Just popped in the Grand Rapids boot ...

slightofjeff
slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
edited June 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
for the first time.

I'm exactly halfway through the second song and I've already decided. this might be the best shit I've heard in a long, long time.

something about the energy. you can really hear the crowd. it's hard to describe. but if you have this boot, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout Willis.
everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Awesome ... Glad I didn't lead you astray. :)
    This stuff can be fairly subjective, but there's definitely something about this show's energy. It must have been the crowd.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    crap ... although I just realized, I was in such a hurry burning this sucker that I somehow dropped Ledbetter right in the middle of the first set (don't ask me how).

    That's got to be every PJ fan's worst nightmare ... hearing ed say "One more?" and the first strains of YL playing nine songs into the damn show.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Awesome ... Glad I didn't lead you astray. :)
    This stuff can be fairly subjective, but there's definitely something about this show's energy. It must have been the crowd.

    yeah, the crowd is overpowering everybody on Marker. and that's a pretty good sign.

    ps -- I also got Camden 2. It's not bad. The version of Parachutes is good-to-great. the beginning, i think the album version is better, then ed seems to find himself and toward the end it gets better than the album version. he does mix-up a lyric, as well, if that bothers you. I'd say buy the boot, if for no other reason than it's only 10 bucks.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • sigh eternally
    sigh eternally Chicago Posts: 421
    i bought my copy 30 mins ago yet i cant retrieve the show from my computer.
    your glee mocks me.
    mocks me!!!!

    *turns and cries like a little girl*

    looks like an awesome show.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    sigh eternally wrote:
    i bought my copy 30 mins ago yet i cant retrieve the show from my computer.
    your glee mocks me.
    mocks me!!!!

    *turns and cries like a little girl*

    looks like an awesome show.

    you need to retrieve this thing. now. :)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • gordon189
    gordon189 Houston, TX Posts: 60
    You all talked me into it. Gonna get it right now.
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    slightofjeff wrote:
    yeah, the crowd is overpowering everybody on Marker. and that's a pretty good sign.

    ps -- I also got Camden 2. It's not bad. The version of Parachutes is good-to-great. the beginning, i think the album version is better, then ed seems to find himself and toward the end it gets better than the album version. he does mix-up a lyric, as well, if that bothers you. I'd say buy the boot, if for no other reason than it's only 10 bucks.

    Sweet ... I think I will get Camden 2 next.
    As for Ed, he sang nonsense for the entire second verse of MFC in Cleveland (another good show, by the way). It didn't bug me one bit. :)
    Part of the man's charm ...
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    reborncareerist wrote:
    Sweet ... I think I will get Camden 2 next.
    As for Ed, he sang nonsense for the entire second verse of MFC in Cleveland (another good show, by the way). It didn't bug me one bit. :)
    Part of the man's charm ...

    yeah, it wasn't that bad ... or even noticeable if you weren't paying close attention.

    He replaces the "further back and forth" bit near the end with a reprise of "nothing else cuz when we're dead ... "

    that's all.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    never knew you could actually headbang to Love Boat Captain 'til now ... :)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • ACCBootlegGoddess
    ACCBootlegGoddess Posts: 4,318
    sigh eternally wrote:
    i bought my copy 30 mins ago yet i cant retrieve the show from my computer.
    your glee mocks me.
    mocks me!!!!

    *turns and cries like a little girl*

    looks like an awesome show.


    Ohh its worth the wait Scottie. That crowd was ON FIRE. I am proud to have been a part of that crowd. Ed was truely blown away.
    He even said just before ledbetter "Grand Rapids...who knew???" lol
    "Rock and roll is something that can't be quantified, sometimes it's not even something you hear, but FEEL!" - Bob Lefsetz
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    ACCBootlegGoddess wrote:
    Ohh its worth the wait Scottie. That crowd was ON FIRE. I am proud to have been a part of that crowd. Ed was truely blown away.
    He even said just before ledbetter "Grand Rapids...who knew???" lol

    yeah, you guys sing well :)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Riot_Mac
    Riot_Mac Posts: 473
    i think gr is a good show but i would say cleveland is the best show so far of the tour. (i went to both chicago shows btw) just look at the cleveland 2nd encore: Go, Comatose, U, Don't Gimme No Lip, Smile, Why Go, Fuckin' Up, Yellow Ledbetter.... damn!

    I think every show kicks ass, but right now I am really digging cleveland.
    "hear my name, take a good look, this could be the day."
  • TonyB
    TonyB Posts: 120
    Do not forget about Chicago night 2. FOOTSTEPS and CROWN of THORNS make disc 2 of Chicago one of the best disc available. Chicago night 2, disc 2!!
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Riot_Mac wrote:
    i think gr is a good show but i would say cleveland is the best show so far of the tour. (i went to both chicago shows btw) just look at the cleveland 2nd encore: Go, Comatose, U, Don't Gimme No Lip, Smile, Why Go, Fuckin' Up, Yellow Ledbetter.... damn!

    I think every show kicks ass, but right now I am really digging cleveland.

    have you seen/heard the encore for this show?

    also, it's not totally about the songs played. it's how they are played, and more importantly, the vibe of the crowd and whether it comes across on the boot.

    i haven't heard anything like GR in a long, long time.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Sexy2aFault
    Sexy2aFault Posts: 388
    Van Andel only holds 12,000, so that defintley helped keep things a bit more intimate.... The crowd on the GR boot, and in person is the most energized I have ever heard at any concert for any band...SlightofJeff, Pop in Baba O'Riley and Ledbetter..You will be amazed at the crowds energy...

    Also after Life Wasted, you hear two different people say "That fuckin rocks" followed by "You guys fuckin rock".... Add to that, Parting Ways,Around the Bend, and Hard to Imagine played spot on, and you have the best boot... Anyone that says Boston II was better is just talking shit.

    And of course, they played til midnight and almost no-one left early...Packed house applauding the band even after Ledbetter.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Sexy2aFault wrote:
    Van Andel only holds 12,000, so that defintley helped keep things a bit more intimate.... The crowd on the GR boot, and in person is the most energized I have ever heard at any concert for any band...SlightofJeff, Pop in Baba O'Riley and Ledbetter..You will be amazed at the crowds energy...

    Also after Life Wasted, you hear two different people say "That fuckin rocks" followed by "You guys fuckin rock".... Add to that, Parting Ways,Around the Bend, and Hard to Imagine played spot on, and you have the best boot... Anyone that says Boston II was better is just talking shit.

    And of course, they played til midnight and almost no-one left early...Packed house applauding the band even after Ledbetter.


    maybe they should, ahem, "mix up" the 10C tickets more often :)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Sexy2aFault
    Sexy2aFault Posts: 388
    slightofjeff wrote:
    maybe they should, ahem, "mix up" the 10C tickets more often :)

    That is what I hear...I alwys pass on Ten club tickets because I go with a larger group....but...many people say it had a positive effect. Heres to a 3rd leg and show in Dallas so you can have your own boot/memories.... We all should get a chance to have them.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Sexy2aFault wrote:
    That is what I hear...I alwys pass on Ten club tickets because I go with a larger group....but...many people say it had a positive effect. Heres to a 3rd leg and show in Dallas so you can have your own boot/memories.... We all should get a chance to have them.

    shiiiiit ... I ain't waiting for a dallas show that may or may not happen. I'm going to the two Denver shows and all three in SF next month.

    holy crap ... next month. just hit me. can't wait. I think the SF shows may be epic ... three nights in the same city, a 7,000-capacity venue. Imagine the possibilities :)
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Sexy2aFault
    Sexy2aFault Posts: 388
    slightofjeff wrote:
    shiiiiit ... I ain't waiting for a dallas show that may or may not happen. I'm going to the two Denver shows and all three in SF next month.

    holy crap ... next month. just hit me. can't wait. I think the SF shows may be epic ... three nights in the same city, a 7,000-capacity venue. Imagine the possibilities :)

    Frisco, GeneralAdmission... you will defintley be at the best shows of 2006...and probably the best shows (or least the funnest) since 96.
  • marako
    marako Posts: 25
    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?

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