Toronto
(Canada), May 24, 2003
By ADAM
Photos
by MARCEL and CHRISTELLE
 Set
List:
1.. After All These Years
2.. World Upon Your Shoulders
3.. Emotion Sickness
4.. Without You
5.. Luv Your Life
6.. Tuna in the Brine
7.. Across the Night
8.. The Greatest View
9.. Ana's Song
10.. Miss You Love
11.. The Door
12.. Anthem for the Year 2000
13.. Israel's Son
14.. Asylum
15.. The Lever
Tonight's
show was SOOOOOO much better than last night's show, and last
night's show was absolutely amazing by itself. I think Daniel
had alot more energy tonight, last night he was coughing a
bit (I overheard a few people in the crowd talking about how
he probably has SARS now that's been in Toronto - don't be
alarmed tourists, the media is making more the issue than
it deserves). But anyways, last night the keyboard at the
left of the stage was left unattended all night, so for those
who were at last night's show knew that tonight Toronto would
get to experience Daniel go solo on it, and for those who
had been following the set lists from the previous show on
the Accross the Night Tour, that also meant that he would
start with "After All These Years".
 It
was truly magical. From the moment he started, I knew that
he was more happier playing the new more melodic, instrumental
songs he's written, as opposed to being "pressured"
to play what the public demands. But I was suprised though,
a lot of people were singing along to the new songs from Diorama,
even though the album never did that well up here (we didn't
really get alot of radio or television exposure of Diorama,
partly due I suppose to Daniel's athritis, but also partly
due to just how incredibly different it is compared to "Frogstomp",
"Freak Show" and "Neon Ballroom".
After
his piano solo, Ben and Chris stepped on the stage and the
immediately went into "World Upon Your Shoulders".
It's an amazing song. You can really tell how much Daniel
has worked on his singing, and how much more range he has
from the earlier days with this song. And you've got to credit
him even more with starting with that song, not even really
warming up his voice. I was trying to keep up with the singing.....ha......good
effort, but I couldn't even come close at all.
 Next
they guys stormed into "Emotion Sickness". In the
second rendition of the "burn my knees" part of
the song, after the heavy riff part of the song, the crowd
got to really get a taste of how amazing Daniel's voice actually
is. He got his voice up so high and kept in so crisp and full
at the same time. My friend who came with me who hadn't been
following silverchair that much, just looked at me and said
how amazing that part was. After the end of the recorded version
of the song they kept going with a rythym that just captivated
the entire crowd. It was amazing, like a whirlwind of powerful
music that grab you and wouldn't let you escape. Spectacular.
Next
came "Without You", it was great, the end of the
song got some of the older silverchair fans who wanted to
rock out going, that song was really fun. Next came "Luv
Your Life" and it was so relaxing, when I listened to
it, everything bad just went away, even though the lyrics
may not be too too positive, the song is just so uplifting,
it really makes you feel better about everything.
 Next
came "Tuna in the Brine", this is my personal favourite
off of "Diorama", I just love how Daniel just decided
to write about how he is finally doing what he really wants
to do and how he feels "closer to everything". It
just made me so happy to here him sing that, because it made
me feel that he is finally breaking out of his teenage "rock
group" pressures into something he actually enjoys.
After
Tuna came "Across the Night", it was simply magical.
You could feel the music just capture you and take you away.
Everything about their new show is so much more captivating
and exploritive than ever before, you didn't know what to
expect at all, but you knew whatever it was it was taking
you and the rest of the crowd with you.
Next
came "The Greatest View", before they started Daniel
told the crowd that "this is your new favourite song".
It was alot of fun, people were half-moshing, half-dancing.
It was pretty cool, I had alot of fun, and it looked like
Daniel, Ben, and Chris were having a lot of fun too. After
TGV, Daniel switched guitars and started playing a single
note version intro to "Ana's Song" instead of playing
the regular chords. It gave the song a more simple, but more
emotional picture to it, it was interesting. But as soon as
the chorus started the guitar and the rest of the band got
into the full heavy rendition with distortion that really
got the crowd going. After "Ana's Song" came "Miss
You Love", it was great, everyone was singing through
the entire song.
 After
"Miss You Love" came "The Door". Everybody
was jumping at the beginning and the crowd keep going through
the entire song. At the end they finished with a real funk/blues
part that was so much fun just to dance and jump around to.
It makes me wonder if this maybe what some of the new stuff
Daniel is writing may sound like, if so, I can't wait, it
sounds like it's going to be so much fun.
After
"The Door", came "Anthem" and it got all
the old silverchair fans going and got the old hard rock fans
in the new intrumental, melodic silverchair fans coming out
too. Everyone at the Kool Haus was moshing and dancing and
having fun.
Then
came what everyone was waiting for. All through last nights
concert and tonight's as well so many people were screaming
"Israel's Son! Israel's Son!" I don't care if they
maybe didn't want to play it, it was absolutely amazing. It
was what so many people had been waiting for, as soon as Daniel
said "This song is for you Canada" everyone knew
what was coming up. Then Chris started playing the intro on
his bass and everyone screamed with joy and people just started
going nuts. When you think it couldn't get any more crazy,
as soon as Daniel came in with his first guitars palm mutes,
it just went even more crazy. Everyone was jumping and pushing
and screaming. SO SO SO MUCH FUN! All through the song, everyone
was singing and moshing, crowd surfing and dancing. Then when
the ending of the song came up absolutely everyone was screaming
"I AM, I AM ISRAEL'S SON. ISRAEL'S SON I AM!" It
was incredible, possibly the most fun I've had at a concert
ever. I love the new stuff, but it's so much fun to just let
out all your anger and scream "HATE IS WHAT I FEEL FOR,
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I WANT YOU DEAD". So much
fun, so much fun.
 The
boys left the stage after that and in a matter of second the
crowd started screaming "SILVERCHAIR! SILVERCHAIR! SILVERCHAIR!"
for about 3 minutes straight, everyone was just so energized
by the show that had just finished that they could go for
that long at the top of their lungs. But before long, Daniel
came out and amazed the crowd with Asylum. I really really
love that song, partly because I think Daniel really likes
it. Seeing him up there, I think he's really enjoying himself
more and feels more comfortable on stage. He was really showcasing
his pianist talent with Asylum, it was amazing. Just seeing
live how much he's matured is amazing in itself, especially
when you see rock stars ten years older than him still stuck
inside their guitar riffs. He is incredible.
When
Daniel finished "Asylum" Ben and Chris returned
and the boys started playing "The Lever". A great
song to finish with, everyone got to get out their last bit
of energy out with this song. It was so heavy, it got everyone
moving. At the end, much like last night, they finished the
song with a real interesting and heavy set of explosive bangs
and thunderous palm mutes. It simply kicked a$$, real heavy
and mean.
In short,
I think tonight was the most fun I've had in a hell of a long
time. My voice is gone, my body stinks of stale sweat, I think
I'm getting a cold (uh oh SARS), and I'm completely drained
of any energy I had before I left my house for the show. Absolutely
amazing, so so so much fun, and truly captivating and exhilirating
musical experience. I hope to god that this isn't their last
tour, because I don't think I'll ever have so much fun ever
again.
Thanks
for coming to T.O. Daniel, Ben and Chris, please come back
and do 10 shows instead of 2 next time. Just kidding, but
do it if you want. |
By JONATHAN
Hi everybody!!..This
is Jonathan from Toronto. I was in the show yesterday May
24th..
First I would like to say that after this concert (like Jessica,
the beautiful girl that I met waiting on the line for the
show would have said): 'I FEEL SPECIAL NOW!!
I've
been living in Toronto for about 3 months now, cause I'm from
Peru (south America), and this has been one of my firsts concerts
here...and, could I have asked for more??..well NO!!..It was
Silverchair, my favourite band since I watch 'abuse me' on
TV, and it is one of the most important bands in the world
right now (not anybody can have 2 sold-out shows in the same
city) so...
Well,
I went to the Kool Haus at 2pm, and I thought it was too early,
but hell no!! there were like 25 people already on the line
. So we had to wait 6 hours to go in, but with some Silverchair
albums and the cool girls that I met on the line, the waiting
wasn't that long..haha..
Anyway,
the show started about 9pm when the guys of Red West got on
the stage. They were pretty cool. They did their thing and
played for about 45 minutes. After that we had to wait another
15 minutes...and then it started.
Daniel
appeared and the crowd just went nut. He started to play 'After
all these years' on the piano (personally my favourite on
the album) so since the first tune I instantly knew that it
was going to be unforgettable. After these beautiful peace
of art by Daniel, Ben and Chris got on the stage and started
with ‘World upon your Shoulders’…it was
just amazing…I just could not believe that I was actually
there. Then they continued with an extended PERFECT version
of ‘Emotion Sickness’ that really captivated the
crowd and let us know that we had to be really thankful for
being there, watching these guys that are simply ARTISTS.
Next,
they played songs like ‘Without You’, ‘Luv
your Life’ and ‘Across the Night’. Songs
that just made you feel that everything was ok. Listening
to them made me feel that I was in such a peaceful place,
even though the crowd was moshing and all that!!..hehe..
‘Tuna
in a Brine’ and ‘Ana’s Song’ showed
you how Daniel really FEELS what he is singing. He just sang
them with so much heart and passion that easily he could have
made me cry. Then they came with our favourite new song, ‘The
Greatest View’. Everybody just started to sing and jump.
Somebody started a mosh pit there so it was a lot of fun.
‘Miss you Love’ had the crowd singing and moshing!!…I
don’t know how but there were like 7 guys moshing until
the song was over!!…haha…
Then
they continued with ‘The Door’, and it had the
entire crowd jumping and shoving… for a second I thought
that I was going to end up smashed or something!!
Then
‘Anthem for the Year 2000’ and ‘Israel’s
Son’ just made us all went crazy!!… everybody
knew the lyrics and sang along with Daniel. It was pretty
cool. Ben and Chris were awesome!!…they just played
perfectly!! Then they went off the stage and had the entire
audience just screaming: ‘Silverchair Silverchair’,
for about 3 minutes, until Daniel got on the stage once again
and played ‘Asylum’. I think everybody was waiting
for that one. Daniel just showed what a musician he is, the
way he played the piano was just magical.
And just
to finish, Ben and Chris came back and played ‘The Lever’,
what a song !!…they did it longer and just tore the
place apart. Daniel smashed the guitar and almost hurt Ben!!…
haha… But it was cool… It was the perfect song
to finish the perfect show.
And well
that’s it!!…I just have to say that it has been
THE show, the best concert in my life. It just let me see
that I wasn’t wrong, Silverchair is an awesome band,
they deserve everything they have, and even more!!…
Just
thank you guys for being SILVERCHAIR… |
By BILLY
Set List:
1.After All These Years
2.World Upon Your Shoulders
3. Emotion Sickness
4. Without You
5. Luv Your Life
6. Tuna In The Brine
7. Across The Night
8. The Greatest View
9. Ana's Song
10. Miss You Love
11. The Door
12. Anthem for the Year 2000
13. Israel's Son
Encore:
14. Asylum
15. The Lever
When I got to the Kool Haus at about 7:00 the line for the
chair was already HUGE spanning about 3 or 4 blocks in length.
I was highly anticipating the show since I'd never seen them
play live before. I didn't see Friday night's show, but from
overhearing people in line, apparently it was pretty good.
Little did I know what I was in for. After they opened the
doors we all went in and waited while the tech's tuned up
the guitars and made sure everything was ready for the opening
band, The Red West. By the time they came on stage, the place
was absolutely packed. The Red West played about 6 or 7 songs
(including a slower cover of The Smashing Pumpkin's "1979")
before the chair came on.
As the
band members were coming out, they had this Across The Night
Techno music playing and all these flashing lights like it
was the starting line-up for a basketball game or something,
but it was pretty cool! Daniel came out to a large applause
from the audience and proceeded to play a beautiful version
of "After All These Years". He would pause in between
different sections of the song giving it a real emotional
feeling. After he finished, Ben and Chris came out and the
band went right into "World Upon Your Shoulders".
The keyboards and backup harmonies by Julian and Stu really
gave the song that extra something that makes Silverchair
such a special band live. Dan's voice during the song was
amazing and they really rocked out.
The next song was "Emotion Sickness" which was absolutely
incredible. Before the ending guitar line started, the band
extended the song about 3 or 4 minutes allowing Daniel to
play some solo's and jam out. What was amazing during this
section of the song was Daniel's voice though. He started
experimenting with the range of his voice and really showed
how talented a vocalist he is. He kept going higher and higher,
just belting out notes. He started getting into a ridiculously
high range...but proceeded to just keep going to everyone's
surprise. He kept building up his voice and then let out an
unbelievably high wail which shook the building and literally
left half the crowd with their jaws hanging on the floor.
This note was so high I think Christina Aguilera or Mariah
Carey would have been jealous.
The next
song they played was "Without You" which was followed
by "Luv Your Life" and "Tuna in The Brine".
Luv Your Life and Tuna sounded unbelivable live and I was
impressed that these songs sounded so good since they have
so many big orchestral arrangments.
Next Daniel came to the mic with a big grin and said "This
one's for all the ladies" as the band went right into
"Across the Night". This song sounded so good live
and it really shows just how much the band has grown since
the early days of being The Innocent Criminals with hits like
"I Felt Like It" and "Won't You Be Mine".
After
finishing Daniel said "This is your new favorite song"
and then the band played "The Greatest View" which
really got people jumping around and filled the place up with
energy. Everyone was singing along with this one and it made
me feel really good to be around other people who appreciated
the chair since I'm from a small town where most people don't
even know who they are!
The next
song they played was "Ana's Song" which Daniel started
with a different opening than usual. I think a lot of people
thought it might've been a new song at first until he started
singing "Please die Ana...". It was in my opinion
the best version of the song I've heard the band play to date.
After this they went right into "Miss You Love"
which was also very good.
Daniel
really hadn't said much to the crowd except "Thanks Toronto"
at this point, but then he started to go crazy and really
got into it. He asked the crowd if they were ready to get
funky as they cranked into "The Door". About halfway
through the song, they extended it like Emotion Sickness for
about 4 or 5 minutes while they all just jammed out. Daniel
came to the mic and started singing all these funny blues
lines and even had the crowd chanting a couple of them at
one point. It seemed like Daniel was really enjoying it at
this point and he really interacted with the crowd during
the rest of the show. They played "Anthem" next
in which Daniel started by having the audience sing the opening.
After the song finished Daniel mentioned that the concert
was much better than the previous night and that he really
meant it and wasn't just saying it. Chris started playing
the opening bass riff for "Israel's Son" which was
a welcome surprise that I don't think the crowd was expecting.
The crowd really got into it a lot and there was a ton of
good moshing and people screaming their lungs out. In the
end when Dan screamed "Put your hands in the air"
everyone threw up their hands yelling along to the music.
After this they all left the stage to the crowd chanting "SIL-VER-CHAIR,
SIL-VER-CHAIR" for a while and then Daniel came back
out and played "Asylum" which is one of my favorite
chair songs and awesome live.
When
Dan was finished, Chris and Ben came out and Dan started playing
these evil sounding piano notes and singing into the mic in
a devilish voice singing this song about Ben and Chris being
the rhythm section. While Dan was doing this Stu was on his
mic doing evil laughter going "MWA HAHAHAHA" which
gave everyone a good laugh. Then Dan got his guitar back and
they started playing "The Lever". This is also one
of my favorite songs from Diorama and definitely an awesome
song to end on. Once they finished the song they paused and
then extended it like some of the other songs for about 6
or 7 minutes. They made the extension sound heavy, but almost
jazzy and Daniel told the crowd "This is a continuation
from the door" when he was singing the blues. He started
singing some more of the blues and would say something around
the lines of "Girl, you forgot to call me, ya' bitch"
and then he would slap himself and continue to have a conversation
with himself (which was hilarious I might add). Then they
finished all out heavy, jamming out until the end.
Afterwards
Dan let the guitar ring and then started throwing it against
Ben's drumset. Ben looked at him kind of surprised and I was
like "SWEEEET, he's going to break his guitar!!!!"
He did throw it against Ben's drums once more but afterwards
set it down probably realizing maybe he shouldn't break it.
I can't
think of any other way the night could've been better and
it's amazing how much progress this band has made over the
years. Hopefully someday Silverchair will be back on tour
because they are definitely one of the best rock and roll
bands on the planet today. |
