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Originally posted by stan229 trust me you werent the ONLY one i pretty much sang all the vocal songs that he played that ive heard before and knew the lyrics to

+1

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What a waste of $40 dollars. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I really can't understand why anyone would think PvD's set last night was amazing or mind blowing. It was boring, his mixing was shit, the drummer in the background just ruined it even more, and I was almost falling asleep. I left at about 9:30 when I heard him play another mix of The Other Side. The last time I saw PvD and truely enjoyed it was probably in 2002 or 2003. Last night reminded me why I never go to PvD's shows anymore. Bad.

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meh..i told my friends that when PVD became number 1 that he wasnt gonna be there long. His performance last night pretty much verified my statement. the first 2 and a half hours were unbelievably booooring. i mean c'mon...your the number 1 dj in the world and u let tracks drag out beginning to end and even loop it to last longer.

Then the set got energetic for like a half hour when he had multiple tracks playing together and was doin his 3 minute mix thing, then it died out for like another 45 mins and then at the end he dropped for an angel and time of our lives which are both solid tracks that are always fun hearing live.

But anyways, he was defintely disappointing, he didnt even have a good opener, a lot of times he is creative with his openings but yesterday was the exception. He also played some cool tracks, but overall i wasnt impressed with track selection and the way he built up his set.

and i disagree with those of u who said last year sucked, i had a waaay better time last year than i did this year, he started strong and ended strong, the energy didnt drop for 1 second. This year the crowd didnt even look into it for the most part, everyone was conversing more than they were enjoying the show, thats an obvious sign of things needing to change.

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had a pretty great time last nite, thought he threw down a pretty nice set imo..wasn't there from the start but stepped in right as he dropped Rank 1 - Life Less Ordinary, went over and grabbed some beer..after spendin 35min for the bathroom i decided it was better to be somewhat sober and dancin then drunk and watchin paul from a line but on to the more important bits..

ive never seen a dj so active behind the decks! it seemed like everytime i looked up he was clappin, jumpin up and down, smilin from ear to ear and just havin a great time...mixing seemed decent, or at least from 7 - 8 he seemed to be in a groove, transitioning btwn tracks pretty quickly and keepin up the energy...he def slowed things down a bit and the last 40 min were a lil predictable but fun nonetheless..he dropped stormy skies which was just ok, and complicated i was not a fan of at all.. ..i did like his mashup of playmo/ATRC early on and there was a few min that was straight out of his set from this year's coloursfest..think it was a transition into Rob Van Gelderen - This Way (Rank 1 Remix)..lasers/light set up was awesome, def better effect without a tent over em

overall i had a great time, it was nice seein a lot of guys out again and at the afterparty too, ryan and vic's sets were def solid..got to hear mindcircus for the first time on a big system which made my night..left right around 4 so i could get some rest for Rd. 2...see ya'll there

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His set was fine, the crowd was horrible, but ive become accustomed to that at his gigs recently.

As ive probably been going to see pvd spin for a lot longer than most people on this board i can say that this was not his best, nor his worst, but was just a solid pvd set. Hard beats, breaks, techno and trance....just like you would expect from him.

The one thing i REALLY disliked was the live drummer. While he was talented, i feel that live drummers just do not belong in edm sets. Not only can a live drummer not keep up with a computerized drum pattern but on top of that his high hats were falling on the beats of the tracks as well, making it sound like pvd was messing up his mixes.

gonna grab a bottle of wine with the old lady and go sit outside his show tonight and just listen and enjoy.

oh, and what is with all the pushing that goes on in the crowd? what the fuck?

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the pushin and the people jumpin gnot knowing whats aronud them and stepping on your feet or practically fallling on oyu.. if it wasnt for the good tracks in teh last hour i dont know what i would do cuz it was like a moshpit there lol i had no room to even move my feet

totally agreed, i mean, i dont expect a summer of 97 show at twilo with 800 people there, i know its gonna be crowded, but still......... respect for people and for the music was totally lacking last night on the floor. if you left the floor on the outskirts seemed to be the most intelligent/chilled out folks

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ill keep my review short despite the precedents the previous TAs have set..

1) this set was pathetic compared to last year's CP and roseland

2) the drummer was amazing & i'm surprised he kept up the whole night... PvD could learn a lot about music from him

3) what the hell was with the music in the beginning, you know, the Showtime softcore porn music they were playing... it was horrible and i never want to hear it again

ATTN PVD
Get your head out of your ass & make up for this travesty, this poor excuse for a trance event. Make up for it at Roseland or you & tiesto will be fighting for #50. Armin, Above & Beyond, Matthew Dekay, Serge Devant, and Jason Jollins are getting my votes.

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Originally posted by Hassassin this set was pathetic compared to last year's CP

WOW. That doesn't say a lot.

I don't know. I'm going to have to agree with Hog. his opening was great n a little after it...but I was fooled as the night progressed. around 8ish he was putting me to sleep. in all the times I've seen him, I never expected him to disappoint me but yesterday he did. he did play some nice new tunes but 'other side' twice?

the lights were great. nice job by made, had a better time looking at the trees lol. but let me point this out since nobody has....the sound just SUCKED BALLS!! why don't they put speakers in the back on stands or something. armin @ tobacco warehouse was perfect, that's exactly how they should of set it up. not just 1 on each side of the stage.

let me also point out that he came on too late. bringing the tent down, putting cardboard around the equipment, covering the decks...the staff was just confused. I would of had a better time listening to the caribbean music all night- sarcasm.

overall,

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