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Rotterdam: The Day After; Warning: a James-fangirl's perspective!
Topic Started: March 31, 2009, 7:11 am (1,743 Views)
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So here I'm am, sitting behind my computer, posting something on MC, just like every other day and yet everything is different, because now there's a time Before Metallica, and a time After Metallica. So according to my new calendar it's now day 1 A.M. My ears are still ringing, but I like it because it reminds me of last night.

Let's start with the openers: I felt kinda bad for The Sword, the quality of their sound was absolutely horrible. It just sounded like a lot of noise to me, and the lyrics could've been about the Teletubbies or butterflies, I couldn't understand shit. I kept thinking how the singer was in bad need of a good conditioner, you know it's a bad thing when you notice these things.
Then came Machine Head, now THAT was fun! The singer was a tiny dude but with a big voice and a big attitude. They had a great show and they really got the crowd going.

When the Ecstasy Of Gold started I thought I was about to burst with excitement (btw it was my first time seeing them). I was standing pretty close, but when the first notes of TWJYL started there suddenly was a shockwave from behind me pushing everybody forward, I took use of the situation and pushed myself even furter forward. I suddenly find myself right in front of one of the mics, holy shit this is a good spot, I'm staying right here! I turned around to signal to my boyfriend, who was about 3 meters behind me, that I was okay and that I wasn't going anywhere. When I turned back around: OMG Kirk right in front of me!

I hear singing and look to my left, James-motherfucking-Hetfield! He than moved to the mic right in front of me! The first few times he stood there I's sure my face was like :o It was surreal, I was surprised to see him "OMG it's really him!" like I was half expecting some dude to come out that didn't look anything like he does in all the pics I've seen.I cannot believe how friggin good he looked in real life, and how close he was, no more than 5 meters away! I didn't think it was possible but he looked even better then I expected, he was so fit, he lost a ton of weight compared to a couple of months ago. We got a lot of James-action from the side of the stage where I was standing: evil-faces, o-faces, smiles (altough not a whole lot, but more about that later) tongue-action, James on his knees, shirtless(!) at one point I see him going off to the right and I'm wondering what he's doing there, holy fuck, he's changing shirts! So I got a nice view of shirtless-James :drool , bonuspoints for the night! I could swear he looked right at me a couple of times, but I could be making that up. "James-Magnetic" was the word tonight, everybody reacted so strong to him, he demanded attention and he made sure he got it. I forgot the lyrics just because I was staring at him!
Oh, and the last finding on that neck-tattoo? It's fucking hot! There, I said it.

The setlist was killer, it's so nice not to know what to expect. BBS live was amazing, Thingy was great, I liked every song. My only small complaint is that I would've liked something more from AJFA than just "One" and something from Load. I had the feeling that someone was off during the first few minutes of TDTNC, maybe Kirk, my friend said he heard several small fuck-ups from Kirk throughout the show. I read that there were technical problems with the drumkit during One but I didn't hear it, probably too distracted by the pyro, wow can you say hot?!
The encore was surprising, I was expecting 2 covers before Seek but we got Of Wolf And Man and Trapped Under Ice!

I dont know what was going on with James but Papa Het was not in a jolly good mood last night. He even said so after the third song, something like:"I gotta be honest with you, I was in a crap mood tonight but you guys make me feel better!" well, I don't think he got out of his crappy mood completely, maybe towards the end of the show. He just wasn't smiling as much as I expected (which made the few times he didn't even more special, I thought I was about to melt, but that also could've been the heat) and sometimes he even looked a bit annoyed. Makes me wonder how that m&g went. I'm curious what others at the concert thought of it, but I think it was pretty noticeable.
And then Kirk, I think I saw 2 half-assed smiles from him towards the end, that's all! :huh: He seemed a bit out of it, according to my boyfriend he looked "fucking high", I guess that's possible :rolleyes:
Lars was great, working the crowd true Lars Ulrich-style and Robert was also really cool. I was just so surreal to see them in real life and so close! And they all looked so ridiculously good (except maybe Kirk, but I'm just dissapointed he didn't smile)

I thought :"wouldnt it be cool if I saw Ross Halfin here?", no I didn't see him, but I did see Anton Corbijn! That by itself was pretty amazing (for you guys that don't know, he shot almost all the promotionals for the Load-albums, Garage Inc, St. Anger and Death Magnetic) I don't know if he was there for buniness or pleasure, at one point I saw him with 2 kids, but maybe he took some shots of the guys backstage.

The whole show was over in about 130 minutes, but it felt much shorter! My legs hurt like hell but it was so worth it, and after a 2 hour drive home I was completely done with it. I'm now Metalli-addicted, I wanna go again! I'm seeing them again in 3 months A.M but now I also wanna go the the concert in Oberhousen 6 weeks A.M, but I don't think I can convince the boyfriend :rolleyes:
This turned out much lengthier than I planned, sorry about that! I'm just still so full of it!
Oh and pick up a tourprogramme if you can, it's really great!

Btw, this was the setlist:

That Was Just Your Life
The End Of The Line
No Remorse
The Thing That Should Not Be
One
Broken, Beat And Scarred
My Apocalypse
Sad But True
Turn the Page
All Nightmare Long
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
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Of Wolf And Man
Trapped Under Ice
Seek and Destroy
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That's a good setlist! I'm glad that you enjoyed the concert so much and I wonder too why James' was in a bad mood. It must be so awesome to see James that close (enough to see his neck tat lol) !!! Also The Ecstasy of Gold has that strong effect on so many people,because you know that this is it,it's time to rock!! Even when I watch concerts on video and I hear Ecstasy of Gold my Heart skips a beat, I don't know it's just that powerful to me. :P

Hope your Boyfriend can be convinced (I don't think it will take a lot of convincing. :P) enough so you could go see them again Oberhousen! :D
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I was there too. It was my 11th concert and I was at the opposite site of the stage. :)
About the sword is nothing else to say. There where really bad. But machine head kicked asses. It was my second time I saw them. It was awesome. I cought a drumstick :cool
Then there was Metallica! I can say ist was great. Best setlist EVER!! Lars was cool as ever. Actin with the crowd and doing funny faces. Rob was posin all the time (that's what he does. And I like it) Kirk was shy as ever. I couldn't find something strange on him. But I can say he gave us a smile! There was a guy having a banner: Metallica we love you!! When Kirk saw that he raised his thumb and smiled at them. He was normal as ever. I don't know what happend on the other side of the stage but on my side it seemed I saw a diffent concert :P
Jaymz was funny, smiling, actin with us. That was great. Once he made jokes on a security and had a brilliant lough about himself. There was this little 10year old girl two meters next to me and he seemed to like it. He gave her a plec and showed her horns and all that. For me it was a great concert. I had a lot of fun. cought two plecs and a beach ball. OH YEA and I talked to James. Yes it's true. He was standing in front of me throwing plecs in the crowed. I wanted one too. So I screamed JAAAAAAAMEEEEESSS!!! Really really loud. Of course he heared it. So he looked at me, said: JA and went away smilin :P That was sooooo cute. I think he was happy that I remembered him was his name was *loughs* that is what his "ja" sounded like.
Was someone else at the show? Maybe there are some more opinions about the moods of the boyz
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So glad you had a great time. :D James is such an honest guy. He does his best, whether he's sick as hell or just sick of shit in his life. He's great. :) And ugh, what is it with Europe getting the best setlists ever, I swear. *stews in own anger*
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Glad you both had a great time!!

And thank you for sharing your experience!! :D

I'm just a little bit jealous :lol: I couldn't go :rolleyes:

But I cant wait to see them on Sonisphere :nanner:
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happy you both had great time there... :heart: :)
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I am so fucking tired I can't even type normally...
I had to get up at 6.30 am, so... AAARGH.

But, I had a fucking blast, and a fucking good view (I was first ring)

Oh, I was right across the backstage room so when the doors opened I could peek inside :biggrin
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Mar 31 2009, 10:30 AM
Oh, I was right across the backstage room so when the doors opened I could peek inside :biggrin

what did you see ?? ;)
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Mar 31 2009, 04:32 PM
what did you see ?? ;)

Uh.... Lars, three times, and Rob, and James stretching :P hehe
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Mar 31 2009, 10:39 AM
Uh.... Lars, three times, and Rob, and James stretching :P hehe

:o LUCKY!!
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Mar 31 2009, 06:30 AM
I am so fucking tired I can't even type normally...
I had to get up at 6.30 am, so... AAARGH.

But, I had a fucking blast, and a fucking good view (I was first ring)

Oh, I was right across the backstage room so when the doors opened I could peek inside  :biggrin

You should've sneaked inside :lol:

Oh, I went too, btw. Stood very close to the stage, had eyecontact with James XD
Yaps, it was a great concert!
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Awesome, girls!! :D :horns2
I'm so jealous of you. You get to see them so close. My first experience is going to be just musical, because I'm going to sit further away from the stage. I think it may be better that way. It would be too much for me to see James so close. :P
Maybe next time then...
I bet the neck tattoo looked hot. It looks so hot in the pics. I was surprised I liked that so much, but it's BADASS and BADASS is hot !!
I wonder why he was in a pissy mood. Maybe he's had a little "discussion" with his wife about that tattoo. I know she wasn't happy for him to have more arm tattoos, so I suspect she was furious about the neck tat. :P
Anyway... you seem to have an unforgettable experience and I'm waiting to have a similar on June 14th. :biggrin
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^James didn't seem to have a pissy mood AT ALL!
He smiled a lot. Maybe it had to do with our spot :lol: I dunno, but I think the 'I'm in a crappy mood' wasn't meant to be taken too serious.

But to me, it was Kirk who looked like he wanted to go home.
The man didn't smile once and he held up his arms likle he does only once or twice (I saw it only once). Normally, when he feels good, he does it way more often.
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Holy %$#@ are you lucky or what? I'm glad u made it to the front row :)
This was a good read Sanne :horns2
And yeah I agree that the neck tatoo looks hot on him :drool
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Yep the necktatoo is hot. Thought is when I saw the first pic of it. But yesterday I found it even hotter. That looks really great on him!
:drool
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