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 I
cannot begin to describe how incredible it was, this was my
4th time seeing silverchair, but my first time that it was
their own small headlined show, and it was definitely the
best.
I met
my mate Suzen at 5:30pm and we headed down by bus to the sold
out show at the Croatian Cultural Centre (which I was expecting
to be crappier than it was). We got there at like 7:15pm or
so and there was a short line up to get in. Once in side I
took note of the pink walls and massive groups of tall people!
(where did all these 6 foot silverchair fans come from? I
don't remember seeing them before)
Anyways,
we walked around for a while and then the lights went down
and Nickelback (a local Vancouver band) came out, supprisingly
they were really good! We made our little way to the second
row. (That's what I love about being little, it's so easy
to squeeze your way into small places) on to what you want
to hear more about...silverchair.
We were
told they would be out in 15 mins, yeah try 35 the wait in
that mosh pit was like hell (do you really need to push/shove/poke/pull/crush/jab
and sweat during the set change?). Anyways they came out and
began Emotion Sickness. It was lovely, simply beautiful.
 I
can't remember every song, but you know the basic ones they
have been playing so far on the tour. "Israel's Son,"
"Madman," and "The Door" seemed to be
the mosh pit's favorites. I think "Anthem" and "No
Association" were well taken as well. "Ana's Song"
is totally the most popular new tune, everyone erupted in
cheer when Daniel began playing it.
I pretty
much knew before hand that they wouldn't play my favorite
songs off the new album ("Steam Will rise" and "Do
You Feel the Same") But I thought MAYBE a slight change
in the set list could occur, sadly it did not happen for me!
That's all right, you know it was still wicked.
All the
reviews so far I have read have said that Daniel didn't do
much talking, yet tonight he seemed to talk up a storm. Talking
about how Vancouver was the rock capital of Canada, the rock
capital of the world, not the rock capital of the universe.
(The people loved it) He also told us "do not throw gifts
for us, no gifts we don't want anything, we are here to give
to you; just enjoy the music, don't even talk just enjoy the
music!" He made up a little rap song about silverchair
and Sam and how they rocked.
 Daniel
told us about the new microphone (they switched mic's after
7 songs or so) and how it was for perfect clarity so we could
listen to all his political statements: "# 1, believe
in something, believe in something, that is my first statement;
I don't know what the hell I am talking about, so ignore me."
He sang about Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson.
The lights
went out during Anthem and they continued to rock in the pitch
black. The house lights came on and when the song ended they
left the stage. The lights were working again when they came
on for the encore.
Daniel
said (jokingly) something about how "We are silverchair,
a professional fucking rock band, and this is crap and we
aren't going to fucking take it anymore. We're going home
to Australia, but first we're gonna rock!" They followed
that statement with crowd-pleasing "The Door"
All in
all they were full of energy and seemed to enjoy themselves.
I think I broke my hand. The mosh pit was INSANE, (I was soaked
when I left the pit, like I had been in a shower) It was crazy
crazy crazy, but most of all it ROCKED! Everyone enjoy the
shows to come, and get ready to rock!
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