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Sun, Oct. 31st, 2010 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annarti
OKAY SO. I have my cd on, I'm a happy 'narti ^-^ Currently on Burn Your Name which was number 3, and it was SO BEAUTIFUL. They projected on the big screen behind them those flying lantern thingies from the video clip, and akljfsghas I couldn't grin wide enough. SO GORGEOUS. I got goosebumps, and not from the cold XD
So yes. Support act 1 was some guy from Queensland with a guitar and a mate, and they weren't bad! They were there for about half an hour, followed by support act 2 who was Jet (who are known for such songs as Cold Hard Bitch, Are you gonna be my girl?). They were brilliant, too :D They're probably about the number 2 band in Australia, after Powderfinger. I never liked them to begin with, cos they seemed to just do covers in ways I didn't like, but probably the last album or two I've started liking them, and after seeing them live I think I'm a convert. They were fabulously gutsy and I want them to be on the live recording >>
Jet, as evidenced by the drum and the giant golden letters you can just see the bottom of.
And they told us that we "were shitting all over the Melbourne crowd" XD They were clearly lying, but it was nice of them to say XD And their lead singer held up his cup of beer and said how they always like coming back to Adelaide. OH and for one of the songs they got one of Powderfinger's guitarists up to play with them :D How often does the lead act help out the support act? I know, it was Jet, but STILL. I grinned. I grinned a lot through this concert.
(Hee.
Guitarist-whose-name-I-don't-know-sorry: We're going to play a really old song we haven't played yet on the tour. We tried it once, and I did try to sing it, but it.. it didn't really work >>
Bernard: Hey don't sell yourself short!
Guitarist-whose-name-I-don't-know-sorry: Yep, there he goes >>
I didn't quite catch Bernard's interruption the first time around. Live recording is awesome.)
POWDERFINGER!
And then~ POWDERFINGER. THEY WERE SO WORTH WAITING FOR. Bernard Fanning, lead singer, came out with a jacket and scarf, poor love XD; And then, as I said, later complained about it being so cold~ XD; It didn't rain, though! And we weren't cold in the crowd so I'm happy. They're Aussie, we expect them to take the piss X3 Out of themselves as much as us XD
Note the scarf XD;
"So this next one is off our brand new album from... last year :D"
Sail the Wildest Stretch was pretty gorgeous, too. They had a good mix of good gutsy songs and the pretty slower ones, too. No Stand Yourself, which is probably my favourite of the brand-new-last-year album, but when they've got a repertoire of about a hundred songs they can only play so many, and it was a farewell tour, not a promoting the last album tour, so they didn't favour Golden Rule over any other album from the years.
Bernard Fanning with the band
Drummer, who I think is Cogs. I really only know Bernard's name. Cos he's freaking Bernard.
One song had lasers! I'll be buggered if I can remember which one now. But that was cool XD
Halfway through they buggered off and put up some weird space thing on the screen. No idea what was going on there--they were only wearing jeans and tshirts/jackets so it's not like they had a costume change. Then we noticed people were turning around and sure enough, they'd rocked up on a mini stage in the middle of the general admission section :D We were about halfway between said mini stage and the main stage, so we had just as good views there, too X3 Recording seems to not be as good from there though. The guitar just cut out a bit XD;
To come back they left the drummer to have a drum solo while the rest of them walked back, then Bernard Fanning did Nobody Sees which was faaabulous. Voice + classical guitar = beautiful. They're some of my favourite songs, the ones with just a bloke and his guitar. LOVE.
And oh god My Happiness <3 <3 My favourite of the evening. My cheeks hurt from grinning so much. They got the crowd to sing one chorus, with just a tiny bit of background strumming to sort of keep us in time. Goosebumps~ it was fabulous. 10,000 people all singing at once, 'spretty special. alksjdghasl LOVE.
For The Day you Come they got both their support acts up to sing, too :D
I squeed. How often does the main act even acknowledge the support act, let alone invite them on stage? NEVER. I wonder if they ever even meet, but clearly these guys are good mates. Aussie music industry, people, our top bands are all mates cos there aren't many of them XD
I don't know this song~ but I will do shortly after listening a few times over X3 I mean, obviously remember it from last night, but didn't know it before then. "Two things you have to know about this song. Number one, it's really, really old. Number two, I have a guitar solo at the end, so pay very close attention." And then he proceeded to be a Real Rock God and played said solo with the guitar behind his head. And fell on the floor to play it on his back. I lolled X3
Eeeeeeee On My Mind <3 They so hammed it up for this one XD SO MUCH FUN~ I love Powderfinger.
Finished with These Days, clearly. With a biiiig sunset behind.
Strangely saw no sign of Sunsets, which is odd for the Sunsets Farewell Tour. Maybe they thought it would be too predictable. Or they were bored of it *shrug* It was awesome, even without Sunsets XD
Bye~
Thanks, boys, you've been brilliant <3 I await the comeback tour in a few years' time <3! By then I'll have a camera with better zoom and focus :D
It was all fabulous. Worth every cent. alskdghaskj Want more~
So yes. Support act 1 was some guy from Queensland with a guitar and a mate, and they weren't bad! They were there for about half an hour, followed by support act 2 who was Jet (who are known for such songs as Cold Hard Bitch, Are you gonna be my girl?). They were brilliant, too :D They're probably about the number 2 band in Australia, after Powderfinger. I never liked them to begin with, cos they seemed to just do covers in ways I didn't like, but probably the last album or two I've started liking them, and after seeing them live I think I'm a convert. They were fabulously gutsy and I want them to be on the live recording >>
Jet, as evidenced by the drum and the giant golden letters you can just see the bottom of.
And they told us that we "were shitting all over the Melbourne crowd" XD They were clearly lying, but it was nice of them to say XD And their lead singer held up his cup of beer and said how they always like coming back to Adelaide. OH and for one of the songs they got one of Powderfinger's guitarists up to play with them :D How often does the lead act help out the support act? I know, it was Jet, but STILL. I grinned. I grinned a lot through this concert.
(Hee.
Guitarist-whose-name-I-don't-know-sorry: We're going to play a really old song we haven't played yet on the tour. We tried it once, and I did try to sing it, but it.. it didn't really work >>
Bernard: Hey don't sell yourself short!
Guitarist-whose-name-I-don't-know-sorry: Yep, there he goes >>
I didn't quite catch Bernard's interruption the first time around. Live recording is awesome.)
POWDERFINGER!
And then~ POWDERFINGER. THEY WERE SO WORTH WAITING FOR. Bernard Fanning, lead singer, came out with a jacket and scarf, poor love XD; And then, as I said, later complained about it being so cold~ XD; It didn't rain, though! And we weren't cold in the crowd so I'm happy. They're Aussie, we expect them to take the piss X3 Out of themselves as much as us XD
Note the scarf XD;
"So this next one is off our brand new album from... last year :D"
Sail the Wildest Stretch was pretty gorgeous, too. They had a good mix of good gutsy songs and the pretty slower ones, too. No Stand Yourself, which is probably my favourite of the brand-new-last-year album, but when they've got a repertoire of about a hundred songs they can only play so many, and it was a farewell tour, not a promoting the last album tour, so they didn't favour Golden Rule over any other album from the years.
Bernard Fanning with the band
Drummer, who I think is Cogs. I really only know Bernard's name. Cos he's freaking Bernard.
One song had lasers! I'll be buggered if I can remember which one now. But that was cool XD
Halfway through they buggered off and put up some weird space thing on the screen. No idea what was going on there--they were only wearing jeans and tshirts/jackets so it's not like they had a costume change. Then we noticed people were turning around and sure enough, they'd rocked up on a mini stage in the middle of the general admission section :D We were about halfway between said mini stage and the main stage, so we had just as good views there, too X3 Recording seems to not be as good from there though. The guitar just cut out a bit XD;
To come back they left the drummer to have a drum solo while the rest of them walked back, then Bernard Fanning did Nobody Sees which was faaabulous. Voice + classical guitar = beautiful. They're some of my favourite songs, the ones with just a bloke and his guitar. LOVE.
And oh god My Happiness <3 <3 My favourite of the evening. My cheeks hurt from grinning so much. They got the crowd to sing one chorus, with just a tiny bit of background strumming to sort of keep us in time. Goosebumps~ it was fabulous. 10,000 people all singing at once, 'spretty special. alksjdghasl LOVE.
For The Day you Come they got both their support acts up to sing, too :D
I squeed. How often does the main act even acknowledge the support act, let alone invite them on stage? NEVER. I wonder if they ever even meet, but clearly these guys are good mates. Aussie music industry, people, our top bands are all mates cos there aren't many of them XD
I don't know this song~ but I will do shortly after listening a few times over X3 I mean, obviously remember it from last night, but didn't know it before then. "Two things you have to know about this song. Number one, it's really, really old. Number two, I have a guitar solo at the end, so pay very close attention." And then he proceeded to be a Real Rock God and played said solo with the guitar behind his head. And fell on the floor to play it on his back. I lolled X3
Eeeeeeee On My Mind <3 They so hammed it up for this one XD SO MUCH FUN~ I love Powderfinger.
Finished with These Days, clearly. With a biiiig sunset behind.
Strangely saw no sign of Sunsets, which is odd for the Sunsets Farewell Tour. Maybe they thought it would be too predictable. Or they were bored of it *shrug* It was awesome, even without Sunsets XD
Bye~
Thanks, boys, you've been brilliant <3 I await the comeback tour in a few years' time <3! By then I'll have a camera with better zoom and focus :D
It was all fabulous. Worth every cent. alskdghaskj Want more~