The 5 best shows of the tour

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  • merlin401
    merlin401 Posts: 230
    These were the standouts IMO:

    Gorge 1
    Grand Rapids
    NJ 2
    San Diego
    Boston 2
    Camden 2
    NJ 1

    Wish I could have been there for them all... btw reason for no SF shows, they sounded great but no one can agree. Some say 1 was best, some 2 some 3. Some say 1 was weak; some say 2 was weak; some say 3 was weak. If there was a spectucalar one, MOST would agree just like its obvious Gorge 1 was better than 2.
    Jones Beach II (2000), Holmdel (2003), Camden I, East Rutherford II, Gorge I, Gorge II (2006), MSG I, Boston II (2008), Spectrum II, Spectrum III, Spectrum IV (2009), MSG I, MSG II (2010), Prague (2012), Philly I (2013), Philly I, Philly II, Fenway I (2016), Fenway I (2018), MSG (2022), MSG I, Fenway 1 (2024)
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    don't gimme no wrote:
    If you look, you'll see the last five shows in my signature were the best five shows of the tour. Okay....so what if they're the five shows I attended? So what?
    ...
    I'm gonna have to go with that.
    I mean, I think there are so many intangibles tied to each individual that fails to transcend through merely reading setlists, reviews and even hearing the bootlegs. Thing like where you are seated, who you are with, what you are feeling at the time, where your head is at, where your heart is at... those things all play into the complete concert experience.
    Like, the guy in the great seat who catches a tamborine or a guitar pick at what others rank at the 'poorest' gig... that is his greatest show, regardless of the songs played. While the dude who spent the better part of the show with his face down in a public toilet, breathing the fumes of his own vomit is San Diego... well, that's his worst show.
    And it's art... it is subjective. You get out of it, what you bring into it. Like, I cannot compare Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' to Renoir's 'Le Moulin de la Galette' to DaVinci's 'Mona Lisa'.
    That's why, for me... personally, I rank the San Francisco shows as the best... for me. It had everything I wanted... great old friends, fantastic new friends and people around me that love this music as much as I do. And nothing beats looking along the barricade and seeing the faces of your friends, old and new, rocking out and singing their heart out. Each show was different and I was in a different state of mind at each. But, they were all good.
    It is futile for me to convince any one of you about this, so I'm not even going to try. All I know is that I had a great time and the memories will stay with me forever.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,140
    azdrummerboy wrote:
    1. LA 2
    2. Gorge 2
    3. Camden 2
    4. DC
    5. San Diego


    How can you not even have Gorge 1 listed??? I don't get it.
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  • jordan2345
    jordan2345 Posts: 7
    I listened to both boots back to back...waited two hours to clear my head on a bike ride...and listened to them both again. Grand Rapids Wins!

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