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i swear my 2nd to last nin show ever....
sarah and i got to the venue around noon, finding it with no problem because it really was right next to the red line. made friends with the people around us in line, none of whom were actually from chicago. it was unreal how many people were from out of town. the venue was an old theatre/ballroom that had a pretty excellent decor - super gaudy castle looking. it was awesome.
mew opened. i guess they are from denmark. the music was sometimes alright but the vocals were not. overall not the worst opener trent has had, but i'd never listen to them.
nin...rail on the far right side, didn't get touched the whole time, and had a nice view. they had a crew video taping the show. opened with pinion into wish into last. woo! once again during wish it hit me how awesome and powerful it is and how much i am going to miss that. it was great to hear last (at least) one more time, this time with robin playing. at this point i realized that david, who was in the mezzanine, was seeing a completely different band from the one he saw when we were in europe and that amused me haha. i can't remember what was really played, the only nin song i hadn't seen before was lights in the sky. they also played Saul Williams' "banged and blown through", which was really cool. then later in the set peter murphy made an apperance and from one of the balcony boxes sang a song i didn't know which was apparently joy division. he then came down on stage for dead souls followed by one of peter's songs. sometimes i enjoy peter sometimes not. i don't really like hearing him sing nin songs, but the other songs are fine and fun. he looked awful though, too much makeup made him look like a clown. i was thankful that he didn't sing reptile, because i'd rather not have my last time seeing reptile be with him singing it. we got full version of la mer, and the downward spiral was so kick ass again. it almost scared me when it kicked in. i did not cry at the fragile, but it kills me that trent has to collect himself before that song. long set with no encore, closed with hurt. blah. haha
Pinion
Wish
Last
Discipline
March
Something I Can Never Have
Frail
The Wretched
Closer
Terrible Lie
Head Down
Banged and Blown Through
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non-Entity
Gone, Still
Lights In The Sky
Eraser
Downward Spiral
1000000
Letting You
Survivalism
Down In It
Atmosphere (Joy Division cover w/Peter Murphy)
Dead Souls w/Peter Murphy (he actually was good on this) <-- that is not my comment haha
Kick in the Eye (Bauhaus cover)
Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
Hurt
last nin show ever...
i was in the exact same spot as friday lol. this show had more assholes in the crowd but it still wasn't bad by me until the calm person next to me left the rail and this psycho jumper filled the spot. thankfully it was for only 5 songs or so. this time they opened with home, and played a completely different set. we got ruiner, which...holy crap robin!! robin is amazing. got metal, i'm afraid of americans, i do not want this, and the way out is through like the JA tour. peter murphy joined the band yet again, and destroyed reptile. that's destroyed in a bad way. he started singing too soon, sang the same line twice, couldn't hear him other parts, the whole thing was full of suck i couldn't even get into the music which is a shame. when trent returns in 5 years he needs to stop playing reptile in chicago cuz it always sucks. the worst version of reptile ever was chicago oct 05, and this one was 2nd worse. peter murphy also sang a bauhaus song i didn't know which went into bela lugosi's dead, which at some point included trent playing a see through red recorder haha. and then they did final solution. (an aside there are constantly police/ambulance sirens going off in chicago). another long set, and closed with hurt again. i really didn't want my last song to see to be hurt, but oh well. ppl seem to like that one :P
Home
The Beginning of the End
Survivalism
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Piggy
Metal
Ruiner
I'm Afraid of Americans
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Frail
I Do Not Want This
Gone, Still
Right Where it Belongs (v2)
The Way Out is Through
Wish
Mr. Self Destruct
Suck
Echoplex
The Good Soldier
Dead Souls
Reptile(w/ Peter Murphy)
Strange Kind of Love (with Peter Murphy)
Final Solution (with Peter Murphy)
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole
Hurt
i'm sadly not really in the mood to review the show. that's all i can think of to say. too preoccupied with being pissed off at airlines charging me to get home early for mike's wake. i don't care if my ticket was purchased on priceline and has a non refundable policy, there should be some fucking exceptions.
i did enjoy both shows tho, despite STILL not seeing "physical", it really was my last realistic request. trent seemed really happy, and at the 2nd show he stated they were not quitting making music, that all of them combined and on their own would have more projects that he'd keep everyone updated on, and to not kill ourselves yet hahahahah. oddly in a way, i think the song i'm going to miss the most is "wish". it is just soooo powerful live, such a great feeling. *sigh* thank you trent. it's been a great ride.
*edit* i don't remember "gone, still" in either set hahah
sarah and i got to the venue around noon, finding it with no problem because it really was right next to the red line. made friends with the people around us in line, none of whom were actually from chicago. it was unreal how many people were from out of town. the venue was an old theatre/ballroom that had a pretty excellent decor - super gaudy castle looking. it was awesome.
mew opened. i guess they are from denmark. the music was sometimes alright but the vocals were not. overall not the worst opener trent has had, but i'd never listen to them.
nin...rail on the far right side, didn't get touched the whole time, and had a nice view. they had a crew video taping the show. opened with pinion into wish into last. woo! once again during wish it hit me how awesome and powerful it is and how much i am going to miss that. it was great to hear last (at least) one more time, this time with robin playing. at this point i realized that david, who was in the mezzanine, was seeing a completely different band from the one he saw when we were in europe and that amused me haha. i can't remember what was really played, the only nin song i hadn't seen before was lights in the sky. they also played Saul Williams' "banged and blown through", which was really cool. then later in the set peter murphy made an apperance and from one of the balcony boxes sang a song i didn't know which was apparently joy division. he then came down on stage for dead souls followed by one of peter's songs. sometimes i enjoy peter sometimes not. i don't really like hearing him sing nin songs, but the other songs are fine and fun. he looked awful though, too much makeup made him look like a clown. i was thankful that he didn't sing reptile, because i'd rather not have my last time seeing reptile be with him singing it. we got full version of la mer, and the downward spiral was so kick ass again. it almost scared me when it kicked in. i did not cry at the fragile, but it kills me that trent has to collect himself before that song. long set with no encore, closed with hurt. blah. haha
Pinion
Wish
Last
Discipline
March
Something I Can Never Have
Frail
The Wretched
Closer
Terrible Lie
Head Down
Banged and Blown Through
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Fragile
Non-Entity
Gone, Still
Lights In The Sky
Eraser
Downward Spiral
1000000
Letting You
Survivalism
Down In It
Atmosphere (Joy Division cover w/Peter Murphy)
Dead Souls w/Peter Murphy (he actually was good on this) <-- that is not my comment haha
Kick in the Eye (Bauhaus cover)
Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
Hurt
last nin show ever...
i was in the exact same spot as friday lol. this show had more assholes in the crowd but it still wasn't bad by me until the calm person next to me left the rail and this psycho jumper filled the spot. thankfully it was for only 5 songs or so. this time they opened with home, and played a completely different set. we got ruiner, which...holy crap robin!! robin is amazing. got metal, i'm afraid of americans, i do not want this, and the way out is through like the JA tour. peter murphy joined the band yet again, and destroyed reptile. that's destroyed in a bad way. he started singing too soon, sang the same line twice, couldn't hear him other parts, the whole thing was full of suck i couldn't even get into the music which is a shame. when trent returns in 5 years he needs to stop playing reptile in chicago cuz it always sucks. the worst version of reptile ever was chicago oct 05, and this one was 2nd worse. peter murphy also sang a bauhaus song i didn't know which went into bela lugosi's dead, which at some point included trent playing a see through red recorder haha. and then they did final solution. (an aside there are constantly police/ambulance sirens going off in chicago). another long set, and closed with hurt again. i really didn't want my last song to see to be hurt, but oh well. ppl seem to like that one :P
Home
The Beginning of the End
Survivalism
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Piggy
Metal
Ruiner
I'm Afraid of Americans
Burn
Gave Up
La Mer
The Frail
I Do Not Want This
Gone, Still
Right Where it Belongs (v2)
The Way Out is Through
Wish
Mr. Self Destruct
Suck
Echoplex
The Good Soldier
Dead Souls
Reptile(w/ Peter Murphy)
Strange Kind of Love (with Peter Murphy)
Final Solution (with Peter Murphy)
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole
Hurt
i'm sadly not really in the mood to review the show. that's all i can think of to say. too preoccupied with being pissed off at airlines charging me to get home early for mike's wake. i don't care if my ticket was purchased on priceline and has a non refundable policy, there should be some fucking exceptions.
i did enjoy both shows tho, despite STILL not seeing "physical", it really was my last realistic request. trent seemed really happy, and at the 2nd show he stated they were not quitting making music, that all of them combined and on their own would have more projects that he'd keep everyone updated on, and to not kill ourselves yet hahahahah. oddly in a way, i think the song i'm going to miss the most is "wish". it is just soooo powerful live, such a great feeling. *sigh* thank you trent. it's been a great ride.
*edit* i don't remember "gone, still" in either set hahah