Wow. They must have added Mission to the set after the Birmingham show at The Nick. Still haven't seen Goldilox. Question: did they sing it or let the audience sing the whole song? They've been known to do that. And Jenna! Not my favorite from Manic Moonlight, but would've owned live. I wonder when they added that to the set? The only MM songs I've heard live are Believe and Static. I want to hear Skeptical Winds and Vegetable!

They sung Goldilox. I would have been very disappointed if they didn't.

Oops, I meant Julia. I'm being thrown off by the 5 letter female names that start with 'J.' Jenna is my favorite song on MM though. (Original post has been corrected.)

Ah Yes. Julia. The heavy section in the middle ruled, did it not :D

11/17 in Baltimore
 

Saw them last night....probably my 7th or 8th time, gotta check. They're still as good as when I saw them in 1991....I can't believe they still go all out even though they tour ALL THE TIME.

First the sour notes (only a handful). As is the case at gen adm shows, there's a goofball or two whose sole purpose in life is to practice the art of self-centerization in a large crowd. This week's entrant looked like Claycorn (sorry, man) but decided he wanted to throw his arms skyward and dance with that silly snake charmer weave. I was able to get in front of him (a generally nice crowd) or sometimes close my eyes. Also there was a couple that decided to run into each other after taking a few steps. Sort of a slam dance meets college football. We gave them a wide berth also.

I got there about 10, because every time I see them there's at least 3 abysmal bands opening. I was not disappointed....I did catch one (Kx came on about 11:15). They were as expected, wretched.

Usually I stand on Ty's side (no real reason, maybe it's because I can see Jerry better, he sits facing to his left. This time I was more on Doug's side. Sometimes (pun intended) he's not with it, but all three were in TOP FORM. Except for a very minor snare issue, there were no fuckups - I'd never seen Ty playing such killer leads. Doug even had a bass solo. He said something about "they told us no one would be here" so maybe that was it. Doug's low notes still are in my head :cool: .

The set:

Groove Machine - always a fine starter.
Believe - sufficiently funky....
I Can't Help It - always welcomed, showcased Ty's choppy rifs, which were much more in play this time. He was very precise, not muddy at all.
Cupid - pretty good for a fairly weak tune.
Freedom - one of the newer tunes, the best one....but as you will see that ain't saying much.
Dogman - isn't it a great tune?
Mr. Wilson - another fine choice.
Looking For Love - this blew me away. I kind of remember on the older tours that this was fun, but they were so INTO it! I was satisfied after that one, what a killer selection...
Screamer - Doug was awesome. He let out a scream in Groove Machine that dogs are still howling over. Man was he in form!
Open My Eyes - to mediocrity.......:eek:
Finished - a crappy tune studio, it's fun live.
Charlie Sheen - filler......
A new tune, then Only If - the chorus is a dead ringer for Michael Jackson's "Man In the Middle"....come on!
Hurricane - this was a cool new tune.
Talk To You - thunderous! As always.
Visions - this was a surprise the way they did it. It was crisp, and stayed true to the record...except for Ty's 3 minute lead. He was intense.
We Were Born To Be Loved - so good.
Mission - great to hear the full tune again....they were really on this one. One of their best songs.
Goldilox - The women (there were a lot amazingly) enjoyed this. And the guys Doug was looking at. Always a great choice.
Over My Head - this was another fun one. Every time they change it up.....I hate hearing the same songs in concert (like Aqualung, etc) but they really mix it up. This time, Ty played the opening riff very staccato, not the full connecting notes. It was a very cool sound. The whole tune was like that. And Jerry hits the kit SO hard...as he always does.

They went immediately to the merch table (no break!), but the line was long and it was after 1AM. I was going to get the live CD, but I will get it some other time.

As always, they are the best live band around.....I'm glad I went...I went solo but met a few people (one guy saw them in Allentown PA the night before!) and saw a friend (Cliff from Chaos Code). The Faith Hope Love T-shirt was a magnet I guess.

Yay! King's X!

Re: 11/17 in Baltimore
 

They didn't play these two at my show :confused:. Oh well. The one time I have seen them play Talk To You, I nearly wet myself. Those fermata chords are fairly short studio, but they held them soooooooo looooong live.:)

No "Julia"?

I'd like to see a mini set of Julia, Sally, Jenna, Goldilox, and Allison (this is the actual name of the Hurricane song RnR, according to the website). Dedicate it to the ladies.

Re: Re: 11/17 in Baltimore
 

I was wondering what Allison was, when you posted it - Doug introduced it as Hurricane, but he was VERY toasted (he even made a reference to it in Believe.....had a great rant also in Believe where he basically told everyone to believe in yourself because everyone is special....one of Doug's famous long preaches...I love it.

For some reason I always see them do Talk to You....

Re: 11/17 in Baltimore
 

Ah, that's it. I've been going nuts trying to figure out what they were ripping off in that song. The tune of "Man In the Middle" kept jumping into my head, but I couldn't figure out what song it was.

Re: Re: Re: 11/17 in Baltimore
 

I think they are changing the names as the tour goes on. It started off as "Allison," but then they changed it to "Hurricane." "Only If" started off as "If."

Re: Re: Re: Re: 11/17 in Baltimore
 

Allison was the name given to a Hurricane and now they're just calling the tour Hurricane. Maybe these guys just blow.

Sorry, they made my ears bleed when I saw them live.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 11/17 in Baltimore
 

Maybe it was that time of the month for your ears. I've heard Guiness makes you do that (and grow breasts, too).

Actually, I'm glad...more room for me:D

So they changed the name of the song from Allison to Hurricane huh? Well poo. I was oping my ex would stumble accross it and buy it because her name was on the box and then get POed when the heard it.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaalisooooooooon. That's just like a hurricane."