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Monkey_Driven wrote:
One of the highlights was two bros who scanned their tickets getting into stadium were denied entry. Turns out they had tickets to the Monday's show. They were not happy.
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spike wrote:
even ol' RITFW was bad ass last night
It really was. Honestly, even Know Your Rights was a great version. It had a really cool feel.
There were a couple of points during the main set where I just couldn’t get into the flow. Like Wishlist and Won’t Back Down seemed oddly placed, and following them with Porch was just like, “Wait, we’re already at the end of the set?”
But overall a really strong show with some nice surprises and great performances. Disappointed I can’t stay for Monday. It feels like they’re building up and that one will be even better.
It really was. Honestly, even Know Your Rights was a great version. It had a really cool feel.
There were a couple of points during the main set where I just couldn’t get into the flow. Like Wishlist and Won’t Back Down seemed oddly placed, and following them with Porch was just like, “Wait, we’re already at the end of the set?”
But overall a really strong show with some nice surprises and great performances. Disappointed I can’t stay for Monday. It feels like they’re building up and that one will be even better.
This is pretty much how i felt about it. That whole run from Wishlist through Footsteps seemed like a different show from the first dozen+ songs when the band was just on fire and the crowd was eating it up. The crowd was eating flaming band members.
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daft twat wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
So when’s the last time SOLAT and Breath have been played back to back?
NYC 2016?
Yes, but they were flipped then (Breath first, SOLAT second). Did the same thing 12/6/13 (Seattle), 10/29/13 (Charlottesville), 10/22/13 (Philly), 9/25/09 (Vancouver), 6/21/07 (Dusseldorf), 10/1/05 (Atlantic City), and 9/11/98 (NYC)--didn't go back further. So for a song that's relatively rare (that is, Breath), playing it back-to-back isn't that uncommon, but doing SOLAT first hasn't been done since 1994 at the most recent, and I didn't even look at those shows.
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Simple Torture wrote:
daft twat wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
So when’s the last time SOLAT and Breath have been played back to back?
NYC 2016?
Yes, but they were flipped then (Breath first, SOLAT second). Did the same thing 12/6/13 (Seattle), 10/29/13 (Charlottesville), 10/22/13 (Philly), 9/25/09 (Vancouver), 6/21/07 (Dusseldorf), 10/1/05 (Atlantic City), and 9/11/98 (NYC)--didn't go back further. So for a song that's relatively rare (that is, Breath), playing it back-to-back isn't that uncommon, but doing SOLAT first hasn't been done since 1994 at the most recent, and I didn't even look at those shows.
I went back one more show and there it was: SOLAT immediately preceded Breath 4/11/94 in Boston.
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01. Wash 02. Low Light 03. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town 04. Breakerfall 05. Corduroy 06. Hail, Hail 07. Animal 08. Getaway 09. Leaving Here-(Holland, Holland, Dozier)
Even allowing for Getaway, this is one hell of a start to a show.
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10. Present Tense 11. Even Flow 12. Missing-(Cornell) 13. Garden 14. Not For You / Modern Girl-(Sleater Kinney) 15. Can’t Deny Me 16. Wishlist 17. I Won't Back Down-(Lynne, Petty) 18. Porch
This run is a real Frankenstein's Monster. Wishlist > I Won't Back Down is great, though.
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Encore 1 19. Just Breath 20. Sleeping By Myself
Rough, but I'm sure the romantics in the crowd were happy.
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21. Footsteps 22. State Of Love And Trust 23. Breath 24. Know Your Rights-(Strummer, Jones) 25. Do The Evolution 26. Alone (Mike uses his vocal stand as a slide at the top of the solo) 27. Rearviermirror
Now that's how you do an encore!
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Encore 2 28. Rebel Rebel-(Bowie)
Was this the whole song, or just a few bars?
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29. Better Man /Save It For Later-(Charley, Cox, Morton, Steele, Wakeling) 30. Alive 31. Rockin' In The Free World-(Young) 32. Yellow Ledbetter
I get this is a boilerplate closing run, but this is about when my mind would start drifting.
Overall looks like a really great set, certainly more interesting than Missoula (on paper, anyway). The Rodman stuff is weird to me, but I'd otherwise imagine that the band made it a point to make this feel like a real special show for Chicago, just as they did in Seattle and Missoula...
I love the general approach they're taking with this brief tour: Tailoring the shows to the city's unique identities, helping create a sense of community around the show, and playing set lists that offer some great performances of both deep cuts and live staples, even if they are heavy on the staples and covers. While it's not a 30-date tour, I'd say this is one of the more inspired tours they've done since VFC.
Missing fits seamlessly into the sets. Such a great choice to honor Chris’ legacy
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Dumbasses
I said pretty much the same thing to my wife on the ride home. She said I was mean. 
