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Rave Tiesto, Rave on in Dallas
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| sharper |
WoW! and this is even as I was sober the whole night...still Wow!
This was alot better than I originally expected. Probably the biggest thing to boast about is the venue. The Palladium beats out the Lizard Lounge big time!!! I really wish Armin was there this past spring and not at the LL. And I saw on the flyers that the Fall Meltdown will be at the Palladium this year!
The capacity was 3,000, and even as the show sold out, there was still plenty of space. Of course, front-center and through the back is packed, hot and sweaty. But if you realy wanted to dance, just move to the side or further back and you can find the space. Several bars located everywhere, and they were fast! The entry was fast, scan DL and ticket, and you are in.
There was a huge rule of no cameras. And the security guard that wanted to do random drug searches looked in my purse and saw my camera. He told me that if I'm spotted taking a picture, they would kick me out. Whatever!Everyone had cameras and everyone used them. No one was going to brave going through the huge crowd to get to us I guess. So I took tons of video!!! I'll upload in a bit.
Kean did an amazing job of warming up the crowd! Kudos to him! Once he played "Carry Me Away" - I knew I was ready to have a good time!
Tiesto was scheduled to come on at 11:30, and everyone knows it never works out like that. But he did come on a little after midnight, and that still isn't too bad. Decor was awesome for Dallas, and 3 huge projector screens, along with many many bright lights and smaller screens really lit up the set. I had seen many videos of Tiesto's shows from the past month in how his set goes. So I knew there would be this very lengthy opening. A man talking about the Elements of Life. It was nicely dramatic, but yeah....completely too long. He starts out with some nice tracks. Then he goes completely diva-ish and I wasn't feeling it. The middle part of his set wasn't that good either, but scattered in a couple of great tracks. Diary of Jane was played, and I sang my heart out. He also played several off of his lastest album, yet I didn't hear any of Jes' songs. *shrug* Towards the end, Tiesto really rocked it out. It went completely progressive and the house was jumping!! Some crazy electro ! I loved it!!!! The lights were awesome, bright, colorful, played along with the music and enhanced the whole atmosphere. At the very end, he shoved in Adagio for Strings and Traffic - which was super nice to hear! I was towards the front at that time, and everyone was singing along the melody and jumping around. Good times!!!
Thank you to all the ravers that didn't follow the old rave stereotypes. Yes, I saw glowsticks and lights - that is completely fine, and I also saw a few beads, but it wasn't alot. But I didn't see any crazy outfits, pacifiers, masks, wings, crazy rave toys and I didn't smell any vicks. So I really appreciated that. Everyone really behaved themselves for being ed up. So much better than the Lizard Lounge.
Bummer I was sober the whole time. Ah well, I'm broke anyway. lol But I'm sure the soberness made me highly aggitated at the crowd sometimes. Packed, hot, sweaty, - was pushed around alot, and my poor toes were stomped and jumped on. That's my only bad thing to say about my night. So over all AMAZING NIGHT!!!!
Ph03n1x - Was great to meet you and your girl!! More often, ja?
First videos are up, still uploading more right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdVhvISDgbA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHrEhMN5QvA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HurOWh0x1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZ-42xAyX0 one of my favs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy4F1KWBTEc diary of jane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8T72LoiYbc diary of jane again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mktr20SJOhE Ferry Corsten's Beautiful |
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| AmericnWldChild |
| Can't wait to see your videos! :D Do you know what other tracks he played? Glad to see you had a good time too! |
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| lindt |
| Is there some reason you can't reply to the show threads like everyone else? Just wondering since you post a separate thread with every show review you do. :o |
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| sharper |
| quote: | Originally posted by lindt
Is there some reason you can't reply to the show threads like everyone else? Just wondering since you post a separate thread with every show review you do. :o |
Hey dumbass, there isn't a Tiesto review thread. There might be one for Houston, that was a different event. Or there was a roll call thread, not a review thread. I can start a thread whenever the hell I want. Didn't know you were keeping count.
What is the problem with you damn Canadians? Get the hell out of the Texas forum. |
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| Ph03n1x |
| quote: | | What is the problem with you damn Canadians? Get the hell out of the Texas forum. |
Amen!!!
I met some other canuck at the show and he was a total a-hole.
Nice to meet you too, Sharper. My girl and I had a blast with you and the couple we were with. Good times, Good times!
Random Thoughts:
I really love the venue except I was charged $10 for a red bull and vodka. :whip:
I hope they continue to bring the bigger DJ's to the Palladium.
Oh, the VIP area was way in the back, HA HA! |
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| djjonas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ph03n1x
Amen!!!
I met some other canuck at the show and he was a total a-hole.
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They're all s. Don't know why they continue to come to our forum either
| quote: | Originally posted by lindt
Is there some reason you can't reply to the show threads like everyone else? Just wondering since you post a separate thread with every show review you do. :o |
Is there some reason why you can't stay in the Canadian forum to be an ? If you're gonna rip people here, at least have some ammo when you do dip. |
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| djjonas |
| quote: | Originally posted by sharper
WoW! and this is even as I was sober the whole night...still Wow!
This was alot better than I originally expected. Probably the biggest thing to boast about is the venue. The Palladium beats out the Lizard Lounge big time!!! I really wish Armin was there this past spring and not at the LL. And I saw on the flyers that the Fall Meltdown will be at the Palladium this year!
The capacity was 3,000, and even as the show sold out, there was still plenty of space. Of course, front-center and through the back is packed, hot and sweaty. But if you realy wanted to dance, just move to the side or further back and you can find the space. Several bars located everywhere, and they were fast! The entry was fast, scan DL and ticket, and you are in.
There was a huge rule of no cameras. And the security guard that wanted to do random drug searches looked in my purse and saw my camera. He told me that if I'm spotted taking a picture, they would kick me out. Whatever!Everyone had cameras and everyone used them. No one was going to brave going through the huge crowd to get to us I guess. So I took tons of video!!! I'll upload in a bit.
Kean did an amazing job of warming up the crowd! Kudos to him! Once he played "Carry Me Away" - I knew I was ready to have a good time!
Tiesto was scheduled to come on at 11:30, and everyone knows it never works out like that. But he did come on a little after midnight, and that still isn't too bad. Decor was awesome for Dallas, and 3 huge projector screens, along with many many bright lights and smaller screens really lit up the set. I had seen many videos of Tiesto's shows from the past month in how his set goes. So I knew there would be this very lengthy opening. A man talking about the Elements of Life. It was nicely dramatic, but yeah....completely too long. He starts out with some nice tracks. Then he goes completely diva-ish and I wasn't feeling it. The middle part of his set wasn't that good either, but scattered in a couple of great tracks. Diary of Jane was played, and I sang my heart out. He also played several off of his lastest album, yet I didn't hear any of Jes' songs. *shrug* Towards the end, Tiesto really rocked it out. It went completely progressive and the house was jumping!! Some crazy electro ! I loved it!!!! The lights were awesome, bright, colorful, played along with the music and enhanced the whole atmosphere. At the very end, he shoved in Adagio for Strings and Traffic - which was super nice to hear! I was towards the front at that time, and everyone was singing along the melody and jumping around. Good times!!!
Thank you to all the ravers that didn't follow the old rave stereotypes. Yes, I saw glowsticks and lights - that is completely fine, and I also saw a few beads, but it wasn't alot. But I didn't see any crazy outfits, pacifiers, masks, wings, crazy rave toys and I didn't smell any vicks. So I really appreciated that. Everyone really behaved themselves for being ed up. So much better than the Lizard Lounge.
Bummer I was sober the whole time. Ah well, I'm broke anyway. lol But I'm sure the soberness made me highly aggitated at the crowd sometimes. Packed, hot, sweaty, - was pushed around alot, and my poor toes were stomped and jumped on. That's my only bad thing to say about my night. So over all AMAZING NIGHT!!!!
Ph03n1x - Was great to meet you and your girl!! More often, ja?
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Spot on review. My wife, Dirk and I were all the way back in VIP and still had a great time. Kean did a splendid job keeping the crowd going, even with the constant distractions for the last hour of his set by Tiesto's crew getting the rest of the gear ready to go.
I could have done without the narrative for Elements of Life. Once I got past the egomaniacal antics of Tiesto (I thought it was in poor taste to ask Kean to fade out a track halfway through it and let Tiesto start from dead air), I actually had a pretty good time. Overall track selection was average, but he did manage to throw down Imogen Heap and Max Graham, which I enjoyed very much. The cheese factor was still there, but it wasn't as bad as I anticipated and there was definitely great energy in the room. |
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| AmericnWldChild |
| quote: | Originally posted by djjonas
Overall track selection was average, but he did manage to throw down Imogen Heap and Max Graham, which I enjoyed very much. The cheese factor was still there, but it wasn't as bad as I anticipated and there was definitely great energy in the room. |
What Max Graham track did he play? :conf: |
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| Dirk W. |
| quote: | Originally posted by AmericnWldChild
What Max Graham track did he play? :conf: |
I Know You're Gone - some new remix of it. |
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| djjonas |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dirk W.
I Know You're Gone - some new remix of it. |
And it was a pretty kick ass remix. I wish I knew what it was. I tried to find it this weekend. |
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| racing4hoes |
what problem you got with ravers? if it wasnt for them there wouldnt be a scene! It would be just a julio/scenester type party!
-ryan |
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| djjonas |
| quote: | Originally posted by racing4hoes
what problem you got with ravers? if it wasnt for them there wouldnt be a scene! It would be just a julio/scenester type party!
-ryan |
She meant the ones that are just annoying beyond tolerance. You know which ones she means.
This guy? Acceptable.
This guy? Not so much.
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