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There was a thread on this some time ago but I couldn't find it so.... I saw Def Leppard and Poison last night in Raleigh NC.. Here are my thoughts.
First off, Cheap Trick was on the bill as well, but I spend the whole time they were on stage standing in line waiting to get in. I've seen them a couple of times before and in my opinion, I don't think I missed a whole lot there.
Poison - Poison put on a great show, but there were two things I was dissapointed about. First was the cameras stayed zoomed out and never moved and I was far enough back that I wasn't able to see a whole lot. I guess only the headliners get camera action these days.. as far as thier performance, it was flawless except for one thing. I guess C.C. has some kind of point to prove as far as his abilities because he successfully butchered every lead by turning the most simple tasteful recorded part into a shred session. Even the opening lead for Something to believe in, which, on record is a very tasteful part, was a full shred "look what I can do" exersize.
Def Leppard - DAMN!!!! I mean really!! DAMN!!! I'm not a huge Def Leppard fan. Not since Hysteria have I been a huge fan of their music. And I've seen them a couple of times before, and they were always good, but they were completely on their game musically last night. Joe Elliott's vocals were troublesome and due to that, alot of the high harmonies just weren't there, but musically, just DAMN!!! From the first riff Phil and Viv proved why they are a guitar duo to be reckoned with, and the rythym section was as tight as I have ever heard. Phil started off with his new Jackson (which I found out last night glows in the dark added a higher cool factor to and already hot axe.
) and switched out between three other PC1's throughout the show.
I wasn't going to go to this show, but my wife wanted to see Poison (or Brett Michaels actually) and I had never seen them live anyway so we went to see them. Considering the dissapointment between CC's shredding and not being able to see because of the lack of cameras. I'm really glad Def Lep "brought it" the way they did because it turned an otherwise dissapointing show into an impressive performance even with Joes voice going south.
First off, Cheap Trick was on the bill as well, but I spend the whole time they were on stage standing in line waiting to get in. I've seen them a couple of times before and in my opinion, I don't think I missed a whole lot there.
Poison - Poison put on a great show, but there were two things I was dissapointed about. First was the cameras stayed zoomed out and never moved and I was far enough back that I wasn't able to see a whole lot. I guess only the headliners get camera action these days.. as far as thier performance, it was flawless except for one thing. I guess C.C. has some kind of point to prove as far as his abilities because he successfully butchered every lead by turning the most simple tasteful recorded part into a shred session. Even the opening lead for Something to believe in, which, on record is a very tasteful part, was a full shred "look what I can do" exersize.
Def Leppard - DAMN!!!! I mean really!! DAMN!!! I'm not a huge Def Leppard fan. Not since Hysteria have I been a huge fan of their music. And I've seen them a couple of times before, and they were always good, but they were completely on their game musically last night. Joe Elliott's vocals were troublesome and due to that, alot of the high harmonies just weren't there, but musically, just DAMN!!! From the first riff Phil and Viv proved why they are a guitar duo to be reckoned with, and the rythym section was as tight as I have ever heard. Phil started off with his new Jackson (which I found out last night glows in the dark added a higher cool factor to and already hot axe.
) and switched out between three other PC1's throughout the show.I wasn't going to go to this show, but my wife wanted to see Poison (or Brett Michaels actually) and I had never seen them live anyway so we went to see them. Considering the dissapointment between CC's shredding and not being able to see because of the lack of cameras. I'm really glad Def Lep "brought it" the way they did because it turned an otherwise dissapointing show into an impressive performance even with Joes voice going south.
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