS4&feature=fvw This version always makes me shiver, kind of cracks open that mysterious door to see what's on the other side. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=relatedIt's great how Mister Cash, the 'Godfather' of country, makes this song his very own, slightly disturbing, though, to think that this may be what stays in the end. There will be tears and a whole lotta pain... |
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Post by missalabama on Nov 29, 2009 14:24:41 GMT -5
AW! Your responses are always proper, Jadie! Thanks for the Rolling Stone award. I think I should give it back to you, since you know that Pearl Jam was Mookie Blaylock, first. I was joking about Billy Ray doing Pumpkins... LOL! CRAZY thought! As the resident southerner, ;D I will say that I'm not a huge fan of country (or rather Nashville, packaged music since the 80s) but I do like traditional southern music such as bluegrass, rockabilly, folk and southern rock. ;D I kind of agree with the idea behind the need for alternative country, even if I don't necessarily agree with the name. I don't agree with the name because I think that alternative country is actually country while country is NOT country anymore, if that makes sense. LOL! I'm far from a music historian but my take on it is that the alternative country movement pretty much has the same idea behind it that alternative rock did in the early 90s. It is a reaction to mainstream, Nashville, corporate, manufactured country (such as Shania Twain) that really isn't true to country roots. If Nashvlle country today were not so packaged with a high-production poppiness that is far from what country originally was, with its lo-fi qualities and vernacular sound of artists such as Johnny Cash and Hank Williams, there really wouldn't be a need for alternative country. Alternative country is more true to country than country actually is: IRONICAL! To me, Alternative Country seems much more authentic than Nashville Country today. I think authenticity is key in all music, but especially in grass-roots genres such as country. Anyway, there are a lot of different types of artists in the genre and there are 2 main camps: (1) those that are traditionalists, such as folk and bluegrass artists and (2) those that come from rock and punk backgrounds but who have discovered country and want to experiment with fusing rock with bluegrass, rockabilly and folk. The latter, I find quite interesting. At least, that's how I see it. Otheres (Afroshane & John) may know more about it than I. Here are some songs that I guess one could call alternative country though I would probably call them bluegrass or bluegrass/rock fusion or perhaps folksy rockabilly or southern rock (especially the last few)... Y'all be the judge. It's realy is hard sometimes to categorize some music. It can be a tedious thing to name genres, at times, I think. P.S. I'm soooo JEALOUS that you saw U2! I havn't sen them since '93!!!!! It is great that bands like U2, Parl Jam and Foo Fighters are still going strongly after all these years! Thanks again, Missy, for your posting. That was an interesting read, especially since I'm not quite so familiar with Bluegrass, Country etc. I really learned a lot! Nice videos as well. Couldn't watch them all (copyright restrictions again), but those I could watch I really liked. Most of all the one of Alison Krauss (what a voice!! And that white dress is also rather spectacular). As for alternative/country collaborations, my all time fave has to be Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails. Maybe it's because I like the song "Hurt" so much - quite possibly the saddest song ever written - maybe it's because I'm a big fan of Trent Reznor and the psychic, electronic sound of his music. Anyway, I think their collaboration just goes to prove that music is multi-dimensional, transcending all boundaries of genre and time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjwgYvzQWS4&feature=fvw This version always makes me shiver, kind of cracks open that mysterious door to see what's on the other side. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go&feature=relatedIt's great how Mister Cash, the 'Godfather' of country, makes this song his very own, slightly disturbing, though, to think that this may be what stays in the end. There will be tears and a whole lotta pain... I'm glad you liked them and sorry you didn't get to see all of them. I love the one of the Raconteurs with Ricky Skaggs and also the White Stripes covering Dolly Parton's "Jolene." I hope you got to see those. I'v never gotten to see The Raconteurs or The White Stripes live.  I'm a wee bit jealous, JayDee, that both you and John got to see Brendan Benson. I like his voice. I think he is currently touring the Southeast, so I maybe I'll get to see him sometime soon. Alison Krauss is one of my favorites too! She has a great voice and she can really play too. I love the album she did with Robert Plant and I love that white dress too. Thanks for the links. ;D I love the Johnny Cash version of "Hurt." I had not heard that one before. Thanks! Speaking of Johnny Cash collaborations, I like the song, "The Wanderer," that he did with U2 on the Zooropa album. Also, did you see "Walk the Line?' That was a great movie. I must admit that I have a hate/love relationship with Trent Reznor, so you have inspired me to listen to him some more! I love "Hurt" but I have issues with "Closer." The video scares me a little... LOL! I don't know why. Off to listen to some Reznor now... Thanks, Jadie! ;D Karma for you, girlie! |
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I'm sure you will love it! 
I bet it was packed and FREEZING! 
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I'm a wee bit jealous, JayDee, that both you and John got to see Brendan Benson. I like his voice. I think he is currently touring the Southeast, so I maybe I'll get to see him sometime soon.