Metallica 40
Dec. 18th, 2021 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gridloreLast night kshandra and I drove up to San Francisco to see Metallica celebrate its 40th anniversary. For the most part, it was a great show. For the most part.
Then there was the opening act. DJ Lord and Dean Delray, an alleged comedian. Both failed utterly to engage the audience. Delray just sounded desperate, tone-deaf, and suffered from terrible timing and a lack of ability to read the room. DJ Lord was at least really talented, but again, read the room. It wasn't until he played Pantera's Walk that the crowd got into it.
We had a blast, and I loved the setlist. But there we so many technical glitches and sound flubs. Kirk's guitar was mixed way too low for most of the show, and it seemed that the vocal mikes were all set to different volume levels. So we missed about half of James' vocals, especially in the later portions of the show.
One really cool thing s was everyone got these bracelets with lights in them. We became part of the light show in several songs.
But we had a great time, and I got my King Nothing and fucking Fixxxer. The only thing that marred our enjoyment were the three drunk kids right in front of us in Section 217. Chase Center was built with incredible sightlines, and if you're up in the upper deck, you can see clearly from your seat. These yahoos, two guys and a young woman, kept standing up and blocking the view of everyone around them. They were literally the only people I could see in the upper deck sections doing this. Then the girl started giving her boyfriend lapdances. During the convert.
Guys, if you want to act like you have floor tickets, pay for them.
Hit the Lights
Creeping Death
Trapped Under Ice (First time live since June 23, 2012)
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
The Shortest Straw
One
Sad but True
King Nothing
Fixxxer(Live debut)
Breadfan (Budgie cover)
No Leaf Clover
Frantic
The Day That Never Comes
Spit Out the Bone
kshandra and I drove up to San Francisco to see Metallica celebrate its 40th anniversary. For the most part, it was a great show. For the most part. Then there was the opening act. DJ Lord and Dean Delray, an alleged comedian. Both failed utterly to engage the audience. Delray just sounded desperate, tone-deaf, and suffered from terrible timing and a lack of ability to read the room. DJ Lord was at least really talented, but again, read the room. It wasn't until he played Pantera's Walk that the crowd got into it.
We had a blast, and I loved the setlist. But there we so many technical glitches and sound flubs. Kirk's guitar was mixed way too low for most of the show, and it seemed that the vocal mikes were all set to different volume levels. So we missed about half of James' vocals, especially in the later portions of the show.
One really cool thing s was everyone got these bracelets with lights in them. We became part of the light show in several songs.
But we had a great time, and I got my King Nothing and fucking Fixxxer. The only thing that marred our enjoyment were the three drunk kids right in front of us in Section 217. Chase Center was built with incredible sightlines, and if you're up in the upper deck, you can see clearly from your seat. These yahoos, two guys and a young woman, kept standing up and blocking the view of everyone around them. They were literally the only people I could see in the upper deck sections doing this. Then the girl started giving her boyfriend lapdances. During the convert.
Guys, if you want to act like you have floor tickets, pay for them.
Hit the Lights
Creeping Death
Trapped Under Ice (First time live since June 23, 2012)
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
The Shortest Straw
One
Sad but True
King Nothing
Fixxxer(Live debut)
Breadfan (Budgie cover)
No Leaf Clover
Frantic
The Day That Never Comes
Spit Out the Bone
