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10:55 AM
Just got up, only a few more hours to showtime. I catch a bus at 3:17, meet up with friends downtown at 4:00, walk to the colisseum.
I'm excited!
The guys don't have rides so they are sleeping over here tonight, school tomorrow is gonna be hell, no voice, sleepy. I just hope we don't have an written exams or anything.
We get home too late tonight so I'll be posting the review sometime tomorrow.
Have a great show all you Quebecers out there!
Up the Irons!
Cheers,
Hans
Just got up, only a few more hours to showtime. I catch a bus at 3:17, meet up with friends downtown at 4:00, walk to the colisseum.
I'm excited!
The guys don't have rides so they are sleeping over here tonight, school tomorrow is gonna be hell, no voice, sleepy. I just hope we don't have an written exams or anything.
We get home too late tonight so I'll be posting the review sometime tomorrow.
Have a great show all you Quebecers out there!
Up the Irons!
Cheers,
Hans
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Here it goes
Have a good one!
Cheers,
Hans
I'll start with "Bullet for my Valentine", the entire colisseum started booing as soon as those sad little pukes got on stage. We were all rather perplexed to see an emo band open for Maiden, probably just to pump us up.
I was glad to see the Quebec City crowd was in its usual shape, the whole stadium making those human waves and volleyballs being tossed around.
-Different World: Truly energetic open by their part. The crowd was very extatic. I was surprised to hear that a lot of people sang the chorus(You know, the fact that most people don't speak English). Definately one of the good performances of the night. The crowd loved it.
-These Colours Don't Run: Bruce told the crowd something in scrambled French before screaming its title out loud. The chorus was very powerful live, as I expected it to be. The crowd was very pleased by this performance.
-Bruce
in scrambled French again) - You know, Quebec City is the only place in North America where we've gone to four years in a row... *Place goes nuts*
-Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: We started headbanging during this song, the powerful and heavy guitar riff was excellent. Bruce really hit some awesome high notes on this one. Fantastic guitar work by the three amigos.
-The Pilgrim: One word. AWESOME! The place went nuts.
-The Longest Day: This song wasn't as good as I thought it would be live. The chorus was really powerful. We are quite sure they skipped that last solo during the harmony just before the last chorus for some reason.
-Out of the Shadows: This was one of the best songs of the night. Truly awesome. We all had our lighters out, the whole place singing along with the chorus, I could barely hear Daves "Super Solo" during the song but what I did manage to hear was quite brilliant.
-The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg: The place lost a lot of energy when they got to this song. Barely anyone singing along, not many people like this one, though it sounds better live than on the album. The only time we cheered, I'm sorry to say, was when the song ended.
-For the Greater Good of God: Mind numbing, brilliant, fantasmagorical. Whichever word you want to use, it is as good, or a thousand times better than on the album (the song is awesome on the album too), this is a must hear, too bad they didn't film us for a live album, it would've been grander than Rock in Rio. Be sure to sing along the chorus and "FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF GOD!" With Bruce, he was impressed by how much noise we could generate.
-Lord of Light: Good performance. The crowd enjoyed this song a lot. Powerful live song.
-The Legacy: Wow! The riff is just so good! The people lost control, the ground was shaking, truly awesome!
-Fear of the Dark: This song, this song now, is Quebec City's favourite song. Lighters out! Singing along Janicks melody. This was the epic of the night. The sound of people singing the chorus was deafening. Best song of the night.
-Iron Maiden: Awesome. The place headbanging and singing along. Janick, do you ever play guitar during that song? Honestly, I don't think he played a single note, too busy flipping his guitar around. The background effects for this one was awesome.
-2 Minutes to Midnight: Among our favourites, the end was the loudest ever.
-The Evil that Men do: Eddie! Very nice to hear that again, always a pleasure!
-Hallowed Be Thy Name: The sound of us clapping nearly took out my eardrums. Awesome.
The band was really in its finest shape ever. Bruce's voice was the best I ever heard live. The only one I noticed something special about was Janick. You know what, Adrian's solo on "Hallowed Be Thy Name" which he usually slaughters? He aced it! Janick's single most precise performance ever, the entire show actually, except "Iron Maiden." I don't know if it was just for us but he was at his best, sounding as good as Adrian does, truly.
The fact that they played the entire new album really pleased everyone. Finally we didn't hear "The Number of the Beast." For me, this was my best Maiden Experience yet. The only bad thing is that I can't speak anymore, I screamed like a crazy pecker during the whole show.]
I was glad to see the Quebec City crowd was in its usual shape, the whole stadium making those human waves and volleyballs being tossed around.
-Different World: Truly energetic open by their part. The crowd was very extatic. I was surprised to hear that a lot of people sang the chorus(You know, the fact that most people don't speak English). Definately one of the good performances of the night. The crowd loved it.
-These Colours Don't Run: Bruce told the crowd something in scrambled French before screaming its title out loud. The chorus was very powerful live, as I expected it to be. The crowd was very pleased by this performance.
-Bruce
in scrambled French again) - You know, Quebec City is the only place in North America where we've gone to four years in a row... *Place goes nuts*-Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: We started headbanging during this song, the powerful and heavy guitar riff was excellent. Bruce really hit some awesome high notes on this one. Fantastic guitar work by the three amigos.
-The Pilgrim: One word. AWESOME! The place went nuts.
-The Longest Day: This song wasn't as good as I thought it would be live. The chorus was really powerful. We are quite sure they skipped that last solo during the harmony just before the last chorus for some reason.
-Out of the Shadows: This was one of the best songs of the night. Truly awesome. We all had our lighters out, the whole place singing along with the chorus, I could barely hear Daves "Super Solo" during the song but what I did manage to hear was quite brilliant.
-The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg: The place lost a lot of energy when they got to this song. Barely anyone singing along, not many people like this one, though it sounds better live than on the album. The only time we cheered, I'm sorry to say, was when the song ended.
-For the Greater Good of God: Mind numbing, brilliant, fantasmagorical. Whichever word you want to use, it is as good, or a thousand times better than on the album (the song is awesome on the album too), this is a must hear, too bad they didn't film us for a live album, it would've been grander than Rock in Rio. Be sure to sing along the chorus and "FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF GOD!" With Bruce, he was impressed by how much noise we could generate.
-Lord of Light: Good performance. The crowd enjoyed this song a lot. Powerful live song.
-The Legacy: Wow! The riff is just so good! The people lost control, the ground was shaking, truly awesome!
-Fear of the Dark: This song, this song now, is Quebec City's favourite song. Lighters out! Singing along Janicks melody. This was the epic of the night. The sound of people singing the chorus was deafening. Best song of the night.
-Iron Maiden: Awesome. The place headbanging and singing along. Janick, do you ever play guitar during that song? Honestly, I don't think he played a single note, too busy flipping his guitar around. The background effects for this one was awesome.
-2 Minutes to Midnight: Among our favourites, the end was the loudest ever.
-The Evil that Men do: Eddie! Very nice to hear that again, always a pleasure!
-Hallowed Be Thy Name: The sound of us clapping nearly took out my eardrums. Awesome.
The band was really in its finest shape ever. Bruce's voice was the best I ever heard live. The only one I noticed something special about was Janick. You know what, Adrian's solo on "Hallowed Be Thy Name" which he usually slaughters? He aced it! Janick's single most precise performance ever, the entire show actually, except "Iron Maiden." I don't know if it was just for us but he was at his best, sounding as good as Adrian does, truly.
The fact that they played the entire new album really pleased everyone. Finally we didn't hear "The Number of the Beast." For me, this was my best Maiden Experience yet. The only bad thing is that I can't speak anymore, I screamed like a crazy pecker during the whole show.]
Have a good one!
Cheers,
Hans
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I tought playing the whole AMOLAD album without any classic songs in between was a mistake. I actually listened to the album alot and knew it pretty much by heart and still tought it dragged too long, so I can imagine that it was worse for the people who didn't know the new songs.
The action kicked in good however when they played the classics and I tought they were well chosen and the crowd responded with enthusiasm
The AMOLAD songs that worked the best imo were For The Greater Good of God, Out of the Shadows and These Colours Don't Run because the crowd could sing along. The Pilgrim was also cool and The Legacy was very powerful with it's head-banging riff and could have closed the show imo. Different World was a good opener ( not Wickerman but better than Wildest Dreams ) and Brighter Than A Thousand Suns was epic too. However, I tought Benjamin Breeg and Lord of Light dragged on too much with riffs that were pretty static and I ended up looking at what was going on in the crowd more than on stage at that point.
They could have put in Paschendale and Montsegur ( they need to play that live ) instead since both worked with the overall theme but have alot more action in them and would have been known better. The setlist would have been perfect with that imo
As for the stage, it was pretty cool but they should have put the tank in during AMOLAD songs instead of the classics. They kept it for the end with the big Eddie and played the new album with no big toys, intro sound effects ( like the Aces High speech or the Paschendale bombing at DOTR ), and no Bruce costume. In fact, Bruce barely talked or introduced the songs. It was still good but it wasn't as cool as the barbwire and WW1 costume they had during the DoD tour, where they also had the rain before RainMaker and the costume and sound effects for Dance of Death
As for the sound, I had trouble hearing Bruce some of the time. Don't know if it's the Quebec Colosseum or if it's like that everywhere since I never went to another arena. I noticed that they changed the volume of his mic during some songs, especially during intros like Greater Good of God and I think they should have kept it that way.
On another note, I saw Bruce run in the back a couple times to blow his noze, which is probably not a good thing for a singer, but he still managed to give a great performance
As for the ambiance, I felt the crowd was less hyped than during the Early Days tour where I heard alot of 'MAIDEN! MAIDEN!' outside before the show, inside before the show and also outside after the show. We were 10 and we had trouble getting people around us to yell Maiden compared to usual...maybe we were just not in the right spot
Still, when it started the crowd got on and it was a good time
The action kicked in good however when they played the classics and I tought they were well chosen and the crowd responded with enthusiasm
The AMOLAD songs that worked the best imo were For The Greater Good of God, Out of the Shadows and These Colours Don't Run because the crowd could sing along. The Pilgrim was also cool and The Legacy was very powerful with it's head-banging riff and could have closed the show imo. Different World was a good opener ( not Wickerman but better than Wildest Dreams ) and Brighter Than A Thousand Suns was epic too. However, I tought Benjamin Breeg and Lord of Light dragged on too much with riffs that were pretty static and I ended up looking at what was going on in the crowd more than on stage at that point.
They could have put in Paschendale and Montsegur ( they need to play that live ) instead since both worked with the overall theme but have alot more action in them and would have been known better. The setlist would have been perfect with that imo
As for the stage, it was pretty cool but they should have put the tank in during AMOLAD songs instead of the classics. They kept it for the end with the big Eddie and played the new album with no big toys, intro sound effects ( like the Aces High speech or the Paschendale bombing at DOTR ), and no Bruce costume. In fact, Bruce barely talked or introduced the songs. It was still good but it wasn't as cool as the barbwire and WW1 costume they had during the DoD tour, where they also had the rain before RainMaker and the costume and sound effects for Dance of Death
As for the sound, I had trouble hearing Bruce some of the time. Don't know if it's the Quebec Colosseum or if it's like that everywhere since I never went to another arena. I noticed that they changed the volume of his mic during some songs, especially during intros like Greater Good of God and I think they should have kept it that way.
On another note, I saw Bruce run in the back a couple times to blow his noze, which is probably not a good thing for a singer, but he still managed to give a great performance
As for the ambiance, I felt the crowd was less hyped than during the Early Days tour where I heard alot of 'MAIDEN! MAIDEN!' outside before the show, inside before the show and also outside after the show. We were 10 and we had trouble getting people around us to yell Maiden compared to usual...maybe we were just not in the right spot
Still, when it started the crowd got on and it was a good time
Cosmiceddie
Back From The Edge
Mr. St-Cyr said:Here it goes
I'll start with "Bullet for my Valentine", the entire colisseum started booing as soon as those sad little pukes got on stage. We were all rather perplexed to see an emo band open for Maiden, probably just to pump us up.
I was glad to see the Quebec City crowd was in its usual shape, the whole stadium making those human waves and volleyballs being tossed around.
-Different World: Truly energetic open by their part. The crowd was very extatic. I was surprised to hear that a lot of people sang the chorus(You know, the fact that most people don't speak English). Definately one of the good performances of the night. The crowd loved it.
-These Colours Don't Run: Bruce told the crowd something in scrambled French before screaming its title out loud. The chorus was very powerful live, as I expected it to be. The crowd was very pleased by this performance.
-Bruce
-Brighter Than a Thousand Suns: We started headbanging during this song, the powerful and heavy guitar riff was excellent. Bruce really hit some awesome high notes on this one. Fantastic guitar work by the three amigos.
-The Pilgrim: One word. AWESOME! The place went nuts.
-The Longest Day: This song wasn't as good as I thought it would be live. The chorus was really powerful. We are quite sure they skipped that last solo during the harmony just before the last chorus for some reason.
-Out of the Shadows: This was one of the best songs of the night. Truly awesome. We all had our lighters out, the whole place singing along with the chorus, I could barely hear Daves "Super Solo" during the song but what I did manage to hear was quite brilliant.
-The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg: The place lost a lot of energy when they got to this song. Barely anyone singing along, not many people like this one, though it sounds better live than on the album. The only time we cheered, I'm sorry to say, was when the song ended.
-For the Greater Good of God: Mind numbing, brilliant, fantasmagorical. Whichever word you want to use, it is as good, or a thousand times better than on the album (the song is awesome on the album too), this is a must hear, too bad they didn't film us for a live album, it would've been grander than Rock in Rio. Be sure to sing along the chorus and "FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF GOD!" With Bruce, he was impressed by how much noise we could generate.
-Lord of Light: Good performance. The crowd enjoyed this song a lot. Powerful live song.
-The Legacy: Wow! The riff is just so good! The people lost control, the ground was shaking, truly awesome!
-Fear of the Dark: This song, this song now, is Quebec City's favourite song. Lighters out! Singing along Janicks melody. This was the epic of the night. The sound of people singing the chorus was deafening. Best song of the night.
-Iron Maiden: Awesome. The place headbanging and singing along. Janick, do you ever play guitar during that song? Honestly, I don't think he played a single note, too busy flipping his guitar around. The background effects for this one was awesome.
-2 Minutes to Midnight: Among our favourites, the end was the loudest ever.
-The Evil that Men do: Eddie! Very nice to hear that again, always a pleasure!
-Hallowed Be Thy Name: The sound of us clapping nearly took out my eardrums. Awesome.
The band was really in its finest shape ever. Bruce's voice was the best I ever heard live. The only one I noticed something special about was Janick. You know what, Adrian's solo on "Hallowed Be Thy Name" which he usually slaughters? He aced it! Janick's single most precise performance ever, the entire show actually, except "Iron Maiden." I don't know if it was just for us but he was at his best, sounding as good as Adrian does, truly.
The fact that they played the entire new album really pleased everyone. Finally we didn't hear "The Number of the Beast." For me, this was my best Maiden Experience yet. The only bad thing is that I can't speak anymore, I screamed like a crazy pecker during the whole show.]
Have a good one!
Cheers,
Hans
Thank you for this great review! I can't wait to hear
'For the Greater Good of God'
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No problem, I even found some clips of our show on youtube!
I bet you can hear me!
Cheers,
Hans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-xhuT1ev_w&NR
I bet you can hear me!
Cheers,
Hans