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R.E.M.
Finnair Stadion
Tuesday 9 September 2008
Finnair StadionTuesday 9 September 2008
R.E.M.
Past eventR.E.M., Editors and The Disciplines
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Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 8:00pm
Helsinki
Finland
Finland
Review straight from my blog.
There is very little that i can say about R.E.M.’s live performance tonight that isn’t going to sound like a cliché. They were good. Damn good. I’ve read somewhere that Michael Stipe has the ability to turn a stadium into a club, and that is pretty much how i felt it. There were thousands of people in the club tonight and i guess at least the people with me in the front will agree.
Yet it was a stadium gig, and thanks to that go to the miraculous video effects that were pumped out live and would probably have turned U2 jealous. It was magnificent and intimate at the same time. It was like being inside a music video, and it was intense.
It also was very wet. Stipe commented about the rain several times and the band played a couple of songs they deemed appropriate due to the cold and the wet weather. And that we all looked like trash bags (”but very cute ones”). As an opening speech, Stipe asked the audience to say “I told you so”, should a member of R.E.M. slip and fall on his ass. And then we practiced. Much hilarity ensued, even though the sentence never needed chanting after the practice (i was going to say “dry”) run.
As a fan of mostly older R.E.M. material (primarily the L Rich P, Document and Green albums), i was delighted that the band played stuff from practically all of their back catalogue — though despite the loud and repeated proposal from yours truly, they didn’t play Underneath the bunker (nor Swan swan h or Superman). They did however play a lot of weird stuff that “for some reason rarely gets played” and probably made much of the audience go “Huh?”. I openly admit that most of the rarer tracks were rare to me too, but that didn’t mean a thing; the “meno” (groove, but without soul/jazz undertones) was ass kicking. Oh, and they didn’t play Stand either, but they did play Cuyahuga, as was requested by their (other) warm up band Editors.
The only time i feared that i was going to end up ass-kicked in that other, less pleasant way was when a four hundred pound representative of Order And Security with an attitudde from the Third Reich, non-verbally signalled to me that my filming and photographing of the band’s performance was going to get me under his scrutiny and physical display of disapproval. FFS, it was only a camera phone. It was not like i was going to gain huge commercial success doing so… I pulled my XOLO.tv Citizen Journalist badge from my pocket and while hanging it around my neck, feavourishly thought of which of my friends i should call to play my hard mouthed lawyer telling the good gentleman that as a Citizen Journalist i indeed have the right to film whatever i wanted for non-commerercial purposes and this is Finland and you let go of this man you’re holding and show him the professional respect and courtesy or the Finnish legalities would have him stuffed inside a pringles can and rolled downhill while being filmed by and urinated (or at the very least, laughed) upon by a cadre of Citizen Journalistos and lawyer people, and that he would not want that to happen.
Luckily, that didn’t actualize. And before the encores, it was kinda funny to see the message “Tag your Flickr photos remhelsinki” on the screens
Anyway, i’m just back home now, so i’ll just conclude with repeating that i got my ass kicked, seriously, and in that very positive sense, and that i enjoyed the kickage, with equal seriousity and positivity. If you’ll be back, so will i.photographung
There is very little that i can say about R.E.M.’s live performance tonight that isn’t going to sound like a cliché. They were good. Damn good. I’ve read somewhere that Michael Stipe has the ability to turn a stadium into a club, and that is pretty much how i felt it. There were thousands of people in the club tonight and i guess at least the people with me in the front will agree.
Yet it was a stadium gig, and thanks to that go to the miraculous video effects that were pumped out live and would probably have turned U2 jealous. It was magnificent and intimate at the same time. It was like being inside a music video, and it was intense.
It also was very wet. Stipe commented about the rain several times and the band played a couple of songs they deemed appropriate due to the cold and the wet weather. And that we all looked like trash bags (”but very cute ones”). As an opening speech, Stipe asked the audience to say “I told you so”, should a member of R.E.M. slip and fall on his ass. And then we practiced. Much hilarity ensued, even though the sentence never needed chanting after the practice (i was going to say “dry”) run.
As a fan of mostly older R.E.M. material (primarily the L Rich P, Document and Green albums), i was delighted that the band played stuff from practically all of their back catalogue — though despite the loud and repeated proposal from yours truly, they didn’t play Underneath the bunker (nor Swan swan h or Superman). They did however play a lot of weird stuff that “for some reason rarely gets played” and probably made much of the audience go “Huh?”. I openly admit that most of the rarer tracks were rare to me too, but that didn’t mean a thing; the “meno” (groove, but without soul/jazz undertones) was ass kicking. Oh, and they didn’t play Stand either, but they did play Cuyahuga, as was requested by their (other) warm up band Editors.
The only time i feared that i was going to end up ass-kicked in that other, less pleasant way was when a four hundred pound representative of Order And Security with an attitudde from the Third Reich, non-verbally signalled to me that my filming and photographing of the band’s performance was going to get me under his scrutiny and physical display of disapproval. FFS, it was only a camera phone. It was not like i was going to gain huge commercial success doing so… I pulled my XOLO.tv Citizen Journalist badge from my pocket and while hanging it around my neck, feavourishly thought of which of my friends i should call to play my hard mouthed lawyer telling the good gentleman that as a Citizen Journalist i indeed have the right to film whatever i wanted for non-commerercial purposes and this is Finland and you let go of this man you’re holding and show him the professional respect and courtesy or the Finnish legalities would have him stuffed inside a pringles can and rolled downhill while being filmed by and urinated (or at the very least, laughed) upon by a cadre of Citizen Journalistos and lawyer people, and that he would not want that to happen.
Luckily, that didn’t actualize. And before the encores, it was kinda funny to see the message “Tag your Flickr photos remhelsinki” on the screens
Anyway, i’m just back home now, so i’ll just conclude with repeating that i got my ass kicked, seriously, and in that very positive sense, and that i enjoyed the kickage, with equal seriousity and positivity. If you’ll be back, so will i.photographung
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Lily-a-passion wrote:
Let Me In oli niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin mahtava veto että voi pojat/tytöt!
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LaRe_112 wrote:
Se yleisön vähyyshän vaan toimi The Disciplineseilla. Ei kai muuten Stringfellow olisi hypännyt yleisöön ja laittanut porukkaa "tanssimaan". Se muuten "kuristi" mua kentällä heiluessaan. Asiallista!
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jumitus1 wrote:
Hienoo oli, säälitti The Disciplinesien puolesta hah, ehkä vaivaset 30 ihmistä kentällä.. kokonaisuudessaan oli kyllä lippu hintansa arvonen..
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Desperation5 wrote:
Laulaja tylsä?! Näit valitettavasti Ruisrockissa? Kuka pakotti katsomaan/kuuntelemaan Editorsia uudelleen? Mene volisemaan muualle. Tom Smithissä on karismaa vaikka muille jakaa.
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Hsu wrote:
Mee nyt himaas, disiplinesii en oo ees kuunnellu eikä haittaa vaikka missasin, sen sijaan Scientists olis voinu olla sen tilalla nii ois saanu 3 kärpästä yhdellä iskulla. Editors on vitun kova, laulajan ääni on just asiallinen ja muutenkin toimii.
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Hoochiwang wrote:
Oli tosi hyvä keikka, lähti hyvin mielin sieltä. Kaikki hyvät tuli ja jos joku Everybody Hurts jäi ny poies ni ei kyl oo mikään iso menetys. Hienosti näytti bändin kemiatkin toimivan. Oikein leppoisa ja mukavaa. Lämppäreistä sanottakoon että The Disciplines yllätti. En ollut kuullut bändiä aikaisemmin joten aika hyvältä vaikutti. Karismaattinen laulaja mikä sen sijaan puuttui toisesta bändistä.Saanko kysyä että mikä nyt on niin hieno Editorsin kanssa?Näin ne valitettavasti ruisrockissa '06 (ohimennen) ja nyt eilen. Ei sytytä mitenkään. Tiedän että moni tuli katsomaan pelkästään sitä bändiä mutta en ymmärrä miksi.Laulaja tylsä, bändi oli semmoinen perus indie. Eli aika perseestä. Oisin paljon mielummin kattonu sen We Are Scientists joka lämppää R.E.M.ii tästä eteenpäin. Sattui korvaan, laulaja/kitaristil oli vähän möreä ok ääni mutta pimputuksesta ei saanut mitään selvää ja toinen skittailija heitti jotai melodist kahen kielen rimputust..... Indie on tylsä genree. Sori, ei voi mitään:)
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isomeri wrote:
Absolutely amazing!
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kabii wrote:
wow
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huntingeye wrote:
Ei helvetti, paras keikka ikinä! Niin mahtavasti soittivat. Ja mikä settilista!! Parempi kun uskals ikinä toivoa. 1,000,000 , So. Central Rain, Find the River...ei olis uskonu... :)
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just_wizzard wrote:
The gig was... Well, it was the best show of my life on the rainiest day of my life. I still can't believe it happened. Greetings from Saint Petersburg, Russia! =) p.s. Sorry to hear about Peter's guitar... Hope it will be found as soon as possible.
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bleuamericaine wrote:
Olen valaistunut. Oikean käteni nimi on nyt 'Hand of Michael'.
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Pjee- wrote:
http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=888 Joku neropatti pölli Peterin kitaran, toivottavasti löytyy.
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kimalle wrote:
FANTASTINEN keikka! Olen vain kade kaikille jotka pääsivät lähituntumaan Michaelin kanssa...
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lilyflow wrote:
Mahtava keikka vaikka vähän satoikin! Pääsi Michaeliakin kättelemään :)
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Mahho wrote:
Loistava keikka.. R.E.M. on parhautta! :)
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Hsu wrote:
AIKATAULU Portit aukeaa n. klo 16.00 The Disciplines n. klo 17.55 Editors n. klo 18.45 R.E.M.n. klo 20.00 Huom! Annetut ajat ovat arvioita ja saattavat muuttua! http://www.livenation.fi/artist/getArtist/artistId/18184/
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Pjee- wrote:
Onko kenelläkään tietoa tarkasta aikataulusta?
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Hsu wrote:
Juu, täytyy yrittää.
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Mahho wrote:
Hsu: Laitahan sit tännekin jotain kuvia jos onnistut. :)
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Hsu wrote:
Huoh ku sais digijärkkärin sisään :I
Reviews
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9th of September 2008 - R.E.M, Editors, (The Disciplines), Finnair Stadium/Helsinki
by Desperation5 |
10 Sep 2008 | 4 comments
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I'll take the rain
by Kaitju |
10 Sep 2008 | 2 comments
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gig history
by bleuamericaine |
2 Jul 2008 | 4 comments
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