Comments | phantombreeze: NIN concert

phantombreeze

NIN concert

Oct 18, 2005 16:38

The NIN concert was just AWESOME. There are no words to describe it ( Read more... )

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loki_sataere October 19 2005, 00:03:12 UTC

Goddamnit.... I didn't know the doors opened that early. I got there at 8, and was a little puzzled why QOTSA seemed liek they were playing first.

I fucking love Death From Above 1979, and knowing that I missed them just stings me.

Still... yeah... amazing show.

The lighting on Love is Not Enough.... with the line creeping across the psyclorama while the fragmented led display panels started to "bleed" was, from a technical standpoint, an astounding piece of technical artistry, because I know the timing and programming involved in that alone was superb.

Seeing that setlist laid out like that really makes it seem a lot longer than it felt.

I was totally floored to hear "Burn" being played... I never thought Trent would choose that song for live performance ever again. And I love the variances they interspersed into the songs, like the alternate beginnings to Burn and Suck, or the sudden breakdown in the middle of CLoser that segued into the synth harmony from The Only Time.

God yes. Amazing show.

phantombreeze October 19 2005, 00:43:57 UTC

I'm glad something else thought that stuff was amazing...the lighting, display panels, the programming... was awesome.

I thought it was cool that he played Burn too. :)

loki_sataere October 19 2005, 00:08:00 UTC

Also, QOTSA was a poor match for that audience, methinks. The energy of a NIN show is not befitting of the laid-back approach Josh Homme brings with the Queens... They are better-suited for a Blues bar where one can sit back, relax, and just take in the pure sound of a raw emotional guitar... a guitar which, on the albums, is as soulful and introspective as any early Clapton material, but live, was totally lost in the muddy distortions of the amps they used. The only thing I really really liked was when, in "No One Knows", they took the bridge of the song, destroyed it, and then Josh just noodled on the guitar, leaving the QOTSA fans completely perplexed as to what the hell happened.

phantombreeze October 19 2005, 00:38:47 UTC

Yeah, QOTSA really does really remind me of something played at a Blues bar, come to think of it.

loki_sataere October 19 2005, 02:20:39 UTC

For serious.... they are great relaxing music (they are stoner rock, after all)... and even better for listening to in the car. Borrow or steal or even buy a copy of Songs for the Deaf... put in in your car on a pleasantly warm afternoon, roll down the windows, start driving with no direction or purpose, then crank the CD... the first track alone explodes in your face and makes you want to drive fast and recklessly.

nostalgicbitch October 19 2005, 04:04:44 UTC

"i was about to go emo" kekekekeke. oh man, me too. i'm such a dork.

actually, by the time you called me, when we hung up, was when death from above started playing. you got there just in time.

sharaya October 19 2005, 04:34:08 UTC

I am so jealous!!!!!!!!

scorn_defeat October 19 2005, 04:42:04 UTC

It's a shame I'm not much of a NIN fan...otherwise I'd be extremely jealous. ;P

I'm glad you had fun. :D

phantombreeze October 19 2005, 04:45:37 UTC

Haha. I think even if someone despised NIN, it would change their minds after this show. That's how unbelieveable fucking amazing this goddamn show was. :B

scorn_defeat October 19 2005, 04:48:58 UTC

Yeah, I'm sure is was an amazing event. :)
It looks like the visuals alone would have been worth going.

phantombreeze October 19 2005, 04:53:41 UTC

Yes, I so totally loved all that. :)