Alone was the best song at wrigley

lukinsfridge05

prove me wrong

Loujoe

Man. Love alone. Wasn't there but got sad into alone in London canada. Quite the pair. Will have to look up your Wrigley.

bbiggs

Great song. One of the highlights of Wrigley 1. Before they played it, Ed said something along the lines of “should we play one we don’t normally play?” I looked to the guy next to me and said, “Alone.” They started playing it and he looked at me like I was Nostradamus. Little did he know, I knew they had sound checked it the night prior, so it was not nearly as impressive of a guess.  

drakeheuer14

Top 5 of my “need to see live” list. I won’t argue with your statement, probably is, have to listen to the boot sti

KN219077

One of the best of the seven US shows. Wrigley Not For You is special too, the way eddie talks about being a kid in Chicago is great, keep going back to that on the bootleg 

Indifference71

That was awesome.  One of the last songs that I really wanted to hear live...was a nice surprise.

darwinstheory

bbiggs said:

Great song. One of the highlights of Wrigley 1. Before they played it, Ed said something along the lines of “should we play one we don’t normally play?” I looked to the guy next to me and said, “Alone.” They started playing it and he looked at me like I was Nostradamus. Little did he know, I knew they had sound checked it the night prior, so it was not nearly as impressive of a guess.  

Cheater! Cheaters eat peters!

on2legs

I’ve seen it twice.  It doesn’t get more polar opposite than The Fixer into Alone, but we got it in Newark 2010.  

PB11041

Would have to hear it lossless to say for sure, but just listened to 8.18 and man were there some really harsh moments at that show.  Alone was pretty good because kept the tempo moderated, missed prior to Corduory, which was quite good.  Hail, Hail and Animal were off, the latter was a total trainwreck.  Getaway they still struggle with and Mike clearly doesn't know the song.  Present Tense was very good, solid tempo vs the rushed versions in recent years.  Even Flow was solid with great interplay between Mike, Stone and Matt.  Missing seemed flat. Garden again, very good, good tempo for them.  Not for you was really rough the first half.  Can't Deny Me just seems to struggle live.  I like the song but it just doesn't quite find its footing ever.  Wishlist, rushed rushed rushed.  Good Porch to close things out.   Alone and Rearview were best things about the first 

2-feign-reluctance

I have the entire 2018 tour, but have only managed to get through a few SA shows and some bits and pieces of the Seattle "Homeshows" this semester. I've got them all on one iPod and need to get started!

lolobugg

my fave song of that night!!!

whoanelly15

PB11041 said:

Would have to hear it lossless to say for sure, but just listened to 8.18 and man were there some really harsh moments at that show.  Alone was pretty good because kept the tempo moderated, missed prior to Corduory, which was quite good.  Hail, Hail and Animal were off, the latter was a total trainwreck.  Getaway they still struggle with and Mike clearly doesn't know the song.  Present Tense was very good, solid tempo vs the rushed versions in recent years.  Even Flow was solid with great interplay between Mike, Stone and Matt.  Missing seemed flat. Garden again, very good, good tempo for them.  Not for you was really rough the first half.  Can't Deny Me just seems to struggle live.  I like the song but it just doesn't quite find its footing ever.  Wishlist, rushed rushed rushed.  Good Porch to close things out.   Alone and Rearview were best things about the first 

Wow. I disagree with probably 75% of your points here. Haha. Guess it’s one of those “your mileage may vary” kinds of things. 

Vocals are way out of time on much of the recording of Animal. Didn’t notice it live - someone else suggested it was likely Ed’s in-ear monitors being slightly delayed. Seems to be a reasonable explanation. Doesn’t limit my enjoyment of Hail Hail on the boot like it does Animal. Everything else on this show is pretty stellar. Most importantly, the sound engineering quality overall is really clean. I got the ALAC HD version of this show; haven’t heard other versions, but I’m so glad I did. It sounds immense! All of it is so clear. 

Crowd reaction to Missing was a little subdued - clearly, not many knew it. But my gosh, Ed sang the damn pants off that song! (Side note: Also sang my pants off.) band was tighter with it than in Seattle. 

i actually love love this version of Wishlist. That song never pumps me up, but he sings the chorus differently on this version (also sang it similarly at Ohana), and it’s just beautiful. Much more uplifting. 

We we can all agree that Alone is incredible, and the intro sung right into the opening RVM riff is one of my favorite live moments I’ve experienced with this band. 

There were really far too many great moments to name them all. It’s probably my favorite of all the shows I’ve been to. And the bootleg is amazing. 

Indifference71

PB11041 said:

Would have to hear it lossless to say for sure, but just listened to 8.18 and man were there some really harsh moments at that show.  Alone was pretty good because kept the tempo moderated, missed prior to Corduory, which was quite good.  Hail, Hail and Animal were off, the latter was a total trainwreck.  Getaway they still struggle with and Mike clearly doesn't know the song.  Present Tense was very good, solid tempo vs the rushed versions in recent years.  Even Flow was solid with great interplay between Mike, Stone and Matt.  Missing seemed flat. Garden again, very good, good tempo for them.  Not for you was really rough the first half.  Can't Deny Me just seems to struggle live.  I like the song but it just doesn't quite find its footing ever.  Wishlist, rushed rushed rushed.  Good Porch to close things out.   Alone and Rearview were best things about the first 

Sure sounds you like you have a lot of fun listening to bootlegs!!