Dead Can Dance Announces European Tour Dates for 2012 - Page 3

Master_Yoda77 · August 20th, 2012, 01:23 AM

Yeah, I love the new album. It reminds me of Into the Labyrinth with a little of their old-school Within the Realm type of stuff at times.

Master_Yoda77 · August 22nd, 2012, 05:15 PM

So my basic review of the Chicago concert:

Fucking amazing. The night was filled with incredible emotion. Perry and Gerrard had perfect fucking voices, and Jay Pritzer Pavillion is easily the most beautiful concert venue I've ever seen. Just seeing DCD perform with the Chicago skyline around us and the incredible architecture found in Millennium Park was a site to behold. No surprises in the setlist. I was shaking during Rakim, but I was taken aback at the slightly different version of "Host of Seraphim" where Perry would sing alongside Gerrard. I was discussing this with Addo and we both agreed that Perry singing distracted us from Gerrard in that song. "Host of Seraphim" is such a classic "Gerrard" song that I found it a bit annoying, but still amazing to hear.

"Return of the She-King" was probably the stand-out track, and the placement of it is perfect. It was during their 2nd encore where Perry and the gang come out and perform a heart-stopping "Song to the Siren" and then the Return of the She-King (Gerrard) walks back on stage and sings the best track on the new album. Stunning.

Also, anyone know where "Rising of the Moon" is from? Only Gerrard and one other keyboardist came on to perform that song and at the end she made a shout out to "Tony Scott" and gave her thanks.

Wonderful experience. I really hope to see them again. I was on the verge of tears when Perry and Gerrard initially walked on stage and started those first notes in "Children of the Sun."

Psychonaut · August 22nd, 2012, 06:58 PM

It's not Valley Of The Moon? That would be from The Silver Tree. Couldn't find anything else on it...

I have to wait until Sunday and Monday to see them but I'm pumped. Have a third row ticket I can't get rid of, though. Rakim is going to be amazing and can't wait to hear Lovegrove live.

Glad to hear the positive review, although I suspected it would be!

Master_Yoda77 · August 23rd, 2012, 06:11 PM

The setlist says "Rising of the Moon."

Psychonaut · August 23rd, 2012, 10:59 PM

Yeah I know but couldn't find anything on it. *shrug* Could be something from her upcoming solo album too. Brendan did Ark stuff on the '05 tour. Just have to hear it I guess.

Psychonaut · August 26th, 2012, 11:51 PM

Okay first show over. Amazing. The live setting really fleshes out the layers on he new album and it sounds even stronger. Lisa and Brendan sound perfect. I got goosebumps so many times when Lisa would hit the gas a little with those vocal chords. Loved the lighting. Everyone around me behaved so no yelling bullshit. I didn't mind the "Host of Seraphim" thing too much because he only sung with her part of the way. It was distracting for sure but he faded back at the right time.

So tomorrow I drive another 3 hours to see them again. I'll be much closer and I can't wait. Waited 20 years to see them live and it was worth it.

Master_Yoda77 · August 27th, 2012, 01:26 AM

Yeah, I've got retard friends telling that Coldplay puts on a better show than any band and I raised them DCD and they were like "Does DCD have lasers?" and I was like "No, they don't need gimmicks to make good music."

Psychonaut · August 27th, 2012, 11:41 PM

Show number two over. Wolf Trap is a beautiful venue. The audience was WAY more rowdy and starting to get annoying but seeing them from so close was worth it. I mean, someone yelled, "Where do you put your Oscar?" Really?? Faggot. Long trip home tomorrow but I've promised myself I'll never miss seeing them live again.