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Jul. 13th, 2012 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tvordljCheap Trick was awesome!!!
We got there just before the doors opened at 7:15 and i made my way straight up near the stage. It was standing room only but there were a few rows of chairs set up at the back of the room. I did go with four other people but mostly, they stayed at the back. I stayed at the front for most of it, hemmed in by the time it really got going. I did get some pretty good photos though, close enough that the flash worked which is always better for reducing camera shake.
There was actually more songs that I didn't know than I did, having only really been familiar with the radio hits. I think I did own Live at Budokan at one point but I don't remember what else was on it now. The first familiar song was 5 in, "If You Want My Love". Later on, Robin Zander poured out a soulful version of The Flame that most of us slow danced to back in the day but after that they jumped into my all time favourite Cheap Trick songs, "I Want You To Want Me" and "Surrender". They saved Dream Police for an encore and we were a bit disappointed they didn't do "Ain't That A Shame" or "Don't Be Cruel" which are two of my other favourites. It didn't really matter, though. They were great! Full setlist here.
Rick Nielson is still a real showman at 66 and fooled around, made faces, and showed off his many guitars through the show, from old, scarred and beat up to shiny and red. The famous 5 masted guitar was saved for the final encore song. Don't think I've ever seen a guitar quite like that before! Tom Petersson, the bass player had a beautiful guitar, it had a peacock motif all glittery and shiny. The drummer was not the legendary Bun. E. Carlos however. I have heard he's either retired or off with a health problem. The drummer would appear to be Daxx Nielson, Rick's son and he was very good.
At one point, Rick introduced a song as being written for the end credits of the "best movie ever filmed". Someone in the audience quipped "Up the Creek!" to which he more or less snorted but was actually referring to ... er... i can't remember the name and I can't find a reference to it on imdb or on the wiki site. Oh well. never mind. He had guitar picks lined along his mike stand, ready for flicking into the audience and he also tossed handfuls as well, much to everyone's delight but by the time he'd thrown handfuls, I had finally made my way to the back of the room with the rest of my friends! I would have been in the prime spot to catch one, too! Not meant to be.
As always, photos here on Flickr. I'll put these and some more of the less favourites on Facebook tonight or tomorrow.
We got there just before the doors opened at 7:15 and i made my way straight up near the stage. It was standing room only but there were a few rows of chairs set up at the back of the room. I did go with four other people but mostly, they stayed at the back. I stayed at the front for most of it, hemmed in by the time it really got going. I did get some pretty good photos though, close enough that the flash worked which is always better for reducing camera shake.
There was actually more songs that I didn't know than I did, having only really been familiar with the radio hits. I think I did own Live at Budokan at one point but I don't remember what else was on it now. The first familiar song was 5 in, "If You Want My Love". Later on, Robin Zander poured out a soulful version of The Flame that most of us slow danced to back in the day but after that they jumped into my all time favourite Cheap Trick songs, "I Want You To Want Me" and "Surrender". They saved Dream Police for an encore and we were a bit disappointed they didn't do "Ain't That A Shame" or "Don't Be Cruel" which are two of my other favourites. It didn't really matter, though. They were great! Full setlist here.
Rick Nielson is still a real showman at 66 and fooled around, made faces, and showed off his many guitars through the show, from old, scarred and beat up to shiny and red. The famous 5 masted guitar was saved for the final encore song. Don't think I've ever seen a guitar quite like that before! Tom Petersson, the bass player had a beautiful guitar, it had a peacock motif all glittery and shiny. The drummer was not the legendary Bun. E. Carlos however. I have heard he's either retired or off with a health problem. The drummer would appear to be Daxx Nielson, Rick's son and he was very good.
At one point, Rick introduced a song as being written for the end credits of the "best movie ever filmed". Someone in the audience quipped "Up the Creek!" to which he more or less snorted but was actually referring to ... er... i can't remember the name and I can't find a reference to it on imdb or on the wiki site. Oh well. never mind. He had guitar picks lined along his mike stand, ready for flicking into the audience and he also tossed handfuls as well, much to everyone's delight but by the time he'd thrown handfuls, I had finally made my way to the back of the room with the rest of my friends! I would have been in the prime spot to catch one, too! Not meant to be.
As always, photos here on Flickr. I'll put these and some more of the less favourites on Facebook tonight or tomorrow.
