2016 Official Bootlegs

[WtOB?]

this is the first time i've made it all the way through a boot since 2012's missoula show.

[Leatherhead]

i've been really impressed by this latest batch of boots. i've given them all a listen apart from columbia and aside from fort lauderdale (one of the worst boots i've heard in a while) they've all been really good. i haven't even heard eddie squeak. perhaps he's been working on his voice, or the longer break between tours has helped. the speed of the songs even seems to be improved (something i noticed on lexington in particular, right from the get go matt seems to be locked into a slower/groovier mode all night. he's also toned down the ridiculous high-school double-kick nonsense that was going on in fort lauderdale).

I was enjoying the double-kick stuff.

[WtOB?]

i've been really impressed by this latest batch of boots. i've given them all a listen apart from columbia and aside from fort lauderdale (one of the worst boots i've heard in a while) they've all been really good. i haven't even heard eddie squeak. perhaps he's been working on his voice, or the longer break between tours has helped. the speed of the songs even seems to be improved (something i noticed on lexington in particular, right from the get go matt seems to be locked into a slower/groovier mode all night. he's also toned down the ridiculous high-school double-kick nonsense that was going on in fort lauderdale).

I was enjoying the double-kick stuff.

i thought it was complete overkill. not to mention he was fucking it up all over the place. he's still double kicking it's just in moderation now.

[LetMeSleep]

PJ's music doesn't need a double kick. Dave A would never have...blah blah blah.

[matt reeder]

i've been really impressed by this latest batch of boots. i've given them all a listen apart from columbia and aside from fort lauderdale (one of the worst boots i've heard in a while) they've all been really good. i haven't even heard eddie squeak. perhaps he's been working on his voice, or the longer break between tours has helped. the speed of the songs even seems to be improved (something i noticed on lexington in particular, right from the get go matt seems to be locked into a slower/groovier mode all night. he's also toned down the ridiculous high-school double-kick nonsense that was going on in fort lauderdale).

I've listened to parts of 3-4 shows so far and I thought that Ed sounded horrible on this tour. Maybe I need to listen more. The downtuned "Oceans" from Columbia (I think?) was one of the worst things I've ever heard the band do.

[Birds in Hell]

I had a brief listen to a few shows and wasn't bowled over either but I'll admit my interest is elsewhere right now.

[WtOB?]

oh yeah, the downtuning always sounds terrible. they should retire songs he can't sing instead of downtuning. but that's only a couple o tracks.

[Birds in Hell]

I'd prefer they play those songs in their normal key but have Ed alter the melody to something he can manage.

[WtOB?]

yeah or that.

[b_i_revisited]

i've been really impressed by this latest batch of boots. i've given them all a listen apart from columbia and aside from fort lauderdale (one of the worst boots i've heard in a while) they've all been really good. i haven't even heard eddie squeak. perhaps he's been working on his voice, or the longer break between tours has helped. the speed of the songs even seems to be improved (something i noticed on lexington in particular, right from the get go matt seems to be locked into a slower/groovier mode all night. he's also toned down the ridiculous high-school double-kick nonsense that was going on in fort lauderdale).

I've listened to parts of 3-4 shows so far and I thought that Ed sounded horrible on this tour. Maybe I need to listen more. The downtuned "Oceans" from Columbia (I think?) was one of the worst things I've ever heard the band do.

He's was not back at what he was in 2014.

Has anyone compared audience recordings to official boots in terms of Ed's voice? I am not convinced that the issues are entirely his.

[darth_vedder]

From the little I've heard via Sirius, the 2016 tour sounds like one of the better ones from the recent years (Backspacer tour till now).

I have kinda been off from buying / collecting boots since 2003, but via RLFs and RMers, I have a few from each tour since then; just far less compared to 2000 and 2003. With what I'm hearing from 2016, I'm liking more than a lot of the more recent ones (2009 - 2016) . Ed is sounding tighter, Matt seems a little more locked in, Stone is goofing off, Mike is Mike, and Jeff sounds particularly good.

[lowlight79]

I've listened to about 4-5 shows so far. I could even get through 3 SA shows from last fall due to the digital hiss. But they sound good. I'm not a fan of how they turned Corduroy into a singalong. The reworked Future Days from Greenville sounded pretty good. I skip sirens pretty much everytime. I am pretty surprised that mind your manners sounds good still. But some lightning bolt songs they never got right. Kill let the records play already, getaway which is a fantastic song, they never learned how to play and swallowed whole, jesus, it's a miracle at this point if ed gets one line correct.

[WtOB?]

The downtuned "Oceans" from Columbia (I think?) was one of the worst things I've ever heard the band do.

it's better on philly 2.

[Birds in Hell]

Wow, I really, really live the way Matt plays Got Some at Philly 1; instead of battering the toms in the intro, he's playing a double-time hi-hat thing instead.

Wish he'd played it that way all along.



(Sounds better on the boot, but still, you get the idea.)

[ridleybradout]

Wow, I really, really live the way Matt plays Got Some at Philly 1; instead of battering the toms in the intro, he's playing a double-time hi-hat thing instead.

He did that at Tampa too

The downtuned "Oceans" from Columbia (I think?) was one of the worst things I've ever heard the band do.

It really was a demoralising way to start a show. Infallible was also downtuned this show and sounded horrid.

the speed of the songs even seems to be improved (something i noticed on lexington in particular, right from the get go matt seems to be locked into a slower/groovier mode all night.

I also really enjoyed the Lexington Slow Down

[VinylGuy]

yeah, im enjoying this tour too. Last year was pretty good, and this one so far seems great too.

[lowlight79]

All or None is really good from philly 2, wow. I don;t remember it sounding so good when I was there.

[Monkey_Driven]

Listened to a decent amount of the May 1st show on SiriusXM last night. The show sounded great.

[opsopcopolis]

Philly 2 is the first one I've listened to all the way through and I think it sounds fantastic

[ridleybradout]

Listening to Philly I and just lol'd during Crown of Thorns when Ed prematurely launched into a passionate "leaves me alooooone, YEAAHHH!!" at the end of the first chorus.