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Anyways, regarding the show. We were in row H on the balcony, between Page and Trey. I thought it was a fairly solid show with hits and misses but I couldn’t hear Page very well all night and Mike was quite muddy throughout most of the first set (they fixed him by the 2nd set). The energy to start the show was fantastic inside for Llama and Moma Dance. Actually, regarding the latter, I knew it was Moma even before hearing a note simply from the dance Trey was doing before they started. That kinda freaked me out. Look at me. Good energy from the room during the first set, even though I had to deal with a few songs I don’t care for.
My personal highlights for the night were the jam and transition from Number Line to 20 Years Later and the Halley’s >Rock N Roll. I don’t think I would call that a segue since there seemed to be a millisecond stop/star between the two but it sounded like it was nailed on both ends. Yes, yes Dinghy, I know what I did there. Obviously Harpua sent the place bonkers. I havent witnessed a reaction like that since the 2nd Unbroken Chain in 1995. Crowd sing-a-long for the most part and it worked from my vantage point. I Kissed A Girl will sound terrible on disc but that's not neither here nor there. It was about the moment, which made us laugh. But yeah, it sucked.
Last night finally proved to me in a live setting that I’m not a fan of Trey’s new tone. For further analysis simply listen to any Chalkdust Torture from this summer. Its far too piercing and not gritty enough. That being said, I thought Mike was thundering once they figured him out for the venue. Oh yeah, I walked out towards the end of Antelope so I could hit the can before the mad rush and was disturbingly surprised how low the volume level was on the top portion of the lawn. I figured I would still be well into the song but I had to stop to listen to the end, which was basically the crowd softly singing the final line. Very strange.
Here are some of my pics.