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Oslo 30th May, Disappointed fans I reckon!!!
AC/DC apparently arrived on stage late last night, looked stressed and had to play a shortened gig due to a noise curfew. The dropped Shot Down In Flames, War Machine, Black Ice and For Those About to Rock finish. I would have scrapped Big Jack ahead of Shot Down in Flames. I would not have been a happy camper!! They finished up on Highway to Hell. No canons!!!! :( Anyone there?
So, what's the problem? Everyone were saying "Drop For those,drop War Machine"etc. They finally made it! :P :P
It was only due to time constraints/being late. The next show will all of the dropped songs back,I am willing to bet on it. They'd never drop For Those About To Rock
It was ok. 15 songs, but I missed For Those About To Rock + canons.
I would actually be disappointed. Black Ice and War Machine blah blah. But For Those... Man I would want something back because of it.
This whole piece sounds like "Boohoo - our private jet was delayed - what are we to do?" I don't know - I've travelled in Europe - there's trains and automobiles! Hire a fucking bus! Charter a backup plane! Fly coach like everyone else going to your show! There were plenty of easy solutions to make it to the show on time. Europe is not that hard to get around. America can learn a thing or two from the way Europe has their transport system set up. What a cop-out! AC/DC should come back and play a free show for the fans, ditch the 6 million dollar steam train boondoggle and stick to what the fans are there for - the music!
Well I am surprised they didnīt cut off High Volateg from the set. But well we can complain shit and stuff about it. Nothing will change about it.
Ok, seriously. If they wanted to catch up then the logic thing to do was to drop the stuff that would take more time to prepare.Thus not setting the cannons. On the other hand...Let me check...No, ok, they only had 2 days to set everything for the next show.If they had 3 days they could extend the gig a little.Hah..Extend the gig...Hah..Funny...Robot tour and such....
"Well I am surprised they didnīt cut off High Volateg from the set." Whatever you do, you do not cut High Voltage from the set. That song practically defines AC/DC and captures their entire history in 4 minutes and 23 seconds, Bon screenshots or not... That said, I'm surprised they scrapped Shot Down in Flames ahead of Big Jack, too, although that must say something about their comfort level and pleasure playing Big Jack. You could almost come out and call it a ballsy move.
You pricks will stop bushing them when they play the entire Back in Black in Donington.
I can't wait for Download,I hope they really do Sapator,I've not given up complete hope yet,the chances of Shake A Leg being played are slim,but I still like those odds. We'll see I suppose.I have a feeling it's going to be a special gig,because they are going to have to upstage a lot the young acts. I really hope they blow them off the stage like they used to do, and always have in the past. Come On guys I know you've got at least one surprise left in the bag,for God sakes give it to us!!!
Thunderdeeds: You're sounding like you're at the end of your rope man. I hope ruddisgodd doesn't turn around and ask you to leave the site, too. For God's sake, man, you should consider yourself lucky to still have the band around putting on a McShow, you know! I think it would rock if AC/DC did the whole of Back in Black for Donington, but I don't consider it a likely possibility. I do think, though, they will probably be recording the show for future release as a DVD/CD set. And the more I think about this Oslo concert disaster, the more I think it's a good thing. 1. It gives the lie to the idea that AC/DC can't change up their setlist without making a lot of lighting people work harder than they should be. Admittedly, they added no songs to the set, but they were able to cut songs pretty easily and still have the lights work as they should. 2. It also took a bit of spontaneity to be able to cut the set and rearrange parts of it to fit into the "curfew" timeslot, so they were forced to think on their feet rather than robot-ing through the show. I'd love to hear the audio from this show - I bet it sounds unlike any other from any spot on this McTour. 3. As much as I love FTATR, the cannons are a gimmick and it's a shame AC/DC have become a gimmick band who only play "hit singles" at this point. They had an opportunity here to throw out the gimmick and they survived it. Maybe now they can begin to think about throwing out all of their other gimmicks (the train, Rosie, complicated lighting) in favour of putting on a music show. They can always keep the Hells Bell as a tribute to Bon and the cannons to end it (before playing a first encore), but get rid of the rest and just put on an awesome rock and roll show focused on THE MUSIC, like some of the 2003 club dates and the awesome Toronto 2003 show. What pissed me off about the Oslo gig was their excuse, which was very poor. Based on that excuse alone, they should return to Oslo and play a free, full gig for the fans.
Ask me to leave because I'm trying to see a bright side to what seems to be a no win situation? "For God's sake, man, you should consider yourself lucky to still have the band around putting on a McShow, you know!" I hope your joking, I am glad they are still around,I really am,but I do want more than the same thing every gig.If they don't want to change it then FINE,they're not going to.Us bitching about it isn't going to change there mind. Seriously, I understand they HAVE a choice too not change,I KNOW they won't change anything major at Donington,but I still am trying to be a little optimistic for the band I joined here to talk about in the first place.Everyone's so negative here lately,it's disgusting. Back In Black in it's entirety would be a fantastic show,but it's more than likely NOT happening,but crazy as it sounds I'd still like to think my band would give us some type Surprise. I'll be the first to say yes they need to change SOMETHING,but day in and day out at least one person's pretty much saying fuck the band.If you don't like it then LEAVE,seriously Nate's gotta be getting tired of it too. They're still AC/DC damn it! Yeah Mc Show blah,blah,blah, we know,we've been watching it too.We don't really need to hear it every comment. Personally I'd be happy with the Donington '91 set up. The Bell,Cannons,Rosie and The Band. Fuck,2003 was great,Toronto was a shining moment for them they were great,all the 2003 gigs were.The band don't need the gimmicks,I know it,you know it, everyone knows it. (Except the "fans" that the set list is for) I've got nothing against you or anyone on here but Jesus,it's almost depressing reading some of the stuff people post on here.I usually don't go off like that,in fact some of the people here have commented about everyone's bitching,let me clarify, I don't want everyone to stop complaining,I do it myself,it's fine too.I would just like a little more positive from you guys.This place is changing for the worst... Don't mean to offend you,just my thoughts on the comments above and your response to me.I have great respect for you Mr.Damnation. We want to turn this place into Rising Power, -Cheers
No offense taken Thunderdeeds and yes, I was joking. I too, with my last comment, was trying to see the bright side of what essentially was another fuck you to the fans ("Boohoo! Our private jet broke down!). Maybe you have a point. Maybe if we don't have anything positive to say about our favorite band anymore based on their last 10 years of output, maybe we should just call it off as fans. I'd hate to do that because I love their music so deeply, but it seems to be the last remaining option.
I don't agree with some of there recent choices,but it's not enough to make me not love them as much as I always have. Mc Schow or not I still enjoy the Live stuff,even it's "Back In Black" for the billionth time. The gotta Give The Dog (us) A Bone some time. I'm still waiting for some type of sign they care...there has to be something.
I am running around with a guess, that the whole Black Ice Tour is a warm up thing. Because IF they would release a new album in 1 or 1 1/2 years later, then they would change some stuff imo. But well. I canīt see in the future. But I do agree with you 2 there. Well that MC Show this year was my first AC/DC concert. I layed off the whole MC Show shit and enjoyed the show. And man I loved them for being so energetic as always. Even when the set is almost the same as the last years it still was enjoyable. I have a alot of wish songs who are doable aswell. And I am looking forward to Download aswell. I wanna see what the guys will pull out. And about the 2003 tours. Man thos were amazing. The set had some specials moments in it. The 2000 leg of the SUL tour had Get it Hot in there set. A song they never played with Bon. And I guess they could surprise us this time too. The tour isnīt over and I know that many shit happen recently about the BI Tour/Album/Set List etc. So well I am going back and do the same as RnRDamnation, enjoying their music, Because thatīs what really matters to me. I screw the millions of people who signifies ""Thunderstruck" "Highway to Hell" or "Shoot To Thrill" as the most regnizeable songs. I can count many more :)
I never stopped enjoying it,every day I do so. Can't express my feelings toward they're music, Oh how I love it so. If I drank I think I'd have a beer right now............ lol
I think the people with the most serious complains are the ones that have seen them prior of this tour. Also if this is a warm up then they should have burned their entire muscles by now, doing a 3 years warm up. Today i've got myself not hearing a single song from them for at least a month.My other record was 10 days,on vacations, with girls and without an mp3 or cassette player(good ol walkman). It wasn't done intentionally but it was a message to myself by myself.
Seriously guys, if you want to see a band that's what AC/DC used to be, check out Gogol Bordello. AC/DC should recruit them as an opening act, except they might get blown off the stage the same way the boys blew the Stones off the stage a few years ago:
Not at all, thunderdeeds. I've seen these guys live and they blow just about anybody off the stage. Right now they've been personally asked by Tom Morello to open for Rage Against the Machine, but can more than hold their own as a headliner act. Don't be fooled by the accordions and violins - this is punk music going back to its roots before anyone even knew what punk was. Who do you think the first punks were? The outcasts - the Gypsys and the Jews. This group is composed of both groups and as far as I'm concerned, they're one of the few genuine groups out there today. Back to AC/DC and the Oslo gig, though, I've been doing some research on Oslo and I was right - this gig does sound like any other. Same old shortened McSetlist, but they're playing with a fire and an urgency that's been lacking with their private jet lifestyle and days off (not that they don't deserve days off): This version of High Voltage, although short, is played with the kind of stress, anxiety and urgency we probably haven't heard since 1983...
I know,I like the fact they were in a "hurry" type situation
I think their private plane needs to break down more often. It keeps them on their toes and forces them to be spontaneous...
No disrespect for the bordello (that in Greek is pronounced exactly the same and means... :) ) but no naked Balkan (no punk) music hero is blowing nobody from anything. We get this Balkan music things here in,well,Balkan.So i know first handed what is this.You may get excited at first cuz you haven't heard something i've heard thousands of times but then it just mix with the culture Balkan soup. An example of blowing from stage is a 60 years old Lemmy and Co blowing everyone and everybody from anything that can be blown. Again no disrespect and sorry if i've ruined you primitive punk thought,or the "gypsy punk" that they try to name it,but i'm a little to close to all this and it's not an innovation or something
I think if they had Airbourne open for them it might clear the dust out of their brains and remind them of what it was like back in the days when they WORKED for their applause.