some quick footage shot in front of the stage, somewhat shaky but pretty cool.
kudos to Magenta for this (and other) Machine footage.
Celestial Voices
When the Tigers Broke Free
High Hopes
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if you get a chance to see The Machine, it is well worth it. ticket prices have always been reasonable ($17.50 for 2 1/2 hours of music) so you get a ton of bang for your buck. clicky click for The Machine tour dates
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last night M&i headed to Patriot Place for dinner and a show and it was a lot of fun. had dinner at Tastings Wine Bar & Bistro which was ok, but overpriced. kind of a tapas idea to dining, but slightly larger portions with a larger price. they do have wine flights which is nice as you can try 3 different wines within a style.
after dinner, we wandered briefly before heading down to the show. after some looking around, we managed to find a pair of seats on the floor where we stayed seated for the first set and part of the second set. M didn't want to stand for the entire show and i was there more for the music so i didn't mind.
very good show (better than the last time i saw them) with a pretty good setlist. was hoping they'd play Childhood's End, but they played it the night before i discovered this morning, which would explain its absence. oh well. highlights were Celestial Voices (which had me wonder if we'd get Dark Side of the Moon, but realized they didn't play On The Run between Breathe/Time so they wouldn't), Matilda Mother and When The Tigers Broke Free (chillingly beautiful).
we did get nearly all of Wish You Were Here (missing Shine On 1-5), strong Comfy Numb to end the first set. Brick 2 and Wish You Were Here were both big sing alongs. all in all it was a very strong performance by the band, and they looked like they were having a good time. the crowd was pretty good, altho near us during the 2nd set was a silicone barbie (M: "she looks like she has pomelos on her chest") and friends who were shitfaced and seemed to get great glee taking drunken pictures of each other. (no flash photography please) unfortunately security didn't escort them out, but fortunately at least one of them lost it in the ladies room. and what a surprise, when the others heard that, they didn't do anything other than start taking more pictures.
drunk women aside, we both had a good time. hopefully they will be back soon.
The Machine
4/25/09
Showcase Live
Foxboro, MA
Set 1: (~820p - 920p)
Welcome To the Machine
Sorrow
Speak To Me
Breathe
Time/Breathe (Reprise)
Celestial Voices
Signs Of Life
Learning To Fly
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Matilda Mother
Comfortably Numb
Set 2: (~950p - 1105p)
Pigs On the Wing (Part 1)
Dogs
When the Tigers Broke Free
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Another Brick In the Wall (Part 2)
High Hopes
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-8)
Wish You Were Here
Astronomy Domine
Have A Cigar
Encore: (~1106p - 1115p)
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
i hadn't realized it until i was driving home tonight, but it was almost 10 years to the day that i first witnessed the majesty that is The Machine. i'm not 100% certain of the date, simply because the show had to be postponed a month due to a snow storm, but i still remember that night (thanks mr. gilmour) fondly.
i've tried to see them whenever i could, but being a band that played small clubs (at the time), it was hard to see them up here. NYC and a few places in NJ & PA seemed to get the lion's share of the shows. shortly after i saw them for the 2nd time (1999 in nashua), they took some time off and for a few years didn't tour, but then they returned. in 2005, TK & i saw them in plymouth and it was one hell of a show.
so when i saw that they were actually going to be somewhere reasonably close, i knew i should go. unfortunately, i went alone (stoopit presentation) but i still enjoyed the show a great deal. all in all, i think the plymouth show was better, but this was also their first show in a month, so they played it a little on the safe side i thought. after some minor confusion over the venue location, i bought my ticket and discovered i had a really good seat. about 2/3 of the way back, left of center, so a very nice view, good sound location, i was pleased.
nice view, crappy cellphone camera
taken during intermission, again, crappy cellphone camera
start: 815p
end: 1105p
Set 1: (815p - 925p)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts I-V)
Mother
Have A Cigar
Speak To Me ->
Breathe
Time ->
Breathe (Reprise)
Coming Back To Life
See Emily Play
Sorrow
Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Set 2: (948p - 1105p)
Hey You
Welcome To The Machine
One of These Days
Signs of Life ->
Learning To Fly
Echoes (short)
- jam (that got lost)
Empty Spaces/What Shall We Do Now?
Young Lust (w/keyboard solo)
Wish You Were Here
Comfortably Numb
Encore:
Brain Damage
Eclipse
Brain Damage, crappy cellphone camera
highlights: Pigs, Emily, One of These Days, the request for Freebird at the start of the 2nd set.
aside from the reasonably safe setlist, the jam at the end of Echoes seemed to collapse into itself and for a few minutes they seemed to be going in different directions before they cound find a way to end it. and i have yet to hear them play the full version of Echoes.
but as those are my only complaints, it was a pretty good show. wish M could have joined me (stoopit presentation).
and i'm finally beginning to de-buzz and think about going to bed.
oh, TK - no doo rag this time
seeing The Machine is about as close as most of us will ever get to see Pink Floyd live again. i was fortunate to see them in foxboro in 1994, as well as see the broadcast of Live8, but beyond that, i live my live Floyd experience thru the live stuff i have. which is an above average collection. so when i saw that The Machine were playing in plymouth, i figured that was close enuff for me to see, and to make it more enjoyable, TK was also interested in going, so off we went.
the drive to his house sucked. once i hit the lenny p bridge, going thru the tunnel (the big dig) was nothing short of a parking lot. it took me 15 minutes (~12 miles) to drive there, and 20 minutes to drive thru the tunnel (~3 miles i think) which should only take a few minutes to go flying thru. like it was when i drove home. anyways, i called TK to let him know that i had just emerged from the tunnel, and it still took me another 40 minutes to get to his house.
and when we left plymouth, it was 1120pm, and i walked into my apartment at 1229am. that includes the 30 mins or so it took to get back to his house. but between shitty traffic and really good traffic which rocked (barring an idiot driver of a rented truck who nearly rolled it at 3 separate times) was the concert.
start: 815pm
end: 1115pm
set 1: (815pm - 930pm)
Have A Cigar
Welcome To The Machine
Mother
Speak To Me
Breathe
Time
Breathe (Reprise)
Coming Back To Life
The Fletcher Memorial Home
One of These Days
Signs of Life
Learning To Fly
Vera
Bring The Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
intermission: (930pm - 945pm)
set 2: (945pm - 1105)
When The Tigers Broke Free
In The Flesh?
The Thin Ice
Another Brick In The Wall Suite
- Another Brick In The Wall (Pt.1)
- The Happiest Days of Our Lives
- Another Brick In The Wall (Pt.2)
- Another Brick In The Wall (Pt.3)
Goodbye Cruel World
Money (we be jammin')
Hey You
Echoes (short)
Wish You Were Here
One of My Turns
Young Lust
Brain Damage
Eclipse
encore: (1107 - 1115)
Run Like Hell
all in all a pretty good set. i was hoping for something off Animals, but i finally got to see Echoes.
highlights for me were Echoes (*PING*), Tigers (w00t!), Another Brick Suite (i've always loved how they play it straight thru), Fletcher and One of These Days.
the only complaint (such that it is) is Joe's vocals were a little buried in the mix so at times it was hard to hear him, but aside from that, it was fucking cool. really fucking cool. Another Brick Pt.2 and Wish You Were Here had sing alongs which had good crowd response. while we were waiting for the band to return for the encore, some spaz next to me was screaming for Us & Them. then when they started playing Run Like Hell, he started jumping around and there were a few times where i was afraid he'd flail into me (he didn't). another guy at the start of set 2 was playing a pretty pathetic air guitar. it was distracting at times, and i really wanted to smack him over the head with a club, but then i figured they'd have to stop the show, and i'd be arrested. kind of a shame that he couldn't get ticketed for shitty air guitar.
the other thing that bothered me was the need to whistle that high-pitched shrill whistle. it was rather ear piercing. i think any damage that happed to my hearing, is directly related to those stupid whistling idiots and not The Machine.
but, all in all, it was a good time. found The British Beer Company which serves a pretty good black and tan. i just wish i had one around me...
well, it's really late and i'm tired so it's bedtime for me.
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