Axver ([info]axver) wrote,
@ 2006-12-03 23:59:00
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Current mood: tired
Current music:'Godhead's Lament' by Opeth
Entry tags:auckland, brisbane, concerts, melbourne, sydney, u2, u2-vertigo-tour.com

Axver's crazy U2 escapades
I've finally finished writing my reviews of the U2 concerts I attended in November and I figure at least some people on my friends list would be interested in reading about my experiences at the shows. I think I've already posted about the notable non-concert events, and to save me repeating what I've already written, I will simply use this post as a reference tool listing my reviews over on U2-Vertigo-Tour.com.

Brisbane, 07/11: setlist and review
Sydney, 11/11: setlist and review
Sydney, 13/11: setlist and review
Melbourne, 18/11: setlist and review
Melbourne, 19/11 (second best show): setlist and review
Auckland, 24/11: setlist and review
Auckland, 25/11 (best show): setlist and review

I'm not sure whether I would consider the second Auckland show to be superior to the latter two of the three I saw in Boston in May last year or not. They were all absolutely incredible concerts.

Oh yeah, and I'm the guy on the right holding the sign! That's from the second Auckland show. We were trying to get the band to play Slow Dancing, the only b-side to have been performed on every single tour since its debut but yet to appear on the Vertigo Tour. We even had a lyric sheet with chords, and that sort of stuff has prompted the band to take up fan requests before, but unfortunately they didn't this time.

And it's late, so that shall be the extent of my update. Either tomorrow or the next day, I plan to write something political. I've had a half-written entry in my head for the last few days and it's got to come pouring out sometime soon!

Have a good one, folks.


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[info]cat_incarnate
2006-12-03 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Hee, love the hair!

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[info]screendoor3
2006-12-04 05:32 pm UTC (link)
http://screendoor3.livejournal.com/341997.html

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 01:30 pm UTC (link)
Hee, thanks. It seems people either love it or hate it. I'm not quite sure what I make of it, personally.

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[info]cat_incarnate
2006-12-07 02:08 pm UTC (link)
It's a masterpiece!

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 02:15 pm UTC (link)
Hee! Unfortunately, I will be getting it cut soon, probably next Tuesday. It's just too hot to have all this hair on your head in summer here.

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[info]cat_incarnate
2006-12-07 05:32 pm UTC (link)
Aw! :( Why don't you put it in a mohawk or something? It'd pull it off your neck.

I totally woke up to two inches (at least) of fluffy snow on the ground. And it's kept snowing so now there's like four. Incredibly beautiful. I'm gonna post pictures as soon as my camera battery charges.

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[info]axver
2006-12-08 05:51 am UTC (link)
Heee, I don't think I'd like the look of that. My hair grows back stupidly fast anyway.

Bah, I'm jealous. It was funny last night: Kate and I were both complaining about it being 24 degrees and thus cold. Except she was talking about F, genuine cold, while I was talking about C, unseasonably cold for Queensland in December.

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[info]cat_incarnate
2006-12-08 01:27 pm UTC (link)
That makes it sound like you were complaining about the cold. Surely I've misunderstood. YOU weren't complaining about a cold spell in the middle of summer, were you?

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[info]evilmissbecky
2006-12-03 05:13 pm UTC (link)
Dude, you're totally channeling Adam's 'fro! :-)

Awesome reviews of the shows!

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 01:32 pm UTC (link)
Thanks! It was really funny how many people observed that I look like Adam, often with a "you went to [Show X], didn't you? Yeah, I saw you in the crowd!" Certainly no hiding me in a crowd ...

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[info]khanada
2006-12-04 12:57 am UTC (link)
LOVE the pic! hehe!

now onto the reviews...

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 01:33 pm UTC (link)
Heee, thanks!

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[info]khanada
2006-12-07 10:23 pm UTC (link)
no problem! :)

oh and i loved the reviews as well! i'm glad you had such a great time and got to go to so many shows!

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[info]axver
2006-12-08 05:52 am UTC (link)
Thanks! I'm glad you liked them. I felt like I kept re-using the same superlatives over and over again.

What really annoyed me was I felt LAPOE was one of the highlights of almost every show and yet I never actually had much to say about it.

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[info]khanada
2006-12-08 06:42 am UTC (link)
awww i thought it was very well written :)

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[info]axver
2006-12-08 06:44 am UTC (link)
Thank you! :)

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[info]khanada
2006-12-08 06:52 am UTC (link)
you're welcome! :)

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[info]divinecirinde
2006-12-04 01:42 am UTC (link)
Lol, you have cool hair. And you went to both concerts? Freak. :P

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[info]cabaiste84
2006-12-04 06:57 am UTC (link)
Lovin' the Adam-hair, Andre! ;)

Great reviews as well. Ever considered music journalism as a career? Yeah, that's what I'd like to do with my life...if I ever manage to make it into journalism school that is. *grumble*

My review is coming, I swear to God!

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 01:35 pm UTC (link)
You know, I was actually considering going into journalism around grades 10-11. When I first came to check out UQ, I came to check out its journalism programme. Thing was, I ultimately got turned off by journalism because I want to write serious, lengthy, academic stuff for people with brains, not sensationalist crap. If I remember correctly, even the best newspapers in Australia are written at the reading level of a 14 year old. I prefer the idea of writing for academic journals.

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[info]chariadeone
2006-12-04 09:40 am UTC (link)
Excellent sign!

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 01:36 pm UTC (link)
Hehe, thanks! Also, hi! I don't think I've properly greeted you - I'm so bloody behind on everything to do with LiveJournal these days, it's ridiculous.

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[info]chariadeone
2006-12-08 11:05 am UTC (link)
Hello! Thanks for the add. :)

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[info]screendoor3
2006-12-04 05:33 pm UTC (link)
That is some sweet hair, like Adam's 'fro.

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[info]axver
2006-12-07 01:37 pm UTC (link)
It reminds me of those guys at our first U2 show back in Boston who, after the concert when we were screaming out song titles, remarked that I looked like a young Adam. And that was when I had short hair! I wonder what they'd say now, heh.

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