Motley Crue, Rock In Rio -- Full Performance

Talk about a huge festival! Motley Crue just did Rock in Rio in Rio De Janeiro. The size of the crowd is unreal to me!

Comments

[Metalboy!]

Whaddya think, Ace? Sounds AND looks like backing tracks on back up vocals and SOME guitars.

Plus Neil has now really gone latter day Elvis on us with his vocal approximations here. Check out the second song in the set, "Wildside" for some truly hilarious pronunciations of the word, where, at one point, "Wah-ooo", seems to be completely nailing it as far as Neil is concerned when studying the complete conviction on his face.

This performance would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. Still, ya gotta hand it to 'em, packin' 'em in to the tune of 180,000 people or so. Or did they just show up early for Metallica? No doubt, however, the audience seems totally glad they did! No doubt, the concert certainly is epic, Allyson!

[Bob]

Yep, Metalboy!, I made it through the second verse of "wild Side" and had to bail. Neil isn't even singing words in the second verse. He's just mumbling sort of in tune...Sad.

[GNR]

Second Verse:

I carry my crucifix
Under my death list
Forward my mail to me in hell
Liars and the martyrs
Lost faith in The Father
Long lost in the wishing well

Vince's Version (6:10 mark above video)

My... My... fix
Under....ish
For...my mail...me...ell
Liars...(sounds)
Lost...(sounds)... ther
Long (screech)....aaaail

I can't even type those sounds :)

[Shawn]

GNR Great transcription ..... I bet Nikki is dying to get off this tour and get on with his other band.

[Jason]

To be fair, the 180,000 people at Rock in Rio would show up if Justin Bieber was there. Just sayin'....

[Gary]

Jason is correct about the crowd. The folks down there in South America turn out in droves for festivals (and Iron Maiden and AC/DC judging by the DVD's I've seen.) I'd love to know what Motley pocketed for going through the motions down there. It's sad how blatant the cash grab has become,at least in Tommy's and Mayor McCheese's case. For Chrissakes he sounds like that one dude in The Waterboy that does nothing but mumble Cajun......lol

[Rita]

OK. I have not watched this but in fairness to Vince, he did a great job when I saw them last month. No mumbling and he sang almost every word. I guess that night was the exception for him and I should consider myself lucky. Especially since I paid $300 for the ticket.

But they were all great when I saw them. Too bad they couldn't leave every fan with the same impression on their last tour. Shame.

[Metalboy!]

Let me get this straight, Jason... Because the 180,000 Brazilians would go apesh*t for anybody with a Les Paul strapped to their torso, then Vince Neil should halfa*s his vocal performance?

I don't get it. If I were Neil and looked out at 180,000 fans, I'd give it my all.

However, because I was lucky like Rita when I saw them, with Neil annunciating every word and on key, too boot, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I mean, what the heck, it could be as simple as he had the flu.

It's still funny as h*ll, tho and gets even more ridiculous as the show goes on. Enjoy!

[Metalboy!]

BTW, GNR, your documentation of Neil's approximations are hilarious! Thanks!

[Ace Steele]

Be surprised... I'm not gonna beat up on Vince. He's at least making phonetic noises that almost resemble lyrics 2/3rd of the time... an upgrade to what he's been doing... Laughing my way thru the back half of "Wild Side" right not... "Woody Woodpecker" is in full effect, but he's close enough... Mick Mars has stepped up his game... or he's sampling... I'll give him a passing grade. Same for Nikki.. less compressed than he has been, so we can make out actual notes. B+ for him... Tommy seems to be the slacker here.. sticking to basic 2 & 4... he's so much better than this.

All in all, this is still MILES better than that laughable trainwreck performance from SwedenRock!

[Metalboy!]

Ace, your instinct may be right about Mars... Watch his guitar and listen along during "Wildside". I hear more guitar work than I'm seeing. Also, I could swear all those back up vocals are piped in. The only things that are real are Lee's drumming and Neil's Woody Woodpecker and Little Alvin impressions.

[Ace Steele]

Metalboy, I saw the exact same thing. And some of the guitar tracks sound tonewise, just like those songs album cuts... I'll give Mars a pass as his disease gives him an excuse for a crutch. Tommy's playing here stands out as positively uninspiring. He's phoning it in. Vince's vocals are ridiculously poor, as the show goes on.

[Metalboy!]

What a sham, what a shame!

[Dj]

The words he does skip is over exaggerated. Like I've always said, he's dammed if he does and dammed if he dosent. Check out footage from the US Festival in 83, he does the same thing....
That crowd is unreal....wish America had more of a loyal rock fan base as some of these other countries.

[Jason]

Metalboy....my comment was in response to what you said..."Still, ya gotta hand it to 'em, packin' 'em in to the tune of 180,000 people or so." I was saying that Motley didn't pull that crowd alone, the crowd woulda been there regardless who was playing.

[Ace Steele]

Yeah... Metallica was headlining over 'em... Oh the irony of it all, considering Tommy's tweet.

[Him]

Thing is, 'Tallica sacked Lars because of that Tweet. So there is power in using the media. They replaced him with a skulletted John Lithgow. They now do a little bit of the 3rd Rock from the Sun theme song before launching into "Creeping Death."

[Metalboy!]

Gotcha, Jason. Ace, I was thinkin' the same thing -- Even though Ulrich is a weenis and even if he was playing off tempo, wouldn't it be more professional to just not say anything. After all, as Ace pointed out, Lee's drumming at this show was less than spectacular.

DJ, as far as the US Festival '83 show goes, Neil was killin' it for that performance. He sang nearly all the words, only skipping one or two to hold his mike out to the crowd. When you watch that performance on DVD, you can tell he is giving it his all. Sadly, that's not the case here, though there have been reports of him absolutely nailing it. Such a shame he couldn't have been "on" for this show. They could have given Metallica a run for their money.

[Him]

"A run for their money." Metalboy!, you couldn't be more spot on if you tried (and I don't think you did).

These bands, vestiges of our youth, are increasingly selling nostalgia to the highest bidders because there are no clear-cut bands to take their place. AC/DC for 120? Van Halen for just as much?!!?

They, and we, are trading in a rather short horizon-line of "get it while you can." The stand alones (like 'Tallica, like Scorps, like Halen) are giving way to packages (like Lep). But they are all giving us what we want. Right? So they pack those sheds and stadiums (occasionally, in the States and more often elsewhere).

But where does that leave us? What is standing in the wings? Simmons wasn't right. But he was. The greats are going, going . . . and where are the bands--no, where is the infrastructure--to replace them when they are gone?

I am not a pessimist. But I recognize (and I have talked about this a lot on here) that the era this site celebrates is tied to the era that made it famous. Give me a decade, or less. Where will we be and what will we be talking about?

[Dj]

Fair point Metalboy! But Vince has always done the same thing, whether it was hit or miss. I saw them a month ago and he sounded pretty good, better than when I saw them last year, but Vince sounded amazing when I saw Motley and Poison in 2011. To me the only one that seems to be phoning it in is Tommy Lee. I wont ignore the fact of the amazing Rock N Roll he has created, but he seems to be less interested in Rock music nowadays and more interested, in "Spray Tan In A Can Soundtrack For The Deaf"