Hoera! Niet 1, niet 2, maar 3 optreden in Nederland in november! Aldus Nashville to Kentucky:
2 november: Vera, Groningen
3 november: Melkweg, Amsterdam
18 november: 013 (kleine zaal), Tilburg
Groningen ga ik niet kunnen halen, vrees ik, vanwege afstandproblemen, maar ik ga absoluut naar Amsterdam en Tilburg. Wow, november wordt zeer zeker een maand om naar uit te kijken... :)
ah kom op, groningen ook joh! is op een zondag, dat gaat best lukken ;)
Hmm, ik moet toegeven dat het zeker een mooie gedachte is, 2 avonden na elkaar naar My Morning Jacket, maar ik weet niet of ik dan nog wel fatsoenlijk terug kom in Utrecht... Ik ga het in ieder geval uitzoeken! :)
Ik ga iig naar de Melkweg op 3-11. Nog maar 4 weekjes wachten......
Oké, ik heb uiteindelijk besloten toch niet naar Groningen te gaan, aangezien ik dat weekend mijn verjaardag vier te Zeeuws-Vlaanderen... en om nu op een dag van daar naar Groningen te reizen met week-OV lijkt me geen goed idee. Edoch de kaartjes voor A'dam en Tilburg liggen reeds thuis! Hiephoi! Nog maar 6 nachtjes slapen! :)
vanavond naar groningen, morgen vroeg weer terug naar amsterdam (even een college pakken of zo) en dan de melkweg. moet nog wat verzinnen voor tilburg
this is gonna be fun.
Op de site van de melkweg staat dat het concert gecombineerd wordt met Why, Why begint 21:00. Dan kunnen we my morning jacket pas om 22;15/22:30 verwachten.
Hmm, dan hoop ik maar dat ik nog te Utrecht geraak... ???
Net terug van het optreden in Vera. Was mijn eerste MMJ optreden en de eerste keer dat ik in Vera was.
MMJ was echt fantastisch! Onwerkelijk! Voornamelijk nummers van It Still Moves, maar ook een paar van At Dawn. Later in de set speelde Jim 3 of 4 nummers akoestisch waaronder ook werk van The Tennessee Fire. Dat was echt ongelovelijk. Enkel met z'n gitaar hoor je pas echt wat een fantastische stem hij heeft. Ik had iemand meegenomen die MMJ nog niet kende en die keek mij op dat moment vol ongeloof aan.
Waar ik echter wel van baal is het geluid in Vera. Die stond, naar mijn smaak, veels te hard. Het geluid was vrijwel constant vervormd. Erg jammer en als dit representatief is voor de geluidskwaliteit in Vera denk ik niet dat ik daar nog vaak zal komen.
Maar ondanks dat heb ik echt een geweldig concert gezien van een band waarvoor ik nu nóg meer respect heb gekregen.
Dank u alle ventilators in het Nederland! U bent het best!
Forgive me if my dumbass American mind can't translate too well...
Melkweg 3-11
He played 'one in the same'! What an amazing song That was definitely the highlight, if you ask me. That and of course Steam Engine, which was a kind of climax during both shows (vera and melkweg) with each bandmember leaving the stage until it's just Patrick banging away at the drums. I agree with bubbachups: the sound in vera wasn't up to par with that in the melkweg. It's fairly common in vera, though, for everything to be on '11'. Then again, I was in front (which you shouldn't do if you're a fan of good concert sound) basking in the atmosphere.
I'm still on a bit of a high from last night.
If I have to put in my two cents as far as criticism goes, it's the fact that there isn't enough of a build up after the acoustic set. Just something like "Rollin Back" before they get into the last, heavier rock song(s), would make the transition smoother. But whatever, I'm finding it hard to find anything wrong with the concert.
That's awesome. I'm sooooo happy for all of you!
Yes, it is hard to find any faults, eh? :o
Ooh, yes, it was pure delight... When he started playing "I will be..", I thought I could die. And "Nashville to Kentucky". And yeah, that drum solo by Patrick was about the funniest moment in rock 'n roll history that I know. I exepected he was going to leave the stage and Danny was going to end the show quietly and then suddenly Patrick started banging... That was SO cool! And in two weeks I'll see them again. Life is good. :)
de melkweg was echt he-le-maal niks. vorig jaar paradiso magisch, dit jaar melkweg slecht en langdradig. why daarentegen stal de show. foei boys
photo's from the vera show at www.vera-groningen.nl under the photo's section (surprise surprise).
only six pics, but pretty cool stuff.
Quotede melkweg was echt he-le-maal niks. vorig jaar paradiso magisch, dit jaar melkweg slecht en langdradig. why daarentegen stal de show. foei boys
Hoezo? Wat was er mis? Langdradig, tsja, als je uitgesponnen rockers niet kan waarderen... Maar wat vond je slecht?
slecht? nou zeg...013 wordt mijn eerste MMJ concert en ik heb net mijn vader overgehaald om mee te gaan en ik heb hem verteld dat ze een super live reputatie hebben.....
dus hoezo slecht? langdradig...hoezo langdradig ??? zijn de nummer dan te lang...gelukkig ben ik Jethro Tull concerten gewent dus een nummer van 20 minuten vind ik al helemaal niet meer lang :)
Tonight's scheduled performance at VPRO's Club 3voor12 has been cancelled. :'(
Ger.
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slecht als in: voorspelbaar en ongeinspireerd. my morning jacket probeerde te doen waar motorpsycho goed in is maar verzoop in hun eigen ambities. het trucje is nu wel bekend. geen contact met het publiek, geen magie en een veel betere band daarvoor (why?)
Motorpsycho... toevallig had de jongen waarmee ik die avond was het daar ook al over. Edoch MMJ probeert gewoon oerdegelijke rock 'n roll te maken, dunkt me, en daar slagen ze naar mijn smaak zeer goed in. Maar goed, het blijft waarschijnlijk een smaakkwestie. Ik moet zeggen dat hun 'The Tennessee Fire'-tijd ook wel mijn favoriet is, maar dat neemt niet weg dat ik hun huidige ingeslagen pad ook zeer kan waarderen. Enfin, you can't please 'em all..
damn.
after trying so hard to find someone to work for me on tuesday night i've given up the chase. no 3rd concert for me...
oh well, groningen and amsterdam were cool and i can't complain. are the rest of the Dutch fans/messageboard members going?
You bet I am! And I invited two friends and my girlfriend, so it's gonna be one hell of a cosy evening, with some mighty rock 'n roll on top of it all! Damn, am I looking forward to Tuesday or what! :)
Oh, until yesterday all my girlfriend ever heard of MMJ was "O is the one that is real", wich she loved, by the way. I gave her two CD-R's with The Tennessee Fire and At Dawn. I did tell her they're different live, though. Hmm, if she doesn't like it, I've got a serious problem, haven't I? ;)
Well O,
My girlfriend instantly fell in love when she heard the tennessee fire. Especially the voice of Jim, she liked. But in Brussels when Jim was sick and he couldn't sing, she couldn't actually enjoy the rocking instrumental part, where I ,instead, found it awesome. I hope for you that it will be a
splendid gig where Jim's lovely voice takes you away to plain fields under a starfilled sky. Let me know if she liked the rocking part.
Well, she just phoned that she can't make it Tuesday, so I have to postpone it. Giant bummer, I have to tell you, I was really looking forward to showing her one of my weird hobbys... :(
But she likes the albums, so that's a start. :)
That's a pitty, but you can always give her some live cd's from john's ftpserver. But there comes a time .....
I'm a couple of hours away from my first mmj gig *excited* :D
Hey, Martijn, guess I'll see you there, then. I'll be wearing a black MMJ shirt withs the bear and two skeletons and a pair of glasses on my head... But what's more, you'll recognise me for being the idiot that's headbanging in front of the stage. See ya. :)
oh no!!! now I missed you..I didn't read your post until today :( ...I saw a dude with glasses though..maybe it was you! ??? and I saw indeed a couple of guys headbanging in the front but I only saw their backs.
maybe you saw me? I was the dude with the grandaddy shirt and the long sideburns
I was in the front row of the balcony rocking my ass off...man I really need to grow my hair long again...I made some pictures I will scan (yep no digital camara for me) them as soon as possible so you can see them.
anyway...I was blown away!!!! this was some an awesome show!!!! people told me they were louder then on the cd ;D
it was pure magic...I'm not dissapointed at all...in the contrary!! I had a great time...and now I also have a t-shirt and a sticker ...
let's meet up when they will visit us again !!!
xo
M
:D
Great gig indeed! As it was not the first time they played at 013, Jim said to me they decided to play mainly the new stuff! And did we like it or not?!!
A little too less room though on the small stage. On Magheetah Jim lost control over his hair and headbanged his micro to the floor :D
Loved the tunes!
Yeah, it was a great evening... But I can't deny I was slightly disappointed. 'Cuz they played the exact same set as they did in Amsterdam, only leaving 3 songs out, namely "Phone went west", "Nashville to Kentucky" and "I will be there when you die" and well, there you have 3 of my most favourite Jacket songs ever. Especially the solo encore was half as short as in A'dam and it didn't blow me away like there. But then again, it was still a rock 'n roll show that rocks harder than any living band... And dammit, "One in the same" is one hell of a song! Nah, I shouldn't complain. Well, I guess I was just disappointed my girlfriend wasn't there... :)
Oh, and South San Gabriel... South San Gabriel! South San Gabriel!! Holy fuck, that man has a Voice...
Great gig indeed! I would have also liked them to play a couple more older songs (or more songs solo), but I don't want to complain. It's probably because I haven't listened to the latest record enough yet.
South San Gabriel was great too, too bad the poor buggers had to drive 12,5 hours, only to arrive 5 minutes before the gig. Although his voice was still good, the man's voice was even more massive when I saw them on Pukkelpop back in August this year.
Oh, so this is where I can read about how the other concerts in Holland were like. I shouldn't have read your comments, because now I envy those who went to de Melkweg.... I went to the gig in 013 and it was my second concert of MMJ there.
My first MMJ concert (mostly At Dawn) was pure magical. I loved the solo performance by Jimmy James singing the tunes with his Gibson flying V. Sensitive and rough at the same time.
In my opinion I saw just a(nother) rock-concert last Tuesday. Still a great concert though. Poor little me, who only saw half an accoustic session compared to the Melkweg concert...
QuoteOh, so this is where I can read about how the other concerts in Holland were like. I shouldn't have read your comments, because now I envy those who went to de Melkweg.... I went to the gig in 013 and it was my second concert of MMJ there.
My first MMJ concert (mostly At Dawn) was pure magical. I loved the solo performance by Jimmy James singing the tunes with his Gibson flying V. Sensitive and rough at the same time.
In my opinion I saw just a(nother) rock-concert last Tuesday. Still a great concert though. Poor little me, who only saw half an accoustic session compared to the Melkweg concert...
Ooh, now, I wouldn't say "just a(nother) rock-concert". No way! It was a rock-concert like a rock-concert should be, like many, many bands try to do, but fail... I mean it, I don't think there is any band that can do a classic rock-concert as good as they do it. A friend of mine, that went to the Melkweg, said he thought that MMJ is now like The Who was in the 70's. Unbeatable rock 'n roll shit. And Amsterdam was like that as well, just a longer solo part and the element of surprise, that was obviously lost the second time. But they were still sublime.
I just want to say that MMJ rocked my world big time in Tilburg. I saw them the first time in Brussels (the gig without the voice...) I thougt then they played some wonderful music, but my goodness, did they play a truly great show at the 013. I had the five most wonderful second s of my entire life when Jim sang the first lines of magheeta! What a voice, what a man, and what a group of truly amazing musicians. I never saw a band that played so strong and loud, and still managed to create such a heavenly, angelic sound(I hope you know what I mean). When the curtain fell after a blistering final, my brother and i looked at each other in complete and utter Joy!!! Whe bowed our heads and thanked the Gods of Rock 'N' Roll for blessing us with such an amazing, beautiful show!
God speaks through rock songs,and MMJ was God that night...
Oh, when you should visit Tilburg, check out café 'Weemoed' , Great bar!
I will, next time I'm there! :)