Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut 2007
Allyson B. Crawford
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Last night while surfing the channels, I was pleasantly surprised to find Vh1 Classic broadcasting Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut 2007. The show was taped in St. Louis, Missouri during the Poison'd tour.
Watching the concert brought back some good memories of last year. The Poison'd tour was the first time I had a special photo pass (I felt very important!) to the pit. I also convinced Heather to go to the show with me, even though it was during the week and she was on the night shift. When Poison is involved, you must rearrange life at all costs! I think I also wore a black sequin halter to the show and was a sweaty mess within ten seconds of arriving at the concert venue. Live and learn I guess.
The set for Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut 2007 looks like this:
Look What The Cat Dragged In
I Want Action
Ride The Wind
I Wont Forget You
What I Like About You
CC Solo
I Hate Every Bone In Your Body But Mine
Something To Believe In
Can't See You
Your Mama Don't Dance
I Need To Know
Rikki Drum Solo
Unskinny Bop
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Fallen Angel
Talk Dirty To Me
Nothin But A Good Time
The classic Poison set list. Yes, I'll be seeing the same show next month in Cincinnati. No matter how many times the band does the same show, I'm entertained. Finally seeing Bret Michaels solo last week at Rocklahoma made me realize I do prefer the regular Poison show. I need the entire band for the ultimate concert experience. I just don't feel right if someone other than Bobby Dall strums the famous open E intro to "Unskinny Bop."
The crowd pans during Poison: Live, Raw and Uncut 2007 show an active group of fans. I'm sure Bret and company were whipping-up the crowd, saying they were taping the show. Still, the reaction is good with high energy through out the show. I will say Bret sounded a little hoarse midway through the show - this makes me wonder if he's developing some throat issues. After all, he's been singing for a very long time - it's only natural for the pipes to give out after awhile.
C.C. DeVille's guitar solo seems better on this taped performance than what I remember live. Conversely, I remember enjoying Rikki Rocket's drum solo more while at the show. Perhaps it was the moving kit or the energy of the live crowd that helped the solo along? I will say watching this classic concert got me amped for my turn at the summer Poison fun.
I think you can buy a copy of this St. Louis performance at Best Buy. I'm glad I captured the full performance on cable - I simply saved to my DVR as "do not delete." I just realized of all the band T-shirts I own, none of them is Poison. I think I'll pocket the savings from not having to buy this DVD and use the money toward a Poison shirt at the Cincinnati show. Good times.
Reader Comments (11)
But now I think I'll have to pick this one up, too.
Now I'm on a damn mission to find this wallet for you!!!! haha
That's very sweet for you to think of me! Don't spend your $$$ on me though - put that cash toward your Home Sweet Home charity. :)
Allyson
Ive seen CC sound good, and Ive seen him sound like he had too much powder before the show. Inconsistent to say the least. Always enjoyed their shows though.
is not my opinion but a fact. Dave Mustaine has himself confessed to overdubbing some of the guitar parts on the Rude Awakening DVd because he was not happy with how some of them sounded.
That is why you see frequent scene changes and cameras changing focus every second in almost all music DVDs, They never focus on a member for too long cause if they do it will become visible that there is no sync in the places where the overdubs are done.
Iron Maiden DVDs have the maximum overdubs. I have stopped buying music DVDs for 3 years now because i dont see the point in watching a concert that's been "touched up" in the studio
Aeromsith released a DVD 3 years ago. Guess what ? They played 2 nights in the same stadium. The sound on the first night wasnt very good but the boys were on fire. So they synced the video from the first night with the audio from the second night. I then obtained a bootleg copy of the show from the first night and the difference was obvious. During "toys in the attic", steven misses out a few words becasue he was far away from the mic and had to come running back but cudnt make it in time. However on the official "You gotta Move" DVD, he is singing the words properly and the camera is focusing on Joe Perry ;)
pearl jam's live at the garden is the only i own that has no overdubs and if you watch it you will notice that. You wont see the camera changing focus every 2 seconds.Iwas hoping this Poison DVD would be the same but after reading your comment about CC's solo sounding better on the taped performance , i'm almost certain that this concert is full of overdubs.