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"Head like a hole"Originally Posted by brotha52
yeah some people didn't know the songs too well and couldn't tell when they were over and such... Also, I don't mind "woos" and "fuck yeahs" but I found the "I love you Trents" to be a bit disrespectful.
Last edited by Fragile Teeth; 04-11-2013 at 12:44 PM.
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Highly disrespectful.
People ruined a lot of this show. Like, every time Trent did something, all I could hear was girls screaming.
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I had an equal opportunity screamer near me... also got a few "I love you Mariqueen" and "I love you Atticus". I cringed during the first song when the screaming started once they figured out which shadowy figure on stage was TR, but the section near me shut up pretty much after that.
I was really impressed by the stage and the scrim like things on to which they were projecting the visuals... they looked like clear plastic rods hanging in layers; they could both move them across the stage and rotate them which would change the visuals projected on them (and the projectors were massive 2x2x5 boxes).
Also, if you were there by 4:30pm or so, even the non-presale line was like 10-15 people (went by them on my way to the presale line).
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I had my friend's girlfriend scream "I love you Rob" since he wasn't getting much love from the crowd, felt bad leaving him out.
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Well Trent and Mariqueen are the main focus during the show. It makes sense. I wanted to scream out to Alessandro during the "The Space In Between" remix, but I had to contain myself. LOL why are we not allowed to have fun at a concert anymore?
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I think it's ok in between songs, but I don't think it's nice during songs.
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Meh, I mean when my band plays I like to hear reactions during the music. It helps pump you up.
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I'm all for having fun during concerts... and the screamer near me didn't really bother me once I determined that she was an equal opportunity screamer. It was more background noise than anything else... not like that time that I ended up next to 2-3 die hard Radiohead fans at a NIN LITS concert who proceeded to bitch that NIN < Radiohead for 95% of the show. They only shut their mouths during In This Twilight. I only have a problem when the behavior of the people around me is massively disrespectful and/or obnoxious. The crowd on the whole was nice.
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I apologize if this is a repeat, I haven't had a chance to catch up on the entire thread yet.
Arrived about 5pm, had to beat traffic out of San Diego, and ended up being fourth in line for the pre-sale line. It went fairly smooth, other than the TM will call people that were trying to trick security to letting them in with/before us, but thankfully the people controlling the pre-sale set them straight.
There were only 100 show posters, apparently there will be 6 rotating designs during the course of the tour. 40 were signed and $55 as reported above, with the remaining 60 being unsigned and costing $25.
Got a place dead center on the rail. DIIV went on at 9pm, and I really enjoyed it. I did not enjoy the idiot to my right that kept telling his two friends how terrible he thought DIIV was after each song.
HTDA took the stage at 10pm. The white lights during TWU were so intense that my eyes were watering, it was staring into a supernova. I recommend polarized shades for that song. Mariqueen was definitely tearing up when she sang Ice Age, my friend agreed with me. Rob looked a little stiff throughout the show, probably just first show jitters/anxiety. Hopefully he loosens up a bit and enjoys himself more as the tour goes on. Annoying girls screaming out "Trent Reznor" and "I love you Trent" were the worst part of the show.
Did any one else notice the guy by the soundbooth that looked like Robin? Or am I mistaken?
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I'm aiming for rail for my show, but after seeing the images and videos, I'm wondering if I should stand in the back. Did being up close take away from the visuals? Or was it still pretty awesome?
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I was front and center (friend of the guy who hated on DIIV the entire time they were up there, LOL) and it was cool but after seeing videos from further away, the visuals are much better if you stand back a little bit. If I go again I would try and be further back.
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I enjoyed being on the rail and after viewing the videos on youtube, I really don't feel that I missed any of the visuals. Besides, seeing Mariqueen shiver and tear up during Ice Age was an experience that the people in the back watching the visuals couldn't capture.
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Gah, I'm torn! I should have gone to two shows.
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