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Thoughts of Giant Maximus NYE with Tiesto (pg. 2)
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| CrazedOut |
| quote: | Originally posted by kurtisboot
SO I am going to try and make this as positive as possible.
Pro's:
The aroma of really good weed.
Con's:
Endless
You really cant do much about the setup of the event, security, bathrooms, crowds, and lines so I wont even bitch about that. I'll go straight to the problem..........Tiesto.
So I have not seen Tiesto since about 04 (completly enjoyed it) and was really excited to bring my friends who arent to big on EDM, in order to show them how much fun it can be and to really enjoy the music/environment.
Robbies set ends and Tiesto comes on.......everyone does the ol' chant thing, whatever, and then all of a sudden the countdown comes on at 12 sec and everyone was a little caught off guard. The clock skips from 9 sec's then dropped to 3 wierd. Tiesto doesnt plan any cool intro or any special track etc. for the countdown. Instead traffic comes on (which started almost half way through) expected..........but boring. So then the next track comes on First State - Falling ok ok. I know that when you play right after someone for this type of event it's hard to try and start over but what the ever happend to building a set! I have never been so disapointed (not in that track but his track selection in general). He starts off with huge breakdowns and it goes on this en roller coaster ride within the first 30-40 min that half of the time your not even dancing because there is not one beat to go with. Breakdowns are good but make it some that makes my eyes roll to the back of my head or something that I can sing along to.
Then at the point in his set where you would find out if it was all just down hill from there or he was going to take you somewhere the en fire marshal stops the whole thing and makes the entire crowd wait for 25 mins before letting him get back on. So Tiesto comes back on and what does he do? Another cheesy vocal track with a huge breakdown! Long story short we left after paying $90 and putting up with 2 1/2 hours of a ty set. Went back sat on the roof top smoked, drank, and listened to some quality music till the sun came up and have never had so much fun.
IMO-------What makes a great DJ : The fact that they create a environment, an energy that the whole crowd can vibe to, not knowing your entire tracklisting before you play it. The DJ takes that energy and figures out what track to play next he plays off the crowd on what will and will not work. Create a journey, tell a story, make it memorable whatever! I really dont know what he was thinking but it didnt work for me. Although I really enjoyed Robbie's set (best of the night) there was one thing that botherd me...........why the was he playing "the anthem?" |
Yeah, you hated his set just as much as he hated the crowd :)
Next time go to TIC (like the one that was back in August at LA Sports Arena), and you won't be crying about it. |
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| kurtisboot |
| not crying or trying to be negative I just that it was pretty bad. I didnt care for the corwd either but he didnt have to take it out on me. |
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| mar46017 |
| quote: | Originally posted by kurtisboot
not crying or trying to be negative I just that it was pretty bad. I didnt care for the corwd either but he didnt have to take it out on me. |
I tried to go back every now and then to see if it got better, the only place getting better was the Roger Sanchez tent. |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
| quote: | Originally posted by kurtisboot
SO I am going to try and make this as positive as possible.
Pro's:
The aroma of really good weed.
Con's:
Endless
You really cant do much about the setup of the event, security, bathrooms,...
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... Although I really enjoyed Robbie's set (best of the night) there was one thing that botherd me...........why the was he playing "the anthem?" |
I do agree that as a set, Tiesto's was uninspiring at best... but the other tents were puttin out some sick . We checked in and out of Tiesto really.. more just to say, "yea we saw Tiesto." Oh, and Robbie playing "Anthem" was a great excuse to go take a leak.
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| TSG |
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Thank you all for making this one of our best events ever.
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| kurtisboot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty
I do agree that as a set, Tiesto's was uninspiring at best... but the other tents were puttin out some sick . We checked in and out of Tiesto really.. more just to say, "yea we saw Tiesto." Oh, and Robbie playing "Anthem" was a great excuse to go take a leak.
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It's funny cause I had a great buzz going and told myself I am going to just get wasted but then I saw the line for the bathrooms and was like ehhhhhh sratch that I aint drinking . |
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| groovedaddy21 |
| Knowing Tiesto i'm sure he was as pissed off at the crowd as anyone else who was stepped on, elbowed, or shoved and that was reflected in his poor track selection, horrendous mixing, lack of direction and energy in his set. I stuck around hoping the set would improve and play a track i can actually dance to for longer than 30 seconds. It seem that he may have found his focus and the music got better the last 30 mins or so but it was too little too late. Probably my last time time travelling to see Tiesto. |
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| kurtisboot |
| just wanted to make sure that I wasnt the only one |
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| lobango |
| quote: | Originally posted by sweetcandy girl
Stopping the music and turning on the lights was a major Buzz kill. And people where still not moving back! |
seemed like a lot of people left, from the middle atleast. that's what i should've done, was go to another tent. atleast there'd have been room to dance a little |
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| nima86 |
| quote: | Originally posted by lobango
seemed like a lot of people left, from the middle atleast. that's what i should've done, was go to another tent. atleast there'd have been room to dance a little |
should have come to roger Sanchez as usual it was amazing |
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| omega1n |
This was my first party in LA as well and all I can say is that I would definatly come back to another Giant or any 21+ massive. I didn't mind how crowded it was since many people who bumped in to me were polite about it. Im really glad that I didn't get the VIP tickets since it looked like a mess in that area!
As far as Tiesto.... Best set I've heard from him out of the two times I saw him this year. The most recent was a week ago on the 27th. 85% of the time lame, boring, five minute breakdown tracks, un-dancable! The other time in July for a Colorado massive, even more boring then... It looked to me that he loved the LA crowd. |
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| CReddick |
| quote: | Originally posted by toddtrance
especially when he played Adagio for Strings toward the end. |
Gaggerz. I'm ready for that one to hit the black list.
Based on the event as a whole, I'll probably do a more laid back NYE next year. |
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