NIGHTWISH, 2.4.2009 KC DRAŽEN PETROVIĆ
I begged my parents to let me go to see them live for about month and a half maybe. And finally 2 weeks before the live they decided that I can go and see them, all thanks to my nice aunt! =D
Poor cellphone camera quality. . .
So I went to school as usual and when I got back I had lunch then we went to Zagreb around 4pm I think. I got to Zagreb around half 6pm, and then I had to wait for my aunt (there's no way they would've let me go alone to the concert >.>, stupid). On our way there I have to mention that I saw a Jaguar CX-F =D. We got to the hall at 7 something pm. Now here's the funny part. I had to meet up with a friend of mine, Monika but I couldn't see her, so I called her and that sounded pretty much like this (translated in English):
Me: Hey, are you here? Where are you?
Monika: Hi! I'm here.
Me: Where are you standing? I can't see you...
Monika: I'm upstairs.
Me: Where??? I can't see you!
Monika: Next to the big statue.
Me: Statue, what big statue? (the statue was almost right in front of me xD)
Monika: The basketball player.
Me(got closer): I still can't see you!!
Monika: I can't see you too, where are you?
And as I lifted my head up she was standing right in front of me! We started laughing so hard! It was SO funny!
Then we got in the hall. We had tickets for the stands and we were like 'where should sit?'. Then oh so smart me suggested some area which was closed only to figure out that was VIP xD.
Anyway, there was a guard right in front of us (next to us actually 'cause we were standing throughout the concert) and I accidentally hit him a few times... not hard, he was fine (he didn't look very friendly). We were scared of him xD, but me and Monika secretly thought of plans to knock him out so that we could go closer to the stage ha ha.
Then at 8pm the concert started. They had 2 warm-up bands which I've never heard of but weren't bad =).
INDICA
They are an all girls pop/rock band from Finland. The girls are cool and they were really good live. They played 5 songs and I like the last one the best (can't remember the name) and I didn't really liked the fourth one. My only remark is that the drums overpowered the vocals (maybe since they were first I guess) and I'm sorry for that 'cause the girl are good, and the lights. Good thing is that I can still see xD, the lights were blinding us! The vocalist, Jonsu has a kinda unique voice and when she wanted to sing high she couldn't really. She talked with us and said something in Croatian but I can't remember what...
PAIN
Metal guys unlike Indica. For them the music was noticibly louder (mine and Monika's reaction was: 'woah... that's much louder' xD). They played about 7 songs I think, 4 in a row and then they introduced themselves I think, then two more. After that he said something then they played Monkey Business if I remember correctly. When they finished he asked us if we were ready for Nightwish. I yelled yes, for others I don't know - we were all yelling xD. Then the vocalist said: 'I don't think your ready yet' and then they played their last song. Finally xD! Monika and I were: 'Come onnnnn, we want Nightwish!!!!' he he. But they were good, liked the last song best =P. I remember that the played Shut your mouth and that we were all singing the refrain =D.
When they finished we thought: 'YES!!! NIGHTWISHHH!!!'. But we saw that the keyboards were on the 'wrong' side and saw technicians coming out to prepare everything for Nightwish. That lasted a little less then half an hour. In the mean time:
Me: Oh, they're gonna come know! Oneeeee(enthusiastic), twoo(not so happy). . .two and a halfffffffffff(with hope). . .three? (They didn't come) >.>
And I repeated that several times xD. We started discussing Indica and Pain when they turned the lights off. Oh, the screams filled the hall xD. Let me tell you we screamed and clapped, and I was smiling thinking: 'ahhhh, Nightwish this is SO AWESOME!!!! =DDD'. And let me tell you it was BEYOND AWESOME!!!!!!! It was PHENOMENL! You just have to experience it for yourself. I can't describe it with words. . .And I'm not saying that just because that was my first concert. My aunt said that it was one of the best preformances that she ever saw and she went to a lot of concerts! =D How cool is that?!!!
NIGHTWISH
I already said that it was beyond awesome, but I'll repaete xD. It was really great!
Their whole preformance, the songs they played. . .woah! They played 4-5 old songs and I'll tell you, Anette sang them prefectly. At least to me, and some of them ,to me, sounded better with Anette.To all who say she can't sing and that she sucks are wrong. I don't like when people compare her to Tarja because she's not like Tarja, you can't compare them. I understand that the older fans will always compare the two regarding the old songs, but come on. I'm not saying Tarja doesn't have a good voice (her voice is in fact brilliant) I'm just saying that you can't always compare them because Tarja is not with Nightwish anymore, besides that their singing style is different and that's it. It's easier for me to except it because I'm a newer fan but she has a solo career now, you can listen to that rather then fighting ove the past. It's been almost 4 years. Anette isn't even trying to copy Tarja, now that would sound ... I don't know, wrong. She sings the songs in her one way and she is trying.
Anyway, onto the setlist:
7 Days to the Wolves
Dead to the World
The Siren
Amaranth
Romanticide
Dead Boy’s Poem
The Poet and the Pendulum
Nemo
Sahara
The Islander
Last of the Wilds
The Escapist
Dark Chest of Wonders
Ghost Love Score
Wish I Had an Angel
7 Days to the Wolves - Great song to begin with =D. That's an AMAZING song live!
Dead to the World and The Siren are songs from time when Tarja was with them. I liked them both and I think Anette sang them beautifully, and she brought something new to songs.
Then came Amaranth. We were all singing along. Well, more yelling-singing, but that song is great live!!!
Next was Romanticide. I don't really remember how it sounded. . .But I know that I didn't recognize it xD.
As well as Dead Boy's Poem, but I have to say that this song is very beautiful live. Although fans will always compare Anette with Tarja, Anette sang the older songs good, and she didn't try to copy Tarja but she sang the songs in her own way. And to me it sounded good.
Following song was a brilliant 13-minute-long The Poet and The Pendulum =D! Ah, the lightning was amazinggggg!!!
Nemo - That's the first song I've heard from them and it's my favorite song!!! We all started screaming like idiots when Tuomas started playing. . .Wahhh, that was just great! I also loved the blue lightning.
Sahara - Hell YEAH!!!!!! Ok, this was so much fun! We all sang the refrain, and clapped and yelled xD! =DDD
The Islander - Before this song If I can remember correctly they talked to us a bit, then Marco asked us to give them light. Lighters, mobile phones, cameras and as the lights went off you could see almost everyone holding a camera or a mobile phone in the air =DDD! That was an AMAZING preformance, really.
Last of the Wilds - an instrumental piece but none the less fun =)!
The Escapist - This was the last song they played. The whole hall was singing just enjoying =D.
Then as they went off stage we called for an encore yelling: 'WE WANT MORE!!!' over and over again. Though, it went kinda like this: we were yelling like that and then suddenly we weren't yeling that anymore and I was thinking: 'What should we yell, what??!' xD. So then we yelled 3 times, I think, with pauses like that and then they came!
The first song was Dark Chest of Wonders. Oh... it's all in blur... I can only remember people singing xD as well as Ghost Love Score but I think Anette sang them well, but me and a friend of mine agreed that her voice isn't as strong as Tarjas.
I think it was here when Anette asked Emppu if they should do one more song and she said that he's too shy 'cause he didn't say anything. Then she asked Marco and he said that if we want more that we have to pass a difficult test, so I said to Monika: 'Of course well pass it =P!' because the crowd was, like, crazy xD. First the fan pit had to yell/scream as loud as they could. And they did scream, very loud and as we joid them it got even more louder. Ha ha ha! Then we had to stamp our feet...so we jumped and stamped. It felt like the buliding was shaking lol. After that we had to both yell and jump. So we did and it was chaotic! =P
The last song was Wish I Had an Angel. Oh, the crowd went wild. We were screaming loud as song started and yell-sang through the entire song. It was absoultly brilliant! You should've seen that xD.
We got out and I drank a big bottle of cold juice almost at once xD. Also, I got a t-shirt as a present from my aunt =DD.
The whole concert was SO MUCH fun I can't believe it. My cousin missed a great concert. He didn't went to see them although he said he liked the songs he heard. He was like I want to go I don't want to go, but I could see on his face that the I want to go side was about to win... Eh, well I hope for the best and as Marco said, if they'll have a chance I hope they'll come again =).
If you somehow came upon this report I hope you liked it. I tried to remember stuff... but first concert, heh xD.
I just have to say it one more time: IT WAS F*****G AWESOME!!!!!!
P.S. Sorry for grammar/spelling mistakes.