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TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 09, 2007 at 10:11 PM UTC #
Fucked up the images first go around. Sorry. Let's try one mo' 'gin, shall we?

These pictures were brought to you in part by Heineken and Grey Goose.

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This one's most DEF my favorite. One of my finest moments as the buzzed photographer:

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TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 02:25 PM UTC #
Setlist, for those of you who enjoy the guys responsible for the theme songs from CSI. LOL:

I Can't Explain
The Seeker
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Fragments
Who Are You
Behind Blue Eyes
Real Good Looking Boy
Six selections from the mini-opera Wire and Glass:
1) Sound Round;
2) Pick Up the Peace;
3) Endless Wire;
4) We Got a Hit;
5) They Made My Dream Come True;
6) Mirror Door
Baba O'Riley
Eminence Front
Man in a Purple Dress
Black Widow's Eyes
You Better You Bet
My Generation/Cry If You Want
Won't Get Fooled Again

Encore:
Naked Eye
Pinball Wizard
Amazing Journey
Sparks (with a snatch of the lyrics about Captain Walker from the Overture)
Underture
See Me Feel Me/Listening to You
Tea and Theatre
sweetcell
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 04:23 PM UTC #
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Good seats. Section 3 (Pete's side), Row O. I'm kinda a concert snob. LOL. Aside of 9:30 of course, if I can't sit in the first 20 or better rows on the floor, then I ain't going. Concerts are my (getting expensive as hell) drug.
tell me about it, i share your (self-imposed) pain. i'm a little different about my seat-snobishness: i make sure that i have good seats, that way i don't have to invoque the i'm-not-going rule :) thanks for the rhpc shots! (does this mean that i'm part of "peoople who annoy you"? :eek: )
brokensocscene
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 04:36 PM UTC #
I just avoid the Verizon Center completely :)
Unless it's a concert I really want to see.
Same goes for DAR.
bunnyman
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 04:41 PM UTC #
I was 6 rows back in Section 120, so just off to the side. It was a fantastic seat. I couldn't imagine being up in the nosebleeds.
TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 04:43 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Good seats. Section 3 (Pete's side), Row O. I'm kinda a concert snob. LOL. Aside of 9:30 of course, if I can't sit in the first 20 or better rows on the floor, then I ain't going. Concerts are my (getting expensive as hell) drug.
tell me about it, i share your (self-imposed) pain. i'm a little different about my seat-snobishness: i make sure that i have good seats, that way i don't have to invoque the i'm-not-going rule :) thanks for the rhpc shots! (does this mean that i'm part of "peoople who annoy you"? :cool: You seem like a cool cat, one of these days we gotta chop it up over some beverages. Our musical tastes seem to parallel and what not so I'm sure we'll most def be in the same building/venue one day soon. I forgot my camera xfer cable, so I gotta get you the Peppers flicks later. Far as the seat snob thing, (LOL) thus far I haven't had to not go. But my luck has to run out sometime soon. On the flipside of that though, once I hear some legendary/favorite group is in the area (by area I mean as far as here to NY) my desire/mission to attend approaches Jack Bauer like levels. For example, my early Christmas/New Year's present to myself was to fly to Honolulu to see Pearl Jam open for U2. Words can't describe that experience so I won't try. Ironically though, Pearl Jam ended their set with "Baba 'O Riley/Teenage Wasteland." Needless to say, I proceeded to go APE. SHIT. haha

P.S. The 2nd encore for U2 was Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready coming back out with U2 to do "Rockin' In The Free World". WOW! And that was AFTER Billie Joe from Green Day came out to do "The Saints Are Coming". AFTER I randomly bump into Kid Rock & Scott Ian (Anthrax) while purchasing Heiniken - who for some reason were nice enough to give me a backstage pass. Experience. Of. A. Lifetime. (Yes, sweetcell my e-brethren I will send flicks of that as well.)
TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 04:50 PM UTC #
Originally posted by bearman:
I was 6 rows back in Section 120, so just off to the side. It was a fantastic seat. I couldn't imagine being up in the nosebleeds.
Me neither, homey. Me neither. :D
skeeter
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 04:57 PM UTC #
I'm a seat snob, but it's just getting way too expensive for bigger shows. I just can't justify the $200+ price. I'll probably eat my words eventually, but I can't imagine paying that much for any one band, unless it's in a club or somewhere tiny.

I usually end up going straight for the 2nd price level seats. They're usually not bad and they're about $100 cheaper than the 1st price level. That'll usually put you on the back of the floor or close on the sides.

That's what I did for The Who. I ended up in 111. That was fine by me.
TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 05:28 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
I'm a seat snob, but it's just getting way too expensive for bigger shows. I just can't justify the $200+ price. I'll probably eat my words eventually, but I can't imagine paying that much for any one band, unless it's in a club or somewhere tiny.

I usually end up going straight for the 2nd price level seats. They're usually not bad and they're about $100 cheaper than the 1st price level. That'll usually put you on the back of the floor or close on the sides.

That's what I did for The Who. I ended up in 111. That was fine by me.
I can't knock you for that. Concerts are getting kinda crazy price wise. But I look at it this way, that $205 was spent for a PRICELESS experience. It's not like I'm ballin' like that, cause I'm not. But I do work hard so I can afford to nice shit like this. I'm young, single, plus have no kids and I haven't hit 30 yet. These are the best years of my life, & it'll be kinda cool to prop up Director Jr. on my knee one day & be like "Daddy was cool once upon a time." LOL. My scale pretty much applies to a $450 cap for KILLER seats. That's what I paid to see the Stones, so that's my scale for TOO expensive. Only a SELECT few groups are worth that to me. Much as I love the Who, I wouldn't have paid $450 to see them. But by today's standards $205 for 15th row seats seems fair to me. As far as my $450 cap limit, only the Stones, U2 (fortunately U2's floor seats are GA and FAR cheaper @ $60), Michael Jackson, & Pink Floyd (never gonna happen) are worth that to me. The Police are worth that (TO ME) as well, but luckily I scored 8th row Center stage in Hershey Park for $260. I'm AMPED for that, fam.

It's worth it, cause I feel the energy on the floor in that area is WAY different. The energy on the floor is indescribable. There's something cool about being able to look right up & see your favorite group/rock/hip-hop gods standing right over you pumping out classics in your ear. It's a beautiful thing. You can't put a price tag on utopia, and that's what concerts are to me. There's something special about 20,000 black, white, Spanish, Asian, etc. people becoming colorless & just stopping time for 2 hours (2 and a half with encores :D ). I'm not an emotional person by any stretch of the imagination, but concerts touch my heart like no female on the planet aside of my mother & like 1.5 ex-girlfriends never could. Different strokes for different folks, I guess . . . . So in a nutshell, that's why I don't mind the price tags. But the escalating prices are starting to blow me . . . :D
sweetcell
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 08:04 PM UTC #
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
(does this mean that i'm part of "peoople who annoy you"? :eek: )
Nah, never that.
*phew*! i'm caucasian, so had you said "yes" that would make me a WAGGER. i'll PM you with my concert schedule, would love to meet up for drinks at some point.

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
For example, my early Christmas/New Year's present to myself was to fly to Honolulu to see Pearl Jam open for U2. Words can't describe that experience so I won't try.
i had to hold myself back on that one, would have loved to attend. i'm sure that was a great show.
TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 08:47 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
(does this mean that i'm part of "peoople who annoy you"? ;) The last 2 minutes of that song, starting around Keith Moon's drum solo are some of the best 2 minutes in rock - actually, fuck that - MUSIC history. Period. So good it made me pretty much forget the two times I saw them, they didn't do "My Wife." But excellence has it's prices, right?
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Re: The Who March 12, 2007 at 09:25 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Originally posted by sweetcell:
(does this mean that i'm part of "peoople who annoy you"? :eek: )
Nah, never that.
*phew*! i'm caucasian, so had you said "yes" that would make me a WAGGER. i'll PM you with my concert schedule, would love to meet up for drinks at some point.

Originally posted by TheDirector217:
For example, my early Christmas/New Year's present to myself was to fly to Honolulu to see Pearl Jam open for U2. Words can't describe that experience so I won't try.
i had to hold myself back on that one, would have loved to attend. i'm sure that was a great show.
I had no idea you were Azeri? Georgian?
TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 14, 2007 at 06:46 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sweetcell:
sheesh - old foggies:

The Who ends concert during first song
Ah, give 'em a break, S. Celly. Shit happens. If they'd canceled cause of a coke-binged, Jack Daniels-imbibing, whore-infested night, they'd be revered for it. :D
jeffml
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Re: The Who March 14, 2007 at 06:49 PM UTC #
He said he was sick at the DC show although he sounded great.
TheDirector217
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Re: The Who March 14, 2007 at 09:07 PM UTC #
Originally posted by jeffml:
He said he was sick at the DC show although he sounded great.
I thought so myself. His voice didn't give out, & it sounded fuller than on their classic records . . . .
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