Best & Worst Sisters show you saw

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so it's just Suzanne? :(
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James Blast wrote:so it's just Suzanne? :(
Aye, forever and always...I guess... :|
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Bum! :evil:
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Ozpat wrote:
radiojamaica wrote: Worst show: at the same festival, 9 years later, in 2001. It was a very special edition that year: we were dj'ing at the festival ourselves and it was the first time the missus came along to see The Sisters on stage.
Andy & the boys were way too speedy for our liking and we failed to singalong to all those 'new' songs... We walked away halfway :eek:
The shared Susanne from that site was recorded there. Not bad IMO.
Nevertheless it certainly was different from the 1992 show. I loved the gig mainly for that reason you mention because it was the first time I could see them perform the new songs. But hey....I seem to like all their gigs. :D
When I listen to the Pukkelpop bootleg today, I think it's pretty good actually :innocent: :lol:
But back then I wanted to hear a Sisters show. Like I had seen them before you know... And suddenly there was little left as they updated the sound & songs and... it was a major dissapointment for me. (Mind you, it wasn't the first time I heared the new songs. Back in 98 they played most of them already)
I figured The sisters were over for me... but a couple years later I found myself digging up my old Sisters bootlegs and listened to them on a daily basis. Then came the 2005 tour and the Heartland membership and since then there's no way back anymore. I just had to let the old Sisters go, let loose that goose. Accept that they've evolved in some way... I can always play some 83-dvd's or Wake, but I don't expect that stuff to be played on a stage near me anymore. I have finally moved on with them Schwesters ;D Love 'm :notworthy:
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Best: pukkelpop 1992, Eurorock 1998, Bielefeld 2006, Paris 2006.

Worst: the other 11 we've seen were fine too, every show reached the expactations...
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expectations are low then...?
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James Blast wrote:expectations are low then...?
You know what I mean James... no bad gigs seen
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Best: AB BRussels 2006 (2nd gig)

Worst: Belga Beach Festival, a long time ago

In between: 19 others ;D
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radiojamaica wrote:
Ozpat wrote:
radiojamaica wrote: Worst show: at the same festival, 9 years later, in 2001. It was a very special edition that year: we were dj'ing at the festival ourselves and it was the first time the missus came along to see The Sisters on stage.
Andy & the boys were way too speedy for our liking and we failed to singalong to all those 'new' songs... We walked away halfway :eek:
The shared Susanne from that site was recorded there. Not bad IMO.
Nevertheless it certainly was different from the 1992 show. I loved the gig mainly for that reason you mention because it was the first time I could see them perform the new songs. But hey....I seem to like all their gigs. :D
When I listen to the Pukkelpop bootleg today, I think it's pretty good actually :innocent: :lol:
But back then I wanted to hear a Sisters show. Like I had seen them before you know... And suddenly there was little left as they updated the sound & songs and... it was a major dissapointment for me. (Mind you, it wasn't the first time I heared the new songs. Back in 98 they played most of them already)
I figured The sisters were over for me... but a couple years later I found myself digging up my old Sisters bootlegs and listened to them on a daily basis. Then came the 2005 tour and the Heartland membership and since then there's no way back anymore. I just had to let the old Sisters go, let loose that goose. Accept that they've evolved in some way... I can always play some 83-dvd's or Wake, but I don't expect that stuff to be played on a stage near me anymore. I have finally moved on with them Schwesters ;D Love 'm :notworthy:
Amen... :D :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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HisWimmNess wrote: Worst: Belga Beach Festival, a long time ago
Oooh :eek: I liked it a lot! ;D
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HisWimmNess wrote: Worst: Belga Beach Festival, a long time ago
Oooh :eek: I liked it a lot! ;D
Is that the Zeebrugge 1993 one? :eek:
Looks great on DVD! :D
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Belga Beach: setting was -to say the least- original. Weather was nice. I enjoyed myself a lot. But the show was bad, very bad. :innocent:
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HisWimmNess wrote:Belga Beach: setting was -to say the least- original. Weather was nice. I enjoyed myself a lot. But the show was bad, very bad. :innocent:
What was bad about it then?
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HisWimmNess wrote:Belga Beach: setting was -to say the least- original. Weather was nice. I enjoyed myself a lot. But the show was bad, very bad. :innocent:
What was bad about it then?
No smoke, bad sound (too much wind?), too short, no lights, ...
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HisWimmNess wrote:Belga Beach: setting was -to say the least- original. Weather was nice. I enjoyed myself a lot. But the show was bad, very bad. :innocent:
What was bad about it then?
No smoke, bad sound (too much wind?), too short, no lights, ...
The sound seems to be fine on DVD. I agree with the lenght which is probably not their fault. No smoke indeed... :lol:
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Ozpat wrote:
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Ozpat wrote: What was bad about it then?
No smoke, bad sound (too much wind?), too short, no lights, ...
The sound seems to be fine on DVD. I agree with the lenght which is probably not their fault. No smoke indeed... :lol:
Hey, they played around 4 or 5 in the afternoon... it wouldn't have made sense to turn the lights on, now would it?! :wink:
And it was very windy that day (of course it was windy, the stage was right there on the beach!) and that does strange things to sound & smoke.
Where I was standing (very much in front) sound was ace and they rocked big time!
I wouldn't have missed it for anything in the world! All my opinion of course ;D :lol:
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This list is Best - Worst show I'VE seen, no? ;D

When I need to make a list of the 21 shows I saw, it will be ranked last.
Way last. With quite a gap between number 20 and 21 ;D

So, maybe I have been very lucky to see 20 shows that were better then this one. With all do respect, Mr Von is not the person to be seen in daylight :innocent:
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[quote="HisWimmNess"]This list is Best - Worst show I'VE seen, no? ;D

When I need to make a list of the 21 shows I saw, it will be ranked last.
Way last. With quite a gap between number 20 and 21 ;D

So, maybe I have been very lucky to see 20 shows that were better then this one. With all do respect, Mr Von is not the person to be seen in daylight ==> Absolutely right although we've missed that gig...
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