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i went to that huge concert in Toronto last wednesday night it was to boost the cities economy, especially the tourism sectors, after the big scare about SARS i think CNN called it "SARS-stock" or something anyways, 400 and something thousand people came... it was pretty enormous (definitely the biggest concert in canadian history) i could only see a small fraction of the people there at once, people were just crowded all the way to the horizon... i could only get a sense of how much bigger it was than the small part i could see by noticing how far the speaker towers continued off into the distance it was held on what used to be an air force air field, so theres plenty of space anyways, to the actual music! i only went to the evening show, so i missed the smaller acts that performed int he afternoon (tea party, flaming lips, who cares, etc)... and we actually missed the first performer of the evening section, justin timberlake... but i didn't mind i got there as The Guess Who were performing "American Woman", they sounded pretty good for old timers ;) next was Rush, who feature some guy who is supposed to be the best drummer in the world.. ive forgotten his name, but needless to say, he was very impressive, although it was limited somewhat by the sound quality, which was not great.. you could clearly hear the delay between teh many many speakers, and the sound ended up sort of garbled and not clear..... and it was really inconsistent too... every now and then the trebble would suddenly be overwhelming.... or there'd be these really slow swells of very deep bass that seemed to have no connection to the music next........ AC/DC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AC/DC and the stones seemed to be the performers most people were really waiting for, so people got pretty into it at this point.... they were amazing! Angus Young, their lead guitarist, was really the highlight of the whole show for me... he was amazing! i love the way he performs on stage.. he had so much energy it was impossible for the |
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he had so much energy it was impossible for the crowd not to catch some of it he really got into it, went crazy w/ his guitar (of course there was a lot of very cool guitar stuff going on).... and part way through their set, he went into a strip tease.. stripping down to his boxers, which featured a big maple leaf on it the rest of the band didn't really get much of my attention to be honest... then..... ........the Rolling Stones obviously the most anticipated performers.. by this time, some people were starting to move towards the exits (planning to lessen the wait they were expecting when several hundred thousand people try to leave at the same time).... this gave us a chance to move closer to the stage it was pretty cool seeing the Stones perform.... justin timberlake come on stage after a couple songs and helped out on one song, and he looked pretty pathetic compared to Mick Jagger..... and im not just saying that cus i dont like justin timberlake..... seeing them perform side by side, justin was clearly struggling to keep up with Mick, and kept looking at him to lead and trying desperately to follow his moves.... i guess he didn't have a choreographer to plan out what he'd do this time or something also, the stones had some surprisingly sexually themed visuals going on the many many screens that are necessary when most ppl in the audience are too far to see the stage.... it involved a naked cartoon woman riding on a pin that was driven through a tongue, part of the rolling stones' logo or whtaever it is (u know, the big mouth symbol)... anyways it was surprising thats all there was plenty of REAL nudity too... many topless girls, and just plain hot partially clothed ones too i digress then Angus Young joined the stones on stage to perform another amazing guitar solo...... wow, i liked AC/DC and Angus before, but this show really made me want to get into them anyways the stones were cool, it was good too see "legends" like that perform live before they die..... but AC/DC really stole t |
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but AC/DC really stole the show for me it was very dusty too... and hot... and by the end, dirty.... and there was much marijuana smoked... and lots of people were treated for dehydration (obviously)... by the end of the night the ground was covered with empty plastic bottles... www.rollingstonestoronto.com for more info, including full set lists, and the infamous (in toronto) list of items allowed and banned for security issues |
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Could you actually see the stage, or was it too far? |
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yes, but only for a few seconds at a time, between the heads of those in front of me.... when we moved up, when teh stones were playing, we could see more clearly... it was like having bad seats at an ordinary sized concert i cant believe how far behind us, and to the sides, teh crowd was stretched out.. most people were far worse off than where i was they had 50-something big screens set up for people to look at... it showed a mix of on stage stuff and shots of the crowd, and the occasional computer graphics |
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I really like that thing Angus Young does with his mouth. Kinda like what a fish out of water does, but more like someone w/ Tourettes Syndrome. |
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Man, I would have killed to be there. There was well over half the population of all of Nova Scotia there, it must have been insane in the membrane. Spectacular lineup, too. I heard the Port-0-Potties were also top of the line. That's important. The Stones can put out all the mediocre music they want, but they'll still be the uber-cool. |
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luckily, i did not have reason to personally inspect the port-o-potties yeah the stones were cool..... |
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