Chris Cornell - Red Robinson Theatre Coquitlam, BC
Nov 6, 2008
I was so excited when I got 2 Row 3 center tickets to see Chris. It was going to be awesome. I love his solo stuff, Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. I went with my Bro John, we hooked up around 6:30 in the parking lot. We downed some beers and listened to tunes in the van before heading in.
I was at the Burnaby casino the night before and lost a few bucks so wasn't that interested in gambling again at this one. The place was very quiet - John wanted to check out the horse racing and I liked this monte carlo machine I've won at before. I walked up to it and in 4 spins I turned my $20 into $115. I cashed out and went to the bar. The winnings covered my ticket to the show and beers. I was set.
The band Mobile opened up for Chris. They were really good - we really enjoyed them. They've got some good tunes and their sound was perfect. Catch their videos at http://www.last.fm/music/Mobile/_/Out+Of+My+Head?autostart and
http://www.last.fm/music/Mobile/_/See+Right+Through+Me?autostart
John and I met up with the band after their show - great young guys from Montreal. Security was all over everyone that had a camera so I didn't take a shots of Mobile live in the fear that I would lose my camera before Chris came out. When someone pulled a camera out, they would shine their flashights on the person and security would give them a talking to.
We then went to our seats for Chris but instead went right ot the front on the floor. We were a couple of people deep but after a few songs, made it to the railing front and center. The crowd was much more civilized than most show so I had no problem squeezing myself in there. Chris is a cool guy. He came out very casually and started singing a few tunes. It took me a couple of songs to get right into it but once I did, I was hooked. He was brilliant and the songs he played were fantastic.
He brought his kids out (2 and 4) and they had their little earphones on to dampen the noise danced around the stage a bit and sang you know my name.
I high fived him a few times, he came over to me sang with one foot on the railing in front of me and it was awesome. I got some great shots and video. Security didn't like it when I videod but shots were OK.
Chris did an amazing solo acoustic set of a few songs. I got some great shots.
I got a few guitar picks from the band and one of the guys came over directly to me and gave me the setlist. That was cool. After the show, we went back intot he casino and we met the guitarist for a kodak moment for John. We threw $25 away at the roulette table and headed home.
Some videos of the show
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=KueYoXdOHUU
Chris played for 2 and half hours I think and the brilliant setlist was as follows: 27 songs !!!
Searching with my Good Eye Closed
Rusty Cage
Gasoline
What You Are
Gun
No Attention
Moth
No Such Thing
You Know My Name
Arms around your love
Cant Change Me
When I'm down
Watch Out
Set it off
Exploder
Acoustic
Black Hole Sun
Call me a dog
Fell on Black Days
I Am the Highway
Like a Stone
Part of me
Blow Up the Outside World
Superunknown
Be Yourself
Scream
Encore
Ground Zero
Like Suicide
Show Me How to Live
Another great show - fantastic artist.
Nov 6, 2008
I was so excited when I got 2 Row 3 center tickets to see Chris. It was going to be awesome. I love his solo stuff, Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. I went with my Bro John, we hooked up around 6:30 in the parking lot. We downed some beers and listened to tunes in the van before heading in.
I was at the Burnaby casino the night before and lost a few bucks so wasn't that interested in gambling again at this one. The place was very quiet - John wanted to check out the horse racing and I liked this monte carlo machine I've won at before. I walked up to it and in 4 spins I turned my $20 into $115. I cashed out and went to the bar. The winnings covered my ticket to the show and beers. I was set.
The band Mobile opened up for Chris. They were really good - we really enjoyed them. They've got some good tunes and their sound was perfect. Catch their videos at http://www.last.fm/music/Mobile/_/Out+Of+My+Head?autostart and
http://www.last.fm/music/Mobile/_/See+Right+Through+Me?autostart
John and I met up with the band after their show - great young guys from Montreal. Security was all over everyone that had a camera so I didn't take a shots of Mobile live in the fear that I would lose my camera before Chris came out. When someone pulled a camera out, they would shine their flashights on the person and security would give them a talking to.
We then went to our seats for Chris but instead went right ot the front on the floor. We were a couple of people deep but after a few songs, made it to the railing front and center. The crowd was much more civilized than most show so I had no problem squeezing myself in there. Chris is a cool guy. He came out very casually and started singing a few tunes. It took me a couple of songs to get right into it but once I did, I was hooked. He was brilliant and the songs he played were fantastic.
He brought his kids out (2 and 4) and they had their little earphones on to dampen the noise danced around the stage a bit and sang you know my name.
I high fived him a few times, he came over to me sang with one foot on the railing in front of me and it was awesome. I got some great shots and video. Security didn't like it when I videod but shots were OK.
Chris did an amazing solo acoustic set of a few songs. I got some great shots.
I got a few guitar picks from the band and one of the guys came over directly to me and gave me the setlist. That was cool. After the show, we went back intot he casino and we met the guitarist for a kodak moment for John. We threw $25 away at the roulette table and headed home.
Some videos of the show
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=KueYoXdOHUU
Chris played for 2 and half hours I think and the brilliant setlist was as follows: 27 songs !!!
Searching with my Good Eye Closed
Rusty Cage
Gasoline
What You Are
Gun
No Attention
Moth
No Such Thing
You Know My Name
Arms around your love
Cant Change Me
When I'm down
Watch Out
Set it off
Exploder
Acoustic
Black Hole Sun
Call me a dog
Fell on Black Days
I Am the Highway
Like a Stone
Part of me
Blow Up the Outside World
Superunknown
Be Yourself
Scream
Encore
Ground Zero
Like Suicide
Show Me How to Live
Another great show - fantastic artist.
Labels: audioslave, chris cornell concert review, coquitlam, soundgarden, Vancouver
posted by Slurpee Guy at 7:49 AM
2 Comments:
Excellent show, Chris is truly one of the greatest performers of our time and of all-time. I really enjoyed those pics, those are some great shots.
One small thing I noticed that you didn't have in the setlist: "Call Me a Dog" was the second song in his acoustic set. That was one of my personal favorites because Temple of the Dog tunes always bring back some fond memories. Maybe Chris decided to improvise that one into the set?
Thank you for your blog. A great reminder of a great show.
Thank you Mr. Slurpee for the pics & setlist! That was a great show. See you at the next one.
=D
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