Well said, Ellieke! Well said, indeed.
Strat, so long as you make it a formula you will not be happy my friend. Breaking it down to a price per hour is not going to work out as a financially sound investment for your dollar (pound, lira, ruble, whatever.) This is entertainment, not a service. Sort of like gambling. I understand your point but you have to look at it as art. You pay a price for a piece. If they play longer, great. If they play shorter, so be it. You pay for the moment. That will never be a good "investment", especially when money is tight.
I look at it as a memory that I cannot put into a value. It remains with me forever..like the '79 show I mentioned. I may have paid twenty bucks for my ticket back then and it was a lot for me as a college student but I did it anyway.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:07:00 AM)| |  | _strat_ wrote: | | Lol... Just dont make me say that Reagan was a good president, ok?
In any case, yeah, I hope so too. I hope they reschedule the show in Zagreb... But even then, if its during the work week, and costs more than 50 or 60€, then there is no way Im going. Fan or no fan, I remember Maiden - 55€ for an hour and a half. Robbery, if you ask me. And they were here - if I am going to drive for 2 hours in one direction, Priest better make a good show.
| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | AAARRRRGGGHHH!! NOOOOO!!!!!!! I take it ALL back!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!! You know strat, I really do hope you get the opportunity to see them once. In all the times that I have seen them, I will NEVER forget the 1979 show. Never. I don't think I have ever heard a voice like that before or since! Incredible.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | I agree (oh, the TORTURE!!! lmao). If they had average jobs, they would be retiring by now. Well, maybe not Travis, but all the rest would.
I would like to see them live at least once, tho. I guess I would be the last generation. But... The CDs and the DVDs are immortal.
| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | I guess I will finally comment. Not so much about the bickering, as I have long ago taken my fill of that nonsense but of Priest and Nostradamus and their possible next album.
Nostradamus is OK by me. It is not a "masterpiece", for me. It is not a "disaster", for me. It is just OK. I can understand what the Band was trying to do. All fine by me. Someone a few posts down said something that makes the most sense to me...it was about Rob. Here's where I am going with this;
I have said to many of you (in private) that I sense Rob is losing his interest or just plain tiring. I hate to put it that way but I find that I cannot explain it another way. His vibe onstage during the Vegas show last year was one of weariness (Yes. I know it was the final show of that leg!). He made the comment during several shows last year, "..the Priest is back!...Again!" The way he punched the word "again" gave me pause. Has he reached the end? I cannot say. Certainly there are classic songs (Painkiller, Sinner) that really suffer now because he is unable to sing as he did thirty years ago. Please don't get me wrong! The music and the show are still awesome! But, Rob and the others are obviously not in their twenties anymore and it shows. Moreso with Rob's voice in the more challenging pieces.
There will never be a Painkiller II. There cannot be. There is no way Rob can do those kinds of songs. Moreover, it is becoming clearer to me that he may have reached the point where he is physically unable to do this. I am (nearly) fifty and I know I could not tour, regardless of my health issues. The guys are ,what?..sixty-something? People! Come on! The physical demands of touring as one passes sixty and heads towards seventy are remarkable!
I would hate to say good-bye to the guys on a professional level. I love them and their music. I am also a realist. Nothing lasts forever. If they do have another album in them, I am ready to hear it. If it is a follow-up to Nostradamus, so be it. I will listen. If they return to a more "classic" sound, I will listen. If (and we ALL know someday they WILL) they decide to say good-bye, I will always have what they left us. GREAT music and a lifetime of wonderful memories. |
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