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Saw POWDERFINGER last night...

TyTy Posts: 1,007
edited November 2010 in Other Music
...and they really are Australia's Pearl Jam, aren't they!

Saw them in Newcastle... they first show of the Sunsets tour, their last ever tour. Supported by The Vines, who did a damn good job too!

Anyways, Powderfinger were amazing last night! Truly one of the best Aussie bands ever! Great set and the crowd vibe was 100% for the full 2 hours!

Anyone outside Australia like/know them much?
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Yeah. I absolutely love Dream Days at the Hotel Existence.

    "Lost and Running" is one of my recent favs and I don't understand how that song wasn't a hit over here in the US.

    Otherwise, I would love to see them live, if they ever come to California....
    Great band
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  • jeremys porchjeremys porch Posts: 57
    I seen the last night too and they were amazing! They played all of my favs which was great!
    I have seen them 6 times and this was their best show by far!
    Bit sad that we won't get to see them again!
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  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    I'm not too familiar with Powderfinger but everything I have heard from them I've liked. Australia puts out some good tunes...some of my fave Aussie bands are The John Butler Trio, JET, and The Beautiful Girls. I'll have to look a little further into Powderfinger.
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,618
    They're definitely one of my favourite bands, I can't believe they're calling it a day after this tour. Did you buy the cd of the show after it finished? It would be a great souvenir to have.
    Powderfinger are very pleased to announce that Abbey Rd Studios (yep, THAT Abbey Rd that The Beatles recorded at!) are going to be going on tour with the band and recording the shows on the 'Sunsets' Farewell Tour. A CD recording of each show will be available for sale at each venue directly after the show so you can relive the good times over and over! You'll also be able to buy a digital download or CD of your show from the Powderfinger website for a limited time after each show.

    The band's FINAL EVER show in Brisbane on 13 November is going to be recorded exclusively for iTunes and is available to pre-order now
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,390
    Not too familiar with them either. Maybe heard like one or two songs. Although I think one of my current fav bands from Australia opened up for them, The Vines :D
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,092
    absolutely awesome band.....

    a travesty they are calling it a day

    odyssey and vulture street are tremendous records
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    one of my favorite bands of all time. seen them 2x here in the states back in 2001.
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  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    oMG 10 days till I see them in Brisbane...2nd last show, would've loved the final show, but 2nd last will still keep me happy! :D

    Anyone going to the show??
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    Sagittarius Crux wrote:
    oMG 10 days till I see them in Brisbane...2nd last show, would've loved the final show, but 2nd last will still keep me happy! :D

    Anyone going to the show??


    Wish we were back in Oz' to catch em'. Surely they'll do a DVD release of the last show. Now if they'd just encode it for N.A. players we'd be set! :D
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Have they released any albums in the US. According to Wiki, it doesn't look like it.
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,367
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Have they released any albums in the US. According to Wiki, it doesn't look like it.

    i know theyve released fom odyssey#5 onwards, cos US version of OD5 has a different cover to the australian version.

    their 2nd and 3rd albums, double allergic (1996) and internationalist (1998) are perfect albums. better than OD5 and vulture street. internationalist is when they started getting the attention in australia in 1998. OD5 is when they got huge with the radio hit, my happiness.

    living type (off double allergic) live from 2008
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    go thru 43kouta's playlist.. theres shitloads of vintage live material in there.

    looking forward to the 13th. will be an epic night at the riverstage. you am i, jet and the finger.. <shudder>... jet... actually they werent that bad on saturday.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,367
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    Wish we were back in Oz' to catch em'. Surely they'll do a DVD release of the last show. Now if they'd just encode it for N.A. players we'd be set! :D

    their farewell tour dvd is released on 3rd dec on dvd and bluray.
    double disc. 1 doco and 1 of concert footage from a couple shows.

    theres a preview on youtube of sunsets from the dvd.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,618
    My wife has just told me that she's got us tickets to their last Sydney show on Saturday for my birthday! We missed out when they first went on sale but she got them when they released the final batch of tickets.

    I can't wait! I'll be getting the cd of the show and the dvd of the tour for sure!
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  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    Sagittarius Crux wrote:
    oMG 10 days till I see them in Brisbane...2nd last show, would've loved the final show, but 2nd last will still keep me happy! :D

    Anyone going to the show??


    Wish we were back in Oz' to catch em'. Surely they'll do a DVD release of the last show. Now if they'd just encode it for N.A. players we'd be set! :D


    Yes they are, they have already started to compile with footage from this final tour. And the final show will be released on itunes and they are taking pre-orders for it now.
  • FrannyFranny Posts: 2,054
    goldrush wrote:
    My wife has just told me that she's got us tickets to their last Sydney show on Saturday for my birthday! We missed out when they first went on sale but she got them when they released the final batch of tickets.

    I can't wait! I'll be getting the cd of the show and the dvd of the tour for sure!

    I got my show cd on friday night...love that 20 mins after show, the cd's were pumping out. Will def be ordering the dvd...it was a great night, we were about 4 people back from the rail on Ians side, so I got some really good pix of the guys and Jet were really good too. We got there on the tail end ofYou Am I, and they sounded good too. Ahhh the end of an era. All I can say is PLease Powderfinger, please do a John Farnham and come back! LOL
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,475
    Why are they calling it quits ? ..
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    josevolution wrote:
    Why are they calling it quits ? ..

    cause they consider it the right time to bow out gracefully. they dont want to become that band who ends up playing the RSL clubs on past glories.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,475
    catefrances wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    Why are they calling it quits ? ..

    cause they consider it the right time to bow out gracefully. they dont want to become that band who ends up playing the RSL clubs on past glories.

    Ok thanks they seem like a really good band too bad ..I wish i could of seen them ..
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  • TroubledSoulTroubledSoul Posts: 1,367
    They're quitting cos Bernard is moving to Spain with his wife, and what he says goes. He's written some amazing tracks over the years but he's an arrogant twat. It clearly wasn't a group decision, poor old Hoggy, he didn't even know it was comin. Darren and cogs seemed ok with it.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    cogsy seems hed be okay with just about everything though. i do recall reading an interview in rolling stone one year where he and bernard were, shall i say, at odds about certain things.* it was funny cause bernie was getting a bit heated and cogsy was basically pissing up against the wall. ah im gonna miss them.
    i think tomorrow shall be powderfinger day.

    * bernie going off on his political rant and cogsy just bored with it all.



    disclaimer: my mind is a bit vague i i might have remembered that differently than it actually was. i could go and check through my back copies... if i were so inclined and gave a shit. 8-)
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    jeez parables is a hard listen. last time i listened to it i liked it as i previously had. this time i wanted to punch someone.
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  • EastiesEasties Posts: 479
    catefrances wrote:
    jeez parables is a hard listen. last time i listened to it i liked it as i previously had. this time i wanted to punch someone.

    Parables is great. It bugs me that they kind of disown it. It's easy to look back on it now, compare it to the rest of their albums and see that it sticks out like a sore thumb, however at the time I thought it was a cracking album. It doesn't gel with everything else they've done but it's still pretty awesome. It's almost like another band in some respects.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Easties wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    jeez parables is a hard listen. last time i listened to it i liked it as i previously had. this time i wanted to punch someone.

    Parables is great. It bugs me that they kind of disown it. It's easy to look back on it now, compare it to the rest of their albums and see that it sticks out like a sore thumb, however at the time I thought it was a cracking album. It doesn't gel with everything else they've done but it's still pretty awesome. It's almost like another band in some respects.


    oh yeah its def a product of its time, like radioheads pablo honey. neither are the bands' faves and both bands have interesting things to say about them, but at least you can understand how both those albums got made. and in a way both parables and pablo had to happen to those bands for them to be who they are today.
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  • EastiesEasties Posts: 479
    For sure. Darren seems to acknowledge that. The rest of the band seemed embarrassed by Parables. I have great memories of a younger, long haired Powderfinger - tearing up the small stages. Their energy and purpose at that time was top notch. It was a good stepping stone for them. I agree that the album was over complicated, but as you so rightly say, it was a product of the time. They tried to do too much with the songs - but stripped back, some of those songs are fantastic.

    Save your skin (soundcheck version) ----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELc2Ww4zjg Great song. Not out of place on anything they do know. Probably better! (There's not much of Parables on YouTube).

    Walking Stick, Tail, Father's Pyramid, Grave Concern. Reap What You Sow! , before that. Great fucking song ----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXzkW4TNnao. You could see the talent. They moved away too much from that raw sound for my liking. Probably why I speak so fondly of the early stuff : )
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