It was a night for metal last weekend in San Antonio, and as everyone knows San Antonio loves its metal. When I pulled up to the parking lot of the AT&T Center, I was more than a little disappointed that there was no resemblance to the classic cult film “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” filmed before a Judas Priest concert in Maryland in ‘86. If you haven’t seen it, well, you can find it here. Check it out. The crowd was slow coming in and the first band didn’t have much of a crowd. The band was called Pop Evil. How can I put this nicely? They were wretched. Sort of a watered-down Creed. They seemed to be trying to rock, banging their heads furiously to mid-tempo songs with instantly forgettable lyrics. Needless to say, the crowd wasn’t impressed.
Next up came the co-headliners of the show Whitesnake. Being a pretty big fan, I was stoked to see them back together. David Coverdale being the only original member left of the line-up that was best known for the hit songs from the Slide It In era. However, Reb Beach from Winger joined on guitar and the dude is a real shredder. Coverdale strolled out with his hair looking like a lion’s mane. Whitesnake started off pretty slow, playing mostly lesser known numbers. Coverdale is almost 60 years old, and although he looks to be in pretty good shape, his voice was definitely getting rough by the time he got about halfway through the set. I was surprised he actually nailed the high notes on “Still of the Night”, but he did. All in all, Whitesnake played a pretty good set with a high energy level. I wasn’t floored, but it was a respectable showing.
It was pretty obvious the crowd was here to see Judas Priest. There were lots of aging metalheads and heshers. Surprisingly, there was also quite a large contingency of “normals,” most with their kids in tow, presumably reliving the brief fling they had with metal in their youth. The original band members, with the exception of the drummer, stepped on stage to thunderous applause and ripped into their set consisting of their classic breakout album British Steel in its entirety. They were simply amazing. Singer Rob Halford’s voice sounds just as good today as it did in Priest’s heyday, and those geezers can still shred their guitars just like young bucks. After blazing through British Steel, the crowd went nuts and Rob Halford assured the crowd “We ain’t done yet, we got some more metal for ya.” Then they tore into The Ripper. Priest rocked a few more of their most popular numbers as well as a couple off of their new album (which rocks). It was an amazing set by one of the most influential metal bands of all time.
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Columbus Short Would be an excellent match for Sam Cooke (especially if this movie was to include Sam’s Soul Stirrer years). Just as long as in the movie Sam does the singing of course lol. But as far as physical resemblance my boy Columbus Short all the way. View this clip of Cadillac Records were he played lil walter… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmxTbcnW6bY
by Akin Z on Wed Feb 1, 2012 at 12.37 am from the entry: Sam Cooke to get a movie
Oops meant Aloe Blacc not Black. Sorry about the typo. If you doubt that he should play Sam check him out here on you tube singing Loving you is Killing me. The likeness is uncanny - but the voice is quite different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yJuyaVcL2I&feature=artist
by Tamara L on Tue Jan 31, 2012 at 08.30 am from the entry: Sam Cooke to get a movie
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I would go for Aloe Black because he looks so much like Sam, but for heaven’s sake why are we talking about the quality of the actor’s singing? Sam’s singing has got to be dubbed in. We want the real thing not an impersonator. There is only one Sam Cooke. The actor can act, let Sam do the songs.
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John Boutte should play Sam Cooke. Except the point someone made about him dying young, this is true. Boutte may be a bit too old.
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