@FACTSAREUSELESS said:

@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.

Well that's the thing from every era of the band...you get some good/great and you get some average or to some bad shows. It's just sad that A person can't just leave a simple review with everyone jumping on the review. Some people like oranges, some like apples! Like I always say its subjective. Last fall people loved Reading...I didn't! Maybe it was the end of the tour almost that I was out all by myself..driving by myself..everything was just me.

However this show was lacking flow..lacking something. And evidentially I need to relisten to this hood but I think more people are upbeat about because of trey doing a play session with each member more than the music but once again I need to relisten!

Now I'm not a musician however I know lots of them from people who play instruments to djs! So I've been exposed to many different kinds of music that takes an ear and openness to enjoy, analyze, etc. everyone I was talking to during and after the show that have seen all eras and da mount of shows...probably hundreds more then the English Teacher correcting my grammar. But they had the same points as you and I. Now I'm sure you've seen more than I..however I've been listening to Phish since 95 and it took some time to grow on me which is odd considering I was into Pink Floyd and music from an older generation. That's like a lot of my friends give me sh't for not really liking the dead...but you know what I like Jerrys Band better! That's just me! It had a different sound to me that was different from the dead and maybe I just like Jerry out of the whole!?!

But I'm the exact way...I'm doing more listening than anything! Now I might not hear what someone else hears but that's how it goes. Just like Chicago last year. A friend and I both turned to each other and I said wow mikes killing it and he said fish is killing it...we both were focused on so etching different within the band and the music.

That's like saying MMP2 this year was a bustout. IMO it wasn't that big of a bust out...to me a bustout was burgettstown 03! That was a true bustout show! Songs that hadn't been played in forever all wrapped up in one! But for people newer to the music it was a bustout for them. And I'm glad they feel so however those weren't my views.

Now the music is tight playing and pretty good but the band has shown at moments that they can bust a jam anytime if they choose too. But it still lacked the whole summer IMO.

Anyways, theirs no uncertainty that everyone loves the band in one way or another!

And @mikee....if you ever choose to review the show instead of being a English Teacher....ill see you at Halloween! Cause I got tix! I'd rather do just Halloween over anything the summer brings!!!!