Personally, I was stuck in the general admission section, not exactly the closest or most spacious seats in the house so I have no idea how things went for those closer to the action, but the sound was a bit on the wishy-washy side at times, perhaps due to wind?
Overall, I thought they played well. Mick was freakishly fit, and seemed fitter than I am (despite being less than half his age), not that I'm overly fit.
I was a little dissappointed with Tumbling Dice though, it looked as though it was just another routine song for them to play and lost all it's charm. Apparently it didn't sell out, but I was packed in there like a sardine.
"Talking of predictability, Canadian pop-metallers Nickelback were an incongruous opener, one bullshit power ballad after another which supports the rock-is-dead argument more than the ancient headliners."
"I love Nickelback heaps, their songs remind me of the past 2 years and always put me in a good mood. I didn't care about the Rolling Stones that much but they were okay and I did like a few songs such as Can't always get what you want and Start me up. I hope Nickelback come back to New Zealand some time and do a concert by themselves."
Well the songs were OK if you like plod rock. But Chad needed to lay off the rock god posturing and talk to the audience in a normal voice, not shouting at them as if he was in Spinal Tap "Hello Auckland!" Every time he would say something to the audience he would scream like a banshee and it got tiresome. My mates decided to play a "who would we have chosen to open for the Rolling Stones instead of Nickelback" game. The Strokes, The Hives, Kings of Leon, The Killers, hell even the Checks came up in conversation. That's how much we were engaged by Nickelback. Which will lead to the next thread....
More Spinal Tap-isms:
"Who wants to sing along with Nickelback?!" - No one cheers.
"Who here owns the brand new Nickelback album All the Right Reasons?" - No one cheers.
I almost felt sorry for Rock's ugliest mug...
It really did suprise me when I heard they were opening for the stones, surely they could have picked a better band..an older band maybe that the oldies who went would know and enjoy hearing instead of some stupid farce band with the ugliest man in rock as their frontman singing about photographs and being so far away and singing about how things remind him of other things.
I have heard the Stones were a bit wobbly though frrom some of my mates who went, they said it was a good show but not as good as they were expecting it to be.
// It really did suprise me when I heard they were opening for the stones, surely they could have picked a better band..
We should think ourselves lucky . . . I think that for awhile it was Maroon 5 opening for them in the US.
Anyway we got a lot of entertainment out of Nickelback, mainly (as mentioned above) from the ugly dudes' awesome 'Rock God Posturing' man that shit was all gold. I mean there's no way you could strut around like that without having some really serious small dick issues.
Actually when ugly dude told some chick in the front that the next song was dedicated to her & to pay attention to the first line . . . 'I like you pants around your feet' . . . that really cracked me up (although it could have been all the vodka laughing)
// We should think ourselves lucky . . . I think that for awhile it was Maroon 5 opening for them in the US.
I believe that Motley Crue opened for the Stones as well. Now that would have been interesting! Wonder if the Stones would have let Tommy strap himself in onto the drum riser to do an upside down drum solo????
The Chad and his cohorts were just as terrible in Wellington. He seems to have taken a class in Rock Cliches 101. He threatened to come and buy some real estate over here, warning his potential neighbours that they better call the cops now becuase he would be very loud and that marijuana smoke would be drifting across the fence at all hours. He even said they could come and have a bong with him (what a frigtening prospect, getting high with The Chad!).
He seemed rather offended when a girl in the first few rows was not paying attention to him "What, are you gonna start texting someone now!"
At one point he proclaimed "I'm having just a little too much fun now", I shouted back "You're the only one!". He also talked about how slippery the stage was "You could be walking out to the wings to take a guitar solo and fall flat on you ass!". Several thousand people were praying for this to happen, but it never did.
And, oh yes, they had T-SHIRT CANNONS! Yes, that's right, if you were lucky enough to be in the first few rows you could have a Nickelback t-shirt fired at you!
I live in Hataitai and tonight I was like "huh, is there a band playing at my neighbours' house?" and then I thought that was a stupid thought, and then I wondered if there was some gig on at a nearby hall or school, and then I realised that it was the Rolling Stones. I live a looooong way away from the stadium. I pity the fools who don't.
Many years ago on a trip to Wellington, I had opportunity to walk through the Hataitai Tunnel on a number of occasions. Each time I did, motorists seemed to take great delight in creating a cacophony of horns in there. Is that some kind of Hataitai pastime, or was I just in the wrong place at the wrong time?
It's been a tradition since I was a kid, that everytime we went through mount Vic tunnel you had to toot your horn, seems everyone else does too.. even when I was back at Christmas we did it everytime we went through ... sorry for the thread high jack .. I've just read that the Wellington gig was okay 107 db at the desk I believe ... to put us back on track ..
Strangely, much as I like the Stones, they're one band that I'm not particularly inspired to go see live. I've seen some live videos and heard official and bootleg live discs, but I always find their studio output is/was much better.
Kinda helps when you can get Keef to play some of the rhythm parts on a record... more difficult to do that live. I remember watching 'One Plus One', Goddard's film which uses footage of the Stones layering up 'Sympathy for the Devil' as an allegory for... OK, I never understood those scenes... but the absence of Watts & Woods from the studio was pretty notable in light of what everyone's said about their level of involvement on such classic records.
No. Hataitians are known to walk through the tunnel, so they'd never do it - well, not after they've experienced it as a passenger anyway. The honkers are people from other areas.
// I live a looooong way away from the stadium. I pity the fools who don't.
Weird. Upon returning to our fair city after a looooooooong drive back from witnessing the fantasic Sigur Ros in Auckland, I decided to do a drive-by the stadium with my windows down and hardly heard a peep. Only when i passed an open roller door did i hear a vague whisper of geriatric stadium rock. I heard they pulled out a few surprises other that the standard "Start me up", "Satisfaction", "Honky-tonk woman" etc.
I was quite interested in going when I heard rumours that QOTSA might be supporting, then when Nickleback were confirmed my Bizkit went as Limp as old Keef's in his smack-taking heyday!
I was in the Mt Cook that night and we could almost make out the songs for the whole gig (in that it wasn't just swirling over every now and then with the Northerly that night). Not once in 5 years have we ever heard a gig at the stadium from the Mt Cook.
A Beramphore friend reckoned he could make out the songs. Pfft.
"but the absence of Watts & Woods from the studio was pretty notable in light of what everyone's said about their level of involvement on such classic records."
Umm, well that period was actually before Ron joined the band. Sympathy For The Devil was still Brian Jones era.
i heard nothing from my mt. cook. zero from one so far. but i read in the wellingtonian that the basin reserve is considering things like concerts. i hope they mean proper concerts not like unproper concerts. that would be convenient.
i actually heard the Western Springs concert from five k away, nearly clearer than i did inside Westac Stadium. Guess in both cases it was the wind. I hate stadiums. I can't tolerate the general public in stadiums. they make me too angry, they're inconsiderate and loud and they spill beer and can't even clap in time. And i don't want to hear some drunk bogan singing sympathy for the devil, i went to hear Mick do it. And i don't think we're a stadium generation, the reason i go to gigs is to get up close and personal with bands. I would have been better off watching the DVD of the stones. righto what a bloody whinger. In saying that, i loved Bowie, but i think he actually gave that personal touch, and endeared himself to us by braving the rain, putting on his parker.. mm then.
You mean the Glass Spider concert? That was a good show - and one of my first big concerts (my big brother was very generous to take me along at an age when younger siblings are a drag [laughs]). I was impressed with guitarist Carlos Whatshisface's steel pants.
I live in Hataitai and tonight I was like "huh, is there a band playing at my neighbours' house?" and then I thought that was a stupid thought, and then I wondered if there was some gig on at a nearby hall or school, and then I realised that it was the Rolling Stones. I live a looooong way away from the stadium. I pity the fools who don't.
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Personally, I was stuck in the general ...
Personally, I was stuck in the general admission section, not exactly the closest or most spacious seats in the house so I have no idea how things went for those closer to the action, but the sound was a bit on the wishy-washy side at times, perhaps due to wind?
Overall, I thought they played well. Mick was freakishly fit, and seemed fitter than I am (despite being less than half his age), not that I'm overly fit.
I was a little dissappointed with Tumbling Dice though, it looked as though it was just another routine song for them to play and lost all it's charm. Apparently it didn't sell out, but I was packed in there like a sardine.
I am interested in hearing how ...
I am interested in hearing how nickelback were.
"Talking of predictability, Canadian ...
"Talking of predictability, Canadian pop-metallers Nickelback were an incongruous opener, one bullshit power ballad after another which supports the rock-is-dead argument more than the ancient headliners."
Russell Baillie in the Herald.
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"I love Nickelback heaps, their songs remind me of the past 2 years and always put me in a good mood. I didn't care about the Rolling Stones that much but they were okay and I did like a few songs such as Can't always get what you want and Start me up. I hope Nickelback come back to New Zealand some time and do a concert by themselves."
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Well the songs were OK if you like plod ...
Well the songs were OK if you like plod rock. But Chad needed to lay off the rock god posturing and talk to the audience in a normal voice, not shouting at them as if he was in Spinal Tap "Hello Auckland!" Every time he would say something to the audience he would scream like a banshee and it got tiresome. My mates decided to play a "who would we have chosen to open for the Rolling Stones instead of Nickelback" game. The Strokes, The Hives, Kings of Leon, The Killers, hell even the Checks came up in conversation. That's how much we were engaged by Nickelback. Which will lead to the next thread....
Nickelback is the new Creed....
Nickelback is the new Creed.
// Nickelback is the new ...
// Nickelback is the new Creed.
ohhh, harsh call.
harsh, but fair.
For further proof of their ...
For further proof of their predictability...
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More Spinal Tap-isms: "Who wants to ...
More Spinal Tap-isms:
"Who wants to sing along with Nickelback?!" - No one cheers.
"Who here owns the brand new Nickelback album All the Right Reasons?" - No one cheers.
I almost felt sorry for Rock's ugliest mug...
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//Nickelback is the new Creed. OOOOO ...
//Nickelback is the new Creed.
OOOOO SNAAAAPPPP!!!!
It really did suprise me when I heard they were opening for the stones, surely they could have picked a better band..an older band maybe that the oldies who went would know and enjoy hearing instead of some stupid farce band with the ugliest man in rock as their frontman singing about photographs and being so far away and singing about how things remind him of other things.
I have heard the Stones were a bit wobbly though frrom some of my mates who went, they said it was a good show but not as good as they were expecting it to be.
// It really did suprise me when I ...
// It really did suprise me when I heard they were opening for the stones, surely they could have picked a better band..
We should think ourselves lucky . . . I think that for awhile it was Maroon 5 opening for them in the US.
Anyway we got a lot of entertainment out of Nickelback, mainly (as mentioned above) from the ugly dudes' awesome 'Rock God Posturing' man that shit was all gold. I mean there's no way you could strut around like that without having some really serious small dick issues.
Actually when ugly dude told some chick in the front that the next song was dedicated to her & to pay attention to the first line . . . 'I like you pants around your feet' . . . that really cracked me up (although it could have been all the vodka laughing)
// We should think ourselves lucky . . ...
// We should think ourselves lucky . . . I think that for awhile it was Maroon 5 opening for them in the US.
I believe that Motley Crue opened for the Stones as well. Now that would have been interesting! Wonder if the Stones would have let Tommy strap himself in onto the drum riser to do an upside down drum solo????
Metallica opened for them for two shows ...
Metallica opened for them for two shows too. That would have been cool.
The Chad and his cohorts were just as ...
The Chad and his cohorts were just as terrible in Wellington. He seems to have taken a class in Rock Cliches 101. He threatened to come and buy some real estate over here, warning his potential neighbours that they better call the cops now becuase he would be very loud and that marijuana smoke would be drifting across the fence at all hours. He even said they could come and have a bong with him (what a frigtening prospect, getting high with The Chad!).
He seemed rather offended when a girl in the first few rows was not paying attention to him "What, are you gonna start texting someone now!"
At one point he proclaimed "I'm having just a little too much fun now", I shouted back "You're the only one!". He also talked about how slippery the stage was "You could be walking out to the wings to take a guitar solo and fall flat on you ass!". Several thousand people were praying for this to happen, but it never did.
And, oh yes, they had T-SHIRT CANNONS! Yes, that's right, if you were lucky enough to be in the first few rows you could have a Nickelback t-shirt fired at you!
// My mates decided to play a "who ...
// My mates decided to play a "who would we have chosen to open for the Rolling Stones instead of Nickelback" game.
We did that. I think we had AC/DC, Kiss and Snoop Dogg.
// Yes, that's right, if you were lucky enough to be in the first few rows you could have a Nickelback t-shirt fired at you!
Nickelback's drummer managed to hit an old lady in the eye when he threw one of his drumsticks into the crowd.
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Of all the foreign support acts...
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I live in Hataitai and tonight I was ...
I live in Hataitai and tonight I was like "huh, is there a band playing at my neighbours' house?" and then I thought that was a stupid thought, and then I wondered if there was some gig on at a nearby hall or school, and then I realised that it was the Rolling Stones. I live a looooong way away from the stadium. I pity the fools who don't.
<digression> Many years ago on a trip ...
Many years ago on a trip to Wellington, I had opportunity to walk through the Hataitai Tunnel on a number of occasions. Each time I did, motorists seemed to take great delight in creating a cacophony of horns in there. Is that some kind of Hataitai pastime, or was I just in the wrong place at the wrong time?
It's been a tradition since I was a ...
It's been a tradition since I was a kid, that everytime we went through mount Vic tunnel you had to toot your horn, seems everyone else does too.. even when I was back at Christmas we did it everytime we went through ... sorry for the thread high jack .. I've just read that the Wellington gig was okay 107 db at the desk I believe ... to put us back on track ..
Wasn't that the Auckland gig? ...
Wasn't that the Auckland gig?
Strangely, much as I like the Stones, they're one band that I'm not particularly inspired to go see live. I've seen some live videos and heard official and bootleg live discs, but I always find their studio output is/was much better.
Kinda helps when you can get Keef to ...
Kinda helps when you can get Keef to play some of the rhythm parts on a record... more difficult to do that live. I remember watching 'One Plus One', Goddard's film which uses footage of the Stones layering up 'Sympathy for the Devil' as an allegory for... OK, I never understood those scenes... but the absence of Watts & Woods from the studio was pretty notable in light of what everyone's said about their level of involvement on such classic records.
//Is that some kind of Hataitai ...
//Is that some kind of Hataitai pastime
No. Hataitians are known to walk through the tunnel, so they'd never do it - well, not after they've experienced it as a passenger anyway. The honkers are people from other areas.
// I live a looooong way away from the ...
// I live a looooong way away from the stadium. I pity the fools who don't.
Weird. Upon returning to our fair city after a looooooooong drive back from witnessing the fantasic Sigur Ros in Auckland, I decided to do a drive-by the stadium with my windows down and hardly heard a peep. Only when i passed an open roller door did i hear a vague whisper of geriatric stadium rock. I heard they pulled out a few surprises other that the standard "Start me up", "Satisfaction", "Honky-tonk woman" etc.
I was quite interested in going when I heard rumours that QOTSA might be supporting, then when Nickleback were confirmed my Bizkit went as Limp as old Keef's in his smack-taking heyday!
I was in the Mt Cook that night and we ...
I was in the Mt Cook that night and we could almost make out the songs for the whole gig (in that it wasn't just swirling over every now and then with the Northerly that night). Not once in 5 years have we ever heard a gig at the stadium from the Mt Cook.
A Beramphore friend reckoned he could make out the songs. Pfft.
QOTSA rumoured?? and they got ...
QOTSA rumoured?? and they got NICKLEBACK??? What were they THINKING??
fuck, I would've gone if QOTSA had been supporting..
//fuck, I would've gone if QOTSA had ...
//fuck, I would've gone if QOTSA had been supporting..
ha! me too!! but it wouldn't be the same without Nick & Mark
"but the absence of Watts & Woods from ...
"but the absence of Watts & Woods from the studio was pretty notable in light of what everyone's said about their level of involvement on such classic records."
Umm, well that period was actually before Ron joined the band. Sympathy For The Devil was still Brian Jones era.
! Oops....
! Oops.
i heard nothing from my mt. cook. zero ...
i heard nothing from my mt. cook. zero from one so far. but i read in the wellingtonian that the basin reserve is considering things like concerts. i hope they mean proper concerts not like unproper concerts. that would be convenient.
Can you see the stadium from your Mt ...
Can you see the stadium from your Mt Cook nest?
ah no. only buildings. i heard the ...
ah no. only buildings. i heard the sound check from work and that was pretty quiet. but i dont know how soundcheck/gig volumes compare.
i actually heard the Western Springs ...
i actually heard the Western Springs concert from five k away, nearly clearer than i did inside Westac Stadium. Guess in both cases it was the wind. I hate stadiums. I can't tolerate the general public in stadiums. they make me too angry, they're inconsiderate and loud and they spill beer and can't even clap in time. And i don't want to hear some drunk bogan singing sympathy for the devil, i went to hear Mick do it. And i don't think we're a stadium generation, the reason i go to gigs is to get up close and personal with bands. I would have been better off watching the DVD of the stones. righto what a bloody whinger. In saying that, i loved Bowie, but i think he actually gave that personal touch, and endeared himself to us by braving the rain, putting on his parker.. mm then.
You mean the Glass Spider concert? That ...
You mean the Glass Spider concert? That was a good show - and one of my first big concerts (my big brother was very generous to take me along at an age when younger siblings are a drag [laughs]). I was impressed with guitarist Carlos Whatshisface's steel pants.
I live in Hataitai and tonight I was ...
I live in Hataitai and tonight I was like "huh, is there a band playing at my neighbours' house?" and then I thought that was a stupid thought, and then I wondered if there was some gig on at a nearby hall or school, and then I realised that it was the Rolling Stones. I live a looooong way away from the stadium. I pity the fools who don't.