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Post by sunky on Feb 15, 2009 8:16:09 GMT 7
Well, thought I'd start a thread for this ... Tonight we are seeing the Cats play their final tour in Australia, starts off in Perth tonight. One of the guys I work with is in a rockabilly band in Perth and part of the scene here. Anyway his friend that works for a shipping company that is looking after the Cats gear invited him down on Friday to see all the instruments and outfits. He showed me some of the photo's he took ... so jealous. He got a few photo's of him with Brian's guitars, Slim Jim's drums and Lee Rockers double bass ... and their wardrobe's were just insane. These full portable set ups with photo's of classic rockabilly stars, hot rod cars ... everything you would expect. Also there was a cool collection of shoes and so much hair wax! like about 20 tubs of the stuff ... hahah! Also I found out that the guys were holding their first rehersal right around the corner from where Bree and I used to live. That was last night (Saturday). Also the band that is supporting them tonight is Day of the Dead, the guitarist is Bree's old boss ... so check them out: www.dayofthedead.com.au/profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=57229457Anyway ... Im so excited its not funny!  |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 15, 2009 8:57:35 GMT 7
that's so awesome!!! i want to hear all about it, eeek i'm so excited! i've been wondering who the supports would be. are they just going one Perth show? there's three Melbourne ones, i'm going to the first and have another gig on the same night as the second, but maybe if there's tix left to the third i might go. i've been secretly hoping i'll see the guys from The Living End there, or that Chris would join them on stage, haha. i was looking in JB for more of their stuff to get but it was just a bunch of different Best Ofs so i didn't bother, i've just got this one:  |
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Post by sunky on Feb 15, 2009 9:16:40 GMT 7
I've been thinking about the same thing with TLE ...  ... they'd have to do something ... wouldn't they? Yeah I've got 2 best of's ... actually 3 ... there was a Best Of but it was just live recordings of the songs ... seriously how many do they have? ... the 2 I have aren't the one you posted either. |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 15, 2009 9:29:45 GMT 7
okay cool. the ones i saw were probably the ones you own, they had all the same songs so didn't see the point in buying them. i still haven't bought their live DVD though, i don't really watch music dvds that much. do you have that?
i don't think TLE will do anything with them... it's a farewell tour after all, so i guess it's all about them. i'm hoping i'll see the guys watching from the side or something though, or maybe see Andy walking around. maybe i'll go and lurk on the TLE forum for a bit and see what people are saying.
this is kind of random, but did you ever see the episode of 90210 where Brian performed at the After Dark? it's from season 9, it's not on youtube though. he plays about three songs, it's cool.
/90210 nerd
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 15, 2009 9:57:11 GMT 7
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Post by boelsen on Feb 15, 2009 10:16:44 GMT 7
they look a bit different from the 1981 live clip i looked at before to check out the songs you suggested bec |
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Post by cleanwhitesheets on Feb 15, 2009 11:06:33 GMT 7
...Also there was a cool collection of shoes and so much hair wax! like about 20 tubs of the stuff ... hahah! i had the hugest giggle when i read about the copious tubs of hair wax! ah, i truly love rockabilly |
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Post by cleanwhitesheets on Feb 15, 2009 11:12:26 GMT 7
that's so awesome!!! i want to hear all about it, eeek i'm so excited! i've been wondering who the supports would be. are they just going one Perth show? there's three Melbourne ones, i'm going to the first and have another gig on the same night as the second, but maybe if there's tix left to the third i might go. i've been secretly hoping i'll see the guys from The Living End there, or that Chris would join them on stage, haha. i was looking in JB for more of their stuff to get but it was just a bunch of different Best Ofs so i didn't bother, i've just got this one: i have this best of, it's a good place to start, features some cool tunes like 'stray cat strut', 'rebels rule' and 'runaway boys'. and you're not wrong, there are a ton of best ofs out there! but i guess they have been around since the late 70's 1990's 'rock this town' seems like one of the only official best ofs, but i'm not entirely sure.. |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 15, 2009 12:01:48 GMT 7
someone sent me some links to their video clips, it seems i'm missing Look At That Cadillac, Bring It Back Again, Gina, and Gene And Eddie - if anyone has these could they possibly upload them for me? i'm worried i'm not going to know a whole bunch of songs they play on thursday  |
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Post by sunky on Feb 16, 2009 6:27:14 GMT 7
Oh you'll know a lot! ... you've never heard Gene and Eddie? I'll hook you up ... its my favourite track. I'll hook you up. Anyway the show was AMAZING! We had so much fun. The energy these guys have is unbeleivable, the stage antics were crazy, the songs were perfectly played too. A really great mix and you could see they were sad to be saying goodbye I guess ... I think this time is for real. Got to hear Rock this Town, Stray Cat Strut, Rumble in Brighton, Crybaby, Gene and Eddie, Fishnet Stockings, Runaway Boys, I Fought the Law and a bunch of others too ... and there were songs I didn't know, but I still got into them. I only had my iPhone on me, so the photo's don't do the show (and our spot) justice:  |
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Post by sunky on Feb 16, 2009 7:09:06 GMT 7
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 16, 2009 8:58:41 GMT 7
awesome, thanks i'll download tonight. glad you had fun, i'm getting so excited just from seeing that photo! i generally don't dance, but i know i'm going to want to dance at this gig. my friend has some 40yo lady from her work who's a crazy fan and apparently she has the stray cat tattoo on her boob  |
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Post by blue_june_destroyer on Feb 17, 2009 18:58:19 GMT 7
Bec, I danced so much that I had incredibly sore legs and had to stand under the hot shower for a while when we got home so I could walk to bed!
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 18, 2009 4:49:05 GMT 7
lmao!
what kind of merch did they have...? i'm kind of over buying band tees now, i never wear them.
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Post by sunky on Feb 18, 2009 6:25:37 GMT 7
Had some good shirts, girls ones with the cats logo and tour dates ... there was a white top with picture of the guys from their younger days. All up about 4, maybe 5 shirts ... I got this one: www.flickr.com/photos/brunky/3287809686/they also had their best of album (the rumble in brighton one) for sale ... what a surprise! |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 19, 2009 5:36:55 GMT 7
omg, i got an email from Tom @ Faster Louder who is the Melbourne editor and knows alot of the bands i like, and he said "i can't give you any info but make you arrive in time to catch the supports for Stray Cats tonight".
it HAS to be TLE, he knows i'm a huge fan. eeeeek!!!!!!
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Post by sunky on Feb 19, 2009 6:34:01 GMT 7
It won't be TLE ... it will be ... The Runaway Boys! ... Bec, so jealous if it is! |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 19, 2009 6:40:43 GMT 7
someone else confirmed it for me, it's them!!!!!! this is going to be the best night ever!
there's another band called Runaway Boys now who are a ripoff of both Stray Cats and TLE haha. they supported TLE on the pre-White Noise tour last Feb when they were testing out the new songs as the Longnecks. Chris was the singer's guitar teacher i think.
they were alright, i didn't see big potential though like i'd imagine people saw with TLE back in the day.
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Post by sunky on Feb 19, 2009 11:43:19 GMT 7
holy crap! Living End ... Stray Cats ... CRAZY! ... take photo's, video ... Im looking at flights over to Melbourne now. haaha ... joking. I wish. I expect a FULL report! |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 19, 2009 11:59:30 GMT 7
hahaha i thought you were serious about the flights for a sec. i can't take video because i've got my DSLR, but believe me i'll be taking plenty photos. imagine if they came out and played with them for Stray Cat Strut - omfg! what was the encore at your show?
i think i might hang around after the show and try and meet either band, depending on how many other people are waiting.
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Post by sunky on Feb 19, 2009 13:24:57 GMT 7
They did 2 encores, so don't leave! the second encore was ... something I can't remember right now and then they finished with 'I Fought the Law' ... which was awesome! I hope TLE play some of their old school rockabilly tracks, Living in Sin, Hellbound, Table Top Show, The Living End, Strange , Closing In ... actually I could see them playing a full instrumental set. Something special. When we saw TLE on the last tour I swear they tease Stray Cat Strutt while they were waiting for Chris' guitar tech Can't wait to see the photo's ... |
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Post by sunky on Feb 19, 2009 20:26:31 GMT 7
urgh ... I can't wait to hear how this show went.
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 19, 2009 21:20:31 GMT 7
hahaha, okay i'm back! i got back to my car and the fucker wouldn't start (didn't this morning either) so i had to get the RACV to come and jump start me, it didn't ruin my night though! so TLE were the only support, and it was a big secret right up until they came one because there were no signs or anything up stating the playing times or anything. i saw Rae out the front before the gig but i don't know if i would have remembered it was her if i didn't know TLE were gonna be there. anyway they played a setlist that was fairly similar to their normal shows but just shorter and less of their hits. they pulled out English Army in the middle though which was awesome, it was cool to be able to hear it with Chris's matured singing voice, it sounded really good. Chris kept looking at me cos i was singing all the words ;D hopefully a video will show up somewhere. and i'm pretty sure this was the first time EVER that i've seen them and they didn't play Prisoner, thank fucking god! at the end Chris said it was their last song, and a few seconds later was like "those no's don't sound very convincing". people just didn't seem anywhere near as excited to see them as i expected... maybe alot of people showed up later not knowing, i'm not sure. i took a bunch of pics but i knew i'd have to sneak my camera in so i just took my 50mm lens, and i managed to bypass the bag check so i got it in okay, but spent the whole time wishing i had my other lens Stray Cats opened with Rumble In Brighton which was cool, but after that the next two songs i didn't know. i probably knew about two thirds of the set, so it was really fun but i just wished i'd have known all the songs, especially after singing along to every single word of TLE. their suits were hilarious! (kind of hilariously bad), but once they took of their jackets they weren't quite as bad. oh yeah and i was a little to the right of the middle, front row, right in front of Scott/Lee Rocker. Rock This Town went off, that was easily my favourite of the night. the crowd seemed a bit weird, i was expecting they'd be cheering like crazy the whole night but it didn't really seem like it... it was only their big hits that everyone seemed to sing along to. and for the second encore..... CHRIS CAME OUT!!! i actually got tears in my eyes, i was so happy for him. they played three songs together but i didn't know any of them so that was kind of disappointing but yeah, all in all a really great show. i wouldn't go quite as far as saying it was awesome seeing as i've only been listened to the Cats heavily for a short amount of time, but it was a great night and i'm glad i went. oh yeah and after the show i was standing around talking to a friend, still on the dancefloor but nowhere near the stage, and i looked down and one of Brian's guitar picks was on the fucking ground right in front of me! i'll feel bad if someone else had it and dropped it. wow that was a long post, sorry! just had to get it all out before i forget stuff. i'll post pics soon, probably not until saturday though cos i'm shooting Kaki King tomorrow night. |
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Post by cleanwhitesheets on Feb 20, 2009 10:34:38 GMT 7
wow, sounds like a great show! would've been so nice to see chris with the strays during the 2nd encore!! did your pics turn out okay? |
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Post by sunky on Feb 20, 2009 16:26:25 GMT 7
Wow Bec, sounds like it was a great night. (my brain is fried ... I'll reply more later) |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 22, 2009 12:23:09 GMT 7
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Post by sunky on Feb 22, 2009 13:20:27 GMT 7
all I can say is ... OH MY GOD! |
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 22, 2009 14:32:30 GMT 7
someone that i've been talking to on flickr knows Emma (Chris's wife) and is going to email some copies of her pics to her to show Chris and asked if i wanted to send some of mine too, yay!
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Post by boelsen on Feb 22, 2009 15:50:12 GMT 7
nice shots bec! you snuck in more than you're 50mm i guess?
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Post by de-tec-tive on Feb 22, 2009 15:57:34 GMT 7
nah i just took my 50mm, i knew it'd be impossible to get my other lens in. it's so annoying, the 50mm gets such better shots but i love having zoom! i'm not ready to fork out heaps for something with a great zoom and low aperture. one day....
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