Melbourne
(The Palace), Dec. 14, 1997
By ANGELA
and SAM
We've
always enjoyed seeing silverchair play at The Palace, so,
we couldn't ignore the opportunity to see them again, even
though we had seen them the previous night.
Biscuit
was the first band on and they were OK. Magic Dirt were the
support band again, only tonight's performance could only
be described as a disjointed mess. (If you drink and play,
you're a bloody idiot. You sound like one anyway.)
As the
floor filled with people waiting for silverchair, I noticed
the differences in tonight's crowd from last night. Mainly
that there were more guys in the crowd and they were bigger
than the screaming teens from the previous night. (I was already
starting to count the bruises.)
The chants
went up after Magic Dirt and a great roar greeted the band
as they arrived on stage and started to play Freak. Whew!
Talk about a vicious moshpit! Elbows and feet flying everywhere.
Cemetery
was even better than the album version. Daniel sang his heart
out as the sweat dripped off his face. Faultline had the extended
ending which gave the moshpit the chance to go crazy for longer
than usual. From up close, we could see that Chris was having
a great time - he really loves to play live. Ben was bashing
the shit out of his skins as usual.
The funniest
moment in the show was when someone threw a T shirt on stage
that managed to completely cover Daniel's face. He very politely
(ha!) told the crowd what they could do with their clothes
and shoes. (Melbourne usually gives the 'chair a hard time,
but that's because we really like them; if we didn't care,
we wouldn't bother! Maybe someone should tell Daniel that.)
Next funniest
would be when an audience member screamed at Daniel while
he was talking to the audience to "just f*$#ing sing!"
Daniel's sweet reply was "just f*$#ing shut up!".
The sound
quality was really awesome, as was the light show. Daniel's
voice and performance left no doubt that here was a band to
be reckoned with. Dare I say their material is much better
live than on the CD (and the CD is excellent). One of few
bands who look and sound good at the Palace.
The Final
song was the Freak Remix. Awesome! Fantastic! Unbelievably
good! The mosh pit exploded into a frenzied tribal rhythm
for the final song of the evening, whilst on stage the Chair
got to the heart of the moment. I think everyone there enjoyed
the raw energy and emotion from the band.
(Daniel's
closing trick was to spit really high in the air and catch
it again in his mouth. What a honey!)
Songs
in the set (in no particular order):
Freak
Slave
Abuse Me
Roses
Cemetery
Faultline
Nobody Came
Pop Song For Us Rejects
No Association
Suicidal Dream
Minor Threat
Spawn
The Door
Israel's Son
Encore: Freak Remix
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