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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: tjanuranus on September 15, 2011, 01:12:23 AM
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I was standing in the Room to pick up VIP tix and Portnoy walks in with the guys from that metal show. He comes up to me because I had my 25th anniversary DT shirt on and said... "Yeah man! Representin'!" I laughed and then he went to the back of my shirt and tugged on it to show his friends. He said... "You see this era right here.. THAT's the era!"
Then i said i have been a DT fan for over 15 years and it was great to meet him. He said thanks and that was it. That was insane out of NOWHERE he came up to me.
Then we get up to the VIP box and Triple H was in there, Chris Jericho, Jim Bruer, Jim Florentine, Morgan sperlock (Super size me guy.) and a bunch of other industry people were there. First time i've ever been VIP to a concert, I had 7th row seats for the show on top of the VIP box which I hung out in until Metallica came then I went down to the floor and had 7th row!
That was also probably the best metallica show i've ever seen I was stunned at how good the show was. 5th time I've seen them as well.
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I was standing in the Room to pick up VIP tix and Portnoy walks in with the guys from that metal show. He comes up to me because i my 25th anniversary DT shirt on and said... "Yeah man! Representin'!" I laughed and then he went to the back of my shirt and tugged on it to show his friends. He said... "You see this era right here.. THAT's the era!"
Then i said i have been a DT fan for over 15 years and it was great to meet him. He said thanks and that was it. That was insane out of NOWHERE he came up to me.
Then we get up to the VIP box and Triple H was in there, Chris Jericho, Jim Bruer, Jim Florentine, Morgan sperlock (Super size me guy.) and a bunch of other industry people were there. First time i've ever been VIP to a concert and I have to said i had 7th row seats for the show on top of the VIP box which I hung out in until Metallica came then I went down to the floor and had 7th row!
That was also probably the best metallica show i've ever seen I was stunned at how good the show was. 5th time I've seen them as well.
I don't know, but I would've been scared poopless right before pooping myself.
And Triple H? MP hangs out with Samuel L Jackson's character from Unthinkable? :o
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ME. JELLY.
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Also I have the same shirt as you...
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I have that shirt too. I'd be jelly too, but at least I'm not infected with the Metallica virus, so I'm good. :P
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Dude they played ORION, Blackened, ride the lightning.. ARE You KIDDING ME? I was flipping out when they played Orion and then into Blackened.
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
HAHAHAHA
Fail.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28Metallica_song%29
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
That post shows you know nothing about metallica.
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:facepalm
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Congrats, man! That sounds awesome.
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that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
A poignant post in so many other occasions, but certainly not this one :lol
Really not sure what this thread has to do with DT, though...
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Congrats, man! That sounds awesome.
Thanks it was great. I kept the vip passes and everything for memories.
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Metallica-bashing aside, that sounds amazing. Glad to see MP wasn't weird or anything.
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Metallica-bashing aside, that sounds amazing. Glad to see MP wasn't weird or anything.
In retrospect I would have loved to have asked him what he thought of the new DT album but I was kind of shell shocked and caught off guard.
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Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
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Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
I'm not bashing him because he was cool to me and everything but that's honestly the way he said it. That's why he was pointing it out to his friends.
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...
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Why did you tell him you were the guy trolling him with negative Adrenaline Mob comments on his twitter?
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Why did you tell him you were the guy trolling him with negative Adrenaline Mob comments on his twitter?
Lol i'm telling you it was out of nowhere. Besides what's the point of that everyone is there to have a good time unlike twitter which is for bickering and fights.. ;)
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I am disappointed though. The least you could have done is said something like, "Well, wait, ADTOE is the best DT in years!" when he said that whole "best era" remark.
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I am disappointed though. The least you could have done is said something like, "Well, wait, ADTOE is the best DT in years!" when he said that whole "best era" remark.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TczFl7vC6EY/SveG2W5rcOI/AAAAAAAABhE/iTHpLTVnCB0/s320/curb-larry-leonjpg-9cdced8be807e5d0_large.jpg)
Yeah, you get in dat ass Larry.
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I am disappointed though. The least you could have done is said something like, "Well, wait, ADTOE is the best DT in years!" when he said that whole "best era" remark.
Can't imagine what he would have said to that lol.
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WELL NOW WE'LL NEVER KNOW
:tdwn
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I am disappointed though. The least you could have done is said something like, "Well, wait, ADTOE is the best DT in years!" when he said that whole "best era" remark.
Can't imagine what he would have said to that lol.
He would have been all like
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_3969.jpg)
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He would have been all like
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_3969.jpg)
:rollin
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You should have just said something like "great drum work on Far From Heaven!"
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You should have just said something like "great drum work on Far From Heaven!"
Yeah or "can you make that face again? The one when they told you welcome to the family?"
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Well, I suppose that was fantastic for you, tjanuranus, and I can understand.
But the real thing is that MP came to you just to "use" your shirt and show a bit more about his ego again.
Imagine that you were wearing ADTOE shirt...what would he say? I think he had never came that way to you :lol
:facepalm:
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Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
Even if it's so, do you expect him to say/think:
F**k im glad i'm out, now DT are really going to kick ass, yeah!! :metal
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Really?
Really?
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Really?
Really?
Can't be, Orion has almost the same mellow vocal style as The Call of Ktulu.
And they share the same lyrics, only in Orion they are reversed!
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Haha, what a bewildering encounter!
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It would be interesting to see MP's reaction if he saw someone wearing a shirt with the cover of ADTOE on it! :lol
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Kill yourself. Orion is almost DT worthy.
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Kill yourself. Orion is almost DT worthy.
Was he being sarcastic? Hard to tell. If not, it should result in a perma-ban.
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That I can't change who I am!
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Kill yourself. Orion is almost DT worthy.
Was he being sarcastic? Hard to tell. If not, it should result in a perma-ban.
Orion is one of the best Metallica songs IMO as well. The Call of Ktulu tops it, though.
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
I don't even like Metallica anymore, but that's the most hilariously wrong thing I've read on this board ever. Thank you. Sig'd.
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Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
Wow, yeah dick factor has just increased tenfold imho... Portnoy just can't help himself can he?
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Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
Wow, yeah dick factor has just increased tenfold imho... Portnoy just can't help himself can he?
mirin' username to thread relevance.
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Eh, the way it sounds it was said in jest. I am only surprised he would even go there, i.e. make any comment in the first place. It's bound to come back at him.
rumborak
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That is awesome TJ
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MP is playing drums for Stone Sour for one show.
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I am only surprised he would even go there, i.e. make any comment in the first place.
He has, of course, been the model for self restraint and understatement up to this point.
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Pretty cool story, and Portnoy was probably making a joke, but not one in very good taste, methinks.
However, I feel that there's a lot of untold backstory here, as to why you had VIP tix for the Big 4, and were in the same room as all those names.
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Sounds like he was half-joking for his friends?
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Sounds like a blast dude, I can't believe they played RIDE THE LIGHTNING :metal :metal Don't care what anyone thinks of my credibility I'll always have time to jam to classic thrash Metallica. Also, let Portnoy be that could have spoiled what was an amazing day.
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ITT: Hayden fails harder than even Cole ever has.
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MP is playing drums for Stone Sour for one show.
Wow, I gotta check the clips on youtube once they come out. :metal
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Pretty cool story, and Portnoy was probably making a joke, but not one in very good taste, methinks.
However, I feel that there's a lot of untold backstory here, as to why you had VIP tix for the Big 4, and were in the same room as all those names.
Well My mom is friends with this guy who used to go buy the name Metal Joe. He had a house near Old Bridge NJ where metallica used to stay at when they moved out here from the west coast. They would practice at his house and party all the time. This started before Kill em all was made. Then they actually wrote ride the lightning at his house! He also had other bands come through like Slayer. If you watch the Hall of fame show with metallica you will see him on stage with them. I have this book that his the pictures. Last christmas my mom said "I got you something special." I opened it and it was a picture signed to me personally by all the guys in Metallica and a backstage pass. I framed it and hung it up.
I get a call last week from her saying Joe wants to take me and a friend (along with his friends) to the metallica show all free, and VIP. And a chance to meet the band. Of course I said yes! We didn't actually get to meet the band because when he went backstage they weren't there yet. They were coming in to yankees stadium via helicopter before the show. But that's ok I've met them once before so I wasn't really disappointed, I was just excited about the whole thing. Then the seated tix we had were 7th row in the comfy leather chairs, that was unreal!
Here is the setlist from last night...
The Ecstasy of Gold
(Ennio Morricone song)
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
Ride the Lightning
Fade to Black
Cyanide
All Nightmare Long
Sad But True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
One
Master of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Encore:
Overkill
(Motörhead cover)
Battery
Seek & Destroy
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I'll upload a couple pics probably later tonight.
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You should have just said something like "great drum work on Far From Heaven!"
:lol :lol :lol
Really though, good to hear MP is doing well. He was tweeting all over the place yesterday.
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Are you kidding me? Myung sang vocals for that song...
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These are the guys that he was talking to when he showed them my shirt...
(https://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg737/scaled.php?tn=0&server=737&filename=ewjrq.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640)
Also the one on the left was in the VIP box with me the whole time. I recognized him but didn't really care. lol
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don jamieson and eddie trunk. that metal show
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Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
Wow, yeah dick factor has just increased tenfold imho... Portnoy just can't help himself can he?
There's really no need to call him a dick, knock it off.
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Here is the setlist from last night...
The Ecstasy of Gold
(Ennio Morricone song)
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
Ride the Lightning
Fade to Black
Cyanide
All Nightmare Long
Sad But True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
One
Master of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Encore:
Overkill
(Motörhead cover)
Battery
Seek & Destroy
That is an an AMMMAAAZING setlist. (sans cyanide and all nightmare long ::) )
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I was there. I probably saw you and didn't even realize it. For Metallica, I was dead center maybe 5 or 6 dudes back.
edit: Just read the entire thread and realized you were in a seated VIP section. Odds are I didn't see you.
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Here is the setlist from last night...
The Ecstasy of Gold
(Ennio Morricone song)
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
Ride the Lightning
Fade to Black
Cyanide
All Nightmare Long
Sad But True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Orion
One
Master of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Encore:
Overkill
(Motörhead cover)
Battery
Seek & Destroy
That is an an AMMMAAAZING setlist. (sans cyanide and all nightmare long ::) )
All Nightmare Long isn't too bad IMO. The only thing that brings it down a bit is one of the bridges.
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I was there. I probably saw you and didn't even realize it. For Metallica, I was dead center maybe 5 or 6 dudes back.
edit: Just read the entire thread and realized you were in a seated VIP section. Odds are I didn't see you.
What did you think of the show?
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If that happened to me, I probably would have just got down on my knees in front of MP, start crying, and say "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!"
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I was there. I probably saw you and didn't even realize it. For Metallica, I was dead center maybe 5 or 6 dudes back.
edit: Just read the entire thread and realized you were in a seated VIP section. Odds are I didn't see you.
What did you think of the show?
Anthrax was cool.
Megadeth was awesome considering the shit going on with Dave at the moment.
Slayer was meh. They were better the first time I saw them, and I didn't almost get crushed the first time I saw them.
Metallica is fucking Metallica man. That set was amazing.
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Not to into anthrax.
Megadeath was cool, they sounded good.
Slayer is great live but mean it's like the same song over and over again. I can only take so much of it before it gets old fast.
Metallica put on the best show i've seen from them. Was sick.
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Sounds like an awesome show! And we may have been over this but where in NJ are you?
Okay, can't withhold my MP commentary...
But the real thing is that MP came to you just to "use" your shirt and show a bit more about his ego again.
:tup
Don't mean to be too nitpicky or read into much, but did he say it like "DT's best era was the one I was in"?
Even if it's so, do you expect him to say/think:
F**k im glad i'm out, now DT are really going to kick ass, yeah!! :metal
No, if he were someone else I would expect him to just be a mature adult and not say anything at all... but
He has, of course, been the model for self restraint and understatement up to this point.
And all those who say he was "joking"? That's something fans say when they can't admit dude has been acting like a teenager for a long time.
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I tend to agree. Best response would probably just have been a polite, "Nice shirt." Or if he wanted to joke, something along the lines of, "Hey, nice shirt. I hear those guys used to be pretty good." Actually, if it was clear he was joking, the latter would actually be pretty funny.
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?
Are you kidding me? Myung sang vocals for that song...
Only when Dream Theater covers Master of Puppets.
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I live in Jamesburg NJ
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Ah, central Jersey. A strange place. I am from teh smelly part... oh wait...
I tend to agree. Best response would probably just have been a polite, "Nice shirt." Or if he wanted to joke, something along the lines of, "Hey, nice shirt. I hear those guys used to be pretty good." Actually, if it was clear he was joking, the latter would actually be pretty funny.
Yes. What he actually said sort of reminded me of something a meathead college student would say. "THAT was the era, man! That team hasn't been the same since I graduated!"
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Yeah, it's like he needs to convince even his friends who were with him that the band isn't as good without him. :lol
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Exactly... like bosk said, if he just made a lighthearted joke that would be one thing but this was obviously him trying to prove something and just looking kind of sad IMO.
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I live in Jamesburg NJ
We live quite close to each other
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I live in Jamesburg NJ
We live quite close to each other
Monroe or Old bridge is my guess.
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I live in Jamesburg NJ
We live quite close to each other
Monroe or Old bridge is my guess.
Old Bridge. Why not guess Manalapan or Spotswood for example?
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just a hunch! No other reason really.
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Nice. It's always cool to meet fellow central New Jersey residents at DTF or other music forums :yarr
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I have an ex from Manalapan and my bro's girlfriend is from Marlboro :D
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I have an ex from Manalapan and my bro's girlfriend is from Marlboro :D
Word around town is that she's smokin'
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I have an ex from Manalapan and my bro's girlfriend is from Marlboro :D
Word around town is that she's smokin'
Thats a butt of a joke
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My self-filtering is lacking :|
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oh ho ho Marlboro
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I tend to agree. Best response would probably just have been a polite, "Nice shirt." Or if he wanted to joke, something along the lines of, "Hey, nice shirt. I hear those guys used to be pretty good." Actually, if it was clear he was joking, the latter would actually be pretty funny.
Or just something really innocuous, like "ooh, I always liked that shirt. It's definitely one of the better ones we made."
rumborak
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I have an ex from Manalapan and my bro's girlfriend is from Marlboro :D
Word around town is that she's smokin'
:lol