Disappointing Shows

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  • Ricsard
    Ricsard Posts: 1,943
    Madrid and Nova Rock were short shows because they were festivals... still longer sets than other festival acts - so not a real disappointment

    BUT
    KATOWICE (2007) a fuckin' brilliant fantastic memorable show (starting it with the greatest Rearviewmirror EVER) in a huge open air stadium (supporting act: Linkin Park) >> it was too short unfortunately :mad: :( Ed asked for our apologies and said the show should have been longer but it was not their fault...
    Budapest.Budapest.Arnhem.Antwerpen.Vienna.Madrid.Katowice.Nova_rock.Nijmegen.Rotterdam.Berlin.Dublin.Belfast.London.Venice.Prague.Stockholm.Copenhagen.Vienna.Leeds.Milton_keynes.Padova.Prague.Seattle1.Seattle2.Chicago1.Budapest.Cracow.Vienna..>>>LONDON.BERLIN1.BERLIN2
    Eddie: Dublin & London
  • Thierry Henry
    Thierry Henry Posts: 2,657
    Ricsard wrote:
    Madrid and Nova Rock were short shows because they were festivals... still longer sets than other festival acts - so not a real disappointment

    BUT
    KATOWICE (2007) a fuckin' brilliant fantastic memorable show (starting it with the greatest Rearviewmirror EVER) in a huge open air stadium (supporting act: Linkin Park) >> it was too short unfortunately :mad: :( Ed asked for our apologies and said the show should have been longer but it was not their fault...


    Out of the gigs Ive been to, Poland 2007 was the less impressive.
    Their set was cut short (Release and Alone plus some others were dropped).

    I prefer smaller venues aswell. It was very tough to get anywhere close.

    Still it was a good day out but the worst of the 7 times Ive seen them.
    Dublin '96, '00, '06, '10
    Lisbon '06 (x2)
    Katowice '07
    London '07 '09 (x2), '10
    MSG NY '08 (x2)
    Manchester '09 '12
    Belfast '10
    PJ20 Alpine '11 (x2)
    Leeds '14
  • Steveo
    Steveo Posts: 352
    every show was fantastic
    now to nitpick

    VFC Ashville N.C.

    Eddie was sick. Setlist was kinda short.
    my section..."are they really gonna stand for the whole show?"
    i think theres a reason PJ wont play the south.

    uh
    Montreal 05

    Somethin about this show. HUGE audience...something lacked though.

    uh uh
    and
    Toronto 06 Night 1

    first show of the tour. makes sense.
    although
    Daughter > To Come has become one of my favorites

    everything else....
    kick ass
    Life has nothing to do with killing time.
    So why be satisfied?
  • Steveo
    Steveo Posts: 352
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I've only ever been disappointed twice ...

    Toronto 05 (worst show EVER)
    Cincy 06

    Ha! I forgot about that one...Bono...
    Life has nothing to do with killing time.
    So why be satisfied?
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    GivenToFly982 wrote:
    have any of you out there been disappointed with a show you went to?


    no
  • ||Release_Me||
    ||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    I have to admit, i felt very very slight disappointment after Paris '06. I don't know if it was simply because i'd seen two amazing shows back to back in Lisbon a week before, or just because the crowd was far too rough even where we were. But i felt a bit deflated after the show.

    But i've since been able to listen to the bootleg numerous times and remember just how damn amazing it was! The crowd was rough and some of the French were assholes (trying to literally climb onto people's heads like goons), but there were loads of Riot Act songs, including my favourite (Half Full), and Rockin' at the end was just like a big party.

    So yeah, any initial feelings of disappointment that i had have long since disappeared and i think it was a great night.

    Pointless post by me, really :p
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • pjsyco
    pjsyco Wilmington, NC Posts: 653
    Best: 2003 Boston III-nuff said...
    Worst: 2003 Tampa-really lame crowd and it just didn't seem like the guys were all that jacked to be there.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,437
    The only times I've been let down is when you go to the short sets (groundworks). But I've known going in they would be short, but still worth going to.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,242
    along with the FUCKING DEBACLE known as the cincy show.....

    i have been dissapointed at a few other shows.....

    Toledo...hey neil??? ya wanna get off the fucking stage?????

    santa barbara 03....pearl jam sitting on stools unplugged??? not for me....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    BeerBaron wrote:
    I've only ever been disappointed twice ...

    Toronto 05 (worst show EVER)
    Cincy 06

    What didn't you like about Toronto 05?
  • ||Release_Me||
    ||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    along with the FUCKING DEBACLE known as the cincy show.....

    i have been dissapointed at a few other shows.....

    Toledo...hey neil??? ya wanna get off the fucking stage?????

    santa barbara 03....pearl jam sitting on stools unplugged??? not for me....

    If i ever meet you, i'm gonna bring along about 100 copies of the Cincy '06 bootleg and bash you over the head with them! :)
    I don't understand, its a great one to listen to!
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,242
    ||Release_Me|| wrote:
    If i ever meet you, i'm gonna bring along about 100 copies of the Cincy '06 bootleg and bash you over the head with them! :)
    I don't understand, its a great one to listen to!
    hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.................

    that actually put a smile on my face....thank you...hehehehehe
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.................

    that actually put a smile on my face....thank you...hehehehehe


    What did you not like about cincy anyway?
  • ||Release_Me||
    ||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.................

    that actually put a smile on my face....thank you...hehehehehe

    Glad i could help :)
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • ||Release_Me||
    ||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    BeerBaron wrote:
    The setlist. It was brutal. It was the most like a greatest hits show that they've ever done (not including festivals). Not to mention Bono completely ruining RITFW.

    The show started off great with Release and then it was all downhill from there.... and it was a pretty steep hill!

    I think it was all that Ed's voice could muster up; didn't he mention that he pretty much stayed up all night drinking with Bono the night before the show? I'm surprised he could even get through the show lol.
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • drlovemonkey
    drlovemonkey Posts: 394
    BlackCorduroy wrote:
    I was slightly dissapointed after Hartford 06, but thats about it. I had awful seats, and the setlist was short and kinda boring.
    ...then the 2 nights in Boston came and were the greatest nights of my life:D

    I agree w/ this 100%.
  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    I've seen PJ 10 times and the only show I left feeling slightly let down from was Seattle, Key Arena in 2003. Not sure of the date, but it was one of the warm up shows before the tour....the one Steve Earle opened. The band didn't seem into it, the crowd was fairly quiet, and the set list kind of dragged. Didn't help that my seats kind of sucked....but I've had crap seats once before and that show blew me away.
  • londonwpr
    londonwpr Posts: 293
    mca47 wrote:
    By no means "bad", but Chicago '03 was my least favorite of the 8 or 9 shows I've been to. Probably because Ed was sick and sounded pretty bad.

    I agree. But, they definintely made up for it with the two kick ass Chicago shows in '06.

    Second night of Summerfest '06 was pretty lame, mostly because they opened with Last Kiss and played an abbreviated set as the opener for Tom Petty.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,849
    11/30/93 - Aladdin Theater: Las Vegas, NV [90m]
    attendance: 7,000
    support act: Mudhoney
    set: Even Flow, Once, Deep, Jeremy, Dissident, Daughter/(Instant Karma)/(Across the Universe), Go, Animal, State of Love and Trust, Tremor Christ, Black, Blood, Alive
    enc 1: Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Leash, Porch/(Tearing)
    enc 2: (Green River reunion): Swallow My Pride, Ain't Nothing to Do, My Way
    notes: The show was originally scheduled for the Sands Hotel. 'Tremor Christ' premieres. An apparent Beatles tribute is the 'Daughter' outro, with a series of tunes ended with Ed whispering "Get Back" at the very end. In a near Green River reunion, Mudhoney's Mark McLaughlin and Steve Turner join PJ (with Urge Overkill's drummer, Chuck Treece) for 'Swallow My Pride' and 'Ain't Nothing to Do.' 'Swallow My Pride' and 'My Way' (written by Paul Anka, featuring Terry Presley, an Elvis impersonator assisting on vocals) are recorded to be released as one of the '95 fan club singles.

    I look back at this setlist and think "what's not to like?" But somehow, I remember it as a less than stellar show. I think I need to find a boot and re-assess. Maybe "My Way" was what did it in :p.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • PJ_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    Albany 03.
    OK set list. Kind of up and down, but short. I am pretty sure Ed was sick although it was never confirmed.

    I Am Mine
    Whipping
    Last Exit
    Blood
    Cropduster
    Daughter/(Song X)/(Another Brick In The wall)/(Androgynous Mind)
    Even Flow
    Ghost
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    Love Boat Captain
    Wishlist
    Save You
    Once
    Corduroy
    Better Man
    Porch
    Encore People Have The Power
    improv (Brought "Rachel" on stage took about 10 minutes of music time, Good for Rachel, not so good for the rest of us)
    Do The Evolution
    Given To Fly
    All Or None
    Alive
    Baba O'Riley
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