10-30-2006, 06:54 PM
Wow, a great, albeit mellower show than am I used to. A lot of slower-moving ballads were part of the Non-WC choices (Good Life, Gus, Long time Running, Flamenco, Scared).
Three Pistols was amazing, haven't heard it live in 10 years! Thugs and Hundredth Meridian were great as well, with 100th having the classic Gordie 5+ minute tangent in the middle of the song ... this time it included a little baton twirling demo, very cool!)
As for the WC songs...
I really liked Ocean, though Rink (which was also amazing, is a way better opener, IMO).
In View was solid but not the same without the keyboards.
The Drop-off and luv(sic) shared the honours for my fave live WC song.
Pretend is a great song - but I think for live performances they should save it for outdoor shows after dark, I'm not really sure why I think that tho, just do
Fly and Kids - solid
Family Band- Shares 2nd place for Live WC with Rink
Last Night and WC - Great tunes, but to me the sequencing was off... had they not made up 2/3 of the encore, I might have liked them better. Either one would have made a great 2nd song during the encore wedged between Rink and Little Bones.
Overall a great show. I am going again Wednesday. Hopefully Midnight gets played then and not tonight (I'll be at the Flames Game)
Three Pistols was amazing, haven't heard it live in 10 years! Thugs and Hundredth Meridian were great as well, with 100th having the classic Gordie 5+ minute tangent in the middle of the song ... this time it included a little baton twirling demo, very cool!)
As for the WC songs...
I really liked Ocean, though Rink (which was also amazing, is a way better opener, IMO).
In View was solid but not the same without the keyboards.
The Drop-off and luv(sic) shared the honours for my fave live WC song.
Pretend is a great song - but I think for live performances they should save it for outdoor shows after dark, I'm not really sure why I think that tho, just do
Fly and Kids - solid
Family Band- Shares 2nd place for Live WC with Rink
Last Night and WC - Great tunes, but to me the sequencing was off... had they not made up 2/3 of the encore, I might have liked them better. Either one would have made a great 2nd song during the encore wedged between Rink and Little Bones.
Overall a great show. I am going again Wednesday. Hopefully Midnight gets played then and not tonight (I'll be at the Flames Game)
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