Members Axeslinger Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 DEC 15th Tampa!!!I cannot WAIT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Not me. Then again, I'm still trying to figure out what TSO is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Malfunction Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Not me but 4 shows the same night in 2 different cities??? wow thats just impressive ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axeslinger Posted November 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Trans Siberian Orchestra One of the best shows you'll see anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 My wife and I are going on the 14th. Should be cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Who the hell can afford to? I'd love to take the family but last time I priced it...well let's just say if we had gone there would have been no Christmas presents for anybody.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kayd_mon Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Originally Posted by Mav64 Who the hell can afford to? I'd love to take the family but last time I priced it...well let's just say if we had gone there would have been no Christmas presents for anybody.... Truth. My wife asked for it for her present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mav64 Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Originally Posted by kayd_mon Truth. My wife asked for it for her present. Your wife sounds awesome! Guess I'll have to pick up a concert DVD if they have any. Already have a bunch of the cd's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 I would like to go, but they are not coming around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitzilla Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Saw the first night of the tour in Peoria, IL. This is the best paced show that they have done. In the past, the "story seemed to drag out for to long. They have trimmed a lot of the fat off of it and it is a great show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 We saw them a couple of tears ago. Blew us away! I'm sure this year's show is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AaronF Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 I've seen them four times. Not going this year but would love to. They are really great. I like how they abide by all of the OSHA rules and wear harnesses when they are 8 ft. off of the ground . How rock n roll of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axeslinger Posted November 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by AaronF I've seen them four times. Not going this year but would love to. They are really great. I like how they abide by all of the OSHA rules and wear harnesses when they are 8 ft. off of the ground . How rock n roll of them. Well,,,, I'm sure the majority of you voted for more Gubermint in the last 2-3 election cycles... Reap what you've sownUntil it dies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AaronF Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by Axeslinger Well,,,, I'm sure the majority of you voted for more Gubermint in the last 2-3 election cycles... Reap what you've sownUntil it dies... Hey now, let's not get political, we're talking about great music here.EDIT: I just realized you're the OP. Do whatever you want in your own thread. My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axeslinger Posted November 30, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 I like kool-aid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Psychotronic Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by Malfunction Not me but 4 shows the same night in 2 different cities??? wow thats just impressive! There are 2 touring companies of the same show so they can cover the entire country in the space of 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thurston Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Never seen them but that Christmas song of theirs that plays non-stop during this time of year is ANNOYING AS {censored}!!!! Would still watch live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d_dave_c Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 They're going to be here on the 26th. For a Christmas show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cheezit66 Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by Axeslinger Trans Siberian OrchestraOne of the best shows you'll see anywhere! Based on what little I've seen before I expected Christmas-themed hard-rock bombast. But that looked like a Broadway show with guitars, down to the Les Mis singing style. Which is great if that floats your boat. But have they changed a lot since a few years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arr0wHead Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by Thurston Never seen them but that Christmas song of theirs that plays non-stop during this time of year is ANNOYING AS {censored}!!!! Would still watch live. Thing that gets my goat is that Paul made that a SAVATAGE song. Then when it hit big, he made it a TSO song. Now Savatage gets zero credit, and TSO gets tons of support from that one tune (as no other has had the success). The first year that hit radio, it was the original Savatage recording, as far as I recall. I just feel like somehow Jon Oliva took a big kick in the nuts on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sxyryan Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 I got to go last year in Pittsburgh. Not my idea, my girl's family had tickets for some reason, and one of the group couldn't go. I wouldn't choose it over a regular rock show, but it is one heck of a spectacle. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axeslinger Posted December 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 I think the best one I've seen was in 2010 in Tampa.. But then again, Robin Zander of Cheap Trick popped up on stage and they did 3 or 4 Cheap Trick tunes VERY WELL!! I remember my wife and I walking out and saying almost simultaneously " I don't recall seeing a better show anywhere!" And between the two of, we have seen everyone from AC/DC to Metallica to Zeplin to Bonamassa to Van Halen to Rush to, well, you get the picture.. I'm looking forward to the 15th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Psychotronic Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Well, you need to remember that the last several Savatage records were written by Paul and Jon. The TSO records? Written by Paul and Jon. How is Jon getting screwed here? He's not, he makes plenty of cash from TSO. And, this is technically a cover tune anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axeslinger Posted December 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 I've seen Jon Oliva at every TSO show I've been to. And Paul O'Neill has performed at least one song with the band at every TSO show I've seen.. Neither one ever seemed to be too upset by the proceedings;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arr0wHead Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Well, you need to remember that the last several Savatage records were written by Paul and Jon. The TSO records? Written by Paul and Jon. How is Jon getting screwed here? He's not, he makes plenty of cash from TSO. And, this is technically a cover tune anyway. I getcha, but it's like writing a song with your band, then the band has a hit with the song. Now you go join another band, and take that song with you - releasing a new version with the new band that is so close to the original that people don't know it's two different bands/songs. Seems sketchy. However I understand that the song was never actually MEANT to be a Savatage tune. I just feel like once it WAS, it should have stayed that way. Look in this very thread, at the people that expected TSO to be much heavier and more rock oriented after hearing just that tune on the radio. I didn't realize that Oliva was getting bank from TSO, as he doesn't tour with them and I didn't know their arrangement. But I went from elation that first winter when all the pop stations were playing SAVATAGE to utter disappointment the following year when it was re-recorded and released as a TSO tune. And while it's well known that Paul wrote the musical that became "streets" and the title and a few tracks on "Gutter Ballet", It was Jon's voice and Criss's guitars that made those albums amazing. The writing itself, sadly, turned off quite a few fans. I loved those two albums, but the stuff afterwards was terrible. Even with better vocals, fancier writing, and better musicians, the newer stuff was terrible. I just see TSO as a further extension of this. And when I heard Christmas Eve Sarajevo (a unique orchestral ARRANGEMENT, not a "cover" per se) on the radio I thought it was a sign of a big comeback for the band. Instead, it seemed to have been the final nail in the coffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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