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Seattle night two 2018
What an amazing time in Seattle. I only caught night two. I had so much fun I nearly forgot to ask my better half to marry me. Or was it the brown sugar pJ bourbon that caused me to nearly forget?
When baba o Riley came in, I was like oh shit I better do this now. I met some great people.
When baba o Riley came in, I was like oh shit I better do this now. I met some great people.
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
And the covers were part of what made it emotional and enjoyable for the band, and for the audience. It all built on top of each other.
As good as Ed is singing someone else's tunes (I'd contend many of the covers just don't fit his voice)...He is by far at his best singing his own songs. Still this sounds like a fun show but please let's hope they stop straying so far from their own catalogue for future tours.
You have every right to hope for whatever works for you, and you've made this hope abundantly clear. And the rest of us have the same right too, and for me, I've been to about 10 of the shows considered "Epic top of the line PJ shows", and I know the covers count didn't make or break those shows in any ways. It was the chemistry, the combination of songs and audience energy and band mood and then always those unique strange other factors that you can't predict. They all feed into the magic. Your campaign for reduced #s of covers just seems so irrelevant to me - I just don't care what the covers count is. I only care that I leave the show with no face, no voice, no ass, and no socks, because they all got blown off or out due to the sheer stunning amazing-ness of the show.
I know my view is in the vast minority here. I may be the only one with it that bothers to post it. But why have a forum if everyone agrees? And its not a campaign website and I don't have a campaign. I have an opinion.
Imagine reading an opinion forum and everyone is saying the opposite of what you believe to be true? You wouldn't want to counter? 9 covers is excessive even for a 36 song performance. IMO.
It's not like during the shows I count covers. But I'm aware whether I'm standing there hearing Ed sing not Eds music and it begins to drag on and on. And I do look at the setlist afterwords to gauge whether my opinion was true to the actual setlist
PJ is an elite band because they are elite songwriters. And Mike is an unsung legend. Not because they do 45 minutes of someone else's material. IMO.
Their deeper cuts are just better than almost all covers they play outside of Neil or MLB (which almost count as true PJ tunes). IMO.
For a band that just isn't playing that many US shows lately this is unfortunate at least in one fans opinion.
You actually don't hope PJ plays more PJ tunes? That is surprising. IMO.
I only did Chicago 2 and both Boston, but I was 6th row behind the pit Chicago, 14th row Boston.
Chicago it happened a couple times, during Rain for me, just that feeling wow this is special and perfect...Boston it never quite happened tho not for lack of trying.
Yah I was a few songs in for Seattle II, and I could feel it. The holy shit this is one of those nights they're really bringing it. They're pretty damn good most nights, but some nights, sometimes they go way above their own bar, and just bring it. I've been to 27 shows and maybe seen it/felt it at 4 or 5 of them.. which I think is pretty lucky.