Any other Aussies pumped for the upcoming Powderfinger / Silverchair tour...?

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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    glasshouse wrote:
    just fooling around i guess. i like your name. i also like almo pajamas.

    :D hehe! Ok well I guess I can relax a little then!

    I like my name and elmo pyjamas too! :D

    Do you realize that "The Glasshouse" is the name of a really cool TV programme that used to be on the ABC here? :)

    And it's also the name of the stadium where all the basketball goes on here in Gotham. :)
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  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    nope,did not know that.

    did you know "life in a glasshouse" is one of my favorite Radiohead songs, hence.........

    tell Batman i said wazup
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    glasshouse wrote:
    nope,did not know that.

    did you know "life in a glasshouse" is one of my favorite Radiohead songs, hence.........

    tell Batman i said wazup

    Ah! So which album of Radiohead's do I need to hear this? :o

    I'll pass on the greetings to Batman! :)
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  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    glasshouse wrote:
    AMNESIAC

    haha!! :D How appropriate!!! :D
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  • Oz Jammer
    Oz Jammer Posts: 9,858
    Lukin4 wrote:
    Just have to say, this is the most excited I've been for a non PJ concert ever..... these are 2 of my 3 fave Aussie bands, and to see them both play on the same night is going to be magic!!!
    Anyone else going to the Gold Coast gig who is keen for a preshow meetup, let me know..... I'm sure we can get a crew together for a few not so quiet ales somewhere... :)


    I'm excited!!!!

    Newcastle to both start and finish the tour :)

    Still wish it was "Powder Jam" not "Powderchair" but you won't hear me complaining (too much) ;)
  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    Jeanie wrote:

    Anyway, what do you want to wager? :)

    whatever u can afford to lose! :p

    johns has said on many occasions that he pretty much hates the frog and thinks its the worst shit ever written. and im pretty sure he doesnt really like playing freak either. when will he learn, dammit!!

    i'm sure he will come to his senses one day... until then.... there will be no tomorrow or pure massacre... and definitely no findaway :(
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    TroubledSoul wrote:
    whatever u can afford to lose! : p

    johns has said on many occasions that he pretty much hates the frog and thinks its the worst shit ever written. and im pretty sure he doesnt really like playing freak either. when will he learn, dammit!!

    i'm sure he will come to his senses one day... until then.... there will be no tomorrow or pure massacre... and definitely no findaway : (

    I'm pretty sure I've heard them play pure massacre live.

    But tomorrow live still eludes me! :(

    I had heard him say on numerous occassions that they are over it, and embarrassed by frog because they were so young and they don't think it's their best work, just some kiddy project they want to forget. I'm hoping too that at some point they realize the impact that their "kiddy project" had on other people and that they'll embrace it again!
    And knowing my luck, which as I've mentioned is bad, I do think if they ever do play it, it's bound to be when I'm not there! So Melbourne is looking good for everybody else!! :D

    Clearly I ain't gonna be wagering my elmo pj's! ;) :eek:

    How bout I'll buy you a drink sometime if I lose? Coz I'm sure you've already got all the PJ boots and rarities that you could want and I doubt there's anything in my chair collection that you don't already have. :)
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  • TroubledSoul
    TroubledSoul Posts: 1,374
    Jeanie wrote:

    How bout I'll buy you a drink sometime if I lose?

    deal!! but i think i live a fair way from gotham city :p

    i keep saying "one day daniel will realise that fans love the frog.. and the frog is the reason they are successful. they played israels son about every 2nd show in 2003.. that's the last the frog was mentioned! freak and the door were staples this yr on tour.

    did you see the chair on jay leno? poor daniel had laryngitis. he was forced to belt out the choruses cos his voice was so fucked and had no ability to hit high notes. hopefully they dont suffer too many sales in the states from the average performance.
    Yeh I've seen Pearl Jam, too. But I can't remember the dates.
  • dharma69
    dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    TroubledSoul wrote:
    deal!! but i think i live a fair way from gotham city :p

    i keep saying "one day daniel will realise that fans love the frog.. and the frog is the reason they are successful. they played israels son about every 2nd show in 2003.. that's the last the frog was mentioned! freak and the door were staples this yr on tour.

    did you see the chair on jay leno? poor daniel had laryngitis. he was forced to belt out the choruses cos his voice was so fucked and had no ability to hit high notes. hopefully they dont suffer too many sales in the states from the average performance.
    ...and the end result: they've had to postpone/reschedule the first few shows of their US tour.

    They were supposed to open the tour last night at the House of Blues in San Diego (so what if it was Friday the 13th?); after the Leno show, it was obvious that it just wasn't going to happen because his voice was in bad shape. I was going to go to tonight's show in LA.

    I've been enjoying "Young Modern" for a few weeks now so I was looking forward to the show. The album's not out in the states until July 24th so hopefully the down time will do him some good.
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  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    Oz Jammer wrote:
    Still wish it was "Powder Jam" not "Powderchair"

    Me too. Maybe you could suggest it to you know who so he in turn could mention it to the other you know who. :D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Lukin4 wrote:
    Just have to say, this is the most excited I've been for a non PJ concert ever..... these are 2 of my 3 fave Aussie bands, and to see them both play on the same night is going to be magic!!!
    Anyone else going to the Gold Coast gig who is keen for a preshow meetup, let me know..... I'm sure we can get a crew together for a few not so quiet ales somewhere... :)

    who's the other band?


    not that i'm going to any of the tour dates. but i am listening to parables for wooden ears this week as my album of the week. :)
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  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    No. Powderfinger has not changed their style for years, Bernard should just go solo. As for Silverchair, well they continue to suck as they always have and the new radio friendly stuff is worse than their early grunge imitation rock.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    searchlightsoul wrote:
    No. Powderfinger has not changed their style for years, Bernard should just go solo. As for Silverchair, well they continue to suck as they always have and the new radio friendly stuff is worse than their early grunge imitation rock.

    ah, another one of these. have fun listening with your ears closed.

    i also wanna know who lukin's 3rd fav aussie band is.
  • searchlightsoul
    searchlightsoul Posts: 583
    soulsinging wrote:
    ah, another one of these. have fun listening with your ears closed.

    i also wanna know who lukin's 3rd fav aussie band is.

    Guess I'm just lacking that deeper level of perception which you obviously possess.
  • earfulofjam
    earfulofjam Posts: 16
    I was thinking about this the other day (regarding John's opinion of their earlier work)...and thought, 'What if Pearl Jam disregarded some of their earlier stuff as immature or they outgrew it'....

    The fact that PJ play both their early stuff and their newer stuff really is one of the reasons they have such a loyal support group, and if the 'chair were smart about this, as you say, they will wake up to it and not alienate the fan base that they captured at the beginning.

    A lot of people, myself included, hopped onboard at frogstomp and kept riding the wave to Young Modern. It's good to hear that old stuff again even if it's not every show. Imagine if they started playing Tomorrow and Pure Massacre as often as Evenflow and Corduroy... a lot of people would pay to see those two songs played once at most gigs.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    searchlightsoul wrote:
    Guess I'm just lacking that deeper level of perception which you obviously possess.

    perhaps just lacking the patience/willingness to go any further than listening to one single once before writing off the band/album.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Earful of Jam wrote:
    I was thinking about this the other day (regarding John's opinion of their earlier work)...and thought, 'What if Pearl Jam disregarded some of their earlier stuff as immature or they outgrew it'....

    The fact that PJ play both their early stuff and their newer stuff really is one of the reasons they have such a loyal support group, and if the 'chair were smart about this, as you say, they will wake up to it and not alienate the fan base that they captured at the beginning.

    A lot of people, myself included, hopped onboard at frogstomp and kept riding the wave to Young Modern. It's good to hear that old stuff again even if it's not every show. Imagine if they started playing Tomorrow and Pure Massacre as often as Evenflow and Corduroy... a lot of people would pay to see those two songs played once at most gigs.

    i figure that when daniel talks about their early stuff as immature he is taking into account that they were babies when frogstomp came out. who you are as a middle teen is not who you are as a mature person in your twenties.(at least for most of us anyway). pearl jam on the other hand were grown men when ten came out.
    i loved when silverchair started to work with van dyke parks to add a new dimension to their work. it showed that as musicians, they were willing to explore all their musical options and that they weren't going to allow themselves the stay in one spot and rot.
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  • wolfbear
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    Just saw Silverchair in Seattle at the Showbox and have to say they put on a really good show. Glad we went. :)
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