The opener was Uriah Heep, which I thought was a bit of an odd choice.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:04 (eleven months ago) link
they are probably bros from the early days
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:06 (eleven months ago) link
Uriah Heep also opened for them back in 2019 when I saw them.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:07 (eleven months ago) link
so guess they've been friends for a reaaaaaaaaaaaaallly long time
This is a great setlist, which my 17 year old self probably did not fully appreciate.
McNichols Sports Arena, Denver, CO12.02.82World Vengeance Tour
The Hellion [played from tape]Electric EyeRiding on the WindHeading Out to the HighwayMetal GodsBloodstoneBreaking the LawSinnerDesert PlainsThe RipperDiamonds & Rust (Joan Baez cover)Devil's ChildScreaming for VengeanceYou've Got Another Thing Comin'Victim of ChangesThe Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) (Fleetwood Mac cover)Hell Bent for Leather
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:10 (eleven months ago) link
there's not a dull moment in that set. like if you were looking for time to get a beer/pee, maybe you'd choose one of the Top 40 singles if you were real sick of it, but even then you might have to get a little on your pants to get back to your seat in time for the next one.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:15 (eleven months ago) link
amusing that they ended with Hell Bent, as that one was often used as an opener across various stages of the 70/80s/90s.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:16 (eleven months ago) link
Pretty sure they played "Living After Midnight," even though it's not included on that entry from setlist.fm.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:17 (eleven months ago) link
xp Yeah, Hell Bent looks like the standard closer for that tour.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:18 (eleven months ago) link
it's funny too, like, they have so many songs that can double as an opener as a closer. so many high intensity bangers that it becomes like "where do you put them", like you're filling out a baseball lineup card.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:18 (eleven months ago) link
"Hell Bent" used to be the standard closer because that was when Rob would ride the Harley out from backstage. This was the set list when I saw them in 2008 (with Heaven and Hell, Motörhead, and Testament). I went with my brother — the only concert we've ever gone to together — and he brought his oldest son, who was eight or nine. He fell asleep in his seat toward the end of Priest's set.
Dawn of Creation [tape]ProphecyMetal GodsEat Me AliveBetween the Hammer and the AnvilDevil's ChildBreaking the LawHell PatrolDissident AggressorAngelThe Hellion [tape]Electric EyeRock Hard, Ride FreePainkiller
Encore:Hell Bent for LeatherThe Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown)You've Got Another Thing Comin'
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link
Yeah, that was when Rob brought out the Harley. Man, that was fun.
Motörhead was a band I definitely didn't appreciate back in the day. I saw them when they opened for Ozzy on the Diary tour. It didn't help that they sounded like sludge in what was a fairly small venue.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
looks like Hell Bent for Leather was mostly used as an opener between 1979-1980 and the Painkiller tour.
(i've listened to so many boots this week..it's been fun)
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 20:47 (eleven months ago) link
When I was about 12 to about 15, I had a giant poster of Rob and his Harley hanging up in my bedroom — the pose he was striking was straight out of Scorpio Rising, and it was literally taped to my closet door. I wonder what my mother thought...
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:39 (eleven months ago) link
what I can't figure out is what was Halford's deal for the reunion tour. dude was in relatively great vocal health, his voice had settled into a deeper baritone but he still had tons of power on the first two Halford solo albums and the live album (like he sang a version of "Riding on the Wind" which was incredible on that one).
so they pull out classics like "Exciter" and also the never-before-played "Hell Patrol", and the motherfucker sings the chorus to BOTH of them down one octave, sapping all intensity out of the song. like I was watching Youtube of the DVD they put out from that tour and dude was just scared of the high notes on a lot of songs.
they did "Hell Patrol" in 2019 and he did do the high notes. granted, he's found other ways to produce those notes, as he can't produce them like he did in 1991 (it's a little more head voice in the head/chest combo than previous)...but it's still coming out and pretty strong for a 75 year old.
I'd have been pretty mad to hear "Exciter" sung like a dude singing the song around a campfire had I paid all that money to see that first reunion tour.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:41 (eleven months ago) link
xpost LOL....the raw, unsubtle grimy non-heteronormative sexuality of Priest is one of the best parts.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:43 (eleven months ago) link
"Eat Me Alive" is better raw sexual energy than any hair band could come up with.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:44 (eleven months ago) link
back to the vocal discussion, he released a second book that I haven't read yet, but I read an excerpt where he said he'd never taken any vocal lessons (not surprisingly, supposedly Dio didn't either, some people just come by it naturally), but it was fascinating to hear him describe how he *thinks* he produced the sound for various songs...like he outright didn't even know himself how he did it! He knew how to do it well enough that he could replicate it consistently, but even he was kind of flummoxed by how he created his signature sound.
meanwhile I've been singing since I was 11, took voice lessons for years, was a voice major at Florida State University for one year, and all of the pedagogy and theory about how to produce sound made me go cross-eyed and stressed out. I decided to change majors. I've since done professional a capella barbershop/caroling gigs, and yet after decades of work, practice, and study I can't do even a fraction of what he did in his prime. I doubt half of the men in the opera program at FSU could either.
like I even managed in my 30s-40s to add basically another octave via chest/head voice through a lot of work and effort and at the end of the day it's still not even close. I don't know how the dude ever did what he did in his prime or even how he does it today at age 75, admittedly in a much reduced capacity.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 21:55 (eleven months ago) link
That's interesting. I saw Priest for the first time in 2021 on the 50th anniversary tour, and while I appreciated that Halford was going for just about all the high notes, I thought his occasional dips into lower registers sounded great and wished he would do that more.
― JRN, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:13 (eleven months ago) link
oh for sure, there's definitely things *now* where it makes more sense to do that because he has to protect his instrument which is much more frail and it might sound better aesthetically than straining.
in 2004 though, he was in a bit better vocal health.
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 22:25 (eleven months ago) link
listening to Angel of Revolution for the first time in over a decade, and got to "Revolution"
did JP intentionally rip off "Mountain Song" here?
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 June 2023 02:39 (eleven months ago) link
"Defenders Of The Faith" is all-time for me.
― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:13 (two months ago) link
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― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 15:21 (two months ago) link
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― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 16:59 (two months ago) link
A few months ago I saw Andy Edwards talking about Simon Phillips on Sin After Sin, he said he was a game changer for metal drumming and it might have only been a day's work for Phillips. I'm not a big enough Priest or metal fan to track all this stuff, so is this something people talk about often?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 14 March 2024 23:59 (two months ago) link