Portland News Breakers -- reviews of 22 November
Posted: 23 Nov 2008, 22:52
The show was okay, I don't have the setlist since I didn't write it down, nor any bootleg of it (no recorder). There was no big surprises.
There was a decent size crowd of middle aged overweight gothic fans who greeted the band with great enthusiasm.
The show I think went on for about an hour and forty minutes or so and it seemed like Andrew was having a good time and enjoyed himself. There was no banter or talking in between songs and like the reports from all of the previous shows on this tour the vocals were way to low. I was in the balcony the first few songs, couldn't hear the vocals, moved down to the middle of the floor near the soundboard, still could barely hear him, and then finally in front of the speaker where I could barely hear Von singing. Though it was nearly impossible to understand a word he said.
Lots of smoke and lights and a mohawked guy jumped the stage during the final encore of Temple of Love sending Von's microphone sailing into the air and him vanishing into the fog.......the fan was chased off and surprisingly Von picked up from where he left off and still finished in high spirits.
Thought for sure he would have walked off the stage.
Overall it was okay, I wish the vocals were higher though and that was was only complaint.
I was broke and could not afford a t-shirt, it was either beer or a t-shirt and I chose beer, but I forgot what the shirts said on them but they were not the ones I have seen here in the threads (unless I missed it somewhere).
So there you go, a basic straightforward show that sound a lot like the bootlegs of other shows on here, and was okay. This Corrosion seems to be getting better though.
Cheers
There was a decent size crowd of middle aged overweight gothic fans who greeted the band with great enthusiasm.
The show I think went on for about an hour and forty minutes or so and it seemed like Andrew was having a good time and enjoyed himself. There was no banter or talking in between songs and like the reports from all of the previous shows on this tour the vocals were way to low. I was in the balcony the first few songs, couldn't hear the vocals, moved down to the middle of the floor near the soundboard, still could barely hear him, and then finally in front of the speaker where I could barely hear Von singing. Though it was nearly impossible to understand a word he said.
Lots of smoke and lights and a mohawked guy jumped the stage during the final encore of Temple of Love sending Von's microphone sailing into the air and him vanishing into the fog.......the fan was chased off and surprisingly Von picked up from where he left off and still finished in high spirits.
Thought for sure he would have walked off the stage.
Overall it was okay, I wish the vocals were higher though and that was was only complaint.
I was broke and could not afford a t-shirt, it was either beer or a t-shirt and I chose beer, but I forgot what the shirts said on them but they were not the ones I have seen here in the threads (unless I missed it somewhere).
So there you go, a basic straightforward show that sound a lot like the bootlegs of other shows on here, and was okay. This Corrosion seems to be getting better though.
Cheers
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) is getting a bit tired of them, and might try something new. Just for the variation. Why the hell would they otherwise write new material when they seemingly have no intention of releasing it? I have a feeling we will see a new song, either in California or in Europe.
