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- chin3beggar November 2006
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- girdle3walk November 2006
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- owl37chill November 2006
- QueenofthePosers November 2006
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- sherib November 2006
- sureeyesawake November 2006
- voicejaw98 November 2006
- women60banana November 2006
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I'd go if I didn't have to wake up so early tomorrow...
Why do I forsee Damian stealing Rick Nielsen's double necked guitar..?
When I saw them open for Aerosmith in '04, they rocked the house. I mean, they look a bit too old for that type of thing(as did the Rolling Stones), but they blew me out of the water. I really wish I coulda gone to this show, haha.
Maybe toss in some bowing at their feet, inane babbling, and a tiny bit of spittle dribbling from his mouth.
Somebody definitely needs to post here what Cheap Trick song they do, if they do one ... I mean, I can't imagine them not doing a Cheap Trick song as the cover tonight. I hope it's not "I Want You to Want Me." Maybe something like "Come On, Come On." Man, if I could see that I'd die. What am I talking about--I'm not even there.
Anyone who doesn't know anything about Cheap Trick, pick up Cheap Trick at Budokan with haste. This version. And Cheap Trick. And In Color. And Heaven Tonight. And Dream Police.
Robin Zander has one of my top five favorite voices of all time. He is astounding.
/babble
The opening band was the French Kicks. They were pretty good too, not as original of a sound, but good none the less. If anything their name is awesome. =D
and OK Go didnt play Cheap Trick covers, they only played one cover which was a song i didnt know. They gave "all the old fucks in the back," as Damian put it, choice of what song they wanted to hear. It was funny because of course all of the "cute girls in the front" would scream their heads off everytime Damian tried to say anything. Unfortunately, we werent allowed a say in the vote, but it was all good. Damian came out into the audience while he was singing with this cool little camera that had a live video feed to a large screen behind the band. It was exciting to be so close to someone i idolize
Props to OK Go for giving me the best concert of my life!!
Was the song "Neat Neat Neat" by the Damned, perhaps? They did that both nights in Chicago ... They did "Prove My Love" by the Violent Femmes at the Pomona show in CA on Nov. 1.
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And Zander - who really should trim his stringy blond locks... They've been looking stringy since 10 years ago.
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I believe that may have been the one they did that night. It was one I didn't recognize. I voted for ELO, though I was in the front. I don't consider myself to be a 'pretty lady' so I thought I'd vote.
This was my first OK Go show and it was fantastic. They kept the energy up the entire night and like someone mentioned Damian even jumped into the crowd. I was lucky enough to be standing where he jumped. They played all my favorites and, of course, it was great seeing the "A Million Ways" dance live. I'm wondering when the last time the boys actually played that song was. Haha.
Cheap Trick was AMAZING! As a fan of music from the '70s I was really excited that they would be playing that night. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that the only show they both played that night? I get the impression that it was. Damian had told a funny story about Cheap Trick while they were setting up the stage for AMW. Cheap Trick came on and I guess the boys joined the crowd to watch the show. I only Saw Damian after Rick Nielsen (lead guitar player for CT) pointed him out.
The Cheap Trick set was great on it's own, but one of the highlights for me was when Damian joined them on stage for their last song and jammed with them. You could tell that Damian was beyond thrilled to be up there and they welcomed him with open arms. Well, the band did. I'm not sure about the 'old fucks' in the crowd, lol.
I bought the cd from the FYE table and was able to meet them briefly after the show. They were all really sweet, posed for pictures, and signed my bag. Damian called me 'babe' which was amusing to me, but it made my night.
I wasn't sure what to expect as someone told me that they were just "okay" as a live band. I disagree with that comment as I had a wonderful time and thought their performance was above the "okay" level. And I can't wait until the come around again.
OH! And they were being really strict on cameras/camera phones that night. To the point when Rick Nielson busted out a guitar that had four necks on it (what are those called?), Damian took out his camera phone to take a picture but security told him to put it away. lol!
Yeah, that's the only show they're doing together.
What song did Damian get up there for? And did he sing, too, or just jam out?
Yay that you got to meet them!!!
And
P.S. Dammit, you're the third person I know of that he's called "babe" in a week (that includes me). He's cheating on all of us!
P.P.S. I shouldn't jump to conclusions that it was "Prove My Love" they did in Pomona; they've also done "Gone Daddy Gone" in the past. I'm thinking that the person I know out there actually said it was "Prove My Love," but maybe all she said was that it was a Violent Femmes song. Anyway.
"Accuracy ... is important ... too"
Also, the cover they did was in fact Violent Femmes' "Prove My Love".
Oh, and nobody mentioned that Damian and Dan (I think it was just the two of them) were in the audience a bit for Cheap Trick. When I looked back and saw Damian literally jumping up and down with excitement over a song Cheap Trick started playing, I couldn't help but smile and stare for a bit. That was way too cute. I think he may have been the most excited member of the audience.
I don't suppose anyone got any pictures at the show with that insane security? I was terrified to pull my camera out because I think they were actually kicking people out for taking pictures.
I saw Damian in the crowd after Rick pointed him out. My mother was sitting at the bar and she said that all of them were standing out there and going in and out of the backstage area.
I would LOVE a bootleg if it comes out well. I wish I knew how to do those things because I would love to bootleg every single concert I go to like you said you do and not hope that other people managed to do it for me (which most times they don't). Thank you so much for sharing!
The quality of my recording's quite good, if I do say so myself.
I love that Damian's such a music fan. Just like us.
I'd be interested in your recording. Very nice of you to offer!