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Best "Black" of 2008 tour

lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,039
edited August 2008 in The Porch
I have listened to all the boots..

Yes, all of them (obsessed with boots much..?)

I am putting together a "best of" mix for this tour..

and the winner is??????















Washington DC ..

not even close.. (no, I was not there)

great vocals (Eddie holds the "All I'll beeeeee" line)
Great Mikey solo.. whole band is cooking..

BTW.. the very next song on the boot "Rearviewmirror" wins as well...crisp and bouncing..!

not big fan of the rest of this boot (mostly because Eddie forgets lots of lyrics..even th opener "Hard to Imagine") but these two songs are "best of" the whole tour..

If you were there..take a bow!
"This here's a REQUEST!"
EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
10/25/13 Hartford
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,066
    DC was great, but Roo was pretty damn good too
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    LukinFan wrote:
    DC was great, but Roo was pretty damn good too
    I think it was DC, the Roo had too much Boom in it. Not that I don't like Boom, it was just too much for that song for me.
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,903
    DC was good, and I think Roo is a close 2nd as well.
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    Mansfield 1 ! I was there - it was excellent! :)
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    lotta talk of the quality of this show on the boot, BUT whats hartford like?
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    I wish he ahd sang it at one of the MSG's. But im not gonna complain.
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  • Pearl Jam_iePearl Jam_ie Posts: 821
    Tampa. It got played as a request and crowd participation was very good. On the boot, Boom is a little more distinct and that adds a cool sound to it also!
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  • thebends9thebends9 Posts: 520
    Have to say "Black" at the Beacon was the best version I've ever seen/heard.
    '98 - MSG 
    '00 - Jones Beach (x2)
    '03 - Nassau Coliseum/Tweeter Center/ MSG (x2)
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  • jmccue7jmccue7 Posts: 119
    it was DC.

    Disclaimer--I was there
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    East Troy '03
    Boston I '04
    Pittsburgh '06
    Lollapalooza '07
    DC '08
    MSG I & II '08
  • lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,039
    "Black" wasn't done in hartford..

    Tampa may be good but the boot sound quality is so poor, who can judge other than the people who were there..

    Ed had a "diva moment - hissy fit" at mansfield 1 and stopped singing "Black" at one point ..
    so that crossed it off my list (and I was there too!)
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
    Yeah this really isn't even close.

    Easily the best version in the last 10 years if not ever.
  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Yep, just listened to it.. gotta give it to DC.. im surrounded Byyyyyyyyyyyyy

    LOVED that.
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    2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
    2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
    2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
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  • FunkdogFunkdog Posts: 85
    after reading this thread I feel like I'm getting it rubbed in my face for this reason: 5 pj concerts attended, Black played 0 times at those shows. I thought for sure attending all 3 sf shows in 06 would solve that problem, but I was wrong. At least I did get to hear In My Tree, which is a super awsome treat. But I do love black and would like to hear it live just 1 time.
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  • WeBelongTogetherWeBelongTogether Posts: 340
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    Yeah this really isn't even close.

    Easily the best version in the last 10 years if not ever.

    Better than Vienna, Austria 2006? why was it that good? good tag at the end?
    Camden - 5/28/06; Camden - 6/20/08; MSG - 6/25/08; Newark - (Ed Solo) 8/7/08; Philly - (Ed Solo) 6/12/09; Philly - 10/30/09; Philly - 10/31/09; Newark - 5/18/10; MSG - 5/20/10; MSG - 5/21/10
  • WeBelongTogetherWeBelongTogether Posts: 340
    locked wrote:
    Ed had a "diva moment - hissy fit" at mansfield 1 and stopped singing "Black" at one point ..
    so that crossed it off my list (and I was there too!)

    diva moment? whaaa? did he reconvene the song, or abruptly end it?
    Camden - 5/28/06; Camden - 6/20/08; MSG - 6/25/08; Newark - (Ed Solo) 8/7/08; Philly - (Ed Solo) 6/12/09; Philly - 10/30/09; Philly - 10/31/09; Newark - 5/18/10; MSG - 5/20/10; MSG - 5/21/10
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,872
    Its gotta be the DC version. That was just plain magical........

    Disclaimer- I was there
  • Yellow BedwetterYellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    LukinFan wrote:
    DC was great, but Roo was pretty damn good too

    agreed...Roo was the best I heard
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    2012: Made in America
    2013: BK1, BK2, Hartford
    2015: Global Citizens
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    Yeah this really isn't even close.

    Easily the best version in the last 10 years if not ever.

    Milan 2006 was better IMO
  • Touchofgray16Touchofgray16 Posts: 639
    Sadly, I've never experienced "Black" live. Well, not yet anyway.
    "Tweet"

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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Hartford!
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • celtsvslakersceltsvslakers Posts: 18
    Black wasn't played in Hartford.

    I saw Black in DC and Mansfield I, and I'd have to go with DC by far out of those two.
  • henchmanhenchman Posts: 172
    DC is by far the best 2008 version.

    As good as the best 06 versions (Cleveland, both Lisbon, Milan, ...)
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  • DontGotIDDontGotID Posts: 137
    locked wrote:
    I have listened to all the boots..

    Yes, all of them (obsessed with boots much..?)

    I am putting together a "best of" mix for this tour..

    and the winner is??????















    Washington DC ..

    not even close.. (no, I was not there)

    great vocals (Eddie holds the "All I'll beeeeee" line)
    Great Mikey solo.. whole band is cooking..

    BTW.. the very next song on the boot "Rearviewmirror" wins as well...crisp and bouncing..!

    not big fan of the rest of this boot (mostly because Eddie forgets lots of lyrics..even th opener "Hard to Imagine") but these two songs are "best of" the whole tour..

    If you were there..take a bow!

    I actually think RVM from Camden II is the best of the tour. I was there, but i also own 4 other bootlegs. It was the best RVM on the tour in my opinion.
  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV1rIBEDpg8&feature=related

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tMjlks6Ib8

    :)
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    Won't let the darkness swallow me.
  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    only boot I've listened to yet is tampa and this version is very good..........

    Ed's vocals are solid, matt absolutely crushes the drums during mike's solo.......its great, loved the way matt played this tour
  • suninsomebodyelseskysuninsomebodyelsesky Posts: 202
    restlesssoul wrote:
    lotta talk of the quality of this show on the boot, BUT whats hartford like?


    This version of "Porch", "Garden", "Betterman", "Evenflow" and "Why Go",
    actually - the whole thing is just fucking sick. It's going to force me to spend thousands on a new sound system!
    Any suggestions on equipment/brands?
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  • bobleashbobleash Posts: 119
    There is no such thing as a good version of black. The song blows.
  • RiderRider Posts: 129
    ^ That would be incorrect, sir. You may, the song does not.

    DC was the best (I heard)!
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