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YLed2 wrote:

Bristow 2010

This one is very near and dear to my heart as it was my first PJ show. And really, without trying to sound overly biased, it's a rather underrated bootleg and show. I still remember from the show, Ed sounded and looked kind of drunk at first, but he sounded good and the band sounded tight that night. It really is rather unique/interesting show and a unique set list when you look at it and listen to it. The only thing about the show itself is that Ed tries to get the crowd more into it throughout the night, and I do remember the crowd being a little more laid back, but at times was electric as well. It was weird.

The show opens with a what I think a very good performance/version of Elderly Woman - certainly not my favorite or first choice for an opener, but is rather good here. It then livens up from there with WWS, Got Some, Brain Of J, Save You, and Given To Fly to follow. One of my favorite Ed quotes from the night before the soar into Given To Fly - "This is like a plane, right...actually, like well Matt would be like the engines, and Stone would be like the pilot....Stone and Jeff would be like the pilots, Mike and I would be like your happy flight attendants...we'll get ya peanuts...the exits are....Uh, but I would say you're not passengers - you are the fucking plane." Things are then brought back down with a great version of Present Tense, Down, and Unthought Known. It gets brought back up with Insignificance, Even Flow, and Comatose which is then followed by a killer combination of Faithfull and All Those Yesterdays. After All Those Yesterdays (the 13th time ever played) and a big crowd reaction, my other favorite quote from Ed right before they go into Black- "We're paying attention up here - is that kind of shit you're into tonight? Like the weird stuff? Alright, well this one you've heard before, but I think we're gonna start fuckin' it up after this I think." An excellent version of Black is played next with a killer solo from Mike and a unique tag from Ed. The Fixer and DTE close out the main set.

The End (first time played on 2010 tour) and Just Breathe open the first encore, which is then followed by Garden, Why Go in an interesting spot in the set list, Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted, and Blood/Atomic Dog to close out the first encore.

Better Man/Save It For Later open the first set, followed by Spin The Black Circle, Alive, Sonic Reducer for the only appearance of 2010, Alive, and Yellow Ledbetter to say good night to everyone.

Overall a very good/underrated boot, pretty tight performance, and rather unique show - Brain Of J, Present Tense, Down, Faithfull, All Those Yesterdays, Garden, Blood, Spin The Black Circle, and Sonic Reducer all played in the same show is kind of crazy. Very happy to say this was my first PJ show.

I also listened to Buffalo 2010 recently and it's not really worth remembering in my opinion.....nothing really stood out to me.

shetellsherself wrote:

Boise 2000 the first 6 are just crazy way to start a show of the girl>>go>>corduroy>>grievance>>>last exit>>TREMOR CHRIST. Then breathe for a moment during small town and build it back up with insignificance into animal just in time for mike to transport you away during NAIS. Love the way those all flow together. Every one sounds so good. This one also includes I got id which I always love. The encore is excellent starting with dont be shy into a beautiful black with an extended piece of genius from mike and a very cool interplay between mike and stone at the end. Brilliant. Crazy Mary builds back into a rippin DTE>>STBC>>SOLAT :shock: ends with one of my favs parting ways and ritfw. This one has crept into being one of my favorites.

TamaDrummer91 wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

Bristow 2010

This one is very near and dear to my heart as it was my first PJ show. And really, without trying to sound overly biased, it's a rather underrated bootleg and show. I still remember from the show, Ed sounded and looked kind of drunk at first, but he sounded good and the band sounded tight that night. It really is rather unique/interesting show and a unique set list when you look at it and listen to it. The only thing about the show itself is that Ed tries to get the crowd more into it throughout the night, and I do remember the crowd being a little more laid back, but at times was electric as well. It was weird.

The show opens with a what I think a very good performance/version of Elderly Woman - certainly not my favorite or first choice for an opener, but is rather good here. It then livens up from there with WWS, Got Some, Brain Of J, Save You, and Given To Fly to follow. One of my favorite Ed quotes from the night before the soar into Given To Fly - "This is like a plane, right...actually, like well Matt would be like the engines, and Stone would be like the pilot....Stone and Jeff would be like the pilots, Mike and I would be like your happy flight attendants...we'll get ya peanuts...the exits are....Uh, but I would say you're not passengers - you are the fucking plane." Things are then brought back down with a great version of Present Tense, Down, and Unthought Known. It gets brought back up with Insignificance, Even Flow, and Comatose which is then followed by a killer combination of Faithfull and All Those Yesterdays. After All Those Yesterdays (the 13th time ever played) and a big crowd reaction, my other favorite quote from Ed right before they go into Black- "We're paying attention up here - is that kind of shit you're into tonight? Like the weird stuff? Alright, well this one you've heard before, but I think we're gonna start fuckin' it up after this I think." An excellent version of Black is played next with a killer solo from Mike and a unique tag from Ed. The Fixer and DTE close out the main set.

The End (first time played on 2010 tour) and Just Breathe open the first encore, which is then followed by Garden, Why Go in an interesting spot in the set list, Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted, and Blood/Atomic Dog to close out the first encore.

Better Man/Save It For Later open the first set, followed by Spin The Black Circle, Alive, Sonic Reducer for the only appearance of 2010, Alive, and Yellow Ledbetter to say good night to everyone.

Overall a very good/underrated boot, pretty tight performance, and rather unique show - Brain Of J, Present Tense, Down, Faithfull, All Those Yesterdays, Garden, Blood, Spin The Black Circle, and Sonic Reducer all played in the same show is kind of crazy. Very happy to say this was my first PJ show.

I also listened to Buffalo 2010 recently and it's not really worth remembering in my opinion.....nothing really stood out to me.

As always, a very interesting and detailed personal review. Bristow will always be the tricky one for me; the one with a killer setlist, Ed's voice was absolutely wonderful, yet the show is tarnished by the on/off crowd. To say the crowd sucked would be misleading, at times they were quite good. It just pains me to hear Ed say, "You guys are out there right? Just checking." But it provides relief later during the intro to Betterman when he says, "That's activism right there."

As I catch more and more shows, my second PJ show will most likely be a middle or lower in the list show I'm afraid. Bristow would have been incredible if a better crowd were present. The show makes for a great bootleg though, for sure. I just can never shake the aforementioned issue with the crowd. I hate that.

I am surprised you didn't fully enjoy Buffalo 2010 though. It's one of my favorites. Love the setlist and overall it's a tight show as well. Great versions of No Way and Fatal. 2010 was a very good tour.