it scares the absolute shit out of me to think that you can still count the shows matt has played with the breakfast on one hand, and they\'re already THIS good. it\'s just completely frightening how great they are together, and how much better he\'s made the band in such a short time. it makes me not want to miss any show in a 250-mile radius anytime soon.
i spent over 7 hours driving yesterday and i slept 2 hours before i started work this morning. i\'m beat right now, but i would do it again in a heartbeat. honestly, i can\'t even believe now that there was a (self) debate about my attendance at this show.
first set seemed like a bit of a warm up at the beginning, but it really kicked into gear with an incredible Puppetry. WUIAC was great as well, don\'t get me wrong. matt\'s key solo before The Chase was smooth and mellow, and it\'s GREAT to hear The Chase with keys again. DMB was LOUD and rockin\', and was a great way to close out the first of the three sets.
second set is when things really started to go to another level. just look at the setlist, for starters. no messing around to start to set - they just launched right into MFD. and as i said earlier, it was easily the best MFD ever played (a sentiment that was pretty well agreed upon by long time fans in attendance), clocking in at close to 23 minutes, and launching into a Matt-led jazz jam that was completely unique to any Breakfast jam i\'ve ever heard.
Good Things was a good breather before the hard-hitters that followed. Harry and Rufus were both quite monsterous (i\'d put the Harry above the Rufus), and a perfectly placed, rocking Surreal Radio to close it out. Colin came up to me during Surreal Radio and asked me why people don\'t like the song. i just shook my head and said i have no idea. it\'s definitely a perfect set closer.
Rainbow took the stage towards the end of the second setbreak, and played/sang a song that could have no other title than "AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH". it was interesting, to say the least.
Tom Sawyer was an unexpected opener for the third set. good placement, but a little rusty. no worries with the monster (go figure) Buquebus that followed. i was curious if Matt\'s synth part in the intro from Camp Bisco would pop up, but it didn\'t. after Buquebus, Tim was talking about Utica, and asked Matt how much he loved Utica. this launched the weird \'Utica jam\', which kicked into a very unique version of Gravity. Gravity featured Adrian playing on upstate\'s light stand behind him quite a bit, some monk-like chants from Matt in the middle, some intense Ron/Tim face-to-face rocking, and finished up with Tim shredding the guitar behind his head. while the set itself was somewhat short in length, Gravity finished quite ferociously, and was a great way to cap off the set.
i went into the green room during the encore break, and overheard the guys discussing what to play, and asking Matt if he wanted to play The Vermont Song....... ON GUITAR!! :lol: you\'ve GOT to be kidding me! i know it\'s not some epic composition, but he hasn\'t even played it on keys yet! awesome.
Adrian went out first, and i really like the Drum Solo to start the encore. the guys came out during his solo, and launched into a short jam before going into The Vermont Song. Tim had a pretty ripping keyboard solo, and Matt was shredding the SG in his solo! both of them looked like they were having an absolute blast on each other\'s instruments. finally, say what you will about Hot For Teacher, but it got everyone in the place in front of the stage at the end of the night, and people were loving it.
all in all, an incredible show. the only thing that i was unimpressed by was the attendance. BFAM numbers were strong, and it was great to see so many of us from all over in one place. but i really expected the place to be a LOT more packed than it was. speaking of which, Klout - where the hell were you?
i was talking to leith after the show, and we were all smiles. i told him i wanted him to let me know when he got home, what he thought was the better show of the weekend (b\'fast or TLG). he just smiled and said, "i already know the answer". :thumbsup:
peaches knows what he\'s talking about. it\'s a great time to be a breakfast fan.
