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More importantly: Judas Priest concert report
Let me get something out of the way first...
OMFG THEY PLAYED "DIAMONDS AND RUST" OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
OK. So this was at the PNCBank Arts Center, nee' the Garden State Arts Center according to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zombywoof, in some random damn Jersey town but you can call it Exit 116 off the Parkway. It's one of those open-air amphitheaters with assigned seating under a pavilion, and then cheap lawn seats where you sit wherever there's room to plant your ass. I do like those, and have many a happy memory of shows at Blossom Music Center. But I digress.
Due to being slow on the uptake, we only had lawn seats, but that's okay. The weather was lovely, or at least it was by evening (hot shitty day! Not great for sitting in traffic). The opening act was Queensryche, so we also didn't have to worry or care about being late, which was nice. Don't ask me a thing about their show, 'cos I got nothin', other than the fact that they didn't seem to have much gift for working the crowd. That is, their front man was trying really hard to Pump You Up and whatall, lots of generic Metal Fans Unite blather, but it was much effort to little effect. Compare this to Priest, where all Rob Halford has to do is raise a hand and cock his head, and the crowd goes apeshit... Anyways, we had a pleasant lying out on on a grassy plot talking & sharing quality time while metal played in the background, and that was fine.
Priest went on at about 9:30, opening with Hellion/Electric Eye (YES YES YES YES!). Let's see if I can remember the rest: Metal Gods, Riding On The Wind?, Touch of Evil, two songs off the new album (one of which is getting airplay; both of which I liked), Breaking the Law, some rock anthem I didn't recognize, Diamonds and Rust (OMG OMG OMG), another new one, Turbo Lover, Hellrider, Beyond the Realms of Death (we did not expect that!), Victim of Changes (or that), Exciter, Painkiller, Hell Bent for Leather, Living After Midnight, and You've Got Another Thing Coming.
It was over way way too soon. I was a little sad that we didn't get Green Manalishi, but not as who should say disappointed, not with all the other treats. Ended with a completely raw throat that is still not quite in order, a horribly sore neck from headbanging, and drove much too fast the rest of the way down shore to Beth's parents' place for the sewing weekend.
Wanna go again!
OMFG THEY PLAYED "DIAMONDS AND RUST" OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
OK. So this was at the PNCBank Arts Center, nee' the Garden State Arts Center according to
zombywoof, in some random damn Jersey town but you can call it Exit 116 off the Parkway. It's one of those open-air amphitheaters with assigned seating under a pavilion, and then cheap lawn seats where you sit wherever there's room to plant your ass. I do like those, and have many a happy memory of shows at Blossom Music Center. But I digress.Due to being slow on the uptake, we only had lawn seats, but that's okay. The weather was lovely, or at least it was by evening (hot shitty day! Not great for sitting in traffic). The opening act was Queensryche, so we also didn't have to worry or care about being late, which was nice. Don't ask me a thing about their show, 'cos I got nothin', other than the fact that they didn't seem to have much gift for working the crowd. That is, their front man was trying really hard to Pump You Up and whatall, lots of generic Metal Fans Unite blather, but it was much effort to little effect. Compare this to Priest, where all Rob Halford has to do is raise a hand and cock his head, and the crowd goes apeshit... Anyways, we had a pleasant lying out on on a grassy plot talking & sharing quality time while metal played in the background, and that was fine.
Priest went on at about 9:30, opening with Hellion/Electric Eye (YES YES YES YES!). Let's see if I can remember the rest: Metal Gods, Riding On The Wind?, Touch of Evil, two songs off the new album (one of which is getting airplay; both of which I liked), Breaking the Law, some rock anthem I didn't recognize, Diamonds and Rust (OMG OMG OMG), another new one, Turbo Lover, Hellrider, Beyond the Realms of Death (we did not expect that!), Victim of Changes (or that), Exciter, Painkiller, Hell Bent for Leather, Living After Midnight, and You've Got Another Thing Coming.
It was over way way too soon. I was a little sad that we didn't get Green Manalishi, but not as who should say disappointed, not with all the other treats. Ended with a completely raw throat that is still not quite in order, a horribly sore neck from headbanging, and drove much too fast the rest of the way down shore to Beth's parents' place for the sewing weekend.
Wanna go again!
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