Posted in: Live Music by siva on July 24th, 2008 | 8 Comments
My review of Radiohead live in Dallas.
As part of my bday gift from Suzie (one of the best gifts I’ve ever gotten btw), she got me tickets to see Radiohead in Dallas. Radiohead is one of my all time favourite band right up there with the Beatles and Led Zep. I’ve seen them only once in my life but it was in a festival setting back in 98(I believe) and it was a very short set.
Anyways back to Dallas…Radiohead…with my wife…amphitheater. It was great. The anticipation, the atmosphere, the excitement as we walked in, you could cut it with a knife. And that was just at the parking lot!. As we approached the amphitheater, it was my first concert in an amphitheater so I did not know what to expect, we got our tickets scanned and all that good stuff, walking into the place was like walking into a whole new world. There were a mix of very diverse people everywhere. Felt like a festival, a hippie compound on one side, a yuppie-college gathering on the other side but love, I believe for music atleast, was in the air. In our excitement however, I forgot to grab the camera. D’oh!
The facility was excellent.We browsed around all the stands that was set up, mostly from Waste, their environmental organization that Radiohead is associated with and grabbed a drink before looking for our seats.I dare say I was probably acting like a giddy little school boy going to his first day of school.
The opening act was a band by the name of Liars. I am disappointed with myself for not knowing who they were prior to this concert because they were actually pretty good. The lead singer was a joy to watch. He was busting out with all this crazy dance moves on stage. You don’t get to see a lot of skinny little white kids dancing like that on stage in a rock concert. Musically they were tight too. The band sounds like The Battles with a proper singer. They kept the crowd going, hyping the audience into a frenzy for the main event. Dedicating a song to Radiohead and telling us how excited Radiohead was to be here today and how hyped and pumped they were backstage, made me even giddier with excitement. He preluded to a treat we were about to get and what a treat it was!
Allen July 24th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Dude you should be a music jounalist if you are not already, this whole article was tight. I actually felt like i was there with you. Awesome my friend, kudos, lots of kudos.
Tammy July 24th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Siva,
I like it! You made your story very interesting by including so many details.
Jennifer July 25th, 2008 at 3:18 am
WOW U ARE A VERY SKILLED WRITER … LOTS OF DETAILS !! U CAN READ THIS CLOSE UR EYES AND ACTUALLY THINK U R THERE UR SELF !! VERY GOOD WRITING MY FRIEND !!!
Rose July 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
hey it is great I liked it alot
Livy August 1st, 2008 at 1:16 am
Yeah everyone’s comment does have one thing in common that I will have to agree upon. You are very detailed. I can just picture it in my head.
Amypoohwho August 2nd, 2008 at 6:07 pm
DUDE! That was sooooo intense,I thought I was beside you about to hit a climax myself….KUDOS my man!!
Mr Arkadin August 14th, 2008 at 1:25 am
very nice indeed !
CaptainFritz September 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Very nice review! I’m guessing you were not in the lawn? I was in the lawn at the Dallas show and I noticed they did not have any of the outside speakers and TV’s on which made it super hard to hear and see. The show it self was amazing but I could not get passed how quiet it was. Why would they do this?? I was very upset but yet happy I got to see Radiohead. PS: I was In the big green school bus in the parking lot!