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Live and sweaty, 2015

Mets Guy in Michigan Jun 14 2015 07:41 PM

I couldn't find the concert thread, so forgive me if I'm duplicating. Went to see the Rush R40 show in Chicago this weekend with a buddy. We've been blogging about it for months, counting down the band's 20 albums from "Least-glorious to Moving Pictures." Great show, starting with the most recent stuff and working backward through the catalog, changing the stage props and instruments along the way. By the last song, they had a couple amps (prop cabinets, I'm sure) on chairs with a school guy projected behind them. Good stuff! Here's a link to a blog post about the show, with our countdown, if you'd like to learn more. [url]http://metsguyinmichigan.blogspot.com/2015/06/rush-r40-concert-in-chicago-40-years.html Me with crazy long hair back in the early 1980s (and my little brother).

Ashie62 Jun 15 2015 10:38 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Nice review and you Garth had a great time. Nothing from 2112? It's an obscure tune but I love "Trees". "There is trouble in the forest, there is trouble with the trees." Too corny not to like.

d'Kong76 Jun 15 2015 11:33 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Funny thing... I always thought The Trees was about some kind of Canadian political thing or the like but was mistaken according to the wiki... it's just a song... wiki wrote: The lyrics relate a short story about a conflict between maple and oak trees in the forest. The lyricist/drummer Neil Peart was asked in the April/May 1980 Modern Drummer magazine if there was a message in the lyrics. Peart said, "No. It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, 'What if trees acted like people?' So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that's the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement."

Mets Guy in Michigan Jun 15 2015 12:13 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Ashie62 wrote: Nice review and you Garth had a great time. Nothing from 2112? It's an obscure tune but I love "Trees". "There is trouble in the forest, there is trouble with the trees." Too corny not to like. They played four parts of 2112, which is a little more than they've been playing on recent rours -- Overture/Priests/Presentation/Finale. Awesome stuff!

seawolf17 Jun 25 2015 09:21 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Going to see Soul Asylum and the Meat Puppets tomorrow night in Riverhead. Haven't seen either in twenty years.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 25 2015 12:13 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

We saw Van Morrison at Forest Hills tennis stadium last week, which they reopened for concerts recently. Van gave what you'd expect, a crack band, a greatest-hits type set and a lot of Olds in the crowd. I would have liked if he had a full horn section but the only brass was the pianoman doubling on trumpet and Van himself on sax. For a 70-year-old, he could still sing, although he looks to have gotten pretty fat. How fat I couldn't sure because the venue unlike many outdoor joints is jumbotron-free. Our sets were low in the bowl and toward center and it was hard to see real well. Aisles were very narrow. But nice place on a nice night, and felt more historic than, say, Shea, to name 2 places the Beatles played.

themetfairy Jul 16 2015 10:27 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

The Foo Fighters put on a damn good show at the Citi last night, and Dave Grohl is having too much fun for someone who can't walk. I love how they were selling shirts calling this The Broken Leg Tour.

sharpie Jul 27 2015 03:12 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Not sure if this is the right place to post this (probably isn't), but a few months ago the missus and I thought it might be fun to go see the Decemberists in Cooperstown. It was only after we bought the tickets that we discovered that it was Hall of Fame induction weekend. We spent a couple of nights in the Catskills and then got up to Cooperstown yesterday right as the HOF festivities were beginning. We couldn't see anything but we were smack dab in the middle of the Pedro rooting section. Mostly Dominican but having a great time and the feeling was infectious. Biggio also had a biggio contingent, both were much larger than the Randy Johnson or John Smoltz groups. Biggio spoke first (boring but sincere); then Smoltz (much better speaker but went on way too long); then Randy Johnson (no kind of speaker at all). The sad part for us is that we had to leave to get to the Decemberists shortly after Pedro began but it did help traffic-wise. Decemberists played in back of the Ommegang Brewery to a fairly large crowd. The crowd up close seemed to be Decemberists fans with the crowd further back being mostly locals who didn't know what to expect. In any event, they put on a great show mostly featuring fairly recent stuff. Lucious, a band from Brooklyn, opened and were impressive. We got lost on the way to the hotel. Tired today.

Edgy MD Jul 27 2015 07:45 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Decemberists is one of the few bands ever I could say I liked before I ever heard because they picked a great name.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 27 2015 08:31 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Can't say enough about what a great setting that brewery is! Decemberists to me come off as too-clever REM fetishists but I can get inta their muzik.

seawolf17 Jul 28 2015 08:34 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Just got a notification that the Meat Puppets are playing Ommegang this fall. OMMEGANG ALL THE THINGS. Want to go see Frank Turner in NYC at the end of September but have nobody to go with.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 28 2015 08:40 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I think I'm gonna skip Frank Turner this time, I want him to fire his band and get some funk and soul musicians behind him. I did splurge for some Joe Jackson tixx!

sharpie Jul 28 2015 09:11 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Can't say enough about what a great setting that brewery is! Ditto. Great sound, well run. Fireworks display at the end of the show. Other notable shows I've seen this summer: Lucinda Williams (Celebrate Brooklyn) New Pornographers (Celebrate Brooklyn) Rihannon Giddens (Celebrate Brooklyn) Mekons (Bowery Ballroom) Rihannon the only one I hadn't seen previously. Mekons one of my fave live bands, they've been around for 30 years without managing to break through to the public as a whole but everyone should have been listening to them for all these years.

themetfairy Aug 18 2015 11:56 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire at the PNC Bank Arts Center. There were an awful lot of horns rocking out this evening!

themetfairy Sep 06 2015 06:35 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Robbie Dupree and Friends at Opus 40 on Saturday night. A fun show in a remarkable venue!

seawolf17 Sep 11 2015 10:42 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Arlon Bennett - best known as the guy who wrote "Summer's Voice," the Bob Murphy song -- playing at the UUFSB in Stony Brook tonight. http://groundsandsounds.org/

seawolf17 Sep 18 2015 02:27 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Our marching band joined Walk The Moon last night at our big fall concert. The videos don't do it justice; it was an all-time epic moment in my nearly eleven years here. https://www.facebook.com/stonybrooku/vi ... 2177278232

seawolf17 Nov 20 2015 10:36 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

smg and I are going to run through some tunes -- which may or may not include "Meet The Mets" -- tonight at Crazy Beans in Miller Place.

Fman99 Nov 20 2015 07:03 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I saw blues great Joe Bonamassa for the second time in 2015, back in August, on his "Three Kings Tour." He and a 12 piece band, complete with horns and background vocalists, stepping through the best of Freddie King, Albert King and B.B. King. It was tremendous. Set list here. Next up is the Experience Hendrix tour, featuring Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Buddy Guy, and a host of other guitarists in tribute to the man himself. Coming to the 'Cuse in March. Already got my tix.

seawolf17 Nov 21 2015 08:18 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Headed to a rock club in Amityville to see the revitalized Whitford St. Holmes tonight. In the early 80s, when Aerosmith was in shambles, Brad Whitford got together with Ted Nugent's singer, Derek St. Holmes, and they released one largely forgettable record. Since Aerosmith is once again in shambles, they're getting the old band back together -- with some help from Tesla drummer Troy Luccketta, among others -- and they went on an eleven-date tour to try out some new stuff. I was a HUGE Aero fan in high school -- my mom went to rehab at the same place they did, so I felt an odd kinship with them -- so I splurged and bought the VIP meet & greet package. http://www.whitfordstholmes.com/

d'Kong76 Nov 21 2015 10:57 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I remember The Joe Perry Project being a thing, Let the Music Do The Talking wasn't terrible (I kinda remember the rest of the album as kinda sucky) but don't remember Whitford StHolmes at all. I also didn't know Ted Nugent had a a singer, I thought he sang all his songs live. Sounds like fun, especially the meet and greet. I wore out the first six Aerosmith records when I was a teenager. I think Night in the Ruts came out when I was a senior. I saw an Aerosmith cover band, Get Your Wings, in a bar up here sometime back. They were really good for a bar band if you ever get the chance.

Edgy MD Nov 21 2015 01:26 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

It's pretty funny that Joe Perry left the band, and Brad Whitford finally had a chance to take the first chair, and then he up and quits during the recording of the next album. I guess he saw Crespo getting more leads. That would be rough.

seawolf17 Nov 21 2015 05:21 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

Edgy MD wrote: It's pretty funny that Joe Perry left the band, and Brad Whitford finally had a chance to take the first chair, and then he up and quits during the recording of the next album. I guess he saw Crespo getting more leads. That would be rough. Brad was never really a lead guy, plus he was completely done with Steven's shit.

Mets Guy in Michigan Nov 21 2015 07:25 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I love most of Joe Perry's solo stuff. The second album, "I've Got the Rock and Rolls Again," is the best of the three. It's got a loose, garage band feel to it. I saw The Joe Perry Project a bunch of times. He was the opening act on a bill that included Def Leppard on its first tour and Ozzy on his first solo tour -- with Randy Rhodes! But my favorite Joe show was at Nassau Community College -- and I got to interview him before the show for the campus paper. Joe was physically in the room. Mentally, I'm not sure. But he signed all albums, and I was starstruck.

d'Kong76 Nov 21 2015 07:58 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I didn't even know there were three Project albums until just NOW! I lost a lot of interest when they imploded. I did like When The Lightning Strikes on that crappy album I can't remember the name of right now. Permanent Vacation was a decent album, but after that.... (I think some of us have had this conversation before here)

Mets Guy in Michigan Nov 21 2015 08:43 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

That Aerosmith album with Lightning -- Rock in a Hard Place -- Is better than I usually give it credit for, but I lost a lot of interest in them after that. I have "Pump," and the "Sanity" live CD, which isn't that good. The live CD from the Hard Rock where they pull out some deeper cuts is really, really good.

d'Kong76 Nov 21 2015 09:18 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

In the interest of full disclosure, I also have Pump on CD. That's where I Draw The Line.

Edgy MD Nov 22 2015 07:27 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

You play it while wearing your Poison t-shirt, amirite?

d'Kong76 Nov 22 2015 09:42 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I'm not the Poison guy, we did have one or two over the years.

seawolf17 Nov 22 2015 07:07 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

INCREDIBLE night last night. Met Brad and Derek, along with drummer Troy Luccketta. And the frontmen may both be in their sixties, but Whitford St. Holmes were FANTASTIC. They played almost their whole new record, which isn't even available anywhere other than their shows yet, along with four tunes off their 1981 debut. They threw in Aerosmith's Last Child and Train, Nugent's Hey Baby and Stranglehold, and Hendrix's Red House. Really, really tight -- at 62, Derek St. Holmes still sounds like he's in his prime. And Brad Whitford was smiling and grooving the whole time, killing solo after solo. The rhythm section of Chopper Anderson and Luccketta were electric, and backup singer Buck Johnson somehow reached notes higher than St. Holmes did on the harmonies. He also sang lead on Last Child. Fecking brilliant. (I'll also out myself as a Poison fan.)

Fman99 Nov 23 2015 07:35 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

d'Kong76 wrote: In the interest of full disclosure, I also have Pump on CD. That's where I Draw The Line. My enjoyment of their music ends when their resurgence started. The last Aerosmith album that I'd intentionally listen to is 'Done With Mirrors.'

Edgy MD Nov 24 2015 06:43 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

The funny thing is that, as much as it represents their personal nadir, the guys in Aerosmith who were present for Rock in a Hard Place defend it as an album, and have few good things to say about Done with Mirrors. The latter may have to do with the backfired promotional gimmick.

d'Kong76 Nov 24 2015 10:12 AM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I have very little recollection of srorriM htiW enoD other than the album cover. I'm sure I have it the basement collecting dust. I listened to a few songs on the youtube and nothing. They covered You Shook Me? Where was I in '85? Anyone wanna buy it? It's probably in mint condition with so little play.

seawolf17 Nov 24 2015 12:11 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I thought DWM was a good record. "Let The Music," "The Reason A Dog," "My Fist Your Face, "The Hop." Good stuff. The only salvageable song off NITR was "Lightning Strikes." The rest was meh. Aerosmith has only played AC/DC's "You Shook Me" in concert -- I have it on a bootleg somewhere.

Edgy MD Nov 24 2015 12:22 PM Re: Live and sweaty, 2015

I have very little recollection of srorriM htiW enoD other than the album cover. That was sort of the problem. When you're a band whose star has fallen and you've been on drug-related hiatus, and the whole marketplace has shifted in your absence, and your main asset is that there's still a segment of the record-buying public with a dim imprint of your name and logo in their brain, they went and made an album with 100% of the text and graphics (except the catalog number, I think) reversed (and largely unintelligible) so as to look like some printing mistake. The band seemed angry at the label's choice for a long time afterwards, and seemingly blamed the marketing decision for their comeback being delayed by one album. I think all subsequent reprints have had the mirror-effect reversed. Interesting Aerotrivia: "Done with Mirrors" is a double entendre, suggesting the usual meaning of a magician's slight of hand, but also a statement about the band's self destruction being "done with mirrors," i.e.: cocaine. How amazing that Aerosmith at any point in their history came up with a phrase that had a double meaning with neither one being a juvenile sex reference.