the \'jams into\' were great, and three of them in a row in the first set was something else.. Cosmic > Slime > Cosmic was GREAT, and it amazes me that they actually stopped playing CSR for a long time because they thought no one would miss it. well, i noticed people getting down exceptionally hard last night, and with the added \'jam into\' and meat in the middle, this was one of the better versions i\'ve ever heard.
as pitchie mentioned, VT song was indeed very good for being, well, The Vermont Song.. Spunk > Lit > Spunk was off the hook. not only was ronnie\'s bass solo much longer than usual, but he and adrian trading licks immediately following it was stupendous.
great first set. we\'ll give it an 8.
there was a lot of \'new song\' talk in the air last night - which was ixnayed for one reason or the other, but they did a good job keeping the Jive Talkin\' secret. finally, 10 months after the RR release disc comes out, we get a live JT. it was good to hear, but i don\'t think it added much to the show.
original STL was hot, as was the segue into a great Fairy. yet ANOTHER amazing Beef - to think that BB used to mean Bathroom Break for me! those days are LONG over, and the anticipation of where they\'re gonna take it at the end of the song is great. wonderful version.
ahh, the scheme. adrian took a mini-solo in the beginning, extending his intro out quite a bit. while i like the idea of a split scheme, i didn\'t like this one. Southern Man doesn\'t do anything for me - maybe it needs to grow on me.. and while i love \'?\', i didn\'t like the placement here. really brought the energy level down a LOT, and actually cleared out quite a bit of the room.. they were back for the end of the scheme though, and the score encore was rockin\'.
set 2/e gets a 6.
good show - WTFL (way too fucking loud)... my ears are still ringing.. looking forward to tonight.
