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Smash punker
07-07-2008, 09:06 AM
Right after the gig at Rock for people, I decided to do this.

Iīve been waiting for that concert for too long and Iīm so glad that Iīve seen you guys live, finally. :D I was waiting for Offspring in front rows for like 6 or 7 hours and it paid off. Got to 2nd row. Couldnīt get to the 1st one, cause some fucking emoīs were in front of me, but they gave it up during the Offspring show.

The crowd was absolutely crazy and was pushing to the front more and more. I really fought that Iīm not gonna make it and that my bones will start cracking, damn people. The sardines in a can got more space than we had :D I was in that pressure over 2 hours.

Then they finally switched off the lights. And Americana started. The lights were slightly blue and it was Peteīs time, then Noodles and Greg came and right after them Dexter appeared. I will remember that moment my whole life, cause that I guess was the strongest impression of the gig. Like I said I was in a 2nd row, but wasnīt able to pick up my phone out of the pocket to make some pics, cause thereīs no space around me, not even for my hands.

Then Come out and play was played. Just classic. Everybody was enjoying that. Noodles really used his hair there. And he was jumping around the whole gig. Greg was calm like always and Dexter just did what he does best, singing and playing. After COAP came Hammerhead. And Iīm telling you guys, that song live is absolutely perfect and loud!

I donīt really remember the set-list in a row, but here are the songs from the oldest- Bad Habit, COAP, Self-esteem, Gotta get away, Gone away, All I want, Have you ever, Staring at the sun, Pretty fly, The kids arenīt alright, Walla Walla, Why donīt you get a job, Americana, Want you bad, Canīt get my head around you, Hammerhead, Half-truism and Youīre gonna go far kid. The Offspring were using different guitares for different songs, which were kinda interesting so see(guitares).

What surprised me is that they played so much of Americana. The expected S.M.A.S.H. songs(Self-Esteem was as a addition), 2 classic from IOTH, almost nothing from COO and Splinter and 3 new as Dexter said on stage. During the gig a lot of people gave up. They just couldnīt hold on. The firemen and medics were ready all the time and were providing water, which helped me a lots of times.

In the end Iīd like to say that Offspring are really cool guys. They were having fun, always laughing and jumping around, so no old dadies. Still plenty of energy(especially Noodles). So thank you for those 18 songs and for the gig after 7 years and see ya soon again! Thanx :D

Stylie
07-07-2008, 10:03 AM
I envy you. That's all I have to say. ^^

Macko
07-07-2008, 10:21 AM
I have completely same thoughts but I am too lazy to write that long speech... :D
Anyway, it's all true..
..and it was funny to watch other bands that had to do millions of thing to get people jumping and somehow entertain them and all that offspring needed to was showing up and the whole crowd was going crazy! :D

Capricorn4
07-07-2008, 10:24 AM
Even before they showed up the crowd already went crazy....

Tijs
07-07-2008, 10:57 AM
Seems like an awesome show. You should write this as a review on the website.

http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/tourArchive

edit: And oh yeah, Tour Talk ;-)

Rutegard
07-07-2008, 12:21 PM
I envy you. That's all I have to say. ^^

i quote this!!!

dff_punk
07-07-2008, 12:35 PM
You guys have a lot to be envious about. I still can't believe it I saw them live. And it's been like three days already.

Stylie
07-07-2008, 12:35 PM
i quote this!!!

O rly? THANKS! :D :p

Anka
07-07-2008, 02:49 PM
same here... sometimes I just sit, stare and think about it:D it was perfect, it was all I want(ed)...

Oxygene
07-08-2008, 03:16 AM
Did anyone stay around long enough for the fireworks after rock for ppl? :)

dff_punk
07-08-2008, 07:57 AM
Yeah, even longer... ;)

Oxygene
07-08-2008, 08:28 AM
What'd u think of the fireworks?

dff_punk
07-08-2008, 08:50 AM
It was good and unexpected. And only when I returned home I discovered that they were launched by The Offspring :)

Oxygene
07-08-2008, 09:10 AM
How'd you find out they were launched by the offspring?

dff_punk
07-08-2008, 09:25 AM
On some czech newspage. They lanuched it cuz they wanted to celebrate something that day.

Oxygene
07-08-2008, 09:28 AM
On a Czech newspage? What else did the Czech newspage say, and how did they know about it?

They were celebrating the 4th of July