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Post by impulse on Mar 6, 2024 22:20:41 GMT -5
Ahh, I got it now. The Popeye image makes more sense now. Well, welcome back!
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Post by DoghouseReilly on Apr 30, 2024 11:37:17 GMT -5
Going to see Judas Priest tomorrow. Taking my daughter, who was surprisingly, the one who pushed to go. She's still not a metalhead, but I think she just wants to be able to say that she saw JP. She does understand their standing as metal gods. I'm a little worried about being disappointed in Halford's voice. He sounds great on the new record, but who knows how the rigors of touring is going to wear down his voice. Regardless, it's gonna magic just to be in his presence.
I'm debating if I should get some earplugs. I can never get them to stay in. I should just plan for a couple weeks of extra tinnitus.
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Post by impulse on Apr 30, 2024 14:49:27 GMT -5
Nice! While not my favorite group out there, they have very much earned their status as metal gods, and if I had the option I'd definitely go to see the legends in person. Cool you get to do that with your daughter, too. Always nice to find a common interest to bond with the kiddos on.
Definitely at least try the earplugs. I've recently read that pulling on your earlobe while you put them in and letting go helps them stay.
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Post by DoghouseReilly on May 2, 2024 12:39:32 GMT -5
Random musings about the Judas Priest show:
We both had a lot of fun. I was not expecting my daughter to get into it as much as she did. Probably a combination of latent metalhead-itis, contagious enthusiasm from her dad, and a fair amount of crowd participation segments.
The deepest cut we got was Saints In Hell. That was the only song from Stained Class, and I prefer it over the expected Exciter or Beyond The Realms Of Death.
No Metal Gods, but we got Rapid Fire.
There wasn't an encore of the type where the whole band leaves the stage and everybody's supposed to clamor for their return. When the drummer said "We have time for a couple more songs", he wasn't kidding. The last song of the set was Living After Midnight, then they said good-bye and left the stage, and that was it.
She's been asking who we should see so that we can experience a mosh pit. I have no idea. There wasn't one last night, but I wasn't expecting one, and it's not like we could get near the stage anyway.
The "new" guitarist is a fine replacement for K.K.
We got more of the Halford Scream than I expected. Damn impressive.
Sabaton opened. I don't know anything about them, but they were pretty good.
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Post by impulse on May 2, 2024 14:41:58 GMT -5
Nice! Sounds like an awesome time, and so cool the kiddo was into it! I think Sabaton headlined when I got to see Marty Friedman, so that's funny. I also don't know anything about them except they enabled me to see Marty. Speaking of Marty and your daughter wanting to see a pit...
Megadeth just announced a North American tour. Maybe check for close dates?
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Post by DoghouseReilly on May 2, 2024 15:28:18 GMT -5
Nice! Sounds like an awesome time, and so cool the kiddo was into it! I think Sabaton headlined when I got to see Marty Friedman, so that's funny. I also don't know anything about them except they enabled me to see Marty. Speaking of Marty and your daughter wanting to see a pit... Megadeth just announced a North American tour. Maybe check for close dates? The Megadeth show I went to.. um five to ten years ago, was one of my favorites, and I wasn't even in to them yet. They're here September 3rd, outdoor venue. I wonder of anybody starts mosh pits out on the lawn. Are you seeing them this time?
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Post by impulse on May 2, 2024 15:35:29 GMT -5
Nice! Sounds like an awesome time, and so cool the kiddo was into it! I think Sabaton headlined when I got to see Marty Friedman, so that's funny. I also don't know anything about them except they enabled me to see Marty. Speaking of Marty and your daughter wanting to see a pit... Megadeth just announced a North American tour. Maybe check for close dates? The Megadeth show I went to.. um five to ten years ago, was one of my favorites, and I wasn't even in to them yet. They're here September 3rd, outdoor venue. I wonder of anybody starts mosh pits out on the lawn. Are you seeing them this time? Unless they announce more dates closer to me, I doubt it, but I'm not too upset. I've seen them multiple times, including both a packed smallish venue (2,000 ish capacity) all the way to the Big 4 of Thrash show in California with 50,000+ and others somewhere in between. Each had its pros and cons. The smaller packed one was one of the most fun concerts of my life. There were no "casual" Megadeth fans seeing them live circa late 00s/early 10s, so it was a very enthusiastic crowd. The pit was a blast. I got knocked flat on my ass 3 times, and I'm not a small man. I was too scared to go near a pit at Big Four. There were some BIG BOYS there, and I saw norse gods carried out unconscious before the sun event went down there, so yeah.
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