Indianapolis, Indiana, August 4th, 2007 Options

[Godiva]

Summer is here... and I'm so glad Live is touring! Too bad they won't be by themselves.

Anyway, I'm going to the Indianapolis Aug 4th show. Anyone else want to meet up after or before? I live in Indianapolis.

[PurdueSteve]

This is a copy from my post on the SOY forums
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I'm not a reviewer either, so I just babble about the show a bit.

First off, I was at the Louisville show the night before, and I'm only going to dedicate 1 paragraph to that shitty experience. Sluggerfield would NOT let me on the field. For some reason they distinguished between "field general admission" and "general admission". I sat and watched as literally hundreds of people were denied access to the field. The Indianapolis show did NOT work the same way, they let anyone and everyone out on the field. For those of you going to the up and coming shows I suggest calling the venue and finding out what they will be doing. If they operate like Sluggerfield I know of a work around.

Moving on,

Collective Soul was OK. These 3 bands are labeled "90's Bands" and it appears that +Live+ and Counting Crows have moved out of the 90's. Ed Roland from Collective Soul haven't. He was sporting the super tight jeans and the Guns-N-Roses-esque stage personality. However, he DID have a lot of energy and the band played well. During the show a fight broke out in the crowd and Ed Roland yelled "Hey cut that shit out right now, we don't do that shit here". He then mediated the fight by asking the guys if they were cool and if it was over. Lastly he said "Assholes, interrupting my show". I thought he handled that kinda cool. He didn't want them thrown out, he just wanted them to stop fighting.
I watched Collective Soul from the stands.

+Live+ came on exactly on time and performed the exact same set as the night before in Louisville. However they had lots more energy and the crowd was way more responsive. [probably because they weren't all stuck in the stands] Ed's voice sounded a lot better than the night before as well. During Selling the Drama CT and Pat were playfully BSing with each other on stage over what appeared to be a slight disagreement on whether or not CT should take up temporary residence on Pat's side of the stage. Pat then walked over to CT's side and manned his guitar effects pedal during his solo. I've seen them do this before and I thought it was pretty cool. Pat sung on Where Do We Go From Here which was rare. Ed was full of smiles and enthusiasm. Walk the line kicked 10 kinds of ass as always with CT stomping and then holding his guitar in the air at the end of each solo section. All in all it was a great 60 minute set.

After Live's set I rendezvoused with some other +Live+ fans to go back stage for a Meet-N-greet. This was going to be a friend of mine's first chance to meet the band. There was also a younger looking guy that had some flowers he was giving to the band. We waited for about 15 minutes then they came to take us backstage. We walked down the path that the tour crew used to transport the equipment and they had all of +Live's equipment to the side. I then saw Adam Duritz coming my way and I stuck my hand out and said "hey whats up Adam" He didn't acknowledge me at all. I had heard from people before that he wasn't the most friendly person, which kind of sucks because I really like Counting Crows and their music. I'm now tainted with this guy blowing me off as if I didn't exist as he walked past me.

When we caught up to where +Live+ was it appeared that they had just finished signing a guitar from someone. There were only about 10 of us so I was excited because it seemed like it was going to be a great meet-n-greet since there were such small numbers. It was all diehard fans too, there didn't appear to be any radio station call ins or other people that didn't care to be there. They guys were still in their sweaty stage clothes [and yes Ed was still shirtless] so they quickly ducked away to the tour bus that we were standing in front of. We figured they were changing and cleaning up. After about 15 minutes we saw them sneak out from behind the tour bus and they hopped in a van and began to take off. A couple of us told the kid with the flowers to just stand in front of us and sort of get in the way of the van. He did and the van stopped. Ed opened the side door and took the flowers from the kid and shook his hand or whatever. Then off they were. Bill [Tour manager] chatted with us for a little while, and told us that they were going home and wanted to get there ASAP because they had been touring so much. We all understand. They have a 10 day break and I totally understand them wanting to get home ASAP. My girlfriend took this opportunity to let Bill know how frustrated she and I was with the Louisville show. Bill told us that he and the band felt like the Indianapolis show was significantly better and that they didn't know about the field restriction in Louisville. I said that's why the shows were different, all the fans were stuck in the stands.

My friend was kind of bummed because he had saw Ed and Adam in the mall earlier that day, and Ed said "Hey nice shirt". He was wearing a V album cover Tee. He didn't bother approaching Ed and asking for an autograph because he had passes and thought he was going to meet him that night.

After that we went back to the concert and watched the remaining hour or so from the Crow's performance. I don't know who thinks they suck in concert cause they rock. They put on a good show, of course I think +Live+ is better, CC is a great show nonetheless. Here are a few of the images I took during the concert. They aren't that great at all, I think Courtney took better pics. I'm not big into taking pictures during a show, because I'm too busy enjoying it.

Me, my girlfriend Natalia, and Trisha [I wasn't ready for the pic]



Collective Soul




Ed



CT


Pat



CAG



Lightning Crashes group pose


This post has been edited by PurdueSteve: Aug 6 2007, 8:07 am

[livegracefully]

My Indy pics are here for those of you who haven't seen them yet. Steve, your pics were good, too!

I was on the field for CS and really enjoyed their show. Beforehand, I was not expecting to. It was a memory lane set, but what the hell? That's what you have to do when you disappear for a decade. I liked CC--I took to the stands for them. There is a marked change in tempo and style, much different than Live. Nothing wrong with that!

All in all, a great time!