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Review
By Matt Bobber
DAMN!
I just got back from the Chicago show. To start things off,
I got to the venue around 3PM. Literally no one there. Then
I get in line, meet some really cool people, like Ghost Face
from this forum, and another guy from here (sorry dude, dont
remember your name). Once they open the doors, we jolt in,
and I run down to my SEAT on the floor. It was in the 9th
row in the 1st section. I thought it really was gonna suck
at first having seats, but more on that later.
CKY
was absolutly horrible. I'm not sure if GNR just put them
on to make themselves look better, or what. They had this
really obnoxious guitar player, who whenever the crowd started
booing or yelling things (with good reason.........), he would
say some dumbass remark. I'm sorry, but any band who's primary
words are: fuck, shit, cocksuckers, blow job, need to go back
and get an education. It was really annoying, "How are
all you motherfuckin' motherfuckers!" At this point in
the show, the arena is barely 1/3 full, so I'm getting kinda
worried.
MixMasterMike.
Oh God. And you think CKY is bad!! He was not well received
at all. Spinning records NONSTOP for 45 minutes was just WAY
to much. It was really horrible. He even had a really cheesy
stagesetup too, but onto the goodstuff. By this time the arena
was about 80% full. After this, I met Gunner4Life, who was
really cool, and he even made signs that read, "PLAY
CATCHER IN THE RYE", and "2003-The Year of GNR"
As
time went on, EVERY SINLGE SEAT WAS FILLED. This show WAS
sold out. @ around 10:10 lights go down, and a different intro
was played, not the Exorcist one. It was really hard to hear
with everyone screaming. Then they bring down the curtain.
Red lights shining on the stage, then you see the band come
out, with opening jungle chords. Where's Axl? He's right behind
the drums behind all the smoke! YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE! YOU'RE
IN THE JUNGLE CHICAGO! YOU'RE GONNA DIEEEEEEEEE...........or
something like that. I know he threw in Chicago somewhere
in the song. Axl was wearing a #7 Atlanta Falcons Michael
Vick jersey, couldn't tell if it said Rose on the back. Finck-white
suit, buckethead-the usual, tommy- plaid suspends, fortus-
pil shirt, dizzy-no shirt (RIPPPED!!!) Brain-couldn't tell.
Pitman-who cares, LOL!
It's
So Easy and Brownstone went really well. Live and Let Die
was when the crowd really started getting into it (great pyro).
Then the new version of KOHD came up, and the crowd surprisingly
liked it!!
YCBM
in my opinion was the only weak song they played. That songs
just seems to hard to mimic. I think it should be scrapped
from the set.
Finck
then comes out and starts playing a guitar solo, that sounds
really out of tune, and with no real flow, and everyone's
like ehhhhhhh. Then right at the end of the solo, he goes
into SCOM!! SCOM was perfect.
later
in the set, Axl said, "gimme a piano......." And
he started playing this great piano intro. I was thinking,
c'mon Axl, please let this be a new song, please please please.......it
wasn't but it was a really great intro, very gloomy, but great.
Buckethead wasn't in November Rain at all if I remember correctly.
November Rain was the final blow to any doubters in the arena.
At that point, they all turned and pledged allegiance to the
new GNR!!
The
Blues went really well, during, "make you change your
mind......" Axl seemed to lose control of his voice,
and it went REALLY rough. Crowd really liked the Blues though.
Madagascar,
same video from the VMA's on the screens. Guitar solo was
really great. Amazing song.
Buckethead's
solo was pretty cool, and I think it went over really well
with everyone, especially the Chicken Binge.
Chinese
Democracy was really good too, Great pyro, just like Live
and Let Die. Lots of fire. I think I was the only one in the
arena who knew the words! lol This was one of my fave songs
in the set.
Patience
was my personal favorite on the night. Axl was leading everyone
to wave their hands, and I looked back and everyone was waving
their hands. During, "and the lights they shine so bright....."
everyone went apeshit! It was really great.
I
can't remember what they played before the Encore, it might
have been Chinese Democracy or Nightrain.
The
only messup the whole night, was right near the end of Nightrain,
Axl was backstage and he comes out, and you hear him say something
like, "I was having a conversation, but we'll finish
this LATER." Really pissed off.
Paradise
City was great, the whistle made everyone go nuts of course,
and the confetti made it just that much better.
Overall
it was an amazing show. So sound messups, which was really
surprising. You could always hear Axl's voice. One thing I
noticed is how he barely messed with the Monitor Mixer thing.
I went to Vegas on 12/31/01, but this show I think was alot
better show, just to have an arena full of people chanting
along to every GNR song you ever heard.
I
highly recommend going to see them!!!
Matt
PS>
One of the funniest things of the night was how Buckethead
was moving around alot. At one point he even jumped down 3-4
stairs while playing!!! The first thing that went through
my mind was how Axl docked Izzy or Gilby's pay cause they
"didn't run around enough".....Hilarious.
Source:
gnr.suddenlaunch.com
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