I'm presuming that people may now have seen these already, and I apologise too, if they've already been posted elsewhere... but, just in case... here are clips of "Electric Eye" & "Screaming For Vengeance" from the US Festival '83.

And jolly good they are as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG890pXsYps&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw51MNAp9IY&feature=channel&list=UL
 

While I know you did not reply to me there, I was only joking about the disputes of the past. To me and all of us they are the past and why rehash. We all know you feel Priest was at their prime some time in the past. Some of us still enjoy them just the way they are. Including Sans KK.(oops did I say that?)

There is really no point to argue as it it each fan's opinion. I was there in the 80's and I will tell you my favorite tour was Defenders of the Faith to this day! I could not have had a better view. The stage barrier broke and I was thrown against the stage. I stood at KK's feet all night. It's a view anyone would kill for and I lucked into it by being smashed. lol  Fantastic show.  I'll never see another show like that. Did Rob sound as good as he did last time I saw them on this tour? NO. He was not participating in the audience like he did in later years and was not trying to hit the marks, he seemed lazy. The one person I wanted to be engaged with the crowd was not at all.  I could not even get his attention as close as I was to give him a portrait I'd made of him. That close, and I could not even get a glimpse from him. 

I'll take the Priest I saw last year. They were there, they were rockin', and they were interactive. Enjoyed it almost as much as the night I was thrown against a stage and stood at their feet.

All I got to say bout  it. Hope you understand where I'm coming from.

		Budred wrote:
		Vail, I was just injecting a little sarcasm into a comment to point out how some see the same comment two different ways. You don't have to stop quoting anything. You didn't even do anything wrong. I just don't have the ability to relay a thought into writing without someone taking offense. That's one of the reasons I've only posted once in the last month. I guess I should have waited more.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: *sigh* Note to self: never cite unneeded info from Amazon again.

That's because it's not my comment (plus JD and a few others are currently absent/on vacation). Of course, I have no doubt that the US Festival shows just how "at the top of their game" Judas Priest was back in 1983. How could they not be? They were young and energetic and at their most successful. BUT! I still think JP played awesomely last year and have been for the past few years. Simply "calling it like I saw it".

		Budred wrote:
		It's funny how someone can make that comment in one context with no disapproval but I made the same comment when discussing their latest tour and everyone had a fit. For the record, I completely agree with your comment. That was Priest at the top of their game. The late seventies and early eighties were their best years. As great as they've been, everything since has been a gradual decline.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: ?? I've only seen maybe two or three videos from that festival, hence the reason why I got excited and added that quote from the Amazon link I posted.      Budred wrote: (1983) US Festival showcasing a band at the (top) of their game. That sounds like you're insinuating that they were at their best at that time in their career. That seems to say that they were better then than they are now. Hmm, interesting.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: The bonus DVD boasts the first ever commercial release of the band’s awesome 1983 US Festival show. It’s a storming set of 12 songs and showcases a band at the top of their game. Okay, I'm sold. www.amazon.co.uk/Screaming-Vengeance-Special-30th-Anniversary/dp/B008BO61BE/ref=sr_tr_1

It's funny how someone can make that comment in one context with no disapproval
but I made the same comment when discussing their latest tour and everyone had a fit.

For the record, I completely agree with your comment.
That was Priest at the top of their game.
The late seventies and early eighties were their best years.
As great as they've been, everything since has been a gradual decline.

		Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
		?? I've only seen maybe two or three videos from that festival, hence the reason why I got excited and added that quote from the Amazon link I posted.      Budred wrote: (1983) US Festival showcasing a band at the (top) of their game. That sounds like you're insinuating that they were at their best at that time in their career. That seems to say that they were better then than they are now. Hmm, interesting.      Vaillant 3.0 wrote: The bonus DVD boasts the first ever commercial release of the band’s awesome 1983 US Festival show. It’s a storming set of 12 songs and showcases a band at the top of their game. Okay, I'm sold. www.amazon.co.uk/Screaming-Vengeance-Special-30th-Anniversary/dp/B008BO61BE/ref=sr_tr_1

(1983) US Festival showcasing a band at the (top) of their game.
That sounds like you're insinuating that they were at their best at that time in their career.
That seems to say that they were better then than they are now.
Hmm, interesting.

		Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
		The bonus DVD boasts the first ever commercial release of the band’s awesome 1983 US Festival show. It’s a storming set of 12 songs and showcases a band at the top of their game. Okay, I'm sold. www.amazon.co.uk/Screaming-Vengeance-Special-30th-Anniversary/dp/B008BO61BE/ref=sr_tr_1