Which bootlegs are you listening to right now?

boyo79

jumbojet wrote:

boyo79 wrote:

Pittsburgh '13

Opening show of the Lightning Bolt tour.

It's a new song to open the show - Pendulum. This really builds and slows very good live, especially on first performance. Of The Girl kicks in straight away after Pendulum and again is sounding fantastic. Nothingman continues the slow tempo. Lightning Bolt is the next new song to be played, the little extended intro is cool and as a whole the song translates well live. Mind Your Manners however does not. The intro is jumbled and messy and it doesn't really get any better IMO. Next up is Animal and again this sounds on fire. There is a nice Yield segment - Given To Fly/Untitled/MFC/Faithfull. Sirens then gets it's live debut, for me it kinda worked - certainly the first part & solo but the latter part from when Ed takes over on the acoustic guitar to the end didn't really sound too good. Further down the main set it's another two from LB getting their debut - Infallible and Let The Records Play. Again I was quite impressed with how they sounded live. Rearviewmirror closes the main set.

The first encore begins with Speed Of Sound - first time played since Hartford '10 and definitely the best performance the guys have given for this song. Yellow Moon is another new one and of the LB songs played here probably the best of the night. Footsteps is sublime and then Ed brings out Jason Grilli from the Pittsburgh Pirates who sounds incredibly drunk and gives a rousing speech! The guys then launch into Whipping, which is played for the first time since Sao Paulo I '11. Porch closes the encore.

The second encore opens with Black, is followed by Alive and then Rockin' In The Free World - some excellent guitar work by Stone and Yellow Ledbetter closes the show.

A decent opening night of the tour.

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Good that you finally started with 2013 tour reviews. Looking forward to see your update on up next Buffalo, too.

Thanks, having finished on the US leg of the 2003 tour now I should be able to get in a few of the 2013 NA tour boots now

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Great review and spot on. I particularly agree with how well most of the LB songs worked live (infallible, pendulum, records play, lightning bolt, yellow moon, and sirens for the most part). Although mind your manners did sound very rough.

Mind Your Manners was awful, 3 minutes of terrible noise! Hopefully they managed to get it sounding better throughout the tour.

boyo79

Buffalo '13

Pendulum opens for the 2nd show in a row, I think here it edges the Pittsburgh one. Love Matt's drum at the end of the song. Low Light and Sometimes continue the low tempo start. Corduroy is next and then it's the double header of Lightning Bolt and Mind Your Manners. MYM here is definitely better than the Pittsburgh performance but still not great. Immortality is quality, the alternate intro just perfect. My Father's Son is given its debut but the band need a second stab at the song to get it right. After the bridge, Boom adds keys til the end of the song and to be honest it's unnecessary and doesn't do the song any good. After Even Flow, it's Swallowed Whole's turn to be debuted. Sirens doesn't really do much here for me and there isn't really much flow between Swallowed Whole/SIrens/Once/Comatose. Once is another where the intro needs a 2nd take. The rest of the main set flows alot better - I Got ID/Infallible/Present Tense/State Of Love And Trust/Porch.

The first encore begins with a good Off He Goes and is followed by Yellow Moon which again sounds good live. Future Days is debuted for the tour and is ok. Next up is Small Town played to the fans behind the stage. Usually this is reserved for Last Kiss and they would be better keeping it for Last Kiss - the drums and guitar towards the end of Small Town just sound terrible. It's not a good performance on the boot. Rats however makes up for it, sounding better than ever. Rearviewmirror closes the encore.

The second encore begins with Go, dedicated to Vincent Gallo. Alive is next and the singalong from the crowd in Baba O'RIley is fantastic. The gig is completed by Indifference, Ed telling the crowd at the end "here's to everybody in the front, here's to everyone in the back, thanks too every-fuckin-body".

There is a few slipups throughout the show but I enjoyed this probably the same amount as Pittsburgh. Another decent show.

papa_pearls_jam.pj20

Brooklyn 2

chaunce

p A r i S -2000.

boyo79

Worcester I '13

Pendulum is given the night off from opening, so it's back to normal and Release opens the show - IMO the perfect opener. Long Road is next (2nd best opener?). Small Town is next and then the Lightning Bolt/Mind Your Manners combo - best version of MYM yet. The guitar work on Hail Hail sounds pretty low here but that's fixed for the next 3 songs - it's a Mike-fest; Sirens, Even Flow and Nothing As It Seems. Swallowed Whole sounds good and it's good to see Red Mosquito in the set - Ed asking the crowd "you wanna hear Red Mosquito?". It's not the best version by any stretch but still good. As soon as Red Mosquito ends, you can hear one of the guys (Stone I think) shout "play Whipping next", so they do and Corduroy is after that. Infallible doesn't sound right here, sounds off midway through. After a little amusing story from Ed about a cop attempting to rip a polaroid up in his face - "ever tried to rip a polaroid?!?!" - the guys launch into Leash and for me, it's sounding great here; best I've heard in a few years. The speed of it is actually back to normal rather than speeded up and it makes the song sound even better. Next up is Let The Records Play and this really works live. Evolution - minus the 'oh oh oh' - and Betterman close the main set.

First encore begins with Man Of The Hour, which I admit (can't believe it) kinda passed me by. Yellow Moon again sounds great. Fatal is played for only the 5th time ever and Just Breathe gets it's first appearance of the tour. A brutal Porch - the jam between the guys and the guitar work phenomenal - ends the encore. The second encore begins with the band playing Last Kiss to crowd behind the stage. There's great solo battles between Mike and Boom on Crazy Mary. Alive is next and what else can be said about Alive, it's always fantastic. Sonic Reducer follows before Indifference closes for the 2nd show in a row.

FrankieG

Brooklyn 1 this AM
Philly 1 now
Brooklyn 2 tomorrow

jumbojet

shetellsherself wrote:

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Worcester 1

Up to red mosquito and it's a lot better a show than buffalo. So far I'd say it's on par with Pittsburgh. Ed sounds much better than he did in buffalo, thank goodness. You can tell they are still getting in the groove of things being only the 3rd show, but it's not quite what I'd call sloppy. Buffalo was sloppy.

Btw, is it just me or are the guys starting to slow many songs back down to near proper studio speed?

Listened to this one yesterday. I haven't heard buffalo yet but honestly thought Worcester 1 was a bit rough around the edges. Was Ed sick at this time? I think he might have been but can't remember. He seemed to struggle to reach up to some of those notes especially on sirens and infallible.

Wow, I agree. After Pittsburgh and Buffalo, where Ed sounded incredibly healthy and strong (Sorry TamaDrummer to contradict you), this one came like one of those 2008 boots where you feel Ed struggling to keep up and you'd be like "damn".

But that's just the start. Ed has this incredible ability to come back very strongly. He did it last year in Berlin. After a weak start in Berlin 1, in Berlin 2nd day, he was sounding like he could sing until the daylight without a breathe.

So he recovers well during the show after this weak start. So I agree there might have been some illness that was withholding him at start. Perhaps, he wasn't sure at the beginning how long his voice could hold but then he got rid of his concerns as the show went by.

2013 boots are great.

TamaDrummer91

jumbojet wrote:

shetellsherself wrote:

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Worcester 1

Up to red mosquito and it's a lot better a show than buffalo. So far I'd say it's on par with Pittsburgh. Ed sounds much better than he did in buffalo, thank goodness. You can tell they are still getting in the groove of things being only the 3rd show, but it's not quite what I'd call sloppy. Buffalo was sloppy.

Btw, is it just me or are the guys starting to slow many songs back down to near proper studio speed?

Listened to this one yesterday. I haven't heard buffalo yet but honestly thought Worcester 1 was a bit rough around the edges. Was Ed sick at this time? I think he might have been but can't remember. He seemed to struggle to reach up to some of those notes especially on sirens and infallible.

Wow, I agree. After Pittsburgh and Buffalo, where Ed sounded incredibly healthy and strong (Sorry TamaDrummer to contradict you), this one came like one of those 2008 boots where you feel Ed struggling to keep up and you'd be like "damn".

But that's just the start. Ed has this incredible ability to come back very strongly. He did it last year in Berlin. After a weak start in Berlin 1, in Berlin 2nd day, he was sounding like he could sing until the daylight without a breathe.

So he recovers well during the show after this weak start. So I agree there might have been some illness that was withholding him at start. Perhaps, he wasn't sure at the beginning how long his voice could hold but then he got rid of his concerns as the show went by.

2013 boots are great.

No need to apologize! I like seeing the difference in views and what we all hear. While I still think Ed sounded better in Worcester than Buffalo, it still wasn't up to his best. His voice sounded a little better in Brooklyn and Philly. Id say he just had a cold or getting back into the groove early on.

TamaDrummer91

Philly 2 2013

Judging by the comments on the 10C board, those who attended both nights in Philly generally preferred night 1 over 2 (although several disagree). If you were there, I might be able to understand this; the first night had a “wow” factor set list and apparently a slightly wilder crowd. But when comparing the two nights as live recordings, there is no competition. Philly 2 absolutely trumps Philly 1 and is the best bootleg out of the first 8 shows of the tour, easily. This is the first show of the 2013 tour that I think I can actually say, “This is a damn fine bootleg and performance.” The other 2013 boots have been mostly, with few exceptions, enjoyable but this one is my personal preference.

The main set is close to flawless musically and has a great energy about it. My only complaint is the flow of the set list is not the best, and creating a mood or vibe is challenging. I am not going to go song to song like I normally do because every other sentence will say, “This is a tight, good version of this particular song.” I will contend there are a few very small lyrical errors that Ed covers up considerably well and are not distracting at all, such as the case in Sirens, Infallible, WWS, and DTE. And I have to say, Mind Your Manners sounds marginally better at this show and is without a doubt the best version of the song so far in the 2013 series (in my opinion). Amongst the Waves and Satan’s Bed are welcomed additions to the set that rarely appeared in the whole tour, both sound nice and convincing. To end the main set is one of the best versions of Better Man I have heard. The tag is one that I hadn’t heard before, so it’s most likely pretty rare, and the jamming towards the end is spectacular.

The encores are nothing to sneeze at either. Parachutes-Yellow Moon-Comeback feels like they go so well together, both musically and lyrically. Add on to those three, a rather cute version of Future Days where Ed slightly messed up the lyrics and starts laughing (but gets back on key very quickly), and you have the first 4 songs of the encore that sound so beautiful together. Pairing Breath and SOLAT is always welcomed, and serves to up the pace and tension. Although Breath is not the best version I’ve heard, I have heard many other versions that were far worse. Ed gets the lyrics very close to perfect and the guitar work by Stone and Mike is stellar as well. Ed gets a little carried away during Unthought Known and drags the “nothing left” part out an extra measure or two. Leaving Here is fun. Blood-Alive-Baba-Ledbetter is a great way to close the gig. All are fairly strong takes. I really enjoyed this show, due mostly to the fact it's the tightest show yet. I wish it flowed a little better during the main set, but it's not too discerning.

jumbojet

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Philly 2 2013

Judging by the comments on the 10C board, those who attended both nights in Philly generally preferred night 1 over 2 (although several disagree). If you were there, I might be able to understand this; the first night had a “wow” factor set list and apparently a slightly wilder crowd. But when comparing the two nights as live recordings, there is no competition. Philly 2 absolutely trumps Philly 1 and is the best bootleg out of the first 8 shows of the tour, easily. This is the first show of the 2013 tour that I think I can actually say, “This is a damn fine bootleg and performance.” The other 2013 boots have been mostly, with few exceptions, enjoyable but this one is my personal preference.

The main set is close to flawless musically and has a great energy about it. My only complaint is the flow of the set list is not the best, and creating a mood or vibe is challenging. I am not going to go song to song like I normally do because every other sentence will say, “This is a tight, good version of this particular song.” I will contend there are a few very small lyrical errors that Ed covers up considerably well and are not distracting at all, such as the case in Sirens, Infallible, WWS, and DTE. And I have to say, Mind Your Manners sounds marginally better at this show and is without a doubt the best version of the song so far in the 2013 series (in my opinion). Amongst the Waves and Satan’s Bed are welcomed additions to the set that rarely appeared in the whole tour, both sound nice and convincing. To end the main set is one of the best versions of Better Man I have heard. The tag is one that I hadn’t heard before, so it’s most likely pretty rare, and the jamming towards the end is spectacular.

The encores are nothing to sneeze at either. Parachutes-Yellow Moon-Comeback feels like they go so well together, both musically and lyrically. Add on to those three, a rather cute version of Future Days where Ed slightly messed up the lyrics and starts laughing (but gets back on key very quickly), and you have the first 4 songs of the encore that sound so beautiful together. Pairing Breath and SOLAT is always welcomed, and serves to up the pace and tension. Although Breath is not the best version I’ve heard, I have heard many other versions that were far worse. Ed gets the lyrics very close to perfect and the guitar work by Stone and Mike is stellar as well. Ed gets a little carried away during Unthought Known and drags the “nothing left” part out an extra measure or two. Leaving Here is fun. Blood-Alive-Baba-Ledbetter is a great way to close the gig. All are fairly strong takes. I really enjoyed this show, due mostly to the fact it's the tightest show yet. I wish it flowed a little better during the main set, but it's not too discerning.

OK, after this review, I'm upgrading this one from digital download to CD order. Now hope to fast forward 2.5 months quickly to get my hand on this badass.

mcgruff10

Brooklyn 2......god I love this show

Newch91

mcgruff10 wrote:

Brooklyn 2......god I love this show

About to begin once Lightning Bolt finishes!!!

YLed2

Have I mentioned how badly I would like my 2013 tour box set RIGHT NOW?

Loving the reviews of the 2013 shows so far. I've been so busy with work this time of the year that I haven't been able to dial in a boot and really divulge it in quite some time.

I'm looking forward to hearing the Hartford boot and hearing what people have to say about that. I heard from many people on here that it was the loudest crowd they've ever been a part of.

JWPearl

God ''i'' love these boots

mcgruff10

Porch Brooklyn 2....I m in my happy place

Newch91

Brooklyn 2 sounding amazing right now. One little "complaint": crowd could have been turned up just a bit more. Either way, I'm in my happy place right now reliving this fun and incredible night. "Infallible" sounds really good live.

TamaDrummer91

Nice to see some Brooklyn 2 love. It is a very solid bootleg, quite good.

papa_pearls_jam.pj20

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Nice to see some Brooklyn 2 love. It is a very solid bootleg, quite good.

Unthought Known on Brooklyn 2...should be played during Ed's next intervention meeting.

SVRDhand13

papa_pearls_jam.pj20 wrote:

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

Nice to see some Brooklyn 2 love. It is a very solid bootleg, quite good.

Unthought Known on Brooklyn 2...should be played during Ed's next intervention meeting.

Hahaha the one bad part of the night. The song isn't that good even when the lyrics are spot on though.

dimitrispearljam

BA 13