Finally listened to Live at the Gorge. Good God!

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  • Lukin66
    Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    Oh man, thanks for the trip down memory lane. '05 was my first show, and the two-night stand in '06 were my second and third. The '06 shows were devilishly hot, I think I recall something around 117-118 and HUMID. I remember watching the clouds gather behind the stage over the river during Severed Hand and thinking we may be in for a bit of thunder and lightning. Still my best set of concert memories, though! I hold out hope that they will return to the Gorge sometime soon. Like Eddie said, you drive for three fucking hours, you can call me! 
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,905
    I often wondering if they originally intended to do acoustic presets again, but opted not to because of the heat (playing 3+ hours in that heat would of probably killed the band).   There was no opening band so many of us assumed it was going to be like the '05 shows.....

    I'm glad we had an Air Conditioned hotel waiting for us as Moses Lake after those shows :)
  • Lukin66
    Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    Ha, standing for 3+ hours two nights in a row just about killed me! Those shows are one of the reasons I usually avoid the Gorge in mid-summer. I am a delicate Seattleite, I cannot handle heat like that for long periods of time. But dear god, they were amazing. The version of Garden played on Night 2 is still my absolute favorite to this day and never fails to send chills down my spine.
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    It was probably a very easy decision to release these shows.  This is peak live PJ
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,117
    cp3iverson said:
    It was probably a very easy decision to release these shows.  This is peak live PJ
    Agreed.  The 05/06 tour was fantastic!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • DJ253147
    DJ253147 Posts: 705
    DJ253147 said:
    cp3iverson said:
    so I've owned this for quite a while but it's a pretty rare edition so I've never even touched the discs.  I finally bought the regular set this week so I could experience it. 
    Might be my favorite Live PJ release ever. They're on fire.  Ed's voice is terrific. Very tight sounding sets.  Severed Hand is so underrated and so underplayed

    Any of you guys who made it to these shows consider yourselves lucky.  
    Can I ask where you got a regular set of the Gorge. I have the original set. Actually the 6/22 download(which was my first) and a road trip later that summer was how we really got into this band. Still a favorite especially when the summer heat ramps up. I was aware  of the Gorge shows as a younger coworker was a fan. I didn't get to my first show until the U2/PJ show in Honolulu later that year but  I was about 300 miles due north of the Gorge at a lakefront, air conditioned B&B and could barely handle the heat. We've been summer visitors to the area for years and almost always had great weather but that was the hottest ever.  "Hot like a motherfucker" is how Ed described on the boot. 

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    i purchased the regular set on ebay a few weeks ago. $28 i think new.  

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