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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    nice review baby... yeah!!

    i think i might come down to London on the Sunday before the gig to make things easier on my weary legs for the Monday!

    well depends on trainfares that is.. mondays tend to be a lot cheaper!

    i'm sooooo scottish arent i? trying to save £20 or so.... :rolleyes:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    I was chatting to an Aussie chick. She was gorgeous. We were discussing the South American tour, on which she had seen a few shows. Halfway through a word, amidst the crazy Scots next to us chanting 'Ole ole ole, Perul Jumm Perul Jumm', those lights came on and my heart stopped. Everyones' eyes were on the right hand side of the stage, waiting for the emergence. A few seconds passed. My heart was stationery, but my pulse was so rampant I could barely breathe anyway. Then they walked out. I couldn't believe it. I should've been looking at Mike, who I had idolised for years, but my eyes were on Ed, who happened to be wearing that legendary green shirt we had seen in all the DVDs, posters and magazines, badges attached. He picked up his guitar, suggesting Long Road. No, Breakerfall. No, Corduroy. No, Betterman.... The feedback kicked in. At this point I had heard no 2006 bootlegs so I was unfamiliar with this signature noise. Then the ebow bounced in. And then.... the drums. Oh, the drums. The floor began to shake and I was somehow convinced it was Undone that they were playing. I was being thrown about from side to side and pushed in every direction possible. Then came the riff. At that moment, everyone recognised WWS. After all the shows I saw last year, of all the openers, that was the best one. Release would've been nice, but WWS is now tarnished with sentiment.

    Yeah baby!!!
    :o I remember it like it was 5 minutes ago :eek: That entire day was the best MOMENT of my life... every bit of it. I dunno was it getting so far up to the top of the queue... realising we were getting in before the 10c'ers... seeing an empty room and a BARRIER and thinking 'this can't be it, surely? Where's all the other people?'... The lads coming out... those opening notes... it was all just soooo special and yes WWS will always be my PJ opener cos it was my first PJ song to hear live :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    dunkman wrote:
    nice review baby... yeah!!

    i think i might come down to London on the Sunday before the gig to make things easier on my weary legs for the Monday!

    well depends on trainfares that is.. mondays tend to be a lot cheaper!

    i'm sooooo scottish arent i? trying to save £20 or so.... :rolleyes:

    That's reasonable. Means you can meet folk, drink much beer, and get into the vibe of PJ fan mania in Londinium. Plus you save £20, which can be used for purposes of beer drinking, whilst simultaneously NOT giving it to some corporate fish belly.
  • Scratchin a Letter
    Scratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :o I remember it like it was 5 minutes ago :eek: That entire day was the best MOMENT of my life... every bit of it. I dunno was it getting so far up to the top of the queue... realising we were getting in before the 10c'ers... seeing an empty room and a BARRIER and thinking 'this can't be it, surely? Where's all the other people?'... The lads coming out... those opening notes... it was all just soooo special and yes WWS will always be my PJ opener cos it was my first PJ song to hear live :o
    I know, it's strange isn't it? You were at Verona so you witnessed Release, and that was probably still amazing, but not quite equal.

    And Desperate Housewives was ace!! But you spoiled it by telling me people were gonna die. Ah at least they weren't primary characters eh? :D
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :o I remember it like it was 5 minutes ago :eek: That entire day was the best MOMENT of my life... every bit of it. I dunno was it getting so far up to the top of the queue... realising we were getting in before the 10c'ers... seeing an empty room and a BARRIER and thinking 'this can't be it, surely? Where's all the other people?'... The lads coming out... those opening notes... it was all just soooo special and yes WWS will always be my PJ opener cos it was my first PJ song to hear live :o

    The Astoria was like a mental asylum. Any disinterested, detached on-looker with dealings in all things psychiatric, would have had us all banged up in a padded cell and poked with sticks. :cool:

    Seriously though, between the opening drums of WWS and Do the evolution, it's a blur. Half way through Do the evolution i realised that i was about to collapse and was soaking wet.

    Can you imagine what we all looked like to Ed? :eek:
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    realising we were getting in before the 10c'ers...


    do you mean the winning ticket people? cos thats all the tenclubbers there were and they had a special VIP seat on the balcony.

    other than that there were no 10club tickets sold/given away... it was a free for all :D

    best day of my life as well... except birth of my kids that is ... but it was better than my wedding day :o

    EDIT: i dont mean the actual getting married bit or i didnt want to marry mrs dunk.. i mean in terms of the actual day!!! :cool:
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    I know, it's strange isn't it? You were at Verona so you witnessed Release, and that was probably still amazing, but not quite equal.

    And Desperate Housewives was ace!! But you spoiled it by telling me people were gonna die. Ah at least they weren't primary characters eh? :D
    Release was fab... especially in the rain. Inside job in Dublin was amazing as an opener. But WWS will always be the first one I heard so it will be special :) . I'm holding out for Long Road in Copenhagen though (since it's my birthday and my favourite song :o )

    Sorry :o I didn't realise it was gonna spoil it :o but it WAS a brilliant episode.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Scratchin a Letter
    Scratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    dunkman wrote:
    do you mean the winning ticket people? cos thats all the tenclubbers there were and they had a special VIP seat on the balcony.

    other than that there were no 10club tickets sold/given away... it was a free for all :D

    best day of my life as well... except birth of my kids that is ... but it was better than my wedding day :o
    The wedding night included? :o
  • Housing Jim
    Housing Jim Posts: 644
    The Astoria was just one of those nights when everything goes perfectly.

    Chatting to fellow fans in the queue was a great way to open the evening. Not having to endure a support abnd who inevitably no one would be interested in.

    Managing to secure an amazing view from the front of the raised section by the bar.

    I think I'd been completely covinced that something was going to happen to stop this gig happening so when the lights finally went out, the headrush was like nothing I'd felt for any band before.

    For me the defining moment of the night was Elderly Woman. Delivered poignantly and beautifully, you can't say it united the room as we were already there but it raised the emotional notch to something I've never seen any band achieve before.

    If Wembley is even half as good, it'll be an amazing night
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Byrnzie wrote:
    The Astoria was like a mental asylum. Any disinterested, detached on-looker with dealings in all things psychiatric, would have had us all banged up in a padded cell and poked with sticks. :cool:

    Seriously though, between the opening drums of WWS and Do the evolution, it's a blur. Half way through Do the evolution i realised that i was about to collapse and was soaking wet.

    Can you imagine what we all looked like to Ed? :eek:
    :D I was worse afterwards :eek: couldn't walk my whole body was shaking so much. I was just completely in shock, in a good way. My clothes were falling off me I'd sweated so much :eek: it really really was the best night of my life by FAR.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Buru
    Buru Posts: 8,473
    V V wrote:
    Morning :) here is my creation :D:D:D

    caption """ Ed and Hank were suprised to find Stine Henge a Little smaller then they expected and wondered if the Spinaltap boys had not got it wrong after all!""
    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/MotherBone/Art/1.jpg
    2.jpg
    4.jpg

    haha brilliant!

    (the answers in playdoh...)
    :D
    y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?
  • Buru
    Buru Posts: 8,473
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Nice pic!


    Poser! ;)

    hahaaaaaaa
    I think I will edit that blog post shortly :rolleyes: :D
    y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?
  • Buru
    Buru Posts: 8,473
    V V wrote:
    thanks guys :D
    no never did find the severd hand !!! made a new one !

    you go girl, and you go herb!! :cool:

    should have just kept him with one hand and used the severed hand reference in your favour ;):D
    y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Buru wrote:
    hahaaaaaaa
    I think I will edit that blog post shortly :rolleyes: :D

    I like it. It's a cool pic.


    Check out this cool pic of the man who's name is Ed... http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2003/03/eddie-vedder.jpg
  • Buru
    Buru Posts: 8,473
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I like it. It's a cool pic.


    Check out this cool pic of the man who's name is Ed... http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2003/03/eddie-vedder.jpg


    ooh i like that pic
    y la banda de Guille... cuando toca?
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    excuse me but when did this thread turn into the oo-Astoria-was-so-great-let's-all-think-and-talk-about-it-and-make-the-people-who-weren't-there-jealous -thread?! :mad:


    :o























    ;):p
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    eMMI wrote:
    excuse me but when did this thread turn into the oo-Astoria-was-so-great-let's-all-think-and-talk-about-it-and-make-the-people-who-weren't-there-jealous -thread?! :mad:


    :o























    ;):p


    At precisely 10:53 AM. :cool:
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Byrnzie wrote:
    At precisely 10:53 AM. :cool:


    yeah Ems... the time is on the top left hand corner of the post :rolleyes: :p
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    The wedding night included? :o

    a shag is a shag is a shag ;):D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    dunkman wrote:
    yeah Ems... the time is on the top left hand corner of the post :rolleyes: :p

    oh feck off you two!
    "Don't be faint-hearted, I have a solution! We shall go and commandeer some small craft, then drift at leisure until we happen upon another ideal place for our waterside supper with riparian entertainments."

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