Detroit Show Oct 4th Anyone going?

[youngvedder]

i cant believe the roof of The Fillmore actually blew off last night, faces melted everywhere, and my beer started to boil at one point (actually boiled the whole night).


what an amazing, amazing show. Met some great people, the fillmore was great, the setlist was a nice mix and complimented the other two shows I have attended this year well. Great to hear Cobra, MAhgeetah, Dondante, Off the record (which really got the crowd started)...

Patrick is absolutely unreal...

I noticed at least 2 audio tapers and 1 video...hope these get out!

CAn we start yesterday over again?

exhausted,

Yv

[StayClassy]

I am pretty convinced Jim James was high last night, nothing else can explain what happened.

[ImGoing2Scream]

that setlist is missing Golden... i can't remember exactly when it was played.

the last 5 or so songs of the set were fucking insane. the energy just kept growing.

best show ive seen in ages!

[xmascriminal]

that setlist is missing Golden... i can't remember exactly when it was played.

Sorry about that. I just added it in the correct place.

[Cobra]

my left ear is more deaf than my right.

i feel as if my whole life was just a lead up to last night's "one big holiday"  Twas the zenith of my happiness.

[Dee.]

I agree with you all! What a great show. Thanks to the band for another fun fun fun night.

Here's my video of Cobra hisssssssssss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbm2CHulY7E



:-*

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

I agree with you all! What a great show. Thanks to the band for another fun fun fun night.

Here's my video of Cobra hisssssssssss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbm2CHulY7E



:-*

awwwwwwwwesome.

[Agent Cooper]

As youngvedder said... "Can we start yesterday over again?"

If only...

I got to the D early and I stood in line with some cool folks. That started it off right! I was looking for getinthevan's Slayer shirt, and since there were 2 lines to get in, I missed seeing him and Ms. Yvon  :'( I probably walked right by you guys.

The crowd was great as always. I tell ya, a good crowd makes the show so much more exciting and entertaining, and the Jacket crowd didn't disappoint. I was right up close, in front of Carl and I met a few first timers too (my boyfriend included - I finally converted him!) They were geeked which in turn made me even more excited to see the show.

This was my 5th show and the guys were nothing less than spectacular! I bet they have played Golden 15,000 times but it was like a brand new song. It was a high energy show and they looked like they were really having fun. They all just killed it! Each time I see the band, my appreciation and love grows!!

I was so hoping for Cobra and damn, if they didn't rock the roof off with that awesomeness!!

After the show, some LiveNation people (I think) were handing out free posters. They were pretty cool. It had the venue, date and a nice squirrel graphic printed on it. I snagged one and after going back to my car, decided to go wait by the bus to see the guys. I missed seeing Bo (he must have booked right after the show), but Two Tone, Patrick, Jim and Carl came right out and signed my poster. Goddamn MY shaky knees!! I finally met my favorite band, of course I was too chicken to say much.  :-X (Today I thought of many intelligent things to say, of course). There were many pictures taken and they signed everyone's stuff. They are such nice guys!!!

Now I must contain myself until Friday for the show in Chicago. I can't wait. 2 shows in one week. I am in heaven right now  :D

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

can't wait to hear the tape.  I wish there was a video of this concert so bad.  saw one taper on the floor I think.

[Cobra]

if im not mistaken, i saw a video camera in the sound-board area (or whatever the hell you call that)

[stevenflow1989]

First time seeing this fucking amazing band live, not including when I saw them open for Pearl Jam, where I was introduced to them. What a fucking amazing night. Directly in front of Jim. One point during Mahgeeta while I was jumping, Jim came right up to me and we were headbanging for a good 10 seconds or so. For those 10 seconds, Jim and I were in our own little world.

I don't know how that show compares to others, but I would not be surprised if this was an even more stellar than usual show. So. Fucking. Amazing. My highlights of the show constantly change.

I would love a memory of this show so much, and hope a video was out there but I'm not getting my hopes up. I however would love an audio recording. If anyone has any such luck with this, please let us all know! Thank you very much to the board and again for the band for fucking melting my face off.

[SmokinShootin]

the show was awesome and at the end i was approached by someone on stage who gave me a signed poster and told me the band really liked me and that they give a signed poster to a fan they liked.  It was amazing!  I have some great photos that I'll post here.  I was in the front row.

if you saw me, I was the kid in the tie die shirt and 87 crosby hat.  I waited in like for 3 to 4 hours before the show.  I'm sure, I saw some of you guys.

[ms. yvon]

hooray for spontaneous decisions!

last sunday's show in seattle was supposed to be my last of the tour.  but...
thursday night at about 9pm i found a plane ticket to detroit with a price too good to pass up.  i had plans to see the swell season in los angeles on saturday with a friend.  when i called him about the plane fare, he said, "maybe i'll go too!"

so my friend, who'd heard, but never seen mmj, met me at LAX friday night to catch a red-eye to detroit.  :D

we got in at 5:30, picked our car and headed to the hotel i'd booked on hotwire (i LOVE hotwire for this kind of travel!).  got there in time to have free breakfast with all the people who were just starting their day.  we were a little travel weary, and were surrounded by "just out of the gym" people.
during our breakfast, a man dining alone at the table behind us, interrupted our conversation with this, "young lady (!) would you like to see what fear looks like?"  not an inviting opening line... turns out he was eager that we see the news coverage of oj simpson being convicted of whatever he was on trial for.  i said, "oh.  hmm." to not be rude and turned back to my scrambled eggs.

Number One personal highlight from Embassy Suites Romulus:  Push button gravy dispenser.  (when we checked out this morning at 4:15am i made my friend pose for a pic with it.  :) )

we got to the venue a little early and met some really friendly people in line. of the 8 people on either side of us, none of them was from detroit:  lansing, kalamazoo, toledo, ohio.  detroit is a show hub for a lot of cities in the area.   i gave out some of the stickers i'd made for the tour.  of the guys in front of us said, "hey!  i read about these!"  i didn't ask him where, but it totally made my night.

ok.  my one and only bitch about livenation:  their break up with ticketmaster is making things weird and shitty for concert goers.  the weird tension created by the "fast lane" ticket holders and the ticketmaster ticket holders was just a drag.  heard two versions of the fast track line:  
1:  that subscribers pay a fee and PURCHASE the ability to enter the concert ahead of the general ticket holding population
2:  that people who purchased their tix thru livenation, not ticketmaster were allowed to enter early, it didn't cost them anything extra.
either way:  lame.  i wish these businesses would stop looking for angles to make another dollar and just let things be.

done.

...my friend and i got a great spot down in front of carl, but not in front of the speaker stacks.  being at one end of the stage is great for watching the entire stage at once. the stage at this fillmore is quite low, and the gap between stage and barrier is small.
the theatre is gorgeous!  a bartender told me that in the conversion from "the state theatre" to the fillmore, a lot of effort was put into restoration.

along the walls hung chandeliers. the procenium around the stage (theatre class, anyone?  ;) ) was ornate and included niches on either side featuring sculptures of larger than life suits of armor.  reminded me of the men who were wearing red robes, carrying shields and were practicing military manoeuvers at the park near the greek theatre in l.a.  kind of odd.  kind of awesome.

(have to get an cappuccino refill, then i will continue this post...and maybe even get to the show!   ;D )

after the show, my friend wendy commented that some bands take a little time to ramp up at a show, but this band comes out of the gate playing at full energy.

setlist has been posted (thanks!), so i'll just add some notes:

--Evil Urges--the sound was great!  carl and tom were super crisp in the mix!
--Touch Me pt 1--after the show last night my friend asked me, "what's the deal with the cape?"  ;D

--OTR
--Aluminum Park--it is clear that this will be a "let's rock detroit" set  ;D
the setlist taped down next to carl's pedals got a bit "danced apart" here.
--Way he sings--ahhhh!

-jim takes a minute to assure us that should some uprising occur while we're at the show the suits of armor will keep us safe.  at which point the lights swung around to key them.
--i'm amazed--WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?!
--IT BEATS 4U--HOT DAMN!--carl @ end:  WOW!

--thank you too--very cool as the woman next to me in line had hoped to hear this.  
--sec walkin'
--magheeta--jim picking intro here...lots of new segues between songs.  bridges, noise, guitar bits!  --EVERYONE SING!  BIG STOMP FINISH!

--lay low--i love the jam on this when it gets cooking!  tt laid way back at the top of this like he was settling in.  could also see some smiles between tt and bo.
(there was a LOT of smiling and face making going on up there last night.   ;D )
--GIDEON
-jim rap about the hidden beauty of detroit, ice skating at christmas and whether that heartwarming crap appeals to you...  ;D  it's funny to see the band's response to jim's extemporaneous riffing.  
he also commented that detroit was the home of some of the best music ever made.  patrick stood and applauded.

--golden
--librarian
--dondante--sound got CRAZY LOUD here.  :o   those green lights!  like a grotto up there.
--smokin from shootin--the build in this is such a killer!

--touch me pt. 2--DANCE IT OUT
--RUN THRU--THERE WILL BE STROBES--jim gets the crazy leg shake working...patrick doing some fun arm moves during the key breaks  ;D
as the band is walking off stage, tt leaps into the wings

----2nd set----
-before the band came back out a crew member whisked carl's pedal steel off stage which made me think there'd been a set change...
--bermuda hwy!--jim out solo acoustic
--wordless--tt and carl were busting some pretty fab dance moves here  [smiley=beer.gif]  big knee slide from jim--bo playing in all that smoke and color with his eyes closed

--highly suspicious--carl's solo EN FUEGO!
--COBRA!--damn!--just as i was expecting the third movement to start the rocking mid section took a crazy drum turn!  YOW! sooooo much fun!
--anytime--tt on his toes for parts of this!
--obh--ALL THE LEATHER KIDS WERE LOOOOOOOOUUUUUD!

-noticed that jim's fat black electric guitar is sporting a couple of gold EU owls at the base of the strings. has the foam lobster been retired?  again, i point out that part of my occupation is observing details, if only to comfort myself that noticing these details is not all that odd.   ;)
-reiteration:  carl's black and gold dan electro is fucking gorgeous.

(sign of the season:  it's not yet 7pm but almost dark.  it's too chilly to sit out on this patio any longer.  gonna pick up some tacos, head home, and finish this write up from there.  lord, what a wind bag.   ::) )

[suzanne]

i was standing by a taper that is going to posted on archive.org
not sure when its gonna be up

i had a fucking blast..wore my boot..s was jumping all over the place...my shins hurt like hell today ....BUT dem boys are worth all the pain and pleasure in the world

cobra KILLED it
dondante ROCKED..loved the piano on it...made it sound so new
:D :D :D :D :D :D

LOVED everything about that show...Detroit represented ...

[stevenflow1989]

the show was awesome and at the end i was approached by someone on stage who gave me a signed poster and told me the band really liked me and that they give a signed poster to a fan they liked.  It was amazing!  I have some great photos that I'll post here.  I was in the front row.

if you saw me, I was the kid in the tie die shirt and 87 crosby hat.  I waited in like for 3 to 4 hours before the show.  I'm sure, I saw some of you guys.

Hey! I was directly to your left the entire show. Sorry about bumping into you so much again, haha. But I couldn't believe it when that guy handed you the signed poster, I can't believe how you must have felt.

Also, I didn't hear a single thing about that whole livenation/ticketmaster ordeal. I wanted to be at the venue waiting around 3 or 4, but my friends said it wouldn't be that bad. Of course I was sad when I got a call from a friend that had been waiting there since two saying there were 150 people or so. We got there though and apparently we had 'special' tickets that let us get in early. I was excited but I felt terrible.

Also, suzanne, would you happen to be 'Zanne' from the Pearl Jam message board?

[stevenflow1989]

I just reread yvon's post. I had to work the day the tickets went on sale and had a friend buy mine for me. Apparently he bought the tickets through ticketmaster but they never came in the mail. He called ahead of time and they said to just have the confirmation number and his ID and we could pick them up at will call. We ended up getting livenation tickets, where, as noted, let us stand in a line with not many people at all.

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

hooray for spontaneous decisions!

last sunday's show in seattle was supposed to be my last of the tour.  but...
thursday night at about 9pm i found a plane ticket to detroit with a price too good to pass up.  i had plans to see the swell season in los angeles on saturday with a friend.  when i called him about the plane fare, he said, "maybe i'll go too!"

so my friend, who'd heard, but never seen mmj, met me at LAX friday night to catch a red-eye to detroit.  :D

we got in at 5:30, picked our car and headed to the hotel i'd booked on hotwire (i LOVE hotwire for this kind of travel!).  got there in time to have free breakfast with all the people who were just starting their day.  we were a little travel weary, and were surrounded by "just out of the gym" people.
during our breakfast, a man dining alone at the table behind us, interrupted our conversation with this, "young lady (!) would you like to see what fear looks like?"  not an inviting opening line... turns out he was eager that we see the news coverage of oj simpson being convicted of whatever he was on trial for.  i said, "oh.  hmm." to not be rude and turned back to my scrambled eggs.

Number One personal highlight from Embassy Suites Romulus:  Push button gravy dispenser.  (when we checked out this morning at 4:15am i made my friend pose for a pic with it.  :) )

we got to the venue a little early and met some really friendly people in line. of the 8 people on either side of us, none of them was from detroit:  lansing, kalamazoo, toledo, ohio.  detroit is a show hub for a lot of cities in the area.   i gave out some of the stickers i'd made for the tour.  of the guys in front of us said, "hey!  i read about these!"  i didn't ask him where, but it totally made my night.

ok.  my one and only bitch about livenation:  their break up with ticketmaster is making things weird and shitty for concert goers.  the weird tension created by the "fast lane" ticket holders and the ticketmaster ticket holders was just a drag.  heard two versions of the fast track line:  
1:  that subscribers pay a fee and PURCHASE the ability to enter the concert ahead of the general ticket holding population
2:  that people who purchased their tix thru livenation, not ticketmaster were allowed to enter early, it didn't cost them anything extra.
either way:  lame.  i wish these businesses would stop looking for angles to make another dollar and just let things be.

done.

...my friend and i got a great spot down in front of carl, but not in front of the speaker stacks.  being at one end of the stage is great for watching the entire stage at once. the stage at this fillmore is quite low, and the gap between stage and barrier is small.
the theatre is gorgeous!  a bartender told me that in the conversion from "the state theatre" to the fillmore, a lot of effort was put into restoration.

along the walls hung chandeliers. the procenium around the stage (theatre class, anyone?  ;) ) was ornate and included niches on either side featuring sculptures of larger than life suits of armor.  reminded me of the men who were wearing red robes, carrying shields and were practicing military manoeuvers at the park near the greek theatre in l.a.  kind of odd.  kind of awesome.

(have to get an cappuccino refill, then i will continue this post...and maybe even get to the show!   ;D )

after the show, my friend wendy commented that some bands take a little time to ramp up at a show, but this band comes out of the gate playing at full energy.

setlist has been posted (thanks!), so i'll just add some notes:

--Evil Urges--the sound was great!  carl and tom were super crisp in the mix!
--Touch Me pt 1--after the show last night my friend asked me, "what's the deal with the cape?"  ;D

--OTR
--Aluminum Park--it is clear that this will be a "let's rock detroit" set  ;D
the setlist taped down next to carl's pedals got a bit "danced apart" here.
--Way he sings--ahhhh!

-jim takes a minute to assure us that should some uprising occur while we're at the show the suits of armor will keep us safe.  at which point the lights swung around to key them.
--i'm amazed--WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?!
--IT BEATS 4U--HOT DAMN!--carl @ end:  WOW!

--thank you too--very cool as the woman next to me in line had hoped to hear this.  
--sec walkin'
--magheeta--jim picking intro here...lots of new segues between songs.  bridges, noise, guitar bits!  --EVERYONE SING!  BIG STOMP FINISH!

--lay low--i love the jam on this when it gets cooking!  tt laid way back at the top of this like he was settling in.  could also see some smiles between tt and bo.
(there was a LOT of smiling and face making going on up there last night.   ;D )
--GIDEON
-jim rap about the hidden beauty of detroit, ice skating at christmas and whether that heartwarming crap appeals to you...  ;D  it's funny to see the band's response to jim's extemporaneous riffing.  
he also commented that detroit was the home of some of the best music ever made.  patrick stood and applauded.

--golden
--librarian
--dondante--sound got CRAZY LOUD here.  :o   those green lights!  like a grotto up there.
--smokin from shootin--the build in this is such a killer!

--touch me pt. 2--DANCE IT OUT
--RUN THRU--THERE WILL BE STROBES--jim gets the crazy leg shake working...patrick doing some fun arm moves during the key breaks  ;D
as the band is walking off stage, tt leaps into the wings

----2nd set----
-before the band came back out a crew member whisked carl's pedal steel off stage which made me think there'd been a set change...
--bermuda hwy!--jim out solo acoustic
--wordless--tt and carl were busting some pretty fab dance moves here  [smiley=beer.gif]  big knee slide from jim--bo playing in all that smoke and color with his eyes closed

--highly suspicious--carl's solo EN FUEGO!
--COBRA!--damn!--just as i was expecting the third movement to start the rocking mid section took a crazy drum turn!  YOW! sooooo much fun!
--anytime--tt on his toes for parts of this!
--obh--ALL THE LEATHER KIDS WERE LOOOOOOOOUUUUUD!

-noticed that jim's fat black electric guitar is sporting a couple of gold EU owls at the base of the strings. has the foam lobster been retired?  again, i point out that part of my occupation is observing details, if only to comfort myself that noticing these details is not all that odd.   ;)
-reiteration:  carl's black and gold dan electro is fucking gorgeous.

(sign of the season:  it's not yet 7pm but almost dark.  it's too chilly to sit out on this patio any longer.  gonna pick up some tacos, head home, and finish this write up from there.  lord, what a wind bag.   ::) )

really bummed I didn't get to meet up with all of ya.  awesome you flew.  the show was so hype start to finish, my neck still hurts.

[ike67]

The energy just kept building at The Fillmore...by the end everyone was hyped.  Great show!  Looking forward to seeing Jim's solo Obama show Wednesday in Chicago.

[ike67]

I managed to get some video...& put together some highlights.
Forgive the less than perfect audio.
Some highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eSLFBxfgX0

Golden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qokrdyX4tI

My Site:
http://thelonemicrophone.blogspot.com

[SmokinShootin]

hey ms yvon, I was the guy from toledo who stood inline with you the whole time, I was with my girlfriend.  Its so cool to see people on here that I saw at the show.  I haven't been posting on her as much as I like, but I've been lurking.  I figured I'd run into you on here steven.  I didn't even notice you jump into me or anything once and if you did it clearly didn't bother me the slightest.  There was one woman who got behind me after the encore and she was giving me a back rub or something, but it wasn't bothering me haha.  The show was awesome, I hope to see you guys again at shows in the future.  Maybe even you ms_yvon lol, don't run into many LA people at shows.  We both are going to keep those rampant badassery stickers as concert memories.  I'll be at many more MMJ shows.  Everything went perfect last night.  My girlfriend was excited about touching jim's hair and guitar and arm, which she whiped his arm sweat on my shirt.  I don't think I really desired to have Jim's arm sweat on my shirt, but after I got that poster, I didn't care about anything!  I have very good photos, but they get uploaded huge, so I am trying to get photoshop so I can post them.