We were lucky enough to get to see the Kiss & Aerosmith concert last night. OMG it was AMAZING!!
Saliva opened, during which time we got our t-shirt. Apparently about half of the people who came to the show did the same thing.
Kiss - what a spectacular show! It was like a show from their height in the 70s. The newest song they played was from 1983 Lick It Up. They played almost all of the classics. Gene did the breathing fire, and started God of Thunder with the blood thing, which was so cool! Hope, I have to agree with you that Paul's chest and stomach are amazing!
And just when I was thinking "How can you possibly follow up THAT?" Aerosmith proved that they can. Steven Tyler has so much charisma and energy that he can carry the show by himself, I think, and then add the amazing musical ability of the whole band, and especially Joe Perry. They played a mix of new and old songs, and even played two songs from their upcoming album (February release), which is a real bluesy feel (I think it's all covers). Joe Perry sang one of those songs, and he sounds so much like Stevie Ray Vaughn it's almost scary!
The ONLY downside to the show was that it was SO COLD! It hovered around 40 degrees for the whole time, which doesn't sound that bad, but stay out there in it for 4 hours. The venue, which usually has a STRICT 10:30 curfew (I've heard of them cutting the power on bands mid-song), actually let them play until 10:45, but we didn't get any encores from Aerosmith. They really moved their set fast, though - almost no talking between songs, just one song right into the next. I'm sure that was because of the time constraints. Saliva went on late, too, which only added to the problem IMO. Both Kiss and Aerosmith only played for about 1:15 each.
Saliva opened, during which time we got our t-shirt. Apparently about half of the people who came to the show did the same thing.
Kiss - what a spectacular show! It was like a show from their height in the 70s. The newest song they played was from 1983 Lick It Up. They played almost all of the classics. Gene did the breathing fire, and started God of Thunder with the blood thing, which was so cool! Hope, I have to agree with you that Paul's chest and stomach are amazing!
And just when I was thinking "How can you possibly follow up THAT?" Aerosmith proved that they can. Steven Tyler has so much charisma and energy that he can carry the show by himself, I think, and then add the amazing musical ability of the whole band, and especially Joe Perry. They played a mix of new and old songs, and even played two songs from their upcoming album (February release), which is a real bluesy feel (I think it's all covers). Joe Perry sang one of those songs, and he sounds so much like Stevie Ray Vaughn it's almost scary!
The ONLY downside to the show was that it was SO COLD! It hovered around 40 degrees for the whole time, which doesn't sound that bad, but stay out there in it for 4 hours. The venue, which usually has a STRICT 10:30 curfew (I've heard of them cutting the power on bands mid-song), actually let them play until 10:45, but we didn't get any encores from Aerosmith. They really moved their set fast, though - almost no talking between songs, just one song right into the next. I'm sure that was because of the time constraints. Saliva went on late, too, which only added to the problem IMO. Both Kiss and Aerosmith only played for about 1:15 each.
