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Awesome Lighting or Visuals at Concerts
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:47 pm
by Cambo
Just been watching Nine Inch Nails' "Lights in the Sky" tour on YouTube. The light show is freaking incredible. My favourite, and also one of my favourite NIN songs:
The Big Come Down
Tool also has a reputation for mind bending visuals and lights in their solo shows. I've only seen them at the Big Day Out festival, where their options are pretty limited. The 2007 show I thought was much better visually than the 2011. Though this may have something to do with Rammstein blowing everyone's socks off straight before Tool came on. So many explosions! And they set the keyboard guy on fire with a flamethrower!
What are some of your favourite bands and concerts in terms of visual treats? Bonus points for having actually been there
, but footage is acceptable.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:18 pm
by Cail
Pink Floyd on their last two tours ('88 & '94). Freaking unbelievable.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:37 pm
by Menolly
I saw Pink Floyd at the Orange Bowl for A Momentary Lapse of Reason in November of 1987, and I have to agree with Cail, their light show was awesome.
But, if we are including staging and theatrics, as well as light shows, Roger Waters' The Wall tour, which I saw in Tampa a few months ago, blows them all away. He announced he will be filming that show at its Athens, Greece performance to release on DVD. If that's the show which will have Gilmour's guest appearance, I know I'll be ordering the set when I can afford it. I am assuming the production for the DVD set will be as high as for the tour itself. If so, it will be amazing.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:29 pm
by Vraith
Menolly wrote:I saw Pink Floyd at the Orange Bowl for A Momentary Lapse of Reason in November of 1987, and I have to agree with Cail, their light show was awesome.
That was a phenomenal show. And in the same period, I saw Peter Gabriel show that was truly spectacular as well...it was a good year for concerts for me.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:34 pm
by Menolly
I saw Peter Gabriel at the Miami Arena about six years later. Musically, that show was fantastic. But I don't recall an exceptional light show, or even theatrics on Gabriel's part.
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:55 pm
by Vraith
Menolly wrote:I saw Peter Gabriel at the Miami Arena about six years later. Musically, that show was fantastic. But I don't recall an exceptional light show, or even theatrics on Gabriel's part.
Hmm...I wonder why? Cuz the tour I saw was chock full of stuff...including a sort of battle between him and self-propelled robotic light towers.
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:51 am
by Cambo
Vraith wrote:Menolly wrote:I saw Peter Gabriel at the Miami Arena about six years later. Musically, that show was fantastic. But I don't recall an exceptional light show, or even theatrics on Gabriel's part.
Hmm...I wonder why? Cuz the tour I saw was chock full of stuff...including a sort of battle between him and self-propelled robotic light towers.
Awesome!
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 2:04 am
by Lord Zombiac
I tried long ago to find the link, but it is the best pyro ever!
Turbonegro live-- Hank Von Helvut pulls down his pants, inserts a roman candle into an orafice, and shoots it into the audience.
Nothing can top that!
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 3:15 am
by rdhopeca
Trans-Siberian Orchestra is always awesome for lighting and effects...great pyrotechnics.
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 3:34 am
by Menolly
True dat, Rob. I've seen T-SO three times now.
But, I don't know. While their shows are great visually and musically, I don't think of them when I recall really good staging for a concert.
In the same vein, the traveling rock tour of Blue Man Group was awesome as well. And yet, their show did not come to mind.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 2:44 am
by Cheval
Being there in person:
Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder (Light show was AWESOME!)
Styx - Grand Illusion and Paradise Theater (Stage effects)
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (Theatrical show was unbelievable for back then. Still one of my favorites)
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (Props and stage backrounds)
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 8:02 am
by Cambo
Cheval wrote:Being there in person:
Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder (Light show was AWESOME!)
Styx - Grand Illusion and Paradise Theater (Stage effects)
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (Theatrical show was unbelievable for back then. Still one of my favorites)
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (Props and stage backrounds)
Damn. So envious.
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:01 pm
by Menolly
Cambo wrote:Cheval wrote:Being there in person:
Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder (Light show was AWESOME!)
Styx - Grand Illusion and Paradise Theater (Stage effects)
Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare (Theatrical show was unbelievable for back then. Still one of my favorites)
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (Props and stage backrounds)
Damn. So envious.
Me too...
While I did see one show for the
A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, I didn't see the rest. The two Styx in particular would have been awesome to see.