Special DVD Taping (Joy)

Found out about the special recording on your site and we immediately decided we had to get there if possible.  Left early morning to get there and stood in line for hours where we learned that people who had bought the expensive seats on Sunday and Monday were given tickets to the Wednesday afternoon session as they left the concert.  So apparently there were 500 tickets still available for people who found out other ways and just turned up.  We were about 60th there.  After 2 or 3 hours and a mild case of sunburn we were issued tickets and then had to join the queue at the entrance to the outer arena and wait for the doors to open.  More waiting and then we were admitted to four inner doors of the arena where we waited some more till finally after 2pm we were allowed in.  Got great seats near front - perfect view.  Front two rows were reserved for what seemed to be beautiful young girls and boys in tight mini skirts and tops who had been hired (just my guess) to act as concert goers and dance etc. and liven up proceedings.  We were told it was going to be an accoustic set and was for close-ups for the DVD.  The guys came out and played the five songs they had at Monday night's concert after intermission seated on stools out the front of the stage, which were:

1.    Tequila Sunrise

2.    Love Will Keep Us Alive

3.    No More Cloudy Days

4.    Hole in the World

5.    Take it to the Limit

Then they changed around, Don went to drums etc. and they played Hotel California.  This was preceeded by a great trumpet solo as it was at Monday's concert.  Have they been playing it this way in America lately or not?  They told the same jokes as they had at the concert and gave the same intro's  the only difference was Glenn joked that they should hire a plane and take us all with them on tour because we were being so enthusiastic I guess.

They did it all in one take no stopping and starting etc. which we had been warned may happen.  Then that was it. I guess they were happy with everything, it sounded pretty good to me.  We were hoping they might come out again and do one more song but not to be.  So everybody filed out and we received a free T-Shirt for being so good.  All in all it took about 1 hour I guess.

The two new songs aren't bad, not Hotel California standard or anything like that.  Probably need to hear them a few more times to make a proper judgement but I don't think they'll go down as Eagles classics.

Comments

[Nick Grammaticos]

it was a fabulous day at the recording. we all waited in line for hours just waiting and waiting and when the tickets arrived everyone flocked to the two ladies who were giving them out. after that we lined up outside the front doors of Rod Laver Arena and when they opened the doors once again it was like a seagull to fish and chips, everyoine desperatly barged through the doors just to get a good spot in the line out side door 17. then everyone was waiting outside door 17 for a while anxiously waiting for the doors to open. they finally opened and i just couldnt wait to get inside.

once i got inside i was so wrapt. i just couldnt wait to see the guys. then the lights were dimmed and they came out and the audience were cheering and cheering and my heart was just pounding. they started to play but it was a pitty they only did 6 songs i wanted more and im sure the audience did aswell. after they finished take it to the limit they did hotel california, and just before they started the audience was dead silent and i yelled out "you rock Joe!!!" and he heard me and he responded with "hi!". they then started hotel california. after they finished hotel california that was it for the DVD taping. i thought it was a marevellous performance and that they sounded great! and after the gig finished we recieved free t-shirts which i thought was pretty cool. and so the day concluded and that was that.

i also cant wait till the 5th concert on the 26th november.

[greg808]

my husband and i was wrapped to get tickets to go see the show'being in our 40s we grew up on this brillant sound' i even got my21 year old to come,she sang along with us ,what a night. i hope they come back to melbourne in a couple of years people who are not into there music ;dont know what there missing brillant musos class act;well done eagles ;sad i found out to late about the dvd recording on wed afternoon ;i could have attended oh well thats showbiz'.goldie.g