@SpreadEagle said:

@FACTSAREUSELESS said:

I'm not one to defend negative opinions but the reviewer got it right, folks. This show was very hit and miss. Doesn't mean the tour wasn't great. This show was not great. It had lots of misfires.

I felt for the most part, Trey was the only one in the band truly engaged with the music most of the night. Page and Mike offered nothing to the game all night, and both seemed tired and looking forward to the bus trip.

My sentiments exactly. It was all over the place. And I don't get why people think just cause treys jumping around that brings energy to the music. Trey is always bouncing around!

Well it's the same old thing. I wrote a long review of the show on the review page for the show itself which isn't popular either, apparently. People don't like it when reality rains on their fantasy.

I agree with you. I love this band and go out of my way to be an apologist for them and always give the benefit of the doubt, but at the same time I'm a musician and as a result my interest in the bands' music and performance has very little to do with the "scene". I'm the same age as the boys in the band and the concert scene doesn't factor in to my anaylsis when I analyze their music, it really doesn't. I'm looking strictly at the music itself.

Musically, the band was not on the same page Sunday night. Certainly not as they were at other times during the tour. They had some great ideas, such as pairing The Line with Vultures, that was clever, busting out Pebbles and Scents (though Georgia got them as well as FEFY last time), but the flow didn't work and they didn't take advantage of the momentum when they had it. The show kept shooting itself in the foot all night, and in spite of a slightly above-average 4th quarter, the show is at best average. That's just the way it is.

If someone had a great time at the show, well that's terrific, and that is, after all, the point I guess. I'm not trying to suggest that their experience is illigitimate, I'm just saying that musically the show was average for this period.

There was nothing "douchey" about the review. Not every show is going to be a home run. We're watching art in process, live. It isn't always going to work.

But it can't work when all four members aren't fully on board with making it work. The band seemed tired and out of ideas. They made some attempts, but they just didn't have it Sunday night. The fact that the show was still highly entertaining is simply because they're professionals and we love them.