Journey in Oslo, Norway
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:10 amThis is a quick review of Journey's concert in Oslo, Norway 8. june:
The show was set to Sentrum Scene which holds around 1500 people. It was pretty jampacked, but the venue was so small that you could basicly push your way up to front row without much of a problem. They played for approx. 2 hours. Heres the playlist:
Never Walk Away
Only The Young
Ask The Lonely
Stone In Love
I´ll Be Alright Without You (Deen Castronovo)
After All These Years
Change For The Better
Wheel In The Sky
Lights
Open Arms
Mother Father (Deen Castronovo)
One More
Wildest Dreams
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
What I Needed
Where Did I Lose Your Love
Escape
Faithfully
Don´t Stop Believin´
Anyway You Want It
EXTRA:
Lovin´Touchin´Squeezin´
Be Good To Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F952BPRjfrA&feature=channel (DSB in HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f05QXXRwCnw&feature=channel (Faithfully in HD)
Overall it was a fucking great and intimate concert. The setlist was pretty good; and yes, One More was a blast. I don't understand why they keep including LTS though, cause that song has never, ever, been any good. Probably the best thing about the concert, musicaly, was when Jon started going at it like crazy on his harmonica together with Neal. There was some problems with the sound however, and the detuning was kinda annyoing - and I thought Jon's piano was set way to low in the mix.
Arnel did a fantastic job, and so did both Jon, Deen and Neal. Ross basicly stood way back besides Deen, and looked, at times, like he completly couldn't care less. But I got to give it to Arnel though, cause he really managed to work us up, while doing a good job vocaly.
The crowd was pretty mixed as to age and gender, but I guess the crowd was probably around 35ish in average. I guess 1/6 of the crowd was pinoys. But you know, I allways thought my Journey knowledge was pretty good, but some of the guys there was just crazy. Some of them looked like they hadn't seen sunlight, or something other than pizza, for a lifetime - and one guy behind wouldn't stop bitching about what a good guitarist George Tickner was. So I guess Norway has a small, but hardcore fanbase. Another guy right beside me (around my age: 19) really got on my nerves, and pretty much all the people around him. I mean, I couldn't care less if a guy was gayer than Perez Hilton, but this guy was like Chris Crocker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=PlayList&p=A2C58CDFF32FA25C&index=0&playnext=1) dipped in pink glitter and tasty cotton candy, and the guy would not shut up - but I digress.
In hindsight; a great concert, and it looks like Journey is in great shape and just having a lot of fun.
Oh, btw, this is a clip of the harmonica-thing I mentioned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvlBn06ygSE&feature=channel
The show was set to Sentrum Scene which holds around 1500 people. It was pretty jampacked, but the venue was so small that you could basicly push your way up to front row without much of a problem. They played for approx. 2 hours. Heres the playlist:
Never Walk Away
Only The Young
Ask The Lonely
Stone In Love
I´ll Be Alright Without You (Deen Castronovo)
After All These Years
Change For The Better
Wheel In The Sky
Lights
Open Arms
Mother Father (Deen Castronovo)
One More
Wildest Dreams
Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
What I Needed
Where Did I Lose Your Love
Escape
Faithfully
Don´t Stop Believin´
Anyway You Want It
EXTRA:
Lovin´Touchin´Squeezin´
Be Good To Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F952BPRjfrA&feature=channel (DSB in HD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f05QXXRwCnw&feature=channel (Faithfully in HD)
Overall it was a fucking great and intimate concert. The setlist was pretty good; and yes, One More was a blast. I don't understand why they keep including LTS though, cause that song has never, ever, been any good. Probably the best thing about the concert, musicaly, was when Jon started going at it like crazy on his harmonica together with Neal. There was some problems with the sound however, and the detuning was kinda annyoing - and I thought Jon's piano was set way to low in the mix.
Arnel did a fantastic job, and so did both Jon, Deen and Neal. Ross basicly stood way back besides Deen, and looked, at times, like he completly couldn't care less. But I got to give it to Arnel though, cause he really managed to work us up, while doing a good job vocaly.
The crowd was pretty mixed as to age and gender, but I guess the crowd was probably around 35ish in average. I guess 1/6 of the crowd was pinoys. But you know, I allways thought my Journey knowledge was pretty good, but some of the guys there was just crazy. Some of them looked like they hadn't seen sunlight, or something other than pizza, for a lifetime - and one guy behind wouldn't stop bitching about what a good guitarist George Tickner was. So I guess Norway has a small, but hardcore fanbase. Another guy right beside me (around my age: 19) really got on my nerves, and pretty much all the people around him. I mean, I couldn't care less if a guy was gayer than Perez Hilton, but this guy was like Chris Crocker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=PlayList&p=A2C58CDFF32FA25C&index=0&playnext=1) dipped in pink glitter and tasty cotton candy, and the guy would not shut up - but I digress.
In hindsight; a great concert, and it looks like Journey is in great shape and just having a lot of fun.
Oh, btw, this is a clip of the harmonica-thing I mentioned http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvlBn06ygSE&feature=channel
