DaveyBoy: DaveyBoy's Big Day Out 2010

DaveyBoy 01.28.10	So yeah, a great day overall. Acts that I wouldn't have minded seeing, but missed due to clashes were more of Lily Allen, Ladyhawke, Phrase, Kisschasy, The Temper Trap & Girl Talk.
Jim 01.28.10	looks like you had a good day, man. sucks for missing phrase and the temper trap. apparently the latter went off.
iisblackstar 01.28.10	Got the chance to see both passion pit and girl talk an they were both great. Agree completely about kasabian. I thought mars Volta were awesome and the drummer made my day.
ThePalaceOfWisdom 01.28.10	The top of Muse's game is also known as the bottom of the barrell. Sounds like you had fun. But I'd have only seen three of these bands.
tombits 01.28.10	The trains on the way up for me were absolutely insane, just so many rowdy kids that were already getting on the piss. Missed a couple of trains because of the crowds I missed Sugar Army, who I was planning on seeing first. Went and checked out the crowd for Bluejuice, and only listened to one or two songs from the back because it was so fucking huge. Same thing for Dizzee, although I managed to get right into D for Girl Talk, which was pretty epic. I gave Hilltop a miss because they would attract a really shitty crowd, but I'm glad to hear that's not the case. Didn't you bother catching Groove Armada as the last act of the day? They were pretty fun.
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	Yeah, I did Jim. From wha I saw of The Temper Trap from the Sydney show, Dougy still has some work to do on controlling that falsetto. The timetable must have treated you well (unless you saw half sets) iisblackstar. And at least I have one person on my side re: Kasabian.
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	You must be a hard man to please WisdomPalace. Many see Muse as the best live act in the world (not just me). Tom, compared to my experience heading to SoundWave last year (when Lamb of God fans were shaking the train as it was moving) this was a breeze. We were at Flinders Street before 10am though. I must admit that heading home after the BDO was NOT though. It took 45 minutes just to get up on the platform. By the time we got anywhere near The Boiler Room for Groove Armada, there was no chance to get inside. It took too long to get out of the D barrier for Muse.
Deviant. 01.28.10	Groove Armada put on a damn good set, half and half between them and Muse for me. Apparently this is where the aussies are hanging out so i'll say this here: You guys are awesome and Australia as a whole is a great place but I hate you so much right now for giving the world AC/DC. The bogans have overrun Wellington, and it's all your fault
ThePalaceOfWisdom 01.28.10	Davey, you know as well as I do that just because a lot of people will say something is good doesn't make it so. e.g. I had some girl tell me Gerard Way had a larger vocal range than Mike Patton.
iisblackstar 01.28.10	Yeah passion pit first half then girl talk but he ran over his time so got lucky
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	LOL Deviant. I remember being in London when AC/DC were there & it was indeed quite a sight to behold. They're gonna be here in a fortnight & I work close to where they're playing, so it's gonna be interesting. BTW, both you & iisblackstar seem to have done the half set theory. That's something I find difficult to do, but I guess if you're not strong on seeing anyone in a certain time-slot, then it could work. And yes John Morrison, I do agree about the mass populous not always being correct. Just sticking up for Muse I guess... It seems like they're falling to the tall poppy syndrome of late. As for Way against patton; Hmmm, the jury is stil out for mine & all will be settled come Soundwave. LOL.
Douchebag 01.28.10	Fantastic day, glad somebody else agrees with me with Karnivol, couldn't quite put my finger on it. Kasabian, Muse and Rise Against were hands down the best. But Grinspoon were easily the most suprising, crowd was really friendly and fun.
Kiran 01.28.10	i can imagine the chorus to little secrets being craaaazy
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	Sounds like your 1st BDO experience went well Croc. Good to hear. One tip (especially at festivals) is never to judge a band on their 1st song, as the mixing can sometimes be off. I did think that got better with Karnivool. Man, you must have been miles away for Muse if you saw Grinspoon. Yeah Kiran, it was. Super fun to sing & dance along to... And Passion Pit pulled it off pretty well too.
Kiran 01.28.10	if i remember correctly, they're coming to london in may but i'll have to skip it since i'm already saving up my meagre student funds to make the trip down twice for pavement and the national a shame!
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	A shame, but you've got your priorities in order as I'm certain Passion Pit will tour a 2nd album bigger & better than ever some time in the next couple of years.
Gyromania 01.28.10	You... are so god damn lucky to have seen Muse, Rise Against, and Hilltop Hoods at the same show; I wish I could have seen them!
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	Yeah, it was pretty cool gyro. The festivals down here are getting really competitive and even this one that was criticized for being "sub-par" when compared to previous years is still very much worth the price of admission.
Deviant. 01.28.10	Davey: every second person in town is decked out in the black AC/DC shirt, it's offending my senses. They all creep in from the countryside like little leprachauns and infest our pubs. I've seen Muse a couple of times before so I wasn't too worried about skipping half the set. They put on a phenomonal live set, but I haven't seen Groove Armada in years, and you know me and House music
Tulannical 01.28.10	That's a bummer that you missed Ladyhawke. Seems like it was a great day, though!
DaveyBoy 01.28.10	LOL Deviant. I wonder if AC/DC have ever tried to release a non-black t-shirt. Probably did & it sold a big fat zero. I bet you're seeing some interesting mullets also! Oh yes, I almost forgot about your love of "shakin that a$$". At least you're wise enough to know Muse "put on a phenomenal live set". A bit of a bummer Tulannical, but she's from around these parts & only has released one album... So there will be plenty of time to see her in the near-future.
Douchebag 01.29.10	"Man, you must have been miles away for Muse if you saw Grinspoon." haha yup ages away. Could still see some of the stage and the screens really easy though and I figured I would see them when they return at the end of the year.
DaveyBoy 01.29.10	Yeah, it's going to be interesting to see where they play at the end of the year. They sold out one Rod Laver gig way too quickly last time (& it was the worst performance of the 3 times I have seen them). I'm presuming they'll just do 2 gigs there, but I'm not ruling out a crack at Etihad Stadium or the Music Bowl.
AmericnZero02 01.29.10	I seem to remember "Prayer of the Refugee" slaying live when I saw them a couple years ago. They're probably a better live act now with Zach instead of Chris.
DaveyBoy 01.29.10	The thing is Zero, I probably see 'Prayer of the Refugee' as my 5th favorite RA song. But it is unquestionably their best live song. It just grows another leg, so to speak. I never saw RA with Chris as guitarist, but Zach is as energetic as they come. He's all over the place & Joe sort of has to follow suit just to get himself near a mic to sing backing vocals.
CrackTheSkye 01.29.10	At the Gold Coast gig, Ready To Fall was their best song. Maybe is was because they closed with, but it was easily their best.
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DaveyBoy 01.29.10	Ready To Fall is up there CTS & is one of the album songs I personally prefer over Prayer of the Refugee. I'd say it was because it was the closer that made it stand out to you. In their longer sets, they do in fact close with Prayer.
CrackTheSkye 01.29.10	Yeah, when I Prayer come on halfway through their set I was like “wtf?”.
DaveyBoy 01.29.10	No time to WTF at an RA gig... Just go crazy. Only time on Tuesday I thought I'd lose my voice was during RA. I dunno how Tim does it.
CrackTheSkye 01.29.10	I was physically spent after RA. 46 degree weather, and being sick for week leading into it was not a good mix.
Transient 01.29.10	can't believe you didn't see girl talk i'm considering skipping TMV to see calvin harris instead because all of my friends will be
Kiran 01.29.10	calvin harris put on one of the less fun DJ sets i've ever been to but it'll probably be more fun than going to TMV alone!
Transient 01.29.10	haha most definitely, i'm pretty sure calvin won't even compare to girl talk so i'm not going in expecting it to be mind blowing or anything, just want something to dance to
DaveyBoy 01.29.10	Ouch; 46 degrees! Gee, you would have sweated out that sickness CTSkye. I know Transient. It was really such a silly clash between Girl Talk & Passion Pit by the organisers. I ended up just choosing between which I felt had the better recent album. 'Manners' just. Can't help you on your TNV/Calvin clash, as I really didn't want to see either. Sounds like Kirgasm agrees. I do like 'Flashback' though.
Transient 01.29.10	i'll be seeing: lisa mitchell mastodon filler, probably kasabian or something girl talk the decemberists bit of dizzee rise against devendra banhart / calvin harris simian mobile disco probably muse groove armada
tombits 01.29.10	I went to the volta by myself for the first half, it was still awesome.
DaveyBoy 01.29.10	Well, going by your list & my list Transient, we don't have all that much in common. Well, at least you won't be at the main stages much & won't have to put up with the annoying D barrier.