"The Tour" Show 3: 7/22/12 - Raleigh, NC

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:00 pm

Anomaly wrote:
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Anomaly wrote:
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Anomaly wrote:
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Anomaly wrote:
Come on man, if you drove four hours round trip just to get 12 songs and shortened sets from both bands surely you would be disappointed in that?

Wait who am I kidding, of course you wouldn't...Paul could trip, fall, and break his leg during DRC and then cancel and you'd be there with the devil horns going "RAWK N ROLL!!!!"

nah, they'd play as a trio and I'd get a special unique show!

I drove five hours to see the original 4 in Columbus, GA and Peter wasn't able to play. Some people were pissed. I thought it was an amazing unique experience that would be shared by only a few and felt blessed and honored to have been able to experience it.
Say they then ended the concert though with my proposed scenario.
but... they wouldn't do that... i can't even consider it hypothetically... Paul was sick, they played as a 3 piece without him... the show must go on... Peter was sick, couldn't play, they got someone else to fill in, the show must go on... they don't want to disappoint the fans, and they ESPECIALLY don't want to refund the ticket money.
If an accident occurred during a concert and they cancelled right then and there early on, would you be disappointed? No refunds.
well since this is hypothetical since this would never happen, i can hypothetically say that no, I would not be disappointed, I would try to be as aware as possible of everything that was going on because certainly many people would want to hear as much as possible from an eyewitness to the event, because it would certainly be a unique event in KISStory.
How much did you pay for Atlanta tomorrow?

I'll have to check my ticket when I get home, I think it was about $58? something like that, whatever the cheapest section of reserved seating was, I didn't want to be out on the lawn, because the sound is way better if you're under the roof at Lakewood, but I didn't really want to pay a whole lot for good seats since it was going to be a shorter than normal set from KISS, plus I paid a grand for front row and meet & greet last time they came around, so I figured I'd take the cheap route this time!

Rey Nocturno · Post by **Rey Nocturno** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:15 pm

12 songs?????

this is so lame.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:18 pm

Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.

Monster has 12 songs.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:25 pm

asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.

I didn't know Monster was a live concert.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:29 pm

Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.

all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:29 pm

asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.

Apples and oranges. Completely.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:30 pm

Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.

MikeInNC · Post by **MikeInNC** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:31 pm

Hey guys, sorry for the some what cryptic tweets. I will try to clear up some questions I saw. So here goes...

1) as Motley started playing, it started to POUR! almost right on cue. There was a rainbow (I know it sound "fruity", but looked cool!).

2) They didnt stop the show or anything to fix the amp, the guy just came running back and forth at least 3 times to try to hear if it was working properly.

3) Paul's voice was a little shakey at times. Nothing to bad...from my point of view anyway.

I wasnt really sure if my tweets were really working, my reception on my phone was shitty.

My 3 boys, son's girlfriend (who had never been to a "rock" concert), My Wife and I had a BLAST! It was a great show and I am exhausted after this KISS Weekend! I will try to get the pictures up ASAP!

Glad I could provide the updates!

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:33 pm

asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.

Which again, it's two completely different things. I know you're not this daft Samford.

LoveGun07 · Post by **LoveGun07** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:33 pm

MikeInNC wrote:Hey guys, sorry for the some what cryptic tweets. I will try to clear up some questions I saw. So here goes...

1) as Motley started playing, it started to POUR! almost right on cue. There was a rainbow (I know it sound "fruity", but looked cool!).

2) They didnt stop the show or anything to fix the amp, the guy just came running back and forth at least 3 times to try to hear if it was working properly.

3) Paul's voice was a little shakey at times. Nothing to bad...from my point of view anyway.

I wasnt really sure if my tweets were really working, my reception on my phone was shitty.

My 3 boys, son's girlfriend (who had never been to a "rock" concert), My Wife and I had a BLAST! It was a great show and I am exhausted after this KISS Weekend! I will try to get the pictures up ASAP!

Glad I could provide the updates!

Dude let me just say thank you for keeping us in mind and letting us have a glimpse into what was going on at tonight's show!

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:34 pm

MikeInNC wrote:
My 3 boys, son's girlfriend (who had never been to a "rock" concert), My Wife and I had a BLAST! It was a great show

and THAT's the bottom line!

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:34 pm

LoveGun07 wrote: Dude let me just say thank you for keeping us in mind and letting us have a glimpse into what was going on at tonight's show!

ditto!

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:35 pm

Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.
Which again, it's two completely different things. I know you're not this daft Samford.

perspective my friend. with practice you can see that the apple and the orange are exactly the same thing.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:36 pm

asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.
Which again, it's two completely different things. I know you're not this daft Samford.

perspective my friend. with practice you can see that the apple and the orange are exactly the same thing.

Maybe you're not as bright as you let on before. Yow.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:39 pm

Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.
Which again, it's two completely different things. I know you're not this daft Samford.

perspective my friend. with practice you can see that the apple and the orange are exactly the same thing.
Maybe you're not as bright as you let on before. Yow.

I'm only as smart as you choose to see me.

Anomaly · Post by **Anomaly** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:41 pm

Oh God, this shit's getting in my head.

gshaller · Post by **gshaller** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:44 pm

Andy's posts are like Zen koans, and it's one of the reasons I dig Andy.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:45 pm

Anomaly wrote:Oh God, this shit's getting in my head.

the-rockstar · Post by **the-rockstar** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:48 pm

The shorter set is fine with me. Since the Aero tour, they tend to lose the crowd during 100,000 Years & Eric & Tommy's solos. The Areo tour was done well. Shorter set, no lull in the set. They conquered nightly. My only issue is Shock Me being played on a shorter set. Deuce has been a staple since the HITS tour. Dropping that sucks.

I'm going to 2 shows, one is a 3 hour drive, the other is 6 and since I'm seeing my 2 favorite bands, I could care less if its 80 min sets. IMO

MikeInNC · Post by **MikeInNC** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:51 pm

asamphord wrote:
LoveGun07 wrote: Dude let me just say thank you for keeping us in mind and letting us have a glimpse into what was going on at tonight's show!
ditto!

I just wish I could have done it for the Bristow show! Wasnt sure it was working either. Went through 2 batteries on both nights for my phone!

Just glad I could help. :mrgreen:

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:52 pm

gshaller wrote:Andy's posts are like Zen koans, and it's one of the reasons I dig Andy.

why thank you Gary! My aim is for my posts to inspire thought and laughter. I'm also a smartass and I suffer from literalism. Sometimes I am indeed full of shit, and will post something just to see what the response will be. But really I love everyone and try to share my positive outlook and happiness with everyone, especially in places such as this where the negativity can become quite thick on occasion.

gshaller · Post by **gshaller** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:57 pm

asamphord wrote:
gshaller wrote:Andy's posts are like Zen koans, and it's one of the reasons I dig Andy.
why thank you Gary! My aim is for my posts to inspire thought and laughter. I'm also a smartass and I suffer from literalism. Sometimes I am indeed full of shit, and will post something just to see what the response will be. But really I love everyone and try to share my positive outlook and happiness with everyone, especially in places such as this where the negativity can become quite thick on occasion.

A MASTER who lived as a hermit on a mountain was asked by a monk,
"What is the Way?"

"What a fine mountain this is," the master said in reply.

"I am not asking you about the mountain, but about the Way."

"So long as you cannot go beyond the mountain, my son, you cannot
reach the Way," replied the master.

* * *

So it is with KISS in 2012.

MikeInNC · Post by **MikeInNC** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:59 pm

asamphord wrote:
MikeInNC wrote:
My 3 boys, son's girlfriend (who had never been to a "rock" concert), My Wife and I had a BLAST! It was a great show

and THAT's the bottom line!

I could care less about mistakes, short set lists, problems with amps, voices cracking, feathers missing (LOL), etc...

It's a CONCERT!!!!!

Having my 3 Sons (21,15 & 9) there all together, to see my favorite band EVER, was PRICELESS!!! Then them THANKING ME for taking them and the hour ride home hearing how much FUN & how AWESOME that it was the icing on the cake!

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:07 pm

gshaller wrote:
asamphord wrote:
gshaller wrote:Andy's posts are like Zen koans, and it's one of the reasons I dig Andy.
why thank you Gary! My aim is for my posts to inspire thought and laughter. I'm also a smartass and I suffer from literalism. Sometimes I am indeed full of shit, and will post something just to see what the response will be. But really I love everyone and try to share my positive outlook and happiness with everyone, especially in places such as this where the negativity can become quite thick on occasion.
A MASTER who lived as a hermit on a mountain was asked by a monk,
"What is the Way?"

"What a fine mountain this is," the master said in reply.

"I am not asking you about the mountain, but about the Way."

"So long as you cannot go beyond the mountain, my son, you cannot
reach the Way," replied the master.

* * *

So it is with KISS in 2012.

any way you slice it, you are the king of the mountain.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:08 pm

MikeInNC wrote:
asamphord wrote:
MikeInNC wrote:
My 3 boys, son's girlfriend (who had never been to a "rock" concert), My Wife and I had a BLAST! It was a great show

and THAT's the bottom line!

I could care less about mistakes, short set lists, problems with amps, voices cracking, feathers missing (LOL), etc...

It's a CONCERT!!!!!

Having my 3 Sons (21,15 & 9) there all together, to see my favorite band EVER, was PRICELESS!!! Then them THANKING ME for taking them and the hour ride home hearing how much FUN & how AWESOME that it was the icing on the cake!

timstar78 · Post by **timstar78** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:22 pm

Rey Nocturno · Post by **Rey Nocturno** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:38 pm

asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.

come on man!! a show with 12 songs is lame! you pay all that money and you get 12 songs? wtf is that??

i dont get how u can try to say a show with 12 songs is ok, its really bad and im not a hater, you dont see me here bashing kiss every day, but this is lame, i dont understand how they are doing this.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:58 pm

Rey Nocturno wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
asamphord wrote:
Rey Nocturno wrote:12 songs?????

this is so lame.
Monster has 12 songs.
I didn't know Monster was a live concert.
all I read was "12 songs this is so lame", so I was showing how, with a different perspective, 12 songs is perfectly acceptable.
Apples and oranges. Completely.

12 songs is 12 songs.

come on man!! a show with 12 songs is lame! you pay all that money and you get 12 songs? wtf is that??

i dont get how u can try to say a show with 12 songs is ok, its really bad and im not a hater, you dont see me here bashing kiss every day, but this is lame, i dont understand how they are doing this.

I choose to see it differently. You are allowed to choose to see it however you want.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:59 pm

(double post)

Rey Nocturno · Post by **Rey Nocturno** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:09 am

asamphord wrote:

I choose to see it differently. You are allowed to choose to see it however you want.

so for you its ok to pay that money for only 12 songs, its easy to satisfy you.

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:42 am

Rey Nocturno wrote:
asamphord wrote:

I choose to see it differently. You are allowed to choose to see it however you want.

so for you its ok to pay that money for only 12 songs, its easy to satisfy you.

yes it is okay for me, and yes I am easily satisfied. I can be happy to simply sit and breathe the air. Everything else is icing on the cake.

drgbootz · Post by **drgbootz** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:48 am

You get 24 songs.

thespork461 · Post by **thespork461** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:53 am

drgbootz wrote:You get 24 songs.

And 2 stages. A cool one and a bare one full of lights to make it better. It could be worse.

Wildwood75 · Post by **Wildwood75** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:13 am

asamphord wrote:
firekiss wrote:
As oppossed to what Paul's doing now. I'm sorry, and you know I'm not the guy that complains all the time, but the curfew thing works the first time. After that, it should have been rectified. Now it's just an excuse that does nothing to fix the "problem".

Play the 12 songs, if anyone asks tell them both bands are playing the same amount of songs and actual time onstage may be different as songs are different lengths. But, don't waste more time onstage explaining why you haven't got more time.

I think they just planned for it to be like this and Paul is using the curfew line as the way to introduce Rock And Roll All Nite on this tour. It seems pretty rehearsed.

It probably is.

Dwight Fry Speaking · Post by **Dwight Fry Speaking** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:47 am

Some photos from last night.

http://www.newsobserver.com/concerts/

asamphord · Post by **asamphord** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:08 am

Dwight Fry Speaking wrote:Some photos from last night.

http://www.newsobserver.com/concerts/

cool fotos!

alexmai · Post by **alexmai** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:17 am

MC is not in my top10 list, but if I were nearer I'd go.

Dwight Fry Speaking · Post by **Dwight Fry Speaking** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:20 am

asamphord wrote:
Dwight Fry Speaking wrote:Some photos from last night.

http://www.newsobserver.com/concerts/

cool fotos!

Yes! Some of the photos are really cool. I like the ones in the beginning, specially the ones with Gene and the UFO in the backround!

Spirited · Post by **Spirited** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:16 am

Philly Cheese wrote:Just to see if I could "see the humour in it", I just tried the "Hater Technique"...

I drove repeatedly to a restaurant I no longer eat at, and complained incessantly about the lousy food (and the small portions), and ridiculed the customers who were there enjoying a meal.

People rolled their eyes too...

So what you are saying is seeing this lineup is like having an awful meal.

I would have to agree with that.

12 songs. It's a bargain really. I am glad Paul and Gene are sticking it to the man. 3 nights in a row.

OHKISSFAN · Post by **OHKISSFAN** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:01 am

Those are some great photos from the Observer link you posted above!!

Thanks!

Wildwood75 · Post by **Wildwood75** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:27 am

And no video of "Firehouse" has surfaced?! Anywhere.

KISS Unmasked II · Post by **KISS Unmasked II** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:46 am

[quote="Wildwood75"]And no video of "Firehouse" has surfaced?! Anywhere.[/quote]

Yep.
8)

Dwight Fry Speaking · Post by **Dwight Fry Speaking** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 8:33 am

Some of the pics from the show in Raleigh.

Post by **Trance** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:42 am

Come on, MikeInNC had a great time with his family and that is PRICELESS.

kissthat · Post by **kissthat** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:55 am

[quote="Trance"]Come on, MikeInNC had a great time with his family and that is PRICELESS.[/quote]
It's 2 headliners for this price. Some tighter planning could have had them both playing 14 songs though.

tcb20 · Post by **tcb20** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:16 pm

Anybody have a ticket stub they want to get rid of??