Red Mosquito

Birds in Hell wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:It’s weird how they’re releasing a bootleg every 4 days, but it drifts from being 5 days after the first concert to 18 days after the last one. Wish they would do more than 2 per week. But, hey, I haven’t even listened to the album yet, so I’m not rushing to listen to these.

I'm guessing Brett negotiated he didn't want to mix more than two a week, which honestly seems very reasonable.

I had no idea Brett was still mixing for them.

liebzz wrote:I got through half the first show on the way to work. Mostly sounds great.

didn't mean to bottom page this.

my goodness, when is Ed going to stop doing that stupid ass call and response in Corduroy...

As long as there are responses to the calls

Exactly. When the crowds stop responding, Ed will stop calling. I’m already doing my part.

wease wrote:Exactly. When the crowds stop responding, Ed will stop calling. I’m already doing my part.

Don't stop believin'

Meanwhile, it’s been maybe since the self-titled album that I leaned in with my listening ear for the new songs. I loved Gigaton, but I approached that album as a studio piece and never really worried how it would translate live. These songs by and large are excellent at least in the first show.

Man, this show is really, really good. I thought everything post-2006 was a big drop down, but this is an amazing show. Played very well, clean, Ed's voice in fine form.

Prudential Center, Newark, NJ on May 18, 2010

Set One
Of The Girl
Brain Of J
Do The Evolution
The Fixer
Alone
Amongst The Waves
Immortality
In Hiding
Even Flow
Insignificance
Supersonic
Brother
Glorified G
Daughter
Unthought Known
Leatherman
Lukin
Once

First Encore
Just Breathe
Footsteps
Inside Job
Got Some
Go

Second Encore
Jersey Girl
You Are
Whipping
Life Wasted
Alive
Indifference
All Along The Watchtower

The run at the end of that tour was pretty fabulous. I attended the shows at the Garden that follow this and they were both great, the 21st being my favorite show I have attended from any band.

Yep, I DO remember the MSG shows being very good. I might hit 1-2 of the European leg shows to see how they hold up. But there is gold in that post-2006 stretch, Hartford 2008 is another incredible set and performance. But I'm not sure I'll ever come around to the 2013- 2018 Lightning Bolt never-ending party tour stretch. I did think the Gigaton shows were much better, for several reasons. First, at least when I'm not there I prefer the shorter shows. Second, less Lightning Bolt, more Gigaton. Third, I don't know if it was the addition of Josh K and/or mix but the sound is more robust, layered.

Cleveland is another great show from 2010

That one I knew because IWT. One of those shows (like Champaign 2003, another one I was at) where you truly were surprised by each song. Of course Champaign was a whole other level, that show even crushed Chicago 1998.

Was at that Newark show n still to this day will say I'm not sure if it was them or the arena or a combo but man they sounded fantastic that night

I was at Champaign 2003 too. I am not usually a “you wouldn’t believe the energy” kind of guy but I don’t know how else to explain that show — impossible to describe to someone who wasn’t there. No other PJ show I’ve attended felt like that.

Been a while but revisiting both nights of MSG 2010.

I was impressed by how good the band sounded at Vancouver 1.

Vancouver 2, not so hot. Ed sounds out of gas and the band don’t seem as dialed in either.

oasisfan35 wrote:Been a while but revisiting both nights of MSG 2010.

Love those shows. Night 2 is my favorite show I have attended thus far.

Birds in Hell wrote:I was impressed by how good the band sounded at Vancouver 1.

Vancouver 2, not so hot. Ed sounds out of gas and the band don’t seem as dialed in either.

I am up to Even Flow and so far so good.

man, portland is like the perfect show start to finish. (maybe they coulda scrapped mym).

There is a truly impressive IEM mix of the May 13 Sacramento show that is "out there." It was recorded and mixed by hoserama, currently available at TTD. If you would like a wetransfer link, please PM me.