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Now better than ever live?
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I have been listening to loads of the bootlegs over the course of the past 25 years of PJ taking many folks suggestions for great shows, and my impression is that the band sounds better than ever right now. There may be shows that have unique levels of intensity in the performances, but as a band, to my ears they sound fantastic right now!
I am curious how others who have seen many more live shows than me feel about it too.
I am curious how others who have seen many more live shows than me feel about it too.
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They still sound incredible but those years something about them.
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
All that matters is that these guys are honest with themselves and express that with their music and performance. They did that as much back then as they do now. That is all that matters---this is why we all love them so much...they have been honest and sincere with their music, lyrics, and performances. Simply put, they are real...they are not fakes. This is why they have been successful and have such a loyal following...it is also why they are not "popular".
So I would say in that way----they sound the same:)
98 - ATL; WPB I & II
00 - WPB I & II
03 - Boston I; Detroit I & II
04 - Boston VFC I & II
05 - Borgata II
08 - WPB; NY MSG I & II
10 - CLE
12 - Music Midtown; EV Jax II; EV Orlando I&II
13 - BWI; CVille; CLT
14 - Memphis
16 - Jax; Gville; Cola; Fenway II
for the least they could possibly do
for the least they could possibly do
But hey, to each their own!
Mansfield '08
Hartford '10
Worcester, Hartford '13
Global Citizen, NY '15
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Me personally, I think Binaural is meh.
(Ducks from thrown tomatoes...)
Mansfield '08
Hartford '10
Worcester, Hartford '13
Global Citizen, NY '15
I would say 2013 to the present is their best live show since 98.
The setlists now are amazing, but I don't think it all rests on the length of the setlist. I've seen every album toured since Yield, and a few of the non-album tours in between. My favorite tours so far are:
1) 1998 Yield Tour
2) 2005 Gorge + Canada Tour
3) 2013 Tour
4) 2016 Tour
The tours now are amazing, but the band has been different kinds of amazing over the past 25 years. I didn't see much pre-yield (all I saw was a lolla '92 set), so I can't really vouch for the really old tours, but from what I've been too, Yield tour is still king
What I am most shocked by is no one is mentioning the 2000 tour. It is their best. The guitar tones, the setlists. Ed's voice. He really started controlling his singing around this time. Combined with his still powerful screams, he was nailing all the songs.
They were dragging around a boat load of emotion (divorce, Rokslide) and you felt it.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
They may have been a little calmer, but I dont need swinging balls and Mike running around the stage for their to be emotion being poured from the stage. The 96-00 tours felt like an experience, the shows now are more of an event.
I feel differently obviously. Binaural is my favorite, so I loved that tour.
They may have been a little calmer, but I dont need swinging balls and Mike running around the stage for their to be emotion being poured from the stage. The 96-00 tours felt like an experience, the shows now are more of an event.
Amen brother or sister. I agree so much with this statement. When the band is locked in and introverted and a little pissed off I know for me its gonna be a great show. I dont need McCready pointing at me or Ed throwing me a tambourine or picks. Go insane on stage and play the shit out of the songs.