CureTheSane

My only interest in the world cup is to make sure Australia do really poorly and drop out quickly. That way I'll hear a lot less about it

Been travelling so caught a few movies during flights Black Panther - didn't live up to the hype for me, but still a good movie Red Sparrow - had to download at my hotel to catch all the nudie bits that were edited out for the plane version. Not a bad movie. Death Wish - a very different movie to the Charles Bronson movie. Great movie though. Stepford Wives - was on in my hotel. Average Before I Fall - was enjoyable until the end. A bit Groundhog Dayish

Acrimony. It was ok. Nothing great. See it, or don't. Not life changing in any way.

Meh

Beggars & Thieves - No More Broken Dreams because I put it in the killer intros thread and now it's in my head so I may as well hear the song more.

For me, this is the best killer intro. Love it

Miracle Master - Tattooed Woman

Yeah, the set list and shtick for the shows is the same for this tour. Even when Pat came out with the setlist and said "we don't have time for this", before they hit Decadance Dance Both bands did sound great, which was nice and given that they are all 60 or so.

VIP box was great. Front and centre. Shame I had already purchased tickets as the deal with the box included the ticket price, so I walked in with 2 tickets that were unused But it was a last minute thing and had I relied on the box being available I know it wouldn't have been and I would have missed out all together. Greater for my wife as she was able to clearly see the whole show. Different story on the floor with 2000 other tall sweaty drunk people. The drummer was great. Other than him, the other 3 were original. Same with Mr. Big. Their current drummer was drumming with Pat when he was sick (2 drummers on stage at the same time) up until he passed away and then took over full time. A really nice story from all aspects. Joe Elliott recently had a sook about ACDC and Brian Johnson and how he was dumped when he got the hearing issue. Compared them to Def Lep who stuck with Rick after he lost his arm. Fair call, and Mr. Big are more in line with Def Lep that most other bands I guess...

I subscribe to Ticketmaster, Tiketek and Last tix. Emails are usually pretty average, but they do mention these bands when they announce tours. Melbourne Mr.Big/Extreme show was sold out. So was Steel Panther and Europe had around 3 or 4 back rows left, so they seem to be doing ok I guess. HArdcore Superstar are out soon, but I think you're away the same time as me so will miss it. Gene Simmons was supposed to tour April I think, but postponed (maybe due to ticket sales) and is coming November now I think, and bringing Ace Frehley with him. Saw Ace with Alice Cooper and he was average. Typical Ace, looks like he really didn't give too much of a fuck. Can' think of any others. LA Guns toured a month or so ago, but I think it clashed with Europe from memory.

Yeah Midnight Express was pretty awesome. Eric Martin's voice was in top shape, and so was Gary Cherone's. He made a couple of point of showing it off. Missed a few notes, but nothing more than anyone else would live.

06/06/2018 The Forum, Melbourne, Australia This show started well and poorly for me. Firstly, a friend is working on the remodel of the Forum and he manged to get my wife and I a booth and drink cards etc, which was very cool as the other option was general admission amongst 2500 other people, and while I am tall enough, my wife is average height and gets blocked a lot from seeing much. Unfortunately, there was a stoopid rugby state of origin game on in Melbourne. Weird because it was NSW vs Qld playing (two different states) but this made finding a car park bloody hard. We ended up walking 20 mins to the venue and arrived at 7:50. Doors opened at 7:00 Mr.big were already playing, No way I thought they'd be on before 8:00 Anyway, because we had a this booth privilege, we skipped the 200m queue and went straight in. Missed the first 2 songs but they are average for me anyway. people outside would have missed 5 or 6 songs for sure. Mr.Big were OK. 4 guys on stage. It was like "yeah, here we are. We've been doing this for 40 years and this is just another show" In the end their set was good. Many songs played weren't my faves but that happens. Disappointed they didn't play Defying Gravity (the song). great to see Gilbert and Sheehan do their thing. Gilbert sang pretty well. Nice tribute to Torpey. Extreme were fucking killer. Cherone was one of the best frontmen I've seen. He was a mix of Paul Stanley and Mick Jagger. In fact if he had the starman makeup on he would have looked just like Elder era Paul. Nuno was on point. One thing that became very obvious was how much of a drum driven band they are. This was a damn energetic drumming performance. One of the best bits was that Nuno spoke to the crown as mucha s Gary did. Most bands only have the singer speak, but it really adds to the show when there are a couple of people who can talk. Cherone was energetic as hell, jumping around, vogueing etc. Set list was pretty good. Happy they played Tragic Comic. At the end of the show they spent 5 minutes hugging and shaking hands with the front of the crowd. Little things like this add to the show. I'd say that comparing all shows I've seen that have been fairly basic - no props, just 4 guys with speakers and lights, Extreme would be the best I've seen Set Lists Mr. Big Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song) Undertow Alive and Kickin' Just Take My Heart Take Cover (Dedicated to Pat Torpey) Green Tinted Sixties Mind Everybody Needs a Little Trouble Price You Gotta Pay Guitar Solo Open Your Eyes Wild World Rock & Roll Over Around the World Bass Solo Addicted to That Rush To Be With You Colorado Bulldog Extreme It ('s a Monster) Li'l Jack Horny Get the Funk Out Rest in Peace Hip Today Play with Me Tragic Comic Hole Hearted Midnight Express Cupid's Dead Am I Ever Gonna Change Take Us Alive More Than Words Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee Decadence Dance

OK, so it's been a few months, so I decided to give the phone number album another go - going in with the mindset that it's very poppy and average, rather than going in expecting more of Swagger etc With an open mind it's actually not as bad as I first thought. Crazy You, All My Love, My Sweet Jane, Came A Long Way, All I Ever Wanted, Always Friends are all decent songs Came A Long Way has a U2/Robbie Williams feel to it. I think some people wouldn't mind as much if any of these songs were the 'different' song that bands sometimes put at the end of a CD Hidden track etc

Pretty embarrassing lyrics. Hard to listen to those words. Musically average for me.

I'm updating mine based on more time to have listened to what I have. So far Frank Hannon - From One Place...To Another! Vol. 1 Pop Evil - Pop Evil Only 2 so far that I've really taken to

High Plains Drifter Fistful Of Dollars Because they were on TV Also saw Gringo, which looked funnier in the preview than it was. Not bad, worth a watch I guess.

I thought they'd been here before. If they have, I didn't see them at the time. Hopefully they'll be back soon. Would have made a road trip to another state, but I'm OS for the full tour...

I've recently opened up to Alter BRidge For some reason a band I never had much to do with or information on. I have to say, AB music is far more compatible with Miles's voice than Slash's music. After listening to Blackbird and AB III a few times it now sounds like he is constantly struggling to get to where be needs to be with Slash. Not quite Modern Rock for me, still has many hard rock elements to it, lots of hooks and melody which is all I really need.

I was listening to my compilations of HEAT and Wig wam on the one DVR that I created. It was a solo drive, so it was interrupted and loud. I enjoyed them both, but in the end, I found myself digging the Wig Wam far more. Shame they ended

Well, fuck. I can't unhear that now. Still like it though...

Anyone other than me like it?

I rewatched Blue Murder which was an Aussie mini series based on Roger Rogerson and police corruption. Last year there was a sequel to this which I taped and can now get to with it all fresh in my mind. Also saw Father Figures which was funny enough. The kid peeing scene was pretty funny. Owen Wilson and Ed Helms made a refreshing change from Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. Wouldn't buy it, but worth a watch.

Yep, I'm the same. For me the best judge of an album is how many songs make it into my best of folder....