Been too long since the band played Japan. Last Tokyo show was a pleasure. Please come before/after Aus/NZ tour. If not, then I will pee on your tires.
Been too long since the band played Japan. Last Tokyo show was a pleasure. Please come before/after Aus/NZ tour. If not, then I will pee on your tires.
That will do. Would be 6.5 years since the last Japan shows. Looking forward to it, though it is unfortunate how the local ticket system in Japan works. It's all about luck of the draw more than when you buy your tickets. Not PJ's fault, but difficult to do any fan club tickets... I will be happy just to get a couple shows!
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Well, I'm spoiled so I'd be happy for you to get the whenever you can.
I'm going to OLF, 4 LA Shows and SD...... so nothing to complain about.
Would just love to feel the vibe of a show in Japan.
That's far too many shows for one year! So I won't feel guilty if they play Tokyo in December. I might actually catch a show in CA too. We'll see.
I saw the Stones in Tokyo dome. The sound sucks and the layout just makes you feel a mile away. Sound was similar to Metallica in the Kingdome circa 1992. Kind of an echo if you know what I mean... mean... mean...
Budokan is more like the Seattle Center Arena size, bigger I guess, but still small enough to be intimate and big enough to feel like a big gig. Well, in 2003 I was only 17 rows back I think. It felt intimate from there.
Looks like all the Fanviews were garbled when sonymusic.com went away. But I found my last Tokyo show Fan Review on the way back machine. Funny to read now, I feel so much older. I left out the part about downing three glasses of Japanese sake in a nearby restaurant minutes before the show started: http://web.archive.org/web/200304021646 ... okyo1.html
If they go back to budokan, I am there.
But I will pass on the Tokyo dome, or saitama super arena.
My family is in Tokyo now and I am so jealous!
For someone who doesn't know, why would you pass on those arenas? Too big? Bad sound?
And why do you like the budokan?
Just curious.
tokyo dome has horrible sound and its kind of like seeing a band at a football stadium-not my thing
saitama, I was there for a basketball game once, and well, its just like many other arenas and I wouldnt feel compelled to travel to Japan for a show there
Been too long since the band played Japan. Last Tokyo show was a pleasure. Please come before/after Aus/NZ tour. If not, then I will pee on your tires.
Pee on their door handles, it's more intimate!
On a serious note, how's life in Japan? I'm thinking of teaching English there in the near future.
A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
I've spent so many years in question
To find I'd known this all along.
Life in Japan is not bad these days, just hot and humid. But the economy is supposedly pulled out of recession, though I am not sure what that means. So come on over.
Did you learn the language before you went there or while you were there? or both?
Any helpful suggestions, advice, etc.???
Thanks!
I transferred with a job on kind of short notice. I took a class before I came, but most of studying was done during my first two years. It is a hard language to learn and my ability to speak has actually declined in recent years after my daughter was born. I now spend that study time teaching her English or just playing around. And my day job is almost all English so I only get pushed to try at social and family events. My listening skills are better than ever though.
The best advice to learn the language is to take a class, but study beyond the class textbook on your own every day when you first arrive. Like for a few months. Then go make some Japanese friends and hang out with them. Drinking lots of beer does miracles for getting comfortable speaking and socializing. Avoid spending all your time with other English speakers and you will be fine. Getting to that first basic speaking ability is a major milestone that will make your life much easier.
Still nothing... nada... zip... no Japan shows. That's it, after 17 years of PJ I have decided to change bands. From now on I am following these guys --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-zHyimToek
Maybe the keyboardist is not as good or cool as Boom, but they always give me front row seats.
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I hope you are right
That will do. Would be 6.5 years since the last Japan shows. Looking forward to it, though it is unfortunate how the local ticket system in Japan works. It's all about luck of the draw more than when you buy your tickets. Not PJ's fault, but difficult to do any fan club tickets... I will be happy just to get a couple shows!
My wife just came back from 5 weeks in Nagoya, and I was there for 8 days to pick my family up.
Don't think I can make it back until 2010..... so this year I would sadly be out.
Philly 4 Oct. 31 2009 Hartford May 2010 Boston May 2010 MSG 1 May 2010
EV: Albany 1 and 2 June 2009 Providence June 15 2011 Hartford June 18 2011
Got Some, February too far. Last time they followed Australia.
Please come in December. Please come in December. Please come in December. Please come in December. Please come in December.
Well, I'm spoiled so I'd be happy for you to get the whenever you can.
I'm going to OLF, 4 LA Shows and SD...... so nothing to complain about.
Would just love to feel the vibe of a show in Japan.
But I will pass on the Tokyo dome, or saitama super arena.
My family is in Tokyo now and I am so jealous!
For someone who doesn't know, why would you pass on those arenas? Too big? Bad sound?
And why do you like the budokan?
Just curious.
That's far too many shows for one year! So I won't feel guilty if they play Tokyo in December. I might actually catch a show in CA too. We'll see.
I saw the Stones in Tokyo dome. The sound sucks and the layout just makes you feel a mile away. Sound was similar to Metallica in the Kingdome circa 1992. Kind of an echo if you know what I mean... mean... mean...
Budokan is more like the Seattle Center Arena size, bigger I guess, but still small enough to be intimate and big enough to feel like a big gig. Well, in 2003 I was only 17 rows back I think. It felt intimate from there.
Looks like all the Fanviews were garbled when sonymusic.com went away. But I found my last Tokyo show Fan Review on the way back machine. Funny to read now, I feel so much older. I left out the part about downing three glasses of Japanese sake in a nearby restaurant minutes before the show started: http://web.archive.org/web/200304021646 ... okyo1.html
-Dave
Some of the surrounding shows were in tiny venues. My wife is from Nagoya, and I'd love to check out a show there.
Time and money permitting I'd love to check out a full Japanese leg, but don't think the stars will ever align for that.
saitama, I was there for a basketball game once, and well, its just like many other arenas and I wouldnt feel compelled to travel to Japan for a show there
Budokan has some serious history and is a very cool building.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Budokan
Osaka 2003
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MSG 1&2 2008
Milton Keynes 2014
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Pee on their door handles, it's more intimate!
On a serious note, how's life in Japan? I'm thinking of teaching English there in the near future.
It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
I've spent so many years in question
To find I'd known this all along.
Any helpful suggestions, advice, etc.???
Thanks!
It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
I've spent so many years in question
To find I'd known this all along.
I transferred with a job on kind of short notice. I took a class before I came, but most of studying was done during my first two years. It is a hard language to learn and my ability to speak has actually declined in recent years after my daughter was born. I now spend that study time teaching her English or just playing around. And my day job is almost all English so I only get pushed to try at social and family events. My listening skills are better than ever though.
The best advice to learn the language is to take a class, but study beyond the class textbook on your own every day when you first arrive. Like for a few months. Then go make some Japanese friends and hang out with them. Drinking lots of beer does miracles for getting comfortable speaking and socializing.
Maybe the keyboardist is not as good or cool as Boom, but they always give me front row seats.