Vai mitä sanotte siitä, että yleisön joukkoon sijoitetaan kaveri jolla on unssi raakoja kananmunia, kaveri joka huutaa PA:sta Ozzyä, PA katkaistaan useammin kuin kerran, Sharon itse tulee kitisemään Iron Maidenistä....
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No lukekaa itse:
Khan wrote:Just got back to San Diego from Ozzfest in San Bernardino. Ok...highlights and lowlights...
1) Rob Zombie was cool, Shadows Fall and Mudvayne are better live than on CD, Slipknot aren't really my kind of band but they put on an entertaining stage show...lots of strange shit going on.
2) Maiden hit the stage to thundering applause, despite the fact that they are the ONLY mainstage band NOT to be introduced by some guy that comes on stage...and despite the fact that the idiot is screaming "Ozzy...Ozzy...Ozzy" as Maiden's intro tape (Doctor Doctor) is playing.
3) Some prick is throwing eggs up on the stage. It doesn't occur to me till later, but this person HAD to be planted in the audience, because there is NO WAY any fan could have snuck in 36 fucking eggs. They patted us down so good, I felt like asking for a cigarette afterwards.
4) Bruce is in fine rant form (got 5 or so tonight...LOL), and mentions how Maiden will never be on the radio, or MTV...or reality tv shows. He also mentions that they're supposed to do a shortened 55 minute set tonight, but just like someone sang that they can't drive 55, they can't PLAY 55....they're going to play their full show.
5) Maybe 30 seconds or so before TPOTO is to end, the PA cuts out. A minute or two later, it's back on an they go into RTTH. This happens again 2-3 times the rest of the night. Once near the end of HBTN, and the crowd is so into it, we all decide to help Maiden finish the song anyway. We sang the rest of it for them, as we could just barely hear their stage monitors going.
6) In spite of all the problems with the planted egg thrower, the "Ozzy...Ozzy..." asshole, and someone pulling the fucking PA plug, the band are on FIRE, and are determined to give us the best show possible. There was no big Eddie during the song Iron Maiden, just the walk on Eddie. Is this how it was at the other Ozzfest shows?
7) Maiden come back out for their encore, and Bruce says that the band is back out there for one reason, and one reason only...after all the bullshit...it for us...the fans. They put on a fucking killer encore, and the crowd was fucking totally into it.
Maiden are on stage still, and taking their bows...and this cocksucker starts the "Ozzy...Ozzy...Ozzy..." shit through the PA system again. Well, almost IMMEDIATELY, seemingly the entire crowd starts chanting "Maiden...Maiden...Maiden..." over the guy....over and over....and we drowned that mother fucker out! Bruce was up there like an orchestra conductor, waving his arms as we chanted MAIDEN...MAIDEN!
9) The band aren't off the stage 10 seconds, when that cunt Sharon Osbourne comes out and tells us she needs us quiet just for a moment. She proceeds to tell us how they love Iron Maiden and think they're cool...but then says that Bruce Dickinson is a real prick, and has been disrespecting Ozzfest from day one. That's all I heard out of the bitch, cause we all immediately went back into "Maiden...Maiden...Maiden!" and she was completely drowned out after that.
10) I looked at my brother and said "Let's get the fuck outta here", and he nodded too. All the way out, we chanted "Maiden...Maiden"...and "Bruce...Bruce..."...and the crowd all along, chanted right with us.
11) Walking out the gates, we quickly noticed that we were FAR from alone...as a large mass of people were leaving right with us. Common statements made by others were, "Fucking bitch, Sharon...fuck her". I think she overestimated her popularity...LOL. All she ended up doing was thinning out the crowd of a large LARGE number of Maiden fans. Good fucking riddance, too!
It was best that we left anyway....since no band should ever go on after Maiden. I will never....NEVER spend another fucking cent on ANYTHING Ozzy does, unless he ever decides to stop being led around by the nose, by that fucking bitch, Sharon.
All that being said....I'll repeat that in SPITE of all that went on, Maiden put on a great fucking show, with what they had to deal with...and the crowd returned the love...and then some.
http://www.ironmaiden.org/showthread.php?t=62001Obsidian wrote:Iron Maiden- It is a cliche, but the band rocked hard, the band rocked mightily. They also had an unparalled sense of professionalism that is missing from modern music. Opening with "Murders", there was A TON of crap thrown at the band for the first forty seconds or so. It happened again during "The Trooper". Most of the shit seemed to come from one location near the front. Also, a stage invader invaded the stage (uhh, oops) hoisting a huge American flag. This person was quickly escorted off. After the song, Bruce went on a well deserved rant about all of the stuff that was flying, the drum kit having to be wiped down, told us that they weren't going anywhere and they will finish their set, and urged us to police ourselves (read: beat the shit out of anyone throwing anything at the band). Revelations came and went without much incident.
By the way, the bonfires that were burning on the lawn added a nice orange glow to the night sky. Maiden then played "Phantom" and half way through they LOST ALL SOUND. Everyone was standing around confused, Bruce kept the crowd entertained by pretending to conduct an orchestra. They got the sound back and immediately launched into "Run to the Hills". Half way through that song, they lost the sound again for about five seconds, but they didn't miss a beat. I think Bruce then went on a rant about not bowing to corporate pressures and not being on a reality tv show (hint, hint). Asking how many people have never seen Maiden, about 80% of the crowd raised their hands.
I think they played "Hallowed" and during the intro, Bruce pointed out some asshole who had spit on him. Said asshole (wearing glasses apparently) was extracted by security. During the song, they lost the sound again. After getting the sound back, they successfully completed "Iron Maiden" with no problems. The first encore was Running Free, and the whole band finally seemed to be enjoying themselves. Bruce even said during the sing a long part "You can sing it Iron Maiden style (he did a falsetto that trailed off after three seconds) or you can sing it Slipknot style (growls Running Free).
After the song, Bruce tells the crowd that someone is throwing eggs at them and that their technical difficulties was being caused by SOMEONE intentionally turning off the sound. They played Sanctuary and after the song, WHILE THEY WERE STILL ON STAGE, a disembodied voice came over the PA and started chanting "Ozzy, Ozzy...", Bruce countered with a Maiden chant. He thanked some of crowd (the new and old Maiden fans) and the band departed with heads held high. Like
I said, they played while shit was being thrown at them, they played while their sound was being fucked with, they thanked the crowd. Professionalism. Then the real show started.
Sharon Osbourne- After Maiden left (what, she couldn't do it while they were on stage?), she came on to address the crowd. She stated that she loved Maiden, but that Bruce was a prick (for bad mouthing her tv show all tour). It was also suggested that their sound problems were not that accidental, and maybe even the egg thrower wasn't some random asshole. How some one could get a bunch of eggs past the draconian security, and hold on to them ALL DAY is a little unusual.
They crowd then did two amazing things. First we all booed her (myself included) and she mercifully walked off stage. There was then a mass exodus for the parking lot (myself included). Security guards were asking us if the show was over... a few said "yes" a few said that we are protesting. Bruce goes on a rant (even misplaced), then fine, whatever, he has the right to an opinion. If Sharon announces that she doen't like someone, then fine, whatever, she has her opinion. But to SABOTAGE a bands performance reeks of unprofessionalism and vileness to the band, their fans and the fans of the other bands, all whom PAID HARD EARNED CASH for the ticket, parking, t shirts and other useless crap, and finally food and water (well, water based liquids). $85 dollars to get in, and I got a ruined set. While walking out, I heard others saying such things like "I don't like Maiden, but what she did was fucked up", "Fuck Sharon, her drug addicted son, her talentless overwieght daughter, and that pet dog she calls Ozzy", and "She is never getting my money again".
Her family is insanely rich. With money comes power and power corrupts. Many people had lost respect for Sharon, and for her sins her husband will suffer the (financial) consequences. Enjoy my $85 you bitch, it will be the last you will see of my money. Maiden soldiered on and gained a few new fans despite the problems (their set had the potential to be blindingly good). Sharon and Ozzy lost respect, lost fans, and- importantly to them-- lost money.
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