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Mainset: Underneath The Stars, Prayers For Rain, A Night Like This, The End of the World, Lovesong, To Wish Impossible Things, Pictures Of You, Lullaby, Fascination Street, The Perfect Boy, Hot Hot Hot, alt.end, Sleep When I'm Dead, Push, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven, A Letter To Elise, From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea, The Only One, The Walk, Shake Dog Shake, Never Enough, Wrong Number, One Hundred Years, Baby Rag Dog Book
Encore 1: A Forest
Encore 2: Boys Don't Cry, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Grinding Halt, 10:15 Saturday Night, Killing An Arab
Notes:Lights are out at 10:05. Here come the crashing waves...
thanks to Steph and Craig (CoF)
The bands have been announced, though no official line-ups yet. here's who's coming to the 'squatch:
R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / "Awesome" / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers
REM will headline Saturday, The Cure tops the bill Sunday night, and The Flaming Lips close things out on Monday. I wasn't planning to go monday, but just might have to. no clue yet who else will play what days. I recommend checking out "Awesome" if you get the chance. they are...well...awesome :P And then there's Rodrigo Y Gabriela :rocker A pretty nice draw imo.
Here's the break down.
Saturday, May 24th
R.E.M. / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / The New Pornographers / The National / Ozomatli / Beirut / Dengue Fever / Fleet Foxes / The Breeders / Okkervil River / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Destroyer / Dead Confederate / Grand Archives / David Bazan / Joshua Morrison / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Throw Me The Statue / The Shaky Hands
Sunday, May 25th
The Cure / Death Cab For Cutie / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Blue Scholars / Cold War Kids / Tegan & Sara / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / The Kooks / Mates of State / Rogue Wave / White Rabbits / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Sera Cahoone / The Blakes / The Cops / J. Tillman / "Awesome"
Monday, May 26th
The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / The Mars Volta / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Built To Spill / The Hives / Matt Costa / Ghostland Observatory / Jamie Lidell / Battles / The Cave Singers / The Little Ones / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Pela / Kinski / Dyme Def / Say Hi / Siberian
The Cure, DCFC, Tegan and Sara, 65dos, The Cops, and Awesome should make for an eventful day.
Not to mention Mates of State and Stephen Malkmus. What a great lineup!
I'm going to be at this one!! My first cure show... I really hope they play a long set.....but I don't really care as long as I get to see them.
I'm going to be at this one, I'm planning to drive from the Seattle area, if anybody is looking for a way to get there, PM me, it would be nice to chat while driving to the venue :)
hmm..since it's getting closer now Im starting to worry..I wonder how hard its going to be to stay in the front..Im hoping I wont have to stand there alllllllllllllllll day long, but I'll do what I have to!
Is anyone else worrying about this? :?
Quote from: punx_chix on May 14, 2008, 20:34:01
hmm..since it's getting closer now Im starting to worry..I wonder how hard its going to be to stay in the front..Im hoping I wont have to stand there alllllllllllllllll day long, but I'll do what I have to!
Is anyone else worrying about this? :?
I'm planning on standing in front of the speakers. Last year they had a camera section barricaded off just behind the left arch of the pit. If they have that setup again, I'll be hugging the railing there.
As for needing to stay in the front all day to secure a spot, that's a tough call. It really depends on how many other fans want to be there...and how badly. Theoretically you could be front and center from the start, then, just before The Cure comes on, some pushy, obnoxious concertgoers could come in and just weasel you out. It happens all the time. Usually Cure crowds are more laid back. Sasquatch isn't a Cure crowd, though.
Yeah I guess we'll have to see how the crowd is..I highly doubt that I'll stand there for close to 10 hours, because most of those bands I'm not really looking forward to watch, but I WILL do what I have to, if it means using my elbows..so be it!!
Quote from: punx_chix on May 15, 2008, 00:23:36
I WILL do what I have to, if it means using my elbows..so be it!!
Exactly. others will, so why not you to? ;)
I'm half joking about the elbow thing, but if someone is going to try and steal my spot I'll have to defend myself.. right?!
I hope they play an extra special set for us since the Seattle date got so f'd in the a...they should pull out some reall classics....
They're only promised 2 1/2 hours, so it's going to be a shorter set. I'm sure the pop stuff will remain and the edgier stuff will get tossed out. Hopefully, they'll surprise me. They do play Faith quite a bit in Washington ('96, '97, '04) and ending with the Faith, A Forest encore like they did at The Gorge during The Swing Tour would be a fantastic finish to close out the night.
yeah I read that 2 1/2 hour bullshite too, it sucks.. but thats why I'm driving my dumbass to san jose! yay
and honestly since I'm a live cure virgin I will love ANYTHING they play so I should probably shut my mouth... but faith would be amazing!! :smth023
They posted the schedule on the sasquatch website, cure go on at 10.... the weather should be perfik during the day low 70's with some clouds...
so by 10 it should be nice and cccoolllddd :D
Is anyone do the live coverage of Sasquatch! Festival?
???
I hope so..
:smth026
Quote from: Mad Bob RJS on May 26, 2008, 03:57:51
Is anyone do the live coverage of Sasquatch! Festival?
???
I hope so..
:smth026
It sounds like there is a virtual correspondent on the ground at the Gorge for coverage. However, as Craig has noted at the Chain Of Flowers site, getting a wireless signal out in that area of the Columbia River gorge is not always easy. Patience.
First 7 songs:
Underneath the sky, Prayers for rain, A night like this, The end of the world, Lovesong, To wish impossible things, Pictures of you
just posted some pictures in the gallery..not great. but there something!
Quote from: crowbi_wan on May 15, 2008, 19:33:03
They're only promised 2 1/2 hours, so it's going to be a shorter set. I'm sure the pop stuff will remain and the edgier stuff will get tossed out. Hopefully, they'll surprise me. They do play Faith quite a bit in Washington ('96, '97, '04) and ending with the Faith, A Forest encore like they did at The Gorge during The Swing Tour would be a fantastic finish to close out the night.
It seems not much being said about this show..
Sounds like the crowd wasn't much into it and Robert's voice was still faltering.
How would you rate it compared to the other shows?
Quote from: carycameron on June 11, 2008, 03:58:29
Quote from: crowbi_wan on May 15, 2008, 19:33:03
They're only promised 2 1/2 hours, so it's going to be a shorter set. I'm sure the pop stuff will remain and the edgier stuff will get tossed out. Hopefully, they'll surprise me. They do play Faith quite a bit in Washington ('96, '97, '04) and ending with the Faith, A Forest encore like they did at The Gorge during The Swing Tour would be a fantastic finish to close out the night.
It seems not much being said about this show..
Sounds like the crowd wasn't much into it and Robert's voice was still faltering.
How would you rate it compared to the other shows?
For me, the expectations weren't that high being that it was a festival and not a Cure show. It certainly wasn't a Cure crowd. Just look at some footage (if there is any on youtube) of Michael Frenti and Spearhead, who were on just a few hours before The Cure. Thank goodness Death Cab bridged the gap and got people in the right mind set for what was about to come.
Opening with Underneath The Stars was great. That one was just a perfect opener in that venue on that night. Some of you guys have been to The Gorge and know that it isn't just some ordinary amphitheatre. With the dark skies and stars overhead, it couldn't have been sweeter. As expected, lots of singles followed. Since we knew about the shorter time frame to work worth I was a bit surprised to still get so many songs in the mainset. They easily could have left out Elise, Shake Dog, and one or two others. Glad they didn't, though. And I almost thought Deep Green Sea had been removed, but it was just played late in the set.
As for the crowd, after every group of hits, more people would leave. It had been a long day for most, the beer stopped flowing by the time The Cure hit the stage, and again, this wasn't a Cure crowd. There were small sections in the pit that really seemed to be enjoying the show. Not sure about anything behind me. I looking straight ahead all night.
The performance was nice. Obviously, Robert was still having vocal troubles. He did sound worse than in Morrison and WVC. At the beginning he sounded pretty good. His voice just began to deteriorate as the show progressed. Musically, they were great and really seemed to be enjoying themselves. At one point Robert even joked about bringing a whole table of beers out for so that his crew wouldn't have to keep bringing them out. Ah, RS in festival mode :smth030
When they came out and started E1 with A Forest i was sure they'd follow it up with Faith. A nice dreamy version to tuck away the campers into their sleeping bags. But no, they just left, so that was disappointing. E2 was pretty standard other than the keyboardist from The Dandy Warhols was dancing and playing tambourine on stage during BDC. Ha, take that Roger! You've been replaced :lol: No E3, but then a pretty jam packed festival set.
For the casual concertgoer or even the average fan that doesn't go to multiple shows, I'd say it was a pretty decent gig (as long as you get past Robert's voice). Like I said, I wasn't expecting much and did enjoy hearing the new stuff, Elise, and Porl. Glad I went, but even more glad I went to more shows.
Fairly new Cure fan and I thought it was a great show...couldn't tell his voice wasn't up to par.
Does anyone from the area know how many times they have played in Washington state? If so...where have they played?
Quote from: Dane67 on June 13, 2008, 07:21:21
Does anyone from the area know how many times they have played in Washington state? If so...where have they played?
1984-10-23 Seattle http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1984-10-23.php
1985-10-03 Seattle http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1985-10-03.php
1987-07-10 Seattle http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1987-07-10.php
1992-07-01 Seattle http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1992-07-01.php (my first Cure gig)
1996-08-03 George http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1996-08-03.php
1997-12-10 Seattle http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/1997-12-10.php
2004-08-31 Everett http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/2004-08-31.php
2008-05-25 George http://www.cure-concerts.de/concerts/2008-05-25.php
I'm still puzzled as to why we didn't get shows during the Prayer and Dream tours :? But hey, '97 and '04 were two of the better shows during those years.
I was there, front in center. One of the excited sections of the pit. I'm uploading pictures to the gallery, but I have a ton and it's kind of slow.
I thought the concert was great, except for poor Robert's vocal troubles. I could tell that he was really unhappy about it. It lead for another side of The Cure, though, so it was interesting.
My memory is all a blur. It's like it didn't happen sometimes. A dream.
And yeah, I did have to stand there all day to keep my place. I couldn't have done it by myself--my dad defended me and my 12 year old sister with all of his strength!
Oh, and PS, I hear that the whole concert is available here? That's definitely something I need in my life. I haven't posted in this place very much (and hadn't for yeeears), and I guess there's a point system or something? If someone could help my confusion, that'd be great. <3
Quote from: ghanisbuli on June 14, 2008, 05:41:41
Oh, and PS, I hear that the whole concert is available here? That's definitely something I need in my life. I haven't posted in this place very much (and hadn't for yeeears), and I guess there's a point system or something? If someone could help my confusion, that'd be great. <3
And I see you've found your way to the download section. Not so tough now was it? ;)
Haha, not tough at all, just confusing when you don't know what's up!
My dad saw the link on A Chain of Flowers, and came here looking for it. I knew that he'd never find it since he's not a member. Ridiculously, I had trouble finding the link (at first), but I knew that it must be posted here since this is kinda the place for great downloads (he couldn't remember the name of the forum, I couldn't find the link... haha).
Ok I must be an idiot but where can I find a recording of this show? I really want to get one since it was my first Cure show and I have wanted to see them for yyyeeeeeaaaaarrrrrssssss. Thanks to any one who can direct me to it.
Quote from: BrightLight on June 16, 2008, 01:44:26
Ok I must be an idiot but where can I find a recording of this show? I really want to get one since it was my first Cure show and I have wanted to see them for yyyeeeeeaaaaarrrrrssssss. Thanks to any one who can direct me to it.
I would suggest you do a little more searching, maybe get involved in a few of the threads first. ;) Soon enough you will find your way to the audio section of curefans where you will be able to download my recording of George :smth020
btw, welcome to curefans.
Quote from: crowbi_wan on June 16, 2008, 02:12:57
Quote from: BrightLight on June 16, 2008, 01:44:26
Ok I must be an idiot but where can I find a recording of this show? I really want to get one since it was my first Cure show and I have wanted to see them for yyyeeeeeaaaaarrrrrssssss. Thanks to any one who can direct me to it.
I would suggest you do a little more searching, maybe get involved in a few of the threads first. ;) Soon enough you will find your way to the audio section of curefans where you will be able to download my recording of George :smth020
btw, welcome to curefans.
Thanks for the welcome. And after searching around I realized I have to make a certain amount of posts to get into the audio section. Thanks for the tip.
Quote from: ghanisbuli on June 14, 2008, 05:39:59
I was there, front in center...
And yeah, I did have to stand there all day to keep my place. I couldn't have done it by myself--my dad defended me and my 12 year old sister with all of his strength!
i feel bad for what our dad went through. and just for the record, they were both were to my right, so my left side was pretty much on its own. im not that easy to squish with my small yet pointy bones. they make good weapons...
Pointy little weapons.
But we saved you soooo much. You don't even know.
I have one Sasquatch video up so far:
Lullaby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1DvxIsKlRE
Check back for more...
Should the Dandy Warhols keyboardist contribution on tambourine in Boys Don't Cry be noted as a "guest" appearance in this song?
Could the tambourine be heard?
I couldn't hear the tambourine, but I was Porled-out.
I have a video up of it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsZpPcCRfPQ
Most of my Sasquatch clips are fairly small, but I have basically all of Lullaby, Pictures of You (my dad's camera work), and Boy's Don't Cry (my dad again). I'll keep uploading...
Random: but people have said that Robert's voice kind of fell off a little in the middle of the set (which I agree with) but I was just listening to the recording of From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (which was the song that I noticed it the most at the show) and I now actually like it with him singing it in a different key and kind of talking his way through it on the recording. I thought it just really added to the mood of the song. Anyways don't know if anyone really agrees, disagrees, or cares but thought I would mention that since I found it kind of interesting.
Quote from: BrightLight on July 05, 2008, 08:37:15
Random: but people have said that Robert's voice kind of fell off a little in the middle of the set (which I agree with) but I was just listening to the recording of From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (which was the song that I noticed it the most at the show) and I now actually like it with him singing it in a different key and kind of talking his way through it on the recording. I thought it just really added to the mood of the song. Anyways don't know if anyone really agrees, disagrees, or cares but thought I would mention that since I found it kind of interesting.
From what I recall, his voice was pretty rough during the first part of the George show, but then it somehow got better as the night went on.
He did a lot of low voice/alternate singing at the Kansas City show (when his throat was at its very worst), and it actually sounded cool on a few songs.
No, it didn't work all the time and there were some songs where he shouldn't have even tried, but on a few occasions it created something truly different and unique. In a sense, "alternate versions" of songs that we'll probably never hear again.
Robert's voices was alright during the first part, even hitting the long "Rain" during Prayers For Rain. That didn't happen just a few days prior in Morrison and I thought he might be on the mend. Unfortunately not. Soon enough he was sounding pretty rough again. Amazing that he sounded fine the next night.
Quote from: BrightLight on July 05, 2008, 08:37:15
Random: but people have said that Robert's voice kind of fell off a little in the middle of the set (which I agree with) but I was just listening to the recording of From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (which was the song that I noticed it the most at the show) and I now actually like it with him singing it in a different key and kind of talking his way through it on the recording. I thought it just really added to the mood of the song. Anyways don't know if anyone really agrees, disagrees, or cares but thought I would mention that since I found it kind of interesting.
I think I agree with that. I call it the "super depressed version." Same with Never Enough. He sounds so sad and disappointed, and the look on his face agrees.
Oh, and I couldn't even HEAR him sing FTEOTDGS at the show. I filmed Porl's guitar solo, then waited for the lyrics to come back... realized the solo had been over for awhile, and that Robert was indeed singing again. Heh.