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May
30th, 2004 Setlist & Review
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| Concert Setlist |
1)  Like I Do
2) The Sanctity Of Dreams
3) All Over You
4) They Stood Up For Love
5) The Beauty Of Gray
6) Run Away (without guitar solo)
7) Sweet Release
8) Life Marches On
9) Lakini's Juice
10) Run To The Water
11) The Dolphin's Cry
12) I Alone (with "Like A Stone" medley)
[Audioslave]
13) Heaven
ENCORE #1
14) Overcome (Ed solo acoustic)
15) Selling The Drama
16) Lightning Crashes |
| Review by TheFunkyCaboose
of South Carolina |
Jason Mraz was pretty entertaining,
it was an acoustic set. Boy can rap, but he likes to say his own name alot. Apparently
all the ladies blow kisses at him. After awhile he started sounding the same but
luckily the same was still good. Alot better than...
Fuel. Man, dissapointing. The most fun of watching them play was figuring out which
songs the lead singer was actually singing and which ones he wasn't. It was fairly
easy unfortunately. Apparently it's also possible for one guitar player to play 4
guitar parts at the same time. This coupled with the fact that their latest material
is straight off of a Alice in Chains record just made for an unpleasant experience.
Also of note, Freedom Weekend is sort of a family event, and Anderson is in the heart
of the South's "Bible belt". So naturally the lead singer thought it would
be fun to "God f-ing bless" us all the time. He also wanted to see Anderson's
titties. This is the South bro, we don't say the F word and we don't show our titties,
give it up.
Live. It was the usual cookie cutter set list, designed to play all their hits and
not anything else. (find the other recent setlists and take out all the songs that
aren't from BOP or singles if you want a setlist, I don't remember.) I didn't expect
anything else since it is a festival in Anderson, SC, where Live isn't exactly booming
with popularity. However, the boys are on. Ed's voice sounds absolutely amazing.
I was the only big Live fan in my group and everyone else was saying that Ed sounded
absolutely incredible. The BOP songs were very rockin' live and I have a new appreciation
for Life Marches on. Mr. Gracey put on quite a show and was full of energy. Chad
T. and Pat were what they always have been on stage. Chad's guitar tones sounded
gooooood. All in all Run to the Water was the best song of the night, it was incredible.
Like the York show the language was toned down incredibly, so at least the band paid
attention to the atmosphere unlike their SC-tittie wanting STP ripoff friends Fuel.
Thoughts:
Last night confirmed my thought that Live will never be popular on rock radio again.
The crowd loved Fuel with their piped in vocals and songs that were all in the same
key. The crowd left while Live was playing their own music which oh no! doesn't all
sound the same. This is the problem with rock music today. People want to hear crap
and that's what they will listen to and buy. However, all the old folks on the lawn
were digging Live, which I guess is the reason for Heaven's success. This combined
with whatever is going on with Live's promotion and record label, all things none
of the guys in the band have control over, is the death of Live's popularity.
As far as Live's actual music direction for this album, because we all know the next
one will be completely different, the songs on the CD are happy and full of energy.
It is the best possible reflection on Ed's current thoughts on life. He can't force
himself to be depressed. Also I have a hunch that the label got it's dirty little
hands in the making of BOP and either rushed it or turned down some great songs.
Much like how V was released when from how it sounds it was never intended to be.
(although I love V) Basically what I am trying to say is, Live's current musical
direction is what they want to do, as we have seen with all of their albums. They
will try something completely different next time I am sure. BOP sports some great
songs, even better guitar tones, and Mr. Gracey's finest performances yet. If you
want to hear Throwing Copper or Secret Samahdi, go get the CD and put them in your
CD player and listen to them. I for one would be dissapointed if their next effort
sounds like either of those albums because they've done it before.
Whew, that was long but I had to unload it somewhere. Have a great one. |
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