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AHHHHHHHH!!!!!

*explodes*

This show was out of control people!!!! I was
soooooo worn out afterwards but I just could not even begin to sleep
after all that! :eek: Got home late last night and immediately put on
some White Stripes! haha. Kept the outrageous WS night flowing. The
show just pumped me up so much! I don't think I'm coming down for quite
awhile and that is ok by me.

JESUS!!! Where to begin?!

Well, first things first....

VEDHEAD27 wrote:

BALL & BISCUIT and JOLENE! HOLY SHIT! I will FLIP OUT
if I hear those 2!! WOOOOOW.

<~~~~ flipped out (to say the very least)

:eek:!!!! They played BOTH frickin songs!!!!!!! Holy shit. 2 of the MANY
highlights of the evening. These 2 were SUPER highlights though. OMG!!
Ball & Biscuit?! How daaaaamn out of this world/sexy is this song?!
Always been one of my absolute favs and live it was taken ALL to another
level. The song just possess you....forces you to grind the air! Good
god. So damn intoxicating. I cannot get over this one. Jack just going
off!!! Shit. No words left about this one. WOOOOOOW is about all I can
say at this point. :eek:


JOLENE?! I just need to say this is one the most beautiful covers ever.
Jack shined brighter than ever live on this gorgeous song. So much
emotion it was almost hard to watch. The man's voice was shivering,
pleading...sounded like he was about to cry. He poured it ALL out in
this beautiful song. Completely blown away!


Just like my friend from Portland noted, they definitely played a
mixture of ALL albums. So damn cool. A little bit of everything. Such
fan pleasers.

Meddle and I were about 6 rows back from the side of the stage...
PERFECT view of Meg, her set was facing right towards us...and a perfect
view of Jack center stage. I could not have asked for a better spot...or
a better show!!!

As we suspected, Blue Orchid opened things up just kicked everything
into place!!! The crowd was instantly bouncing all over and pumped as
fuck! The 2 just came out ready to rock and that they did....NON-stop!
It was seriously like a second break and them BAM another song. Soooo
kick ass! Just enough time to catch your breath. haha. The stage set up
was really cool. Awesome apple GBMS back drop, little shell lights,
white plants, ....everything all red and white...incredible red lights
flashing all through the show too. Oh and Jack's outfit was fuckin HOT.
Long tailed lookin coat with a top hat, some cute ass booty huggin black
paints with some red strips inserted on the sides! This man's style
just rocks all around, musically and then some. But ok, getting
too carried away with that.


Some other songs we got...



Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - this one tore it UP!

I Think I Smell a Rat - Ok, love the guitar work on this one and
experiencing all this fierce in your face shredding and thrashing was
AWESOOOOME!!!

Offend In Every Way - LOOOOOVE this song!!! Was so fuckin excited to get this one.

When I Hear My Name - Nice treat! Such raw WS! The breakdown
kicks so much ass.

Passive Manupulation - twice! Go Meg!:D

Little Ghost -hell yes!!

The Nurse - Jack fuckin those marimbas up. This one was VERY
cool live.

My Doorbell - Cathcy as hell! This instant classic song had the
whole place clappin and singing along.


>> ENCORE....

Jack came out solo and bust out....

I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)- painfully beautiful,
fuckin mesmerizing...just Jack and that piano.


I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - definitely one of my
most listened to WS tracks. LOOOOVE this song! Yet another one that
rocked even more live and made my night.


Hotel Yorba - Crowd was going off with this classic!!! Loved it!



Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)- !!! Um HI....first song I
chose to kick start the thread of praise! MissYouAllDay knows. This
one was even more gorgeous than on the cd. Jack completely owning every
bit of my heart and soul for sure. He straight up demands it on this
masterpiece!



We're Going to be Friends- JUST bumped this thread before I left
and posted this song. looove this one and was so feelin it today. Was
very excited to get this beauty.


OK this was a funny part of the night. Not even midway into the song a
big ass 104.9 beach ball flew up on stage....Jack stopped singing and
said "What the fuck is this?! A radio promotion?!?!" ha. He took the
beach ball and threw it off to the side of the stage then was like
"now...as I was saying..." and burst back into the song.

When it was over he said "now if we get blacklisted from that radio
station and they refuse to play our music...I would like a written
apology for them interrupting my song!!!" LOL!!!


Seven Nation Army - Daaaaamn! I mean what needs to be said? This
song pleases all. Kicked even more ass live.


Boll Weevil - closed the show with this badboy. Jack got the
entire crowd to sing along. Amazing!! Talk about going out with a bang.





EVERYTHING I loved about these 2 was taken to an even higher level last
night. The love and respect is skyrocketing at this point....and here I
already thought it was at an all time high. HA! Seeing them live done
did it. Ooooh, and here I thought Jack was already a musical
genius....experincing that live?!!? :eek: Like Meddle said, he man had
so many instruments set up on that kick ass stage and all through the
night he kept running over to different ones for different songs. It
really is mind blowing to witness this much music come out of ONE
person. The man is SO DAMN AMAZING!!!! It makes me mad how talented he
is. haha. Like how in the?! You are soooo fuckin incredible guy. Jesus!
Is there anything you CANT do? Putting us all to shame. hehe. A few
times during the night he completely had me STUCK...just in complete aw,
unable to move. The sounds he makes come outta that guitar are
unbelievable. From shreding, to making it weep, all twangy and drenced
in blues, to makin it all distorted and chunkified, to making it sound
like bass, ..etc etc. There are just so many damn sounds that come outta
this man and so many with his main instrument alone. I LOVED the way he
owned it all up there! He just oozes such confidence.

I've read in the past that doesnt like to feel comfortable on stage, he
wants nothing to feel rehearsed...he wanted everything stripped down,
vulerable and all natural...so him and Meg NEVER rehearse. Well damn.
Yet another thing that blows my mind cuze the attitude says I OWN THIS.
I guess when you're this mighty rehearsing isn't necessary. hehe. Really
though, excellent touch on that and everything does just seem so natural
up there. Witnessing the chemistry betweem him and Meg was great! They
totally engage each other. I love how Jack has a mic set up center stage
and then one in front of Meg. It was very cute how he'd just run over to
her set and sing to her....sharing the spotlight the entire time. They
were having lots of fun during Little Ghost...laughing away. Adorable.
Speaking of Meg... damn, she is really sexy on those skins. All her
little playful flirty faces she'd make at Jack, her little
pauses/poses....the way she's feels the music and gets down while
confined to a stool. She's awesome and really has such a prescence. I
don't think I'll ever look at the *girl* the same again. She is for sure
a *woman* now. hehe.




At the end of the show Jack thanked Berkeley/SF for being the FIRST city
to ever like them outside of Detroit and how he will never forget
that. AWWW!!


Overall, I am just completey blown away and even deeper in love (incase
you can't tell). It's a damn shame that I don't get paid until the
16th or else I would definitely try to go to the 2nd show tonight. I am
soooo thirsty for more live WS. It's no joke...this band takes it all to
another level live. I will never get over this