I had mentioned a few months ago on another topic that I might get a chance to see Golden Earring. I got back from the Netherlands a few days ago, and I'm just now beginning to completely recover from jet lag. I saw Golden Earring play at Rhoon (or a place right next to it,) a week ago. I would have preferred something indoors, of course. Be that as it may, I was very impressed. I have a feeling Golden Earring is way better than some of you realize. I was especially impressed with Barry Hay's vocals. I was pretty far in the back. I couldn't see things distinctly, but the sound was loud and clear from the band. It was jam packed, standing room only, hard to even move.
"Radar Love," despite the fact that it may be one of their most famous, has never been one of my favorites. But the way they revamped it made it sound incredible. Plus, Rinus Gerritsen introduced the song with a really good bass solo. During the song itself, he had changed the bass line into something that I was really digging. I never expected "Radar Love" to possibly be my favorite song of the concert. Four songs were from the new album, including the first two songs, something which I liked very much. In some cases, I found the live versions of the songs better than the original studio versions, and this wasn't limited to just "Radar Love," of course. I realized I was taking a chance and they might not sound as good as I was hoping for. Instead, they were even better than I was expecting, in fact, quite a bit better. I wouldn't have changed anything. That was close to being a perfect show. Sometimes life throws us something that we really love, and that's about the best way to describe this.
