Heartland

Spiggy's hat wrote:

kgw wrote:"listen you can get these songs the right way or you can get them the wrong way if you wait ten minutes you can get them the right way so i suggest you shut up for a while and talk amongst yourselves" rock city '84

I always assumed that that comment was from the promoter, or one of the crew, who came on stage during the 'technical problem'? It doesn't sound like von to me.

i've never been able to decide if that was somebody else or andrew's voice rising a couple of octaves from it's"stage" depth to his normal register. i must admit that recently i've thought it definitely wasn't von; perhaps mr marx?

other treasures from the same gig:

"one thing we've learned in our many years, is a right hand is a horrible thing to lose...i suggest you retract yours, my man."

"i'm not anorexic, i'm just compact."

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:

Spiggy's hat wrote:

kgw wrote:"listen you can get these songs the right way or you can get them the wrong way if you wait ten minutes you can get them the right way so i suggest you shut up for a while and talk amongst yourselves" rock city '84

I always assumed that that comment was from the promoter, or one of the crew, who came on stage during the 'technical problem'? It doesn't sound like von to me.

i've never been able to decide if that was somebody else or andrew's voice rising a couple of octaves from it's"stage" depth to his normal register. i must admit that recently i've thought it definitely wasn't von; perhaps mr marx?

other treasures from the same gig:

"one thing we've learned in our many years, is a right hand is a horrible thing to lose...i suggest you retract yours, my man."

"i'm not anorexic, i'm just compact."

Twas Gary.

I just love the way he says, "I just know your gonna hate thisssss..." right before going into Whole World In His Hands at Reading.

Best heckler response for me, Smoke & Mirrors tour, London gig, just settling into I Was Wrong & Von shouts out very loud the classic... "SHUT THE F*CK UP!!!" Then looks over to Starling with a wry smile.

kgw wrote:

Spiggy's hat wrote:

kgw wrote:"listen you can get these songs the right way or you can get them the wrong way if you wait ten minutes you can get them the right way so i suggest you shut up for a while and talk amongst yourselves" rock city '84

I always assumed that that comment was from the promoter, or one of the crew, who came on stage during the 'technical problem'? It doesn't sound like von to me.

it sounds like him on the recording - and i remember him saying it at the time, although it was a long time ago and of course memory can play tricks

yeah it's him... after the 4th attempt at Burn in the beginning of the gig if i remember well.. isn't it on the "carnage in colours" bootleg?

my fav "we are the light at the end of your sorry little tunnel"

and in mids of CN/SKOS during the longer solo (don't remember what gig) after he did an accapella and a whole lot of "boe-ing" came from the crowd:
"what do you think about that now children!"
crowd silence cause of immence guitar solo
"exactly!"


at another gig where the crowd is very unpleasing and loud
von: "don't make me go accapella on your ass"

its not andrew and its not marx... its craig

Hildesheim (Mera Luna) 2002: Von's totally drunk and stumbles over a monitor. Roaring laughter from the audience. Von picks up his mic stand and throws it into the crowd saying "I've always wanted to do this" and probably "this is gonna hurt".

I still think "You fat b@stard!" at Reading in 91(?) when came on stage stripped to the waist is the best heckle I've heard in a long time

"You're One Sick Puppy" - Nottingham 2000. Von was in a confrontational mood that night.

Eva wrote:Hildesheim (Mera Luna) 2002: Von's totally drunk and stumbles over a monitor. Roaring laughter from the audience. Von picks up his mic stand and throws it into the crowd saying "I've always wanted to do this" and probably "this is gonna hurt".

Thank you for reminding me, I'm just listening to that gig now. Dominion. And Romeo Down Oh how I love him when he stumbles over his monitors.

I remember hearing something like this. (could be totally wrong, it was a long time ago)
“We got something special in store for you we got something extravagant in store for you, But this is Not it�Then starts playing Jolene.

Anyone know what show this is?

christophe wrote:Anyone know what show this is?

Brixton Academy, London, 10/6/1997 The Victorian Night bootleg cd

radiojamaica wrote:

christophe wrote:Anyone know what show this is?

Brixton Academy, London, 10/6/1997 The Victorian Night bootleg cd

I have that (a copy that is )

radiojamaica wrote:

christophe wrote:Anyone know what show this is?

Brixton Academy, London, 10/6/1997 The Victorian Night bootleg cd

Wasn't that "We have a seriously grotsque thing for you"?
*Reaches for the CD* (T´was a bargain, really!)

Dark wrote:I personally wouldn't mind shouting for "Leave Me For Dead"

I will give you a million pounds if you ever do.

markfiend wrote:

Dark wrote:I personally wouldn't mind shouting for "Leave Me For Dead"

I will give you a million pounds if you ever do.

Done and done. I'll also be shouting for The Damage Done.

Dark wrote:

markfiend wrote:

Dark wrote:I personally wouldn't mind shouting for "Leave Me For Dead"

I will give you a million pounds if you ever do.

Done and done. I'll also be shouting for The Damage Done.

"don't do acid and go out to merge with the traffic"

the-happening wrote:

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:

Spiggy's hat wrote: I always assumed that that comment was from the promoter, or one of the crew, who came on stage during the 'technical problem'? It doesn't sound like von to me.

i've never been able to decide if that was somebody else or andrew's voice rising a couple of octaves from it's"stage" depth to his normal register. i must admit that recently i've thought it definitely wasn't von; perhaps mr marx?

other treasures from the same gig:

"one thing we've learned in our many years, is a right hand is a horrible thing to lose...i suggest you retract yours, my man."

"i'm not anorexic, i'm just compact."

Twas Gary.

nice one.

Not sure of the exact spelling (I can't find the tape so I can't check) but this happened in 1983 or 84 , in the Nederlands:
Anonymous: "Hey, I'm Scottish"
AE: "I know you're, it's all over your ass"

It's one of my favorites with "American people have no legs, they have too many cars" (Los Angeles 1985 (?) where people were not standing up)

that's the trojan horse in den haag. and "it's written all over your bum" is the actual quote.

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:that's the trojan horse in den haag. and "it's written all over your bum" is the actual quote.

thanxs ! I just had a vague souvenir of the sentence, the idea was here (but not Von's poetry)

the-happening wrote:

MadameButterfly wrote: ...the lady working @ paridiso comes over and sighs, "this is not an easy band!"

I think the lady worked at the Melkweg

Oh of course! Sorry my bad, it was Melkweg and not Paridiso!

two for _emma_

Darien Lake 19 07 91

a the end of Dominion: 'yeah, i like standing under the rainbow.. so many colours in my head'

at the start of flood 'you like submission...yeah, you probably do'

not that anyone besides me noticed but I'll never forget the look upon Von's face in Tilburg, when I whistled when he took his jacket off

Can't remember which gig it was, but I recall something like "now that they're gone, we can have sex" when the photographers left the space between the stage and the barrier after the first 2 or 3 songs of the gig.