|  | | 
08-16-2010, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | | So, do I shell out $300 bucks for a Metallica ticket?
Sign in to disble this ad
So here's my dilemma. Metallica are playing in Melbourne in November, it's the last leg of the World Magnetic tour and tickets are $300 on eBay.
Up until a few days ago I didn't care really. I hadn't listened to Metallica since I was 16, I'm now 20 so 4 years. Metallica was the first band I was ever truly passionate about. I started playing bass because of Cliff Burton with whom I share my Surname, which made the whole thing extra special for me 
Anywho, as most teenagers do I moved on from that phase into much heavier, much more complex and much darker forms of metal. I think Opeth are now my favourite band and most of the others are heavier than them.
Then a few days ago I bought a new car and the stereo in the car has no iPod connectivity. Since everything nowadays is MP3 and such my CD collection has dwindled. The only CD I could find was the Black Album. So I chucked that in the car for a few days and found myself feeling a little like I did back in high school. So I've been listening to all the old albums again and feeling more and more like I should give it what it deserves and see them live one more time.
But 300 bucks? Hmmm...
So has anyone here seen them on this tour already? Is it a good show? Was it, in your opinion, worth $300? Aussie Dollars remember.
__________________
I was there and I posted #8, Brutal Bassist #6.9
|
08-16-2010, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New Zealand | | | nah , overrated . |
08-16-2010, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | God no.
__________________
Don't tell me the sky is the limit, when there are footprints on the Moon.
|
08-16-2010, 08:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana | | | no, not worth 50 bucks imho
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by hover  Some people smoke, I eat *****. risk / risk. | Quote:
Originally Posted by cheezewiz Next time you light up a doob, remember, it may be soaked in ballsweat. | http://www.loungesoundsystem.com |
08-16-2010, 08:07 PM
| | | | Neh, not 300.
__________________
Schecter Stiletto C4, Squier VMJ, Schecter 004, SX SPB-57. Schecter Bass club member#2, lefties go right club#28.
|
08-16-2010, 08:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Florida | | Wish I could go, never been to a Metallica Concert let alone Australia. Sounds like you want to go, so go.. Its only money....  |
08-16-2010, 08:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | barring the fact that I sincerely think those dudes are douches of the highest order, I think 300 dollars to see a show is obscene. Save your money for gear and start a better band.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPookie This seems like the type of problem that will take care of itself, given time. | Quote:
Originally Posted by blendermassacre Dar-WIN! | |
08-16-2010, 08:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New Zealand | | Quote:
Originally Posted by waleross Wish I could go, never been to a Metallica Concert let alone Australia. Sounds like you want to go, so go.. Its only money.... | Yeah its only money .......YOURE GIVING THEM !! lol . Save your dosh and get a DVD . |
08-16-2010, 08:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | You've been listening to the old albums and you think you should go see today's Metallica?
I'm afraid it's a horrible way to close your experiences of the band. IMO.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by tom once dead Also to prove my Australianism, I've been stung by an irukandji jellyfish before, while snorkelling at an island looking at stingrays. | |
08-16-2010, 08:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Yorkton, Saskatchewan | | | 300 dollars is a lot of money. Is that money worth the memory of seeing your first ever musical idols live? The question can only be answered by you, my friend.
I loved (and to a degree still love) the Chili Peppers, and although my musical taste has matured over the years, the price I'd pay to see the man who influenced me to pick up the foursting live wouldn't stop at $300. Oftentimes the quality of a thing will not hold a candle to the awesome power of nostalgia.
__________________ Quote: |
I have passed from the outermost portal / To the shrine where sin is a prayer; /What care though the service be mortal? / O our Lady of Torture, what care?
| |
08-16-2010, 08:34 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Empire State | | | No. |
08-16-2010, 08:59 PM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | | There is no concert in a stadium (I assume this is where they'll play) that I would pay $300 for. None.
Bring it down to a more moderate size venue (5,000 or less) and there are a couple acts I'd pay that much for--but they generally involve at least one person who's passed away, such as the Beatles or the Minutemen.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim C All these micro guys keep throwing a single 12AX7 behind the input jack with the marketing team shouting "has a tube; sounds like tubes". | LOG #143
|
08-16-2010, 09:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Plano, Tx | | | Is it 1990?
Then no.
FWIW, I saw the Big Four (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax) concert in a movie theater and while the set they chose was strong, the playing and the attitude were still falling short, IMO. $50 - yes. $300 - H E double hockey sticks naw.
Last edited by John Ruiz : 08-16-2010 at 09:03 PM.
|
08-16-2010, 09:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Denver, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by L-A You've been listening to the old albums and you think you should go see today's Metallica?
I'm afraid it's a horrible way to close your experiences of the band. IMO. | +1, IMO everything after the Black Album has sucked.
__________________
Christian Praise & Worship #415, Colorado Club #36
Recommended by four out of five dentists.
|
08-16-2010, 09:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Honolulu | | | 300 Australian is like, what, $270 U.S.? Not worth it imo.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Danhole I absolutely love Crass. I think my religion is Crass. | |
08-16-2010, 09:22 PM
|  | Soaking up the cathode rays... | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada | | | I saw Metallica somewhere near the beginning of this tour... I have to say, having only seen them this one time and having only really been a fan of Ride the Lighting and Master of Puppets (these albums MADE me the fan of metal I am today), that I really enjoyed the show. Granted, I only paid $120 CAN for 1st row off the floor (they played in the round, so it was basically like 7th row floor, only I didnt have to worry about looking over anyones head or getting bashed by the pit), but I consider myself a fairly harsh critic. I don't know what the set list is like for this leg, but for fans of the older material they certainly didn't disappoint with the list for the show I saw... Lasers, pyrotechnics and floating coffins OH MY! That being said, $300 is a lot of money to burn if you are not the most die hard fan... |
08-16-2010, 09:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Winnipeg,Siberia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by f'nar f'nar So here's my dilemma. Metallica are playing in Melbourne in November, it's the last leg of the World Magnetic tour and tickets are $300 on eBay.
Up until a few days ago I didn't care really. I hadn't listened to Metallica since I was 16, I'm now 20 so 4 years. Metallica was the first band I was ever truly passionate about. I started playing bass because of Cliff Burton with whom I share my Surname, which made the whole thing extra special for me
Anywho, as most teenagers do I moved on from that phase into much heavier, much more complex and much darker forms of metal. I think Opeth are now my favourite band and most of the others are heavier than them.
Then a few days ago I bought a new car and the stereo in the car has no iPod connectivity. Since everything nowadays is MP3 and such my CD collection has dwindled. The only CD I could find was the Black Album. So I chucked that in the car for a few days and found myself feeling a little like I did back in high school. So I've been listening to all the old albums again and feeling more and more like I should give it what it deserves and see them live one more time.
But 300 bucks? Hmmm...
So has anyone here seen them on this tour already? Is it a good show? Was it, in your opinion, worth $300? Aussie Dollars remember. | 300 bucks a ticket shows nothing but contempt for the fans that bought their albums,merch and other crap,that allows them to live like kings,while those fans agonize over spending the rent to see them on the "one last chance to cash in big"tour
__________________
need ain't got nuthin to do with it
lust is a perfectly good reason to buy gear
|
08-16-2010, 09:25 PM
|  | Impersonal Confuser. | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Fresno, CA | | | no
__________________ Quote: |
"the one constant is to be against totalitarianism either on the left or on the right"
| Christopher Hitchens.
|
08-16-2010, 09:27 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | Unless I was positive this was the only chance I'd have to see them live, I wouldn't do it.
Full disclosure, the most I've paid for a concert ticket was roughly $110 USD. Same deal as you: one of my favorite bands, sold out show, ebay prices. |
08-16-2010, 09:29 PM
|  | *******er Emeritus(does anyone remember that? No?) | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Houston, Texas | | | Even if I liked the new Metallica (hey, I do actually like Load/Reload, so sue me! ...just kidding, Lars, please don't sue me, I actually own those cds) I wouldn't pay that high of a price. $300 worth of gear that will last me years is better than a one-night concert experience.
__________________
-Jake
| | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
