3 Nov 2008 -- New York is history

culprit · 05 Nov 2008, 11:43

Thanks for all the info guys!

can someone alter the year on the title, yes I'm a pedant!

itnAklipse · 05 Nov 2008, 14:49

Thanks, dummkopf! Great video.

dummkopf · 05 Nov 2008, 16:08

always at your service

bismarck · 06 Nov 2008, 22:18

OK. This is a test. I hope this link will take you all to a page where you can choose a site from which to download 'Vision Thing' from New York the other night.

http://sharebee.com/1e53fbb3

Thanks to everyone who guided me on how to do this (unless it doesn't work). I'll put more songs up if this one works out, and if anyone cares to hear them. I have both encores from NYC and the New Haven show.

dinky daisy · 06 Nov 2008, 22:59

By far the best live version from VT that rocks cock.

dinky daisy · 06 Nov 2008, 23:03

itnAklipse wrote:Thanks, dummkopf! Great video.

One of the few times i have to agree with itnAklipse. (Yes you can...)

euphoria · 07 Nov 2008, 00:48

The youtube videos from this concert rock really really hard! What a sound they have...I want to see them NOW!!

http://www.youtube.com/results?uploaded ... y+new+york

nowayjose · 07 Nov 2008, 01:01

How's the guitar sound on this tour? Apparently Ben has been ordered to ditch the crappy Numetal beater and get a respectable Strat instead. Any improvements (not really discernible on Youtube videos)?

DrG · 07 Nov 2008, 01:02

bismarckobama wrote:

OK. This is a test...

... which passes with flying colors I ain't seen before!

Great recording... plenty of headspace for EQ and such...
and I love the bit where

tells us to do the "do the right thing".

Many thanks! You just made my day. More please!

bismarck · 07 Nov 2008, 01:27

euphoria wrote:The youtube videos from this concert rock really really hard! What a sound they have...I want to see them NOW!!

New Haven was a special night because of the election vibe and banter, but (as I told a somewhat befuddled Eggi_1), I thought the NYC gig was much, much better. It really helped to have a huge sold-out enthusiastic venue full of hyper dancing screaming New Yorkers. We do it better than anyone else in the country.

I know the band thought New York was, quote: "Amazing. The best gig so far this tour in terms of energy..."

For audio of Vision Thing from this date, check a few posts above. You can feel the energy of the night.

Edit: Or just click this:
http://sharebee.com/1e53fbb3

DrG wrote:bismarckobama wrote:
OK. This is a test...
... which passes with flying colors I ain't seen before!

Great recording...

Thanks Doktor G. I'm prepping New Haven tonight. Sound wasn't so great as NYC (on my recording), but I'll upload it as soon as I can.

nowayjose wrote:How's the guitar sound on this tour? Apparently Ben has been ordered to ditch the crappy Numetal beater and get a respectable Strat instead. Any improvements (not really discernible on Youtube videos)?

Where'd you hear that about Ben's guitar? Anyway, he sounds great. I like what he adds to the sound a lot. So we don't get a massively varied setlist... we get to hear brand new versions of the old songs. A lot of this is down to Ben's guitar style. I think it's cool. He adds a little Bon Jovi vibe.

Nicole · 07 Nov 2008, 02:50

Wow bismarck - that recording is incredible.

Very clear, sounds like the band is really in top form too. I think it really demonstrates the better sound people are talking about with this tour too. I can't thank you enough for providing some audio for the tour! I'd tape the show I'm going to but I've no equipment and I don't know the first thing about how I'd do it.

nowayjose · 07 Nov 2008, 03:31

bismarck wrote: Where'd you hear that about Ben's guitar?

Well.. I've watched a couple of the new vids now and he seems to be playing a white strat in all of them...

He adds a little Bon Jovi vibe.

*swallows tongue*

A little Bon Jovi vibe is to the Sisters as Nailin' Palin was to the McCain campaign.... imho, of course.

DrG · 07 Nov 2008, 04:17

nowayjose...

*swallows tongue*

But the Sisters sound great with a little Bon Jovi thrown in!

However... in some live tracks the guitar work reaches Floyd levels!

EDIT ... and I do do not give a rat's arse about Bon Jovi.

itnAklipse · 07 Nov 2008, 08:42

dinky daisy wrote:One of the few times i have to agree with itnAklipse. (Yes you can...)

Yeah, you can go to hell, too.

Ghostrider · 07 Nov 2008, 09:54

nowayjose wrote:
bismarck wrote: Where'd you hear that about Ben's guitar?
Well.. I've watched a couple of the new vids now and he seems to be playing a white strat in all of them...

he showed it on his facebook page.. nice looking guitar..

desertmonkey · 07 Nov 2008, 17:18

bismarck wrote: Edit: Or just click this:
http://sharebee.com/1e53fbb3

Thanks a lot for sharing the track!

It was a fun show. I'd never heard Never Land live before. My cell phone pics were too washed out to post here.

Thanks again, bismarck.

bismarck · 07 Nov 2008, 19:45

desertmonkey wrote:
bismarck wrote: Edit: Or just click this:
http://sharebee.com/1e53fbb3
Thanks a lot for sharing the track!

It was a fun show. I'd never heard Never Land live before. My cell phone pics were too washed out to post here.

Thanks again, bismarck.

Oh, you're very welcome. I'm still really pissed off that I didn't operate the recorder correctly for the set, and only got the encores on tape (after I switched the tape for the encores, I realized my mistake).

It seems as though this is one show that will forever be a memory rather than a recording, as no one else recorded it (I think). A real shame, as it was a true stormer... just the band's energy feeding off the rowdy and sold-out crowd made it special, plus the versions of 'Still' and 'Alice' were absolute classics.

On a broader note, I'm worried that many of the US shows will go unrecorded. There seem to be fewer and fewer HeartlÃ¤nders -- or really dedicated fans -- this time around (which isn't surprising as the venues and audiences are shrinking in the absence of new recorded material, but is worrying nonetheless).

So, a plea:

For everyone on this forum going to a show in the US, please make the effort to record it. There are plenty of people on this forum who helped me with advice on how to do it... just ask!

Buelbringer · 07 Nov 2008, 20:15

bismarck wrote:OK. This is a test. I hope this link will take you all to a page where you can choose a site from which to download 'Vision Thing' from New York the other night.

http://sharebee.com/1e53fbb3

Thanks to everyone who guided me on how to do this (unless it doesn't work). I'll put more songs up if this one works out, and if anyone cares to hear them. I have both encores from NYC and the New Haven show.

Thanks Bismarck, great version. Much more straight forward (even better than in Tienen). Seems that they arranged their live vocals different.

09 Nov 2008, 21:50

euphoria wrote:The youtube videos from this concert rock really really hard! What a sound they have...I want to see them NOW!!

http://www.youtube.com/results?uploaded ... y+new+york

Ribbons
Marian
Alice
Giving Ground
Dominion - Mother Russia
Flood II
Lucretia My Reflection
Snub Nose and Temple of Love (short version)

Here is a chuck of video from the gig thus far. I can not take credit for them, so make sure you thank the proper people.

bismarck · 10 Nov 2008, 07:49

New York City Encores

Nicole · 10 Nov 2008, 23:21

Finally got a chance to listen to your recording bismarck, the whole thing anyways, today at work - fantastic. I'm certain I probably got some strange looks because I couldn't help myself - sitting here at my desk, big goofy smile across my face and toe tapping. Sounds like a great show, I'll have to check out the videos later on tonight at home. They sound better than they did two years ago, to me anyways.

One more week exactly!

I'm more than ready!