Just popped in the Grand Rapids boot ...

captainwisejam

I was at Cleveland, while it was a good show it definitly lacks the energy that Grand Rapids has, I can tell by just hearing them both. Kitchener last year had twice the energy as Cleveland but the boot does not do it justice. Cleveland sounds better. So sometimes it's hard to judge by a recording. There is no doubt that Grand Rapids was on fire thou. That should have been the show for Cleveland dammit. It's getting real hard to decide which boots to get,almost all the setlists look good.

soozew

marako wrote:

Great boot! Sound, set list, crowd participation, super Mike on Alive. I'm hooked.

Only a minnor issue:
Comatose seems to be defected. After the rif intro goes directly to "..in a vacum" and it's obvious to my ears that is cutted. Anyone noticed that?

it's not defective...he wasn't singing...he was distraced by stone if i remember correctly. of course, the night is such a blur that ir's hard to keep everything straight.

oktacoma

Sexy2aFault wrote:

Anyone that says Boston II was better is just talking shit.

Boston II is the only boot I've purchased so far and I got that because of the first Parachutes (one of my faves) and the reemergence of Leash...plus the great setlist overall. However, I think I may have to pick up GR as well. Sounds amazing!

Sexy2aFault

marako wrote:

Great boot! Sound, set list, crowd participation, super Mike on Alive. I'm hooked.

Only a minnor issue:
Comatose seems to be defected. After the rif intro goes directly to "..in a vacum" and it's obvious to my ears that is cutted. Anyone noticed that?

Nope it is not cutted, it sounded that way live, I believe Eddie just forgot to sing in the microphone at first...

qwerty1

I was at GR and just listened to it on my ipod at work. This bootleg sounds better than the other bootlegs ive heard(Toronto, Albany, Hartford, Chigago), i dont know why, maybee they tweeked things to sound better.
And re-visiting the show again, I have to agree, it was a great show!! One of the best Ive been to. The band was on, the setlist was killer, and the crowd was great! And it wasnt even a sellout, which was ok cause PJ seem to play better to 5-10K people. They also seem to do better shows on Fridays.

VEDHEAD27

Excellent call here slightofjeff!

I just started listening to this for the 1st time myself (finally)!!! Yes, even before I heard it I was convinced the energy here would be off the frickin charts. The "mix-up", the set....so much HOLY SHIT energy in the air. I definitely agree that the boot does a fabulous job of capturing this. The actual sound is exceptionally good on this one. There are sooooo many orgasmic screams throughout the songs and the song breaks too. haha. LOVE IT! God I so feel the excitement of those in the front rows that never dreamed they'd be there. Band and crowd alike are really, really ON FIRE! I also must say for the millionth plus time that THIE FIRST ENCORE IS ONE OF THE MOST DROOL WORTHY I HAVE EVER, EVER SEEN!!!!!!!! :eek:!!!!!!! Damn I can't wait to get to that part of the boot.
Life Wasted just ended now...
Was that a STONE chant?? :eek: AHHH!
Damn, now I love this show even more.

Aww shit...SEVERED HAND baby......
\m/

hehe Mel, and I really did say the exact same thing the night I was reading along/freakin the hell out over the set...

"Grand Rapids...who knew???"

EXACTLY!


MAJOR, MAJOR LOVE this show.


*goes back and looks at the EPIC OVERLOAD OF BEAUTY ENCORE*

:eek:!!!!!

Sexy2aFault wrote:

Anyone that says Boston II was better is just talking shit.

Uh oh though....

Ooops. I guess Ed is a shit talker. hehe.


Whatever. So far these are the 2 shows I've drooled the most over. Agree with you slightofjeff, the heavenly SF trilogy is also destined to be EPIC. Not to mention the back to back bliss of THE GORGE. REally...we have so many more EPIC shows to come. !!!!! This band is out of control!!

slightofjeff

marako wrote:

Great boot! Sound, set list, crowd participation, super Mike on Alive. I'm hooked.

Only a minnor issue:
Comatose seems to be defected. After the rif intro goes directly to "..in a vacum" and it's obvious to my ears that is cutted. Anyone noticed that?

it just sounds to me like ed didn't come in where he was supposed to. wouldn't be the first time

primussucks

I was there and it was definately the best show I've seen and that was my 11th show. People have to realise that the band feeds off the crowd. If the crowd is nuts then the band will also be. I was at the 2 previous shows in Chicago and there were twice as many people there then in Grand Rapids. However you wouldn't have known that based on the volume of the crowd. Grand Rapids was so much louder and the band fed off of it. They changed up their setlist accordingly throughout the show. Ten Clubbers need to get louder and more energetic if they want to witness a show like this again.