Tom Waits

monkey9

Sweet Jesus, i'll never ever forget last night for as long as i live. I couldn't stop staring at him for the entire show just wondering if that really is Tom Waits in front of me!
The four songs he did on piano were just perfect. Tom Trauberts Blues, On The Nickel, Christmas Card From A Hooker................... and Innocent When You Dream.
Absolutely great version of Time! And the hat he put on near the end reflectling light around the tent!!!! I wish so much i was going again tonight and tomorrow.

Hermy

Just thinking...something really special would be Kentucky Avenue.

Stef1979

you guys are crazy!! that was an amazing performance...I only knew a few of the songs (newbee fan) but thought it was incredible, so much soul went into the performance....i've never seen such effort and presence on stage before especially for a man of his age...I loved every second of it....
the venue was def badly laid out but that wasnt his fault....

packas

Hermy wrote: »

Just thinking...something really special would be Kentucky Avenue.

The great rendition of Hoist that rag almost made up for no Kentuck Avenue though:)

CraggyIslander

packas wrote: »

The great rendition of Hoist that rag almost made up for no Kentuck Avenue though:)

Add Tom Trauberts blues and it is made up for :pac:

James_M

Class gig last night.

Here's a review from one happy supporter:
http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=811

Worth a read.

kranog

Actually.....listening to some more Waits all morning.....ya know what would have been class last night?
Road To Peace! Awesome!

dereko1969

getting giddy with excitement

did the show start bang on 8? did you have to be in your seat at 730? friends of mine will be running a little close to the start so any advice welcomed.

kranog

Not at all....it started about 8:20 maybe. I got there at about 7:55pm....

setanta59

Before I get accused of being a moaney joe, can I set a few things straight.
· I am not one to complain normally
· I am a massive Tom Waits fan,pre- and post Swordfishtrombones
· I paid full price for seats
· The view was sh1t, could not see the band and could barely see Tom
· The sound was sh1t, only good during the piano numbers(which were excellent). Maybe it was OK in the main arena, but it didn’t travel well to the sides.
· He was excellent. Sure his voice is shot, but fans know that end know what to expect. But the show was ruined for me by the issues listed above and then the roof leaked and the rain came in.
· This is not what I expected when I paid €140 approx for my ticket.

Having waited so many years for Tom to play here, I have never been so disappointed with a show in all my life.

MickH503

kranog wrote: »

Not at all....it started about 8:20 maybe. I got there at about 7:55pm....

Did he play past 11pm?

beth-lou

MickH503 wrote: »

Did he play past 11pm?

Yep finished at 11.10

Stef1979

he came on stage at 830pm and was still there at about 11.10 - 11.15 ish

unionman

setanta59 wrote: »

Before I get accused of being a moaney joe, can I set a few things straight.
· I am not one to complain normally
· I am a massive Tom Waits fan,pre- and post Swordfishtrombones
· I paid full price for seats
· The view was sh1t, could not see the band and could barely see Tom
· The sound was sh1t, only good during the piano numbers(which were excellent). Maybe it was OK in the main arena, but it didn’t travel well to the sides.
· He was excellent. Sure his voice is shot, but fans know that end know what to expect. But the show was ruined for me by the issues listed above and then the roof leaked and the rain came in.
· This is not what I expected when I paid €140 approx for my ticket.

Having waited so many years for Tom to play here, I have never been so disappointed with a show in all my life.

I think your post is a measurement of the gap between expectation and experience.

and as you can see, most people had a good one:D no offence and sorry for your touble n'all

And where do people get the idea his voice is shot?

unionman

..Whose review you can read hereWednesday, July 30, 2008

Set List:

Lucinda / Ain’t Goin’ Down to the Well
Raindogs
Falling Down
On the Other Side of the World
I’ll Shoot the Moon
Cemetery Polka
Get Behind the Mule
Cold Cold Ground
Singapore
Circus / Tabletop Joe
God’s Away on Business
Tom Traubert’s Blues
On the Nickel
Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minnneapolis
House Where Nobody Lives (false start)
Innocent When You Dream
Lie to Me
Hoist that Rag
Bottom of the World
Green Grass
Way Down in the Hole
Metropolitan Glide
Dirt in the Ground
Make it Rain
-
Jesus Gonna Be Here
Eyeball Kid
Time

The Chessplayer

setanta59 wrote: »

He was excellent. Sure his voice is shot, but fans know that end know what to expect. But the show was ruined for me by the issues listed above and then the roof leaked and the rain came in.
· This is not what I expected when I paid €140 approx for my ticket.

Having waited so many years for Tom to play here, I have never been so disappointed with a show in all my life.

What do you mean by his voice is shot? I have never come across this idiotic phrase before. Does it mean he can't sing or what?

monkey9

I thought his voice sounded brilliant last night. I mean, you should know what to expect from him and he was quality!!

pwd

What was the crowd like? I don't mean how big, but what demographic kinda, and what sort of attitudes they seemed to have.
Maybe it seems an odd question; I'm interested because I would think the overpricing would have an effect on what sort of people would go. There would be a type of person who would like to go to a gig like this for the sake of earning some sort of kudos rather than because they would enjoy the gig. I'd see the high pricing as encouraging this sort a bit.

Qprmeath

Id say mainly an older crowd,inly 35 and upwards. Around me people listened to the music in silence apart from the obligatory couple having a chat. Think the high prices meant only real fans went but someone else will say different.

unionman

Qprmeath wrote: »

Id say mainly an older crowd,inly 35 and upwards. Around me people listened to the music in silence apart from the obligatory couple having a chat. Think the high prices meant only real fans went but someone else will say different.

Agreed. Vast majority were clearly fans, who would have paid four times the price and crawled bare-chested over broken glass and hot coals to be there. Well, I was prepared to do that if necessary:cool:

Casual audience members were in evidence, but in a minority. Saw one young lassie walking aimlessly out of the show while texting someone. Obviously lost her way from the last Westlife gig.

Rather than join the between song melee for the jacks, I held on to my pee for more than half the gig. I couldn't bear to miss a moment. Best wee I ever had afterwards (in torrential rain at a communal portable urinal). Hey, as long as we're sharing...

CraggyIslander

James_M wrote: »

Class gig last night.

Here's a review from one happy supporter:
http://www.bohemian.com/citysound/?p=811

Worth a read.

Reading that brought a wee tear to the eye, partly coz i was there, and partly coz i is half drunk now on account of not being there tonight

Up until last night, i'd have called myself a casual fan, but am considering getting a bowler hat now*

If he plays road to peace tonight or friday, anyone there's the luckiest b'ds around**

Cant believe I'm still on a buzz from last nights gig

*already have the boots!
**but we had Tom Traubert's Blues...... worth entry alone

brundlefly

karlh wrote: »

GIG OF THE YEAR!? ARE YOU ON CRACK?

I went to this last night and I can say hand-on-heart that it was THE worst gig I have ever been to. I've thought hard and I honestly can't think of a worse show.

The sound was absolutely abysmal , slightly improved halfway through the show but not even the greatest setup in the world could rescue Waits. He is beyond fúcked and really shouldn't be touring....certainly not for €120 a ticket anyway.

I know he's a legend but legends fade away. Try to take the blinkers off and see it for what it is. If it looks like shít and smells like shít...

I know 2 separate parties who left 30 mins before the end.

you need to seriously rethink your ideas on what consists of a good show .
Are you even a fan? or just another hipster kid going to be seen ?...if so do some homework before you buy a ticket.

tom was f****ing amazing, the show was beautifully orchestrated, the band was great and even way up at the back the sound was good....tell me when was the last time any real tom waits fans played an album so loud your ears bled?....its a mood and he is not slayer !

it seems you and your two friends had every right to leave ....you didnt get it ,you would like to think you may have gotten it ....but you didnt ...so that must be the fault of the artist ...oh and its lashing outside better go grab a taxi...

"rescue Waits"...you sir are an idiot!

so what if it rained by the way it was the "glitter and doom" tour!


it was a top-class show perfomed to aplomb.

CraggyIslander

brundlefly wrote: »

you need to seriously rethink your ideas on what consists of a good show .
Are you even a fan? or just another hipster kid going to be seen ?...if so do some homework before you buy a ticket.

tom was f****ing amazing, the show was beautifully orchestrated, the band was great and even way up at the back the sound was good....tell me when was the last time any real tom waits fans played an album so loud your ears bled?....its a mood and he is not slayer !

it seems you and your two friends had every right to leave ....you didnt get it ,you would like to think you may have gotten it ....but you didnt ...so that must be the fault of the artist ...oh and its lashing outside better go grab a taxi...

"rescue Waits"...you sir are an idiot!

so what if it rained by the way it was the "glitter and doom" tour!


it was a top-class show perfomed to aplomb.

dont feed the troll

karlh

not a hipster kid, not a troll, not a die-hard either, didn't complain about the rain but thought it was shít and i'm obviously going to be in a minority.

i was really really looking forward to it - that's why i'm so disappointed.

it's my opinion, there's lots of them on boards. there's not a lot of posters who call people idiots and stick around too long.

brundlefly

apologies
but do you not think maybe you expected too much and lashed out with a looks like s**t smells like s**t comment?
tom performed and will continue to perform for a long time yet.

CraggyIslander

fair enough karlh, apologies for using the T word

I went in not sure what to expect (but was hoping) and got blown away

Went to see Peter Gabriel last year and had really high expectations, gig was good.. but not brilliant like Tom was to me....... I am a fanboy of Peter though


you reminded me of that ol pub saying, opinions are like arseholes...... everyone has one

kranog

CraggyIslander wrote: »

*already have the boots!
**but we had Tom Traubert's Blues...... worth entry alone

I'm not ashamed to say that during the middle of Tom Traubert's Blues...I did actually cry for like a second or two....the man just cuts me everytime on that one and especially the second verse of San Diego Serenade.

I have some VERY rare live concerts of Tom back in '76...I was listening to them all day today....so whoever said, he's lost his voice...I can tell you...he hasn't lost a thing !!!

CraggyIslander

kranog wrote: »

I have some VERY rare live concerts of Tom back in '76...

Where's my copy ;P


Woot! just now found a bootleg from 1978 from ann arbor in Oz where he introduces the song by saying he borrowed their adopted anthem

kenco

Brockagh wrote: »

Traffic was fine getting in. I got from Templeogue to Phoenix Park in about 15 minutes and parked on the road, about 300 yards from the tent. Arrived at about 7.15

Heading there on Friday night. What route did you take Brockage?

Thanks in advance

Mr. Fancypants

Sounds like you were sitting behind me then. Really really really awful view. Had a cable for the speakers in front of him while he was standing and could just about see his left hand when he was playing piano. Sound wasnt great off to the sides but seemed good in the centre (noticed this when i wandered around to go to the toilet). Couldnt believe it when the rain started getting into the tent. Despite that i really enjoyed his performance but couldnt shake the feeling of being robbed.

There were 2 tiers of tickets for this remember, Standard and Premium. I can't imagine that the Standard tickets (if they actually existed) had a worse view than the seats we were in.

Almost forgot to add. When the seating chart went online (it wasnt online when tickets went on sale initally) i gave Aiken Promotions a call as the seats seemed really poor and i wanted to make sure i wasnt being sold a Standard seat by mistake. The person i was speaking to assured me that they were great seats. Ah well.

setanta59 wrote: »

Before I get accused of being a moaney joe, can I set a few things straight.
· I am not one to complain normally
· I am a massive Tom Waits fan,pre- and post Swordfishtrombones
· I paid full price for seats
· The view was sh1t, could not see the band and could barely see Tom
· The sound was sh1t, only good during the piano numbers(which were excellent). Maybe it was OK in the main arena, but it didn’t travel well to the sides.
· He was excellent. Sure his voice is shot, but fans know that end know what to expect. But the show was ruined for me by the issues listed above and then the roof leaked and the rain came in.
· This is not what I expected when I paid €140 approx for my ticket.

Having waited so many years for Tom to play here, I have never been so disappointed with a show in all my life.