Hey everyone! Just got back from the Tremont show. Some highlights and stuff -
- Eupone (sp?) is just not for me. They had some great gee-tar work, but after
awhile got pretty repetitive though. The fact that it was all instrmental could have
been really cool, but it wasnt. I knew the touring bassist from last tour was this
band bassist, but also the guy who played keyboard/3rd guitar/backup vocals from the
last tour was too. But he left a lot, and then came back. Is the guy in the band too,
or was he just playing around? Pretty dull though.
- I saw a look of shock come across the audience during Pheurton - it sounded
like the majority knew what song it was from the beginning, but when the full band
kicked in, they didnt know what to think, they looked shocked! Needless to say, the
song rocked, and that pretty much set the stae for the rest of the show.
- The setlist was the same from the previously posted ones, only slightly
jumbled. In fact, i think the only difference is that they played In Circles towards
the middle of the show instead before the encore. Maybe.
- The "Seven" chants were much more annoying at this show compared to the Cats
Cradle show earlier this summer. Maybe now that they have played it, people will shut
up! Although there was a cool little "Seven...8...song 9" chant towards the front.
- Before they played "In Circles" the keyboardist left and someone to said "Let's
have a smoke" in the crowd. Jeremy said that the crowd could probably take the time to
have one because *insert keyboard guys name here* seemed to be taking his sweet time.
It was strangely quiet as they set up for the next song and someone yelled "Tell us a
story". Jeremy asked if anyone was here when they played their last show and said that
at that point he never though they would be a band again, but "Here we are". And also
said that they planned on being around alot longer this time, or at least until he got
mad and beat up Dan. The two of them then talked about who would win in a fight, with
a lot of flexing on Dan's part, and ended with Jeremy saying that Dan would probably
waste him pretty good. Funny stuff.
- After the show i went to the merch booth. Only a few things different - the
blue angel shirt is still the same, only i believe these have the new tour dates on
them. The red elephant shirt is a dark green shirt with a little b&w pic of an
elephant doing something... didnt look too closely. Also, the had the Angel shirt as a
long sleeve red, with just the bands name on the back instead of the tour dates. All
four studio albums were available in vinyl and CD (last time they were in NC they only
had How it feels and rising tide) . The posters are the same too, only with the new
dates, and there is another poster on the back as well. I got a Rising Tide on Vinyl
and a Euphone shirt. I didnt really like the new elephant tee, and the Euphone shirt
was cool-lookin, so i got it.
Thats aboot it. Just randomly thinking, why does most everyone not like the
Rising Tide? I mean, those songs are just amazing in my opinion. It probably ties with
Diary as my fave SDRE album (LP2 is awesome too, its shortness length wise probably
keeps it from being #1). Refering to an earlier post, my apologies for not remembering
who it was right off hand, i can understand "Television" not making someone cry, but
songs like "The Ocean" and "Faes in Disguise" are really beautiful too. Not that im
arguing with anyones tastes, i mean, you like what you like - but im just curious.
- c.h.
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