dave....did eddie\'s vocals hold up for leash since they played it so late in the set.....was he too drunk to sing it?
i told paul weeks ago that if they ever played \'leash\' today, it would sound like shit. i couldn\'t have been more wrong. it was right on.
Pre-set: You\'ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, It Makes No Difference (Ed w/ MMJ)
Set: Severed Hand, Corduroy, World Wide Suicide, Do The Evolution, Marker In The Sand, Given To Fly, Dissident, Even Flow, Army Reserve, Immortality, Green Disease > Not For You/(Modern Girl), Alone (stopped when Eddie\'s mic cut out, then restarted halfway through), Jeremy, Why Go, Life Wasted, Rearviewmirror
Encore 1: Wasted Reprise, Man Of The Hour, Come Back, Footsteps, Once, Alive
Encore 2: Last Exit, Comatose, Leatherman, Glorified G, Leash, Baba O\'Riley, Indifference
wow. a show that started off fairly standard for me ended up taking a sharp right turn at
Immortality, and edges out Camden 2 as my favorite of the 6 shows i\'ve seen on this tour.
first of all, our seats were fantastic. my 2nd best of the tour, behind boston 2. stone side floor, 2nd row of the 2nd section (26th row total). so we only had one row of people in front of us, and then an asile before the next section. great view. before PJ went on, a massive entourage was walking through the asile in front of us with the Fuel guy from American Idol. i then watched everyone pick up their cell phone to call their closest American Idol fan to tell them who they\'d just seen. what a great time.
i knew the
Severed Hand opener was coming when the intro music had faded out and the band still wasn\'t out on stage yet. i like
SH a lot in the opening slot. standard
Corduroy and
WWS..
Do The Evolution is played at every show, but i like it *much* better at the beginning of the set than in the 2nd encore.
Given To Fly and
Dissident were ok, and
Even Flow was one of the better ones i\'ve seen on this tour, but after these 3 songs, i was really feeling \'blah\' about this show.. Army Reserve didn\'t make me feel any better about it - not a
bad song, but one of my least favorite on the new album..
then the turn - i was *thrilled* when i heard the opening notes to
Immortality. my favorite song off Vitalogy, my first of the tour, and only my 3rd in 19 shows. definitely picked my spirits up, but that was only the beginning.
Green Disease is always good to hear, but the segue into
Not For You (my first in 11 shows) at the end came out of nowhere! great to hear it, and it was also the first time i\'ve heard the
Modern Girl tag at the end.
i was floored when
Alone started.. my first one.. apparently it was stopped due to a technical problem, but it definitely looked and sounded like it was botched. the guys had fun with it though, providing some nice \'sorry!\' sounds while it was happening. then they picked up where they left off, and all was well. the rest of the set was very strong..
Rearviewmirror is my favorite first set closer, and i was in VERY high spirits after the set..
the mellow Encore 1\'s are usually pretty \'meh\' for me, but this is the best one i can remember.
Wasted Reprise i can take or leave, and
Man Of The Hour was tedious (my 3rd show in a row seeing it, and i\'m
really not a big fan of the song), but after that - oh boy! i fucking love
Come Back, and this was the first time i\'d seen it since the first show i caught this tour (albany). :thumbsup::thumbsup: then the reverse mamasan to close the 1st encore - awesome. especially
Once and
Footsteps, obviously..
Leatherman and
Leash were the highlights of the 2nd Encore. only my 2nd
Leatherman ever. Ed was commenting on
Busleaguer and
Leash before they played
Leash, and i *think* he was confusing Continental with Nassau - talking about the last time they played there, and the reaction to Bushleaguer, and the \'PLAY LEASH YOU PUSSIES\' sign.. anyways, a little too similar to the Camden 2 Encore 2, but i really enjoyed hearing
Glorified G again. also great to see that they closed with something other than
Yellow Ledbetter.
like i said, this edges out Camden 2 as my favorite of the 6 shows i\'ve seen on this leg. can\'t believe that\'s it until vegas, and then that\'s it until who knows when. great run, great band.
