Wow...let me be one of the first to say this show was FUCKING AWESOME! Puppetry and the jam that preceeded it were very raw. GBFBITS was ripping from head to toe, hadn\'t caught that tune in a while and it was a nice treat. Attraction to Shade was also a very strong version. Highlight of the set for me I\'d have to say was No Quarter. Adrian sounded amazing on vocals and the boys absolutely killed it in the intro to the song. They had been playing a very Zeppelin-esque jam in the end of >Spunk and my buddy and I thought they were definitely going into "Achilles Last Stand". Very raw set, I was delighted when Tim mentions "We\'re going to take a set break". I look at my watch, Holy shit its like 1:40, time for a set break?!?! NIIICE!
Although I figured the show was going to be 2 sets to start with I figured maybe they\'d cut short to 1 set due to the 2 opening bands and not starting until after 12. I was very happy to find out that this was not the case and the Breakfast absolutely destroyed these 2 sets.
The Grand Scheme of Things was absolutely MURDERED by an extended drum solo by Adrian that absolutely tore the building apart. At the beginning of the song people were just sorta chilling spread out throughout the floor but by the end of Adrians solo a large tight semi-circle had formed around the pulsating drums pounded through the earth. I have never in my life, ever, heard a drum solo like this. Wow. I am soooo glad there was a taper there for this!
Things got funkyier than a motherfucker when the >Superfly Phaddy Fat dropped in. The Superfly also had lyrics "The Grand Scheme of Things" and "Shakedown Street" mentioned in the song. There was about 4 of us in the whole place that heard that 10 sec riff of "Thumpasaurus People\'s", totally thought they were about to go into the song when that shit got funky as fuck. The last time I had been to see the Breakfast in Albany was 8/5/04 when they busted out this set::
"wake up in a coma, dig, drunk monk bar, no glove, cinnamon girl, gravity,vera st., the chase, what the funk>phaddy boom baddy, drum intro>score, night of the thumpasaurus>give up the funk(tease), inner glimpse, taboo or not taboot
encore: superfly phaddy fat, karn evil 9"
Although they didn\'t play much of the P Funk tune it was a nice tribute. During this funk jam I also heard Tim singing the lyrics of "Moma Dance", although not in the mic, he walked over to Ronnie as if to ask if he wanted to play it (or atleast thats what it looked like), Spears shook his head no.
The "jam" section between this and Shakedown was really groovy. Some incredible funky interplay going on here. Spears was on FIRE! Laying down some of incredible lines. Shakedown Street was a nice treat (definitely didn\'t expect it). The peak of the funk climaxed in the jam that came out of Shakedown. I cannot even begin to explain how good this was (just wait for the recording).
It was funny because we had parked just up the street towards the Pepsi (meh) Arena , my buddy and I had gone to see Phish there on 12/1/03, the shakedown before the show was RIGHT behind where the Red Square is. That whole huge parking lot. We were commenting on our walk to the show about what a mob scene it was. Interesting to be back there to see a completely empty parking lot.
The band came to a shredding conclusion with Intension. Tim playing slide with one of his pedals, doing some sick finger tapping and playing his guitar with his feet. Some ridiculously awesome antics. Adrian throws the cymbal woooo. Rockstars.
Overall incredible show from the Breakfast. Definitely top 5 for me personally.
