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Show in Budapest 2005.12.01 with SPOILER

Post by Beast_Pete » Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:10 pm

2005 december 1; Budapest, Hungary; Petőfi Csarnok; 2000 metalheads

ATTENTION! SPOILER IS ADDED TOO! IF YOU LIKE SURPRISES, THEN DON'T TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TOPIC TILL YOU NOT ATTENDED THE SHOW!


I will tell my experiences in Vienna later in the Show in Vienna topic. You'd better read that first. :lol:

So I got up to the train, I was coming home to Budapest. I arrived at 13:05 at Keleti, than met a friend of mine at 13:45 to get the drinks. I arrived to the PECSA at 14:45. Timo Kotipelto came out to have a walk at around 15:00. There were only 10 fans around, and of course he had to give signatures for them. ;)
Later Jens came out for the drinks (I hope, you liked them), and he had to give signatures too. I have a photo with him (click).
10 minutes after Jens went inside, Lauri came out, and asked, if we know, where the plaza with the angel statue is. It is the Hősök tere (Heroes square), and I showed him, which road to take to get there... it isn't hard to get there, so I think, he managed to do so. :)

At 19:00 we were let inside, but we had to wait for the indoors door to be opened too, so this was a very bad thing for me... I couldn't get to the middle, though I still could be in the first row, I was on the very left side just in front of the loudspeakers. :? (my left ear is still tinkling)

Now I'm going to talk about only the Stratovarius show. (I can't remember the setlist correctly... so I might edit this post in the near future, when I get the setlist)
For about 15-20 minutes you could see some videos played on the big screens. They showed the Wacken Show, The Reahearsals and the American Tour. During the last two minutes of this video collection you could hear a classical song. This intro was the same as on the Elements Tour. I really liked it. Just before the start, Tolkki and Lauri stood up to the highstage (the curtains were transparent).

And the curtains were falling, and the legions were calling, while Hunting High & Low was played. Good choice starting with this song, and not with Maniac Dance. The second song was Speed of Light, started immediately after the ending of HHAL. The crowd was so amazing, that we didn'"t have to shout for too long during the break in the solo. The Kiss of Judas was the third song. After it, Koti said, that "It's fucking great to be back in Budapest, Hungary. We all know, that Finnish and Hungarian people once were one nation, and it's good to be on the same old root/rout again." (I bet, it was root). Then came Maniac Dance, SOS... and finally DESTINY. Oh My God! I know now even more, why I am loving this song so much. :D :D :D :D
Against the Wind!!! No comment. \m/

Then came the solo of Laurri. He was funny and insane. :) Today my "Koskenkorrrrrrva!" shout didn't work, as the crowd was too loud. =P

Koti: "You know, the crowd in Hungary is so good, that when we are going to Budapest, it feels like we are Coming Home." :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
They played Coming Home! They really did! I have a record of it (my camera is not good at recording voices, so only the visual part would be enjoyable for you). The lyrics were changed btw. "I am coming home to Budapeeeeeeheeest!" :D

The atmosphere was so great, I couldn't imagine, what can come now (ok, I could, I was on the show in Vienna too =P ). The next song was a symphony... Twilight Symphony. It was a surprise for me. I don't know, if they played this song during the North and South American legs, but I was surprised, though I know, this song is very much liked (by me too :) ).
The times are changing so fast, that we soon get into the father time. =P So the next song was Father Time. I went insane. :twisted:\m/ :headbang:

And now the band went out. The screens showed us some words/lines that I can't recall perfectly. The and was: UNITED. :) It was really cool to hear this song, I hope that they play it on their next tours as well. (this song pushed out HHAL from my top-10 btw :P )

Then came the trio of Hymn to Joy - Paradise acoustic (only the refrain) - Forever. We sang forever about 15 times louder than Austria. I'm sorry to say this, but the Austrians (except for the people in the first 3 rows) were fucking lazy or I don't know what, but they didn't sing along too much. Stratovarius was really satisfied with Budapest.
Eagleheart was played here too... and surprisingly, this song was very much liked by the audience. They knew the lyrics very well.
The ending was of course Black Diamond. We gave our last powers to headbang, \m/ and shout as much as we can. The StratoGuys thanked us for that evening, and they throed in some guitar picks and drum sticks. Tolkki actually looked at me and throwed the pick in my direction, but everyone tried to get it from me, so it fell down... but nobody knew it, except for me. :P After the show, I could find it, eventhough my friend told me, he didn't find it... it was at a very dark "parcel", so I was lucky to find it.

Jörg did his "blowing the beer to the sky". :) (click)

All in all, this was maybe the best concert ever. The only competitor is the show in 2003, of course by Stratovarius. :) The crowd was enthusiastic, Stratovarius had lot of smiles on their faces. The only problem was, that the sound of the instruments (except for the keyboards) were too loud. In Vienna, it was even worse, because Koti's microphone was quite as well.

I bought a StratoHammer shirt for 3000 forints. In Austria, it would have costed about 4500Ft...

If you'd like to check all the pictures, then you can do it here.
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Re: Show in Budapest 2005.12.01 with SPOILER

Post by browneyedgirl » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:16 pm

Great Review&Great Pics, B_P!!! +10 :)
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Re: Show in Budapest 2005.12.01 with SPOILER

Post by Hellovarius the Simp » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:44 pm

I liked the Father Time solo very much because of the double tapping. Mr Timo Tolkki was amazing.
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Post by Beast_Pete » Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:11 pm

Hellovarius the Simple wrote:Mr Timo Tolkki was amazing.
As always. :)
But now he was smiling a lot. I could see, that he really enjoyed the crowd of Budapest. And do you remember, when he played the slow ending solo of Twilight Symphony? He was playing it with closed eyes, just to feel the emotion even more. I bet, that he loves that song very much.

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"Mikor az utolsó véred is elfolyék,
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Post by MMarton » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:38 pm

ÁRGH!
It was very very very fucking great! Huhh! The show was very very energetic! The beginning of the show was very very good, the sound wasn't perfect but the songs were very powerful! This show was fucking great! The setlist was perfect, I missed only Legions. I am very very pleased to the band because of this evening. I am very happy because Strato is back! And they are powerful, energetic, and Seeing him on the stage is something very beautiful! This concert is Budapest was a dream. A big thank for the band, and a very big thank to the band and to the audience. In the Petőfi Hall everyone went crazy!!!! It was super! If tomorrow the band would come back I would be there!

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Post by Beast_Pete » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:45 pm

MMarton wrote:If tomorrow the band would come back I would be there!
I would come back to... even if I had to get 6000 Forints from somewhere again (ok, I bought mine for 5500, but whatever).

Jah, egyébként a Discussions in Other Languages részlegben keresd meg a Magyar Stratofanok Topikját!
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Re: Show in Budapest 2005.12.01 with SPOILER

Post by IceBreaker » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:01 am

Beast_Pete wrote:And do you remember, when he played the slow ending solo of Twilight Time? He was playing it with closed eyes, just to feel the emotion even more. I bet, that he loves that song very much.
Twilight Time? Did they REALLY play that song or do you mean Twilight Symphony?
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Post by Beast_Pete » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:05 am

IceBreaker wrote:
Beast_Pete wrote:And do you remember, when he played the slow ending solo of Twilight Time? He was playing it with closed eyes, just to feel the emotion even more. I bet, that he loves that song very much.
Twilight Time? Did they REALLY play that song or do you mean Twilight Symphony?
I editted my post. Thanks for pointing it out for me.
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Post by IceBreaker » Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:08 am

No problem, Pete. :)
I remember that in Turku Tolkki was playing that ending solo on Twilight Symphony nearly or totally alone on stage (at least TK and Lauri wasn´t on stage at that time), the crowd started to shout "Tolkki, Tolkki, Tolkki...". He noticed it and started to look very happy and even surprised and played a short addition solo too. 8)
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Post by MMarton » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:44 pm

IceBreaker wrote:No problem, Pete. :)
I remember that in Turku Tolkki was playing that ending solo on Twilight Symphony nearly or totally alone on stage (at least TK and Lauri wasn´t on stage at that time), the crowd started to shout "Tolkki, Tolkki, Tolkki...". He noticed it and started to look very happy and even surprised and played a short addition solo too. 8)
So we shouted: Tolkki! i was in the first line but I Couldn't recognise that it was tolkki! :D I'm stupid!

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Post by MMarton » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:39 pm

Here are pictures from the show: My girlfiend has taken them:
http://kep.tar.hu/

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Post by Beast_Pete » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:05 am

Ok, it's shitty quality, but still it's Coming Home back to Budapest. :)

Coming Home Part 1 (live in Budapest 2005)

Edit: be quick, the link works for only 7 days.
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Post by Beast_Pete » Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:47 pm

"Mikor az utolsó véred is elfolyék,
S a tested is a porba hullék,
Akkor is van még remény,
Mert a lelked továbbra is él."

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Post by Dave » Sun Dec 04, 2005 3:36 pm

The sound is kinda interesting.. :P
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Post by Beast_Pete » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:12 pm

http://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3Q9J ... WLZYP35UK8

Here's the two video in one, with better sound... still not too fine, but better. And there's a little "cut"/"gap" at about 2:57.
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Post by Stratofanius » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:22 pm

Oh my god how horrible quality, my ears explodes soon!! I could just watch the slow parts because of poor quality. Thanks still B_P for sharing this for us...

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Post by Beast_Pete » Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:26 pm

Well, my left ear does explode, because I stood in front of the loudspeakers on the left side...
Anyway, I think that this video is for collectors mostly.
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Post by Beast_Pete » Mon Dec 05, 2005 12:38 pm

Added United to the first post, as now I'm 100% sure that they played it after Father Time.
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Post by savafan » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:00 pm

Hi all!

I made some pictures in this concert. And now you'll find here:

http://savafan.freeweb.hu/angol/Stratovarius/alap.htm

Check it!

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Post by Beast_Pete » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:14 pm

Jók a képek. Az egyik haveromat többször is láttam rajtuk. :)
Milyen gépet használsz?
(for the others: I asked about the camera he uses)
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Post by savafan » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:26 pm

Köszi!

Általában egy kis Minoltát de most mivel nem lehetett vakuzni ezért kölcsönkértem egy Sonyt.
(Mostly i using the Minolta but now i used a Sony)
Beast_Pete wrote:Jók a képek. Az egyik haveromat többször is láttam rajtuk. :)
Milyen gépet használsz?
(for the others: I asked about the camera he uses)

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Post by iron_thunder » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:24 am

great review, beast pete :) thanks for sharing that. your link to coming home... err, well they've all expired :(
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Post by Beast_Pete » Sun Jan 08, 2006 4:35 pm

I will try to find an upload page, where it stays permanently, just be patient. :)
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