Nine Inch Nails

orestes Site Admin

Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:39 am · #661829

2006/06/03 - Dallas, TX [Smirnoff Music Centre]

(Jeez Louise, I have to post a thread for the show I went to yesterday.)

The crowd withstanding, the Dallas show was a very entertaining concert through and through from TV on the Radio to NIN. It was very nice to see a change in both the setlist and stage setup, although I wish NIN would freshen up the last three songs played in the setlist.

Me and my partner in crime, MrTangent, drove straight down to Dallas late Friday evening and arrived around 2 am. After crashing for a few hours sleep, we went to the Smirnoff Music Centre around 1 pm where we sat on concrete, waiting in the Spiral queue all afternoon. It was very warm, but at least we had shaded trees and beverages to keep up rested before the show. We weren't let into the venue until close to 6 pm or shortly after and discovered that the pit was very, very small. No more than 200 people max for the pit. "Sweet!," I thought to myself: the less people, the less hassle.

I couldn't have been more fucking wrong.

The crowd was very relaxed and calm until after Bauhaus' set, but more on that later.

Some quick thoughts on the first two bands:
* I was pleasantly surprised by how "rock" TV on the Radio are live; their songs have a lot more punch and energy live than on the album. The lead singer reminded me of Saul Williams in an odd way, in that they are both intense and passionate performers live. There were times throughout the band's short set that felt like a revival, with the singer jumping all around the stage; eyes closed with a mic to his hand.

* Bauhaus were very fun to watch. Daniel Ash was definitely representing the Glam squad with his huge white bug-eye sunglasses, white fur vest and platform boots. However, I found Peter Murphy to be delightfully campy and histrionic onstage. He walked out in an aplomb manner, dressed ever so elegantly in a black velvet(teen) Edwardian suit. Throughout Bauhaus' set, Murphy walked the stage and struck statuesque poses. It sounds downright pretentious, but dammit, a bit of the dandy is missing in today's entertainers. If you're a fan of Marc Bolan or David Bowie, then his demeanor onstage wouldn't be out of the ordinary. The only complaint I have is that Murphy's vocals were turned down too low; there were many songs I didn't recognize at first due to this problem.

Onward to NIN. . .

As soon as Bauhaus' hour-long set was over, the impatient assholes started to creep their way towards the front. No surprise there; I've delt with at past shows so I wasn't expecting any worse. However, I failed to remember the crucial importance of good venue security to handle the fucking cretins who can make it absolutely unbearable to be near the rail. (Before you call me out as being a "whimpy girl", I've held my ground easily on the rail at previous NIN shows, so I'm whinging because of that.) No sooner has the band walked out--with the house lights on!--to starkly perform "Somewhat Damaged", did the madness ensue. The push towards the front didn't relent for the entire show. The apex for me was near the end of "You Know What You Are?" when Aaron unexpectedly jumped into the crowd in front of me; knocking me over like a pair of bowling pins. Before I knew it, I was on the floor. I saw glimpses of Aaron beside me as the crowd encircled him to get closer. Suddenly I had thoughts of The Who, Roskilde, etc. flash through my head and I panicked. I screamed for someone to help me, but no one paid any heed. Somehow I managed to both pull my wits together and myself up by the shirts of the ignorant assholes around me. No sooner had I pulled myself back up did a guy next to me ask if I was "okay".

Grrrrr!

Needless to say, this incident took me out of the show for awhile, while I attempted to calm myself down and kept my footing.

*sigh*

Okay, onto the show. . .

I like the barebones intro with just the band walking out onstage to start the concert. Frankly, I think this is more climatic than waiting for the obvious cues like the fall leg, i.e. "Pinion" cut to the screened stage. The unexpectant is more exciting and less predictable, IMO. Trent was like a caged prisoner behind the LED wall; singing "Somewhat Damaged" whilst glaring into the crowd ahead. It was either during the first or second song when Trent developed a nose bleed. I'm guessing that Trent bumped his nose too hard against his microphone, eh.

The highlights for me were Non-Entity and the La Mer/Into the Void melody. God damn, does Non-Entity sound great live and with a full band!

Also, Trent "ejaculated" water out his bottle in perfect sync to the beginning of GDML, hehehe.

And to clarify for those who couldn't hear over the loud audience--Trent gave two, short remarks to the audience. The first was about Dimebag and how bittersweet it was to be back in Texas. The second was to thank us for being the "best fucking fans". And now you know.

The setlist:
Somewhat Damaged
You Know What You Are?
Sin
Terrible Lie
March Of The Pigs
Something I Can Never Have
Closer
Burn
Gave Up
Help Me I'm In Hell
Non Entity
Only
Wish
La Mer
Into The Void
The Big Comedown
Suck
Get Down Make Love
Hurt
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole

weaselcw Bricklayer

Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:58 am · #661835

yes, the first one to post.....the show kicked my ass! most of the songs I wanted them to play they did. Highlights of the show: Into the Void, La Mer, Something I Can Never Have, Terrible Lie, and Head Like a Hole (even though it was kinda long)

The setlist was pretty much the same as the past few shows. Started late due to some technical thing with the display in the back. oh and could someone tell me what trent was saying when he was talking to the audience? i couldn't understand what he was saying. all in all this was THE BEST FUCKING CONCERT EVER! the pit was extremely intense in the beginning. i wonder who got trent's tamborine? it landed a few people down from me to the back.

TV on the Radio was interesting, they had some good songs. Bauhaus was fantastic, they're a great show band. I thought peter murphy was gonna take his shirt off or something. I enjoyed his hot, homoerotic poses.

I would LOVE to get a copy of this performance and to hear what trent said. i didn't get to see all the light show stuff from the pit.

EDIT: I heard about the twizlers thrown at trent, at least he had his back faced to the audience when it happened....

LetsGoThere Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:26 am · #661847

weaselcw wrote:yes, the first one to post.....the show kicked my ass! most of the songs I wanted them to play they did. Highlights of the show: Into the Void, La Mer, Something I Can Never Have, Terrible Lie, and Head Like a Hole (even though it was kinda long)

The setlist was pretty much the same as the past few shows. Started late due to some technical thing with the display in the back. oh and could someone tell me what trent was saying when he was talking to the audience? i couldn't understand what he was saying. all in all this was THE BEST FUCKING CONCERT EVER! the pit was extremely intense in the beginning. i wonder who got trent's tamborine? it landed a few people down from me to the back.

TV on the Radio was interesting, they had some good songs. Bauhaus was fantastic, they're a great show band. I thought peter murphy was gonna take his shirt off or something. I enjoyed his hot, homoerotic poses.

I would LOVE to get a copy of this performance and to hear what trent said. i didn't get to see all the light show stuff from the pit.

EDIT: I heard about the twizlers thrown at trent, at least he had his back faced to the audience when it happened....

He said something about Dallas being different than every other place. He also talked about "Dimebag" Darrell, and he said that he had they best f-ing fans in the world. I didn't notice that he threw his tamberine. I was in row X, but I did see Aaron stage dive during You know what you are?. Oh man, Aaron is crazy. I saw Trent throw his mic, but I don't think anyone caught it in time to say the last "I am so dirty" like they did in the Austin show. But yes! The freaking concert was amazing. It totally blew away the old setlist from Bossier. And the lights... man the lights were amazing. Did they get a new artist? The design for the dallas lithograph I got (which got water on it and ripped because a retard >:|) looks awesome, but totally different than the [SOUTH] poster I got from the Bossier show. I also got a tourbook, which also got water on it. But it's like gloss paper or something, so the water didn't really hurt.

I can't really point out a favorite part. The whole thing was my favorite ^.^. From the red bubbles during help me I'm in hell to the intense crowd energy during head like a hole.

I didn't really like Bauhaus or TV on the Radio though.

Well, this show is going to be in my memory for a long, long, time.
IT WAS FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

orestes Site Admin

Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:37 am · #661853

I'd like to know who decided to add Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" to the pre-show music.

I had to hear that song three times before TV on the Radio came on.

XUOZ

Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:24 am · #661876

LetsGoThere wrote:
weaselcw wrote:I saw Trent throw his mic, but I don't think anyone caught it in time to say the last "I am so dirty" like they did in the Austin show.
I was standing behind the rail in front of Jeordie. We were excited to see Trent come over to our side during the "I am so dirty" part. Unfortunately, he didn't jump down to us, but it was a funny site to see when he tried to throw the mic the first time. I'm guessing that there wasn't any slack in the cord, which could explain why the mic landed back on stage. It was funny enough that Trent himself gave a quick smile. My friend caught the mic on the second throw, wrapped his hand around the cord and tried to rip the mic off. Hmmm... I fought him, took the mic and actually tried to sing the words until security came and took it. Yeah... so this is why no one got to hear any off key singing.

Anyway, the site of blood on Trent looked bad ass. IMO it just added more intensity to YKWYA? along with Aaron stage diving. Eveyone was going insane on stage when that song hit.

I'm a lil pissed that the Lithos sold out, cause it was one of the ones I actually liked for this leg. Did anyone else see the guy with the "Josh Freese fucked you're mom" shirt?

Rumi Love Master Traveler

Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:37 am · #661883

orestes wrote:I'd like to know who decided to add Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" to the pre-show music. :D I had to hear that song three times before TV on the Radio came on.

Indeed...that was odd. Made me laugh.

This show was multitudes better than Selma IMO for all bands concerned. Orestes covered it pretty well, so this will be short, but wanted to add a couple of intense moments:

* Peter Murphy being gracious enough to climb over equipment to come visit us on the outermost limited corner view (his left). Thanks for the closeup!

* Thanking Aaron for the same...watching Aaron wield his guitar lately seems something akin to watching a moment from "House of Flying Daggers"...very cool.

* Holding breath while idiot keeps throwing more candy onstage and hoping Trent doesn't turn around, see it and blow up...whew! Afraid he was going to trip on it.

* Into the Void and Only were favorites tonight...way to get your groove on Trent!

OK, so that's my last concert to go to this tour and I'm grateful they came to Texas so often when so many people around the world are just hoping for a glimpse...and hearing the song live that made me a fan, Non-Entity, was the best treat of all. Looking forward to things to come.

weaselcw Bricklayer

Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:56 am · #661891

orestes wrote:It was either during the first or second song when Trent developed a nose bleed.

So that red stuff was blood on his arm? And I thought it was some kind of new thing he was trying out to match his sleeves.......like the corn starch he used to use.

orestes Site Admin

Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:25 am · #661907

Yeah, looks like he either tried to wipe it off with his arm or hand because both had streaks of blood at one point.

pppc

Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:28 am · #662041

that was a terrific show. it was actually the first amphitheater concert i'd ever been to. the thing i cannot forget is the energy of Somewhat Damage'd 16/16 pounding bassline. i was terrified and pleased by it. it felt so stupefyingly powerful, that i isntantly went nuts. could music actually be this fat? it sounded godlike. god damn, that was so awesome. that was the high-point of the evening for me.

i'm not terribly familiar with a lot of NIN songs. as a result i couldn't really 'get into' a lot of the ones that were played. i was not really pulled into them, but they inflicted me with this terrible, awesome force.

the weirdest thing was that there was nothing proplerly "preceding" their entrance. they just came on right away and destroyed towers, buildings, worlds with destructive sound. imagine what it is like to be able to expressive yourself so loudly and powerfully. to have such a spectrum to SAY something. to be able to SAY WHATEVER you want with music so FORCEFULLY. to just get it all out. i am glad trent reznor's one of the many few who get to do it. i don't think those screens and all that gear is very cheap (unless he's renting it, or something)

what has been on my mind though is how much of that is just the venue? how much of that musical experience was just the powerfully abilities of such a large sound system. if i were to be able to express myself in such a way that trent is able to, how much of the effect is my expression? i try not to think about it

the worst part of the evening was was in the parking lot after the show .this foolish person thought it would be funny to use racism to get my attention. saying things like, "hello nigger monkey, what are you doing at a white mans show?", something about, like, "youre at the wrong concert 'BOY'"... and i bit the bait . it elevated to the point i had to one-arm shuolder that motherfucker into the pavement. i threw him so hard that one of his shoes fell off. he landed forcefully enough on the pavement that i think i heard him PASS GAS. and he didn't get up, just rolled around and groaned. when the guilt found me i just left very quickly to my car and then drove home. i am glad none of his friends tried anything else. i hope i never experience anything like that ever again at an event designed to be about entertainment and, for gods sake, MUSIC!!!!!

Rumi Love Master Traveler

Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:54 pm · #662170

pppc wrote:i hope i never experience anything like that ever again at an event designed to be about entertainment and, for gods sake, MUSIC!!!!!

No kidding. Don't feel guilty. He's not worth it.

I liked your descriptions of the bass sound...very true, very powerful.

Killer_Behind_You Master Traveler

Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:43 pm · #662202

Alltogether great show, my makeup smeared, and I think it was all gone by the time they played MOTP. But altogether it was a really really good show. I took 2 friends who had been to other shows, but never an NIN show. They proceded to tell me after the show it was the best they had ever been to. Alot of people were getting into the pit that weren't supposed to be. Security sucked last night. When Aaron stage dove, some asswholes were trying to take his jacket, his guitar, anything they could get off of him. They even reached in his pocket and took a pick. I think I saw Orestes before the show, but not sure. There were many asswholes there and it wasn't pretty. But altogether it was a really good show.

But they did play Starfuckers Inc ? I don't think they did, did they ?

angel~of~destruction Bricklayer

Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:52 pm · #662208

wow, this show was amazing for me! even though i was all the way back on the lawn, there was so much intensity and power in their performance! i got to expierience Somwhat Damaged and Into The Void live, which was absolutely enthralling. as far as the crowd situation almost everyone on the lawn SUCKED!!!! i only looked around once and it started to piss me off that everyone was just standing there holding their fucking beers! it's a NIN show for fucks sake you should be MOVING!!! but i just blocked everyone else out and danced by myself. and the red bubbles during Help Me I'm In Hell were really great, loved that visual with that song...loved it.

i had an amazing time that could have only been better had i been in the pit, up close. i guess that'll teach me to trust someone else to buy my tickets for me from now on!

and i loved the way they changed up the intro's to a lot of the songs. you had to really know the music of NIN to recognise them right away. it was great to watch some people standing around on the lawn wondering what was going on while i freaked out and kept on doing my thing. oh, and i was most pleasantly shocked when GDML started! i freaked out, while again people around me didn't know what the hell was going on. i absolutely LOVED it!!

TeKnoLusT Master ad Vitam

Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:50 pm · #662446

Orestes - you must have been right next to me during the stage dive. I got hit in the head with his feet. That bastard, my back is still killing me today from that.

Good show, blah blah blah. I'm less and less excited/impressed with seeing Trent and the gang. Stop playing Terrible Lie for gods sake.

dallas fan

Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:42 pm · #662485

Wow!!!! My first NIN show - better than expected. Trent is quite an ominous figure on stage. The new guitar player is great, very animated and certainly not afraid to move around. Very tight sound and the energy was tangible. I really have to give NIN some serious respect for touring so hard.......I mean, Trent basically lives on the road and still comes out and kicks every bit of ass that he can....what a professional. Anyone who gives Trent any shit should really think about this. There aren't too many bands out there that work so hard, especially on such a grand scale. The light boards were amazing........all around great show...........still buzzing.

dallas fan

Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:49 pm · #662486

I almost forgot.........hey pppc...........sorry about that shit in the parking lot. That shit is unacceptable and I would have kicked his ass for you if had seen that crap......anyways, sorry for that.

Stutter Grand Pontiff

Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:33 pm · #662515

Wow! I drove down to Dallas for this show which, luckily, was only a two hour drive. I saw NIN last year during the club tour in San Francisco, but this show kicked the shit out of that one!!

All I have to say is I absolutely loved the setlist. It was so high tempo. He also played Something I Can Never Have, a song I've been doieing to hear live, as well as Get Down, Make Love. Fucking sweet! Opening with Somewhat Damaged is something I've always wanted him to do since The Fragile, he might have done it before, but this was my first time experiencing it, so it was perfect.

Anyways, I do have one question, and it's probably been answered before, but there was a song I never heard before on the list, and it was awesome. I guess it's called Non Entity, according to Orestes playlist... So is this his song, a cover, or what?? If it is on a CD which one?

Anyways, awesome fucking concert!! I can't wait to see them again!

weaselcw Bricklayer

Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:42 pm · #662554

Stutter wrote:Anyways, I do have one question, and it's probably been answered before, but there was a song I never heard before on the list, and it was awesome. I guess it's called Non Entity, according to Orestes playlist... So is this his song, a cover, or what?? If it is on a CD which one?

Non Entity is an unreleased song first performed live at the ReactNow benefit for hurricane Katrina in September 2005. It was cut out from With Teeth along with other unreleased songs, including Not So Pretty Now.

At the ReactNow benefit, Trent played it with only a piano and a backing beat on a boombox instead of with a full band as on the live tour.

mrfang Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:30 am · #662635

weaselcw wrote:
orestes wrote:It was either during the first or second song when Trent developed a nose bleed.
So that red stuff was blood on his arm? And I thought it was some kind of new thing he was trying out to match his sleeves.......like the corn starch he used to use.

Definitely blood. Trent accidentally hit himself in the face with the microphone!

Voodoo_Chile Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:02 am · #662651

orestes - excellent synopsis except for that I was really disappointed with Bauhaus's sound. It was fuX04d. That engineer is deaf. I really was worried that something was wrong with the FOH system but when NIN hit, it was as it should be. Tells me that the engineer was screwing the pooch.

This was my fourth show on WT and it was the best yet. Aaron North, whom up until now has not impressed me, was fantastic. Overall, the band has really come into it's own and is kicking so hard it's unbelievable. You would think that with such a grueling schedule that they would be burnt. Not so. They are feeding and getting stronger every day!

Highlight for me: Get Down, Make Love. I had that Queen album when I was a kid and it was my favorite song on that record. It was an unexpected treat to hear TR and the boys rip it a new one.

I posted in "upcoming" (there was not yet a thread here) and quoted TR as saying "we have the best band in the fucking world". Seems he actually said "fans". Either way, he was right.

pppc - I am sorry about that shit you posted about. It's not fucking cool and certainly isn't indicative af NIN or the fanbase I have experienced. It's a shame you had to deal with that in order to go this show because man, it WAS a great show and it sounds to me like you "get it". Some people don't.
Sux for them. Peace.

orestes Site Admin

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:03 am · #662652

TeKnoLusT wrote:Orestes - you must have been right next to me during the stage dive. I got hit in the head with his feet. That bastard, my back is still killing me today from that.

Good show, blah blah blah. I'm less and less excited/impressed with seeing Trent and the gang. Stop playing Terrible Lie for gods sake.

Duuuuude, you should have told me you were going to the show; I would have looked for ya. The crowd moved around so much that I'm surprised I stayed nearly in front of Trent throughout the show. How close were you to the guy on the rail with the HUGE mohawk? I was beside him until Aaron's kamikaze jump.

Speaking of which, I was definitely taken off guard when he jumped into the crowd so early into the show. Before the opening sets, we noticed a small row of JBL speakers on top of some big boxes. It was so close to the rail that we assumed Aaron would leap into the crowd from there. During THTF, Aaron stood on these speakers and almost teased the crowd in front; questioning whether he was going to jump again or not. Heh, at least I would have been ready then.

Voodoo_Chile wrote:orestes - excellent synopsis except for that I was really disappointed with Bauhaus's sound. It was fuX04d. That engineer is deaf. I really was worried that something was wrong with the FOH system but when NIN hit, it was as it should be. Tells me that the engineer was screwing the pooch.

Me and my friend discussed the sound quality of Bauhaus' set after the show. Peter Murphy's vocals were way too low down in the pit, but I wonder if they sounded optimized further back in the venue. The reason why NIN's sounded much more fuller and loud on the floor is because they have speakers behind the stage pumping sound out to the audience near the stage. I don't think Bauhaus had this luxury and the only sound was coming out the front speakers on the side of the stage, IMO.

Voodoo_Chile Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:16 am · #662663

orestes wrote:Me and my friend discussed the sound quality of Bauhaus' set after the show. Peter Murphy's vocals were way too low down in the pit, but I wonder if they sounded optimized further back in the venue. The reason why NIN's sounded much more fuller and loud on the floor is because they have speakers behind the stage pumping sound out to the audience near the stage. I don't think Bauhaus had this luxury and the only sound was coming out the front speakers on the side of the stage, IMO.

I was in the last row of seats very close to left-center. It sucked. It's not that hard to mix a three piece + vocals. That dude screwed up.

Voodoo_Chile Master of the Ninth Arch

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:28 am · #662671

XUOZ wrote:I'm a lil pissed that the Lithos sold out, cause it was one of the ones I actually liked for this leg.

Check the tour lithos thread. I may be mistaken but it seems someone posted about having some Dallas lithos on a merch website or for sale. I hadda run from one side of Smirnoff to the other after the show and got one of the last 5 or so that were left.
Damn, shoulda edited this into the previous post. I'm stoned. See ya'll in ATL.

graihow Grand Pontiff

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:56 am · #662697

Voodoo_Chile wrote:orestes - excellent synopsis except for that I was really disappointed with Bauhaus's sound. It was fuX04d. That engineer is deaf. I really was worried that something was wrong with the FOH system but when NIN hit, it was as it should be. Tells me that the engineer was screwing the pooch.

Totally agree..they had Daniel turned down way too low and David J up too high......they did better in Houston with it.

Hate to tease you like that

but I guess it could have been worse in Dallas. I still enjoyed the heck out of them.

graihow Grand Pontiff

Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:59 am · #662700

mrfang wrote:
weaselcw wrote:
orestes wrote:It was either during the first or second song when Trent developed a nose bleed.
So that red stuff was blood on his arm? And I thought it was some kind of new thing he was trying out to match his sleeves.......like the corn starch he used to use.
Definitely blood. Trent accidentally hit himself in the face with the microphone!

We saw that too and wondered if anyone else did! Did anyone else kinda crack up laughing when he couldn't quite get the mic out there the first time? He was trying to be real cool about it and it just didn't go anywhere! Then last night he did somethign similar and Travelling Companion and I agreed that he seems to not have depth perception or maybe just can't PITCH!

Ok, I'll quit quoting posts now, but I'm enjoying reading everyone's comments.

orestes Site Admin

Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:41 am · #662727

I've seen Trent throw water bottles halfway across a small club. He just didn't have enough slack the first time to throw the mic into the audience during "Suck".

nympholept Master ad Vitam

Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:24 pm · #662994

weaselcw wrote:
Stutter wrote:Anyways, I do have one question, and it's probably been answered before, but there was a song I never heard before on the list, and it was awesome. I guess it's called Non Entity, according to Orestes playlist... So is this his song, a cover, or what?? If it is on a CD which one?
Non Entity is an unreleased song first performed live at the ReactNow benefit for hurricane Katrina in September 2005. It was cut out from With Teeth along with other unreleased songs, including Not So Pretty Now.

At the ReactNow benefit, Trent played it with only a piano and a backing beat on a boombox instead of with a full band as on the live tour.

I was of the belief that it was one of the first of the songs written after with teeth, but perhaps we'll never know.
You've heard the new version, you can find the original here: http://nin-thespiral.net/

edit: It was the second spiral chat

mkivett: What are the chances of hearing a studio version of "Non Entity", or other B-Sides/new tracks not on With Teeth?

trent_reznor> Chances are good. Patience.

orestes Site Admin

Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:09 pm · #663050

(Go back and read the transcript from the first Spiral chat, I believe, where a Non-Entity question is asked.)

botley Prince Adept

Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:40 pm · #663068

nympholept wrote:I was of the belief that it was one of the first of the songs written after with teeth, but perhaps we'll never know.

Nope, it was in the running for the album - as was "Not So Pretty Now".

TeKnoLusT Master ad Vitam

Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:20 pm · #663161

orestes wrote: Duuuuude, you should have told me you were going to the show; I would have looked for ya. The crowd moved around so much that I'm surprised I stayed nearly in front of Trent throughout the show. How close were you to the guy on the rail with the HUGE mohawk? I was beside him until Aaron's kamikaze jump.

From the beginning of the show through to about Gave up he was about 2 people in front of me. Then I just sat back on the lawn with some friends I went with. That mohawk was insane!

orestes Site Admin

Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:02 pm · #663203

Argh! You weren't near the really annoying kid with the strip of hair down the middle of his head who started hooting and hollering for the roadies to get off the stage as soon as Bauhaus left? We were probably beside each other and didn't even know it.

not me

Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:25 pm · #663257

is anyone familar with the song that was played overhead right before tv on the radio went on? it sounded a little bit like skinny puppy or something similar..

orestes Site Admin

Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:17 pm · #663343

I didn't hear any Skinny Puppy, but there definitely was a lot of Nitzer Ebb played.

pnut

Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:37 pm · #663351

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I don't remember them playing starfuckers, Inc...

orestes Site Admin

Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:00 am · #663366

They didn't.

Ooops, I had copy and pasted the setlist from the previous night's show since it was almost the same.

Voodoo_Chile Master of the Ninth Arch

Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:32 am · #663434

10-4 no Starfuckers.

Razer_TX

Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:58 am · #663575

orestes wrote:I've seen Trent throw water bottles halfway across a small club. He just didn't have enough slack the first time to throw the mic into the audience during "Suck".

I thought the mic had gotten tangled around his guitar the first time. But being 25 or so rows back, I prolly didn't have as good a view as you did. I didn't even notice Trent's nosebleed!

The sound engineering for the opening bands was pretty bad. I think Orestes was wondering if the sound was optimised further back in the ampitheatre - it wasn't, or at least not in the 100s sections. Maybe on the lawn, but... I could barely hear Tunde (TVOTR) or Peter (Bauhaus) sing. The speakers behind the stage that Orestes mentioned helped a lot - I could hear Trent loud and clear.

That concert was the first for me - I think I'm spoiled on concerts. How do you top a Nine Inch Nails concert? Rammstein....?

pachequizimo Master Traveler

Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:54 pm · #663790

I was at the San Antonio concert on the pit one day before this one and all I can say is that people got much crazier in this one, the moshing went fucking insane here in Dallas.

Watching Trent's nose bleeding all the way through Sin and Terrible Lie was so fucking crazy, Aaron North jumped beside me and i got to touch the guitar but it was unplugged, as people began to jump on us i grabbed him from the back of his jacket and the security guy who took him out of the pit also helped me to get out using Aaron's jacket as a way to get out of there but accidenatly i tore it.

Although the screens had a problem the show was still amazing, they played SICNH which they didnt play one day before.

The way they open up the concert with Somewhat Damaged makes people go crazy through all the concert.

Trent talked about friendship and how he likes the Dallas audience, it was a very good moment since Trent doesnt talk that much of those things normally.

I travelled all the way from Mexico City to get to this concert and all i can say is that it was worth all i did for this. One of the best weekends of my life.

Beck Bricklayer

Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:26 am · #665880

orestes wrote:I'd like to know who decided to add Paul Anka's "Having My Baby" to the pre-show music. I had to hear that song three times before TV on the Radio came on.

I felt the same way before the show in Houston. We were listening to the same 5 songs over and over and over again. I love Peaches and Ministry, but goddamn! It gets annoying when it's so repetitive.

Voodoo_Chile Master of the Ninth Arch

Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:00 pm · #667558

Just for the record, Bauhaus was really good in ATL. Sound was much better, I didn't want someone to read (only) this thread and think they always sucked (sound quality wise). I usually don't slam and engineer but the Dallas show was exceptionally bad.
Naturally NIN sounded like NIN (TM) which is usually great and sometimes superb.
I'm out.

Gabe

Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:42 am · #816294

That show was my first NIN'S show my dads second time i loved how they played get down make love and Non-Entity and Help Me In Hell and Somewhat Damaged thoses were the highlights cant wait for the new album in april and dvd