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Neil Young at the Tower Theater

edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
edited May 2011 in Other Music
Anyone go? What did you think?

I just got home....thought it was pretty good, wish he would have done some story telling like Eddie does. He's been around making music for so long, he has to have some great stories behind some of the amazing songs he's written.

Started with acoustic "My, My, Hey, Hey" and "Tell Me Why" - which were awesome.

Had a policy that if you left your seats, you couldn't walk back into the theater until the song was over (like at a sporting event). Seemed a little ridiculous, but actually was nice without everyone walking around...
"I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,509
    You were seeing NY when Obama announced the death of Osama... now that is badass. 8-)
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  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    I was talking about that on the way home....He must have not known yet, I'm sure he would have said something...
    "I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

    1996 Merriweather, MD; 1998 Camden, NJ; 2000 Camden, NJ; 2003 Camden, NJ; 2005 Philly, PA; 2006 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2); 2006 Arnhem, NED; 2008 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2), Washington DC, MSG(night 2) 2009 Philly Spectrum Shows(nights 1,2,3,4) 2010 Hartford,CT and MSG(night 2)

    ED Solo - 2008 Washington DC, 2009 Philly, PA(nights 1&2)*Met Eddie =)
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    edvedderrocks wrote:
    Anyone go? What did you think?

    I just got home....thought it was pretty good, wish he would have done some story telling like Eddie does. He's been around making music for so long, he has to have some great stories behind some of the amazing songs he's written.

    Started with acoustic "My, My, Hey, Hey" and "Tell Me Why" - which were awesome.

    Had a policy that if you left your seats, you couldn't walk back into the theater until the song was over (like at a sporting event). Seemed a little ridiculous, but actually was nice without everyone walking around...

    Pretty sure that's a venue policy, rather than Neil himself. I saw Cheech & Chong there a few years back and the rules were exactly the same.

    Neil solo is a great thing. I saw him on the Greendale tour, acoustic, lots of storytelling between songs, which I'm not sure was done on the electric leg of the tour with CH?
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  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    No, it said it was at the artist's request. If you weren't seated by 9:15, you could not be seated until after the first 2 songs.

    Of course, everyone was complaining.... :roll: I liked it...

    Would have rather the whole thing been acoustic, but it was all good...
    "I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me. Guaranteed."

    1996 Merriweather, MD; 1998 Camden, NJ; 2000 Camden, NJ; 2003 Camden, NJ; 2005 Philly, PA; 2006 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2); 2006 Arnhem, NED; 2008 Camden, NJ(nights 1 & 2), Washington DC, MSG(night 2) 2009 Philly Spectrum Shows(nights 1,2,3,4) 2010 Hartford,CT and MSG(night 2)

    ED Solo - 2008 Washington DC, 2009 Philly, PA(nights 1&2)*Met Eddie =)
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    edvedderrocks wrote:
    No, it said it was at the artist's request. If you weren't seated by 9:15, you could not be seated until after the first 2 songs.

    Of course, everyone was complaining.... :roll: I liked it...

    Would have rather the whole thing been acoustic, but it was all good...

    What is the format of his current show, half acoustic-half band as a few years ago over here?
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  • phungiphungi Posts: 641
    ilockyer wrote:
    What is the format of his current show, half acoustic-half band as a few years ago over here?
    He switched it up... some acoustic, some electric, some piano, some pipe organ...

    He rivaled Phish in terms of ignoring the audience, though... complete opposite of Vedder solo...
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,918
    I was at the show. I went on Other Music to talk about it. :roll:

    Anyways, it was amazing how one musician could captivate an audience like that. That's how you realize just how talented a musician he is.

    After the show waiting for the trolley, some guy said on the platform "I wish he didn't play all that political stuff." :lol: It's Neil Young. If you don't want political songs go see Kiss.
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  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,769
    in an unbelievable, horrific act of stupidity, I forgot the show was this weekend and ate 2 tickets
  • Tom KTom K Posts: 842
    MayDay10 wrote:
    in an unbelievable, horrific act of stupidity, I forgot the show was this weekend and ate 2 tickets

    Fo Shizzle?

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  • Citizen ZackCitizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    MayDay10 wrote:
    in an unbelievable, horrific act of stupidity, I forgot the show was this weekend and ate 2 tickets

    :o wow, bummer!
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    this Neil acoustic tour is amazing. I saw it last summer. Acoustic gigs like this are really cool, because it's just on another level. Neil had that policy for our show as well. It was a great experience, with people totally mesmerized. There was a yell out for "needle" but someone else was like, "play what you want Neil." Le Noise is a great record and really like how these songs translated acoustically. May be biased cause the album came out after the show, but it was an amazing expierience.
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  • dr0ptheleashdr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    MayDay10 wrote:
    in an unbelievable, horrific act of stupidity, I forgot the show was this weekend and ate 2 tickets

    wow... that is the worst news I've heard all day. Feeling for you man, sorry to hear that!
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,769
    its my fault 100%. For some reason I got my months mixed up. The show was on my mind and all, but I thought it was the end of May. In fact, I was talking to someone Thursday night about accompanying me.... with no clue the show was in 2 days.

    I saw this thread Monday morning and my stomach dropped.

    Oh, my stupid.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,918
    MayDay10 wrote:
    its my fault 100%. For some reason I got my months mixed up. The show was on my mind and all, but I thought it was the end of May. In fact, I was talking to someone Thursday night about accompanying me.... with no clue the show was in 2 days.

    I saw this thread Monday morning and my stomach dropped.

    Oh, my stupid.

    We came close to doing that with a Franz Ferdinand show. I put them in my iPhone calendar with reminders now to keep that from happening. Sorry man.
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  • choopchoop Posts: 1,060
    a little late to this party, but the show was awesome. (i went sunday).

    i've seen neil young 5 times now, and this was the second time solo. i might have liked this one the best. saw a lot of PJ shirts around. and a lot of really old dudes. the guy next to me was 72, older than neil. he's seen some things in his day. he says he's a 10C member, so if you read this, hey.
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,918
    choop wrote:
    a little late to this party, but the show was awesome. (i went sunday).

    i've seen neil young 5 times now, and this was the second time solo. i might have liked this one the best. saw a lot of PJ shirts around. and a lot of really old dudes. the guy next to me was 72, older than neil. he's seen some things in his day. he says he's a 10C member, so if you read this, hey.

    I wore a PJ shirt too. (but I'm not 72) ;)
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