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September
18th, 2005 Setlist & Reviews
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| Concert Setlist |
1)  All Over You
2) Selling The Drama
3) The River
4) Mystery
5) They Stood Up For Love
6) Run Away
7) Love Shines
8) Operation Spirit
9) Lightning Crashes
10) Sophia
11) Lakini's Juice
12) The Dolphin's Cry
13) I Alone
14) Show
ENCORE #1
15) The Beauty Of Gray
16) Run To The Water
17) Heaven
ENCORE #2
18) White, Discussion
ENCORE #3
19) Dance With You |
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Setlist Credit: "jimandkrit" of California
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| Review by Jim (jimandkrit) of
Anaheim Hills, California |
| I know we all say this about the LIVE
shows we go to, but I was totally blown away this evening at the Anaheim HOB performance.
I have never been more proud of a crowd than I was tonight, the SoCal LIVE fans
definitely showed the love, and the boys reciprocated. The place was packed (I believe
this show sold out much faster than the 2004 show here at HOB in Anaheim), and it
was a obviously a very knowledgeable LIVE crowd. Every song, every word, the fans
were on it. From the opener All Over You to Heaven in the encore, I couldn't hear
Ed singing often because the crowd knew all the words and was singing along so loud.
Taylor went absolutely schizo tonight, stomping and jumping around all over the stage,
he was obviously feeding off the fans energy. And Ed was about as animated as I've
ever seen him on stage too, he had the strut going on big time tonight. The most
rockin version of I Alone I've seen, and Heaven was memorable as well. A couple
of highlights included Ed kicking Pat in the ass at the end of White Discussion as
Pat was in his typical bass-plucking "dream state", Ed's comments about
the Rolling Stones ("if they can play 3 hours, we can do a couple more",
something about Keith Richards looks - who's got the reverse-botox going on with
doctors taking it out of Keith's face and sharing it others who need it), and I want
one of Gracey's T-shirts ("Lead Drummer"). They played five new songs
off the upcoming SFBM (The River, Mystery, Love Shines, Sophia, Show) and Ed did
say again that it would be coming out "soon" but no date. I have to say
I like the new stuff too, typical LIVE slow-fast dynamic with each song starting
mellow but then getting harder during the chorus. Ed was really feeling the new
stuff, lots of smiles during these new songs. The show ended appropriately for the
evening with the crowd serenading the guys as they literally stopped playing per
Ed's direction and we just kept singing ("We all want to dance with you")
as they stood together and listened and then left the stage. Sorry for rambling,
but I just got home and still haven't come down yet...take care everyone. |
| Review by Mike
Lee (MetsOwnYou) of Tusin, California |
They rocked. From the moment they stepped
on stage, the energy was there. The fans knew it too, as the crowd was into every
song. They seemed to know every lyric and sang along to almost every song. Last night's
version of I Alone was definitely my favorite.
They played 5 of the new songs from SFBM. Unfortunately, few if any knew the lyrics
to Show, Sophia, Mystery and The River. But I did! It totally rocks being able to
sample and learn the new music as they start slotting them into their sets so you
can sing along too. It makes the show that more enjoyable. Sometime towards the end
of their initial set, Ed talked about Keith Richards and asked the crowd, "When
we're as old as the Stones, are you guys going to still come see us?" and the
crowd went nuts and cheered. I saw it as a sign of many more tours to come.
Surprisingly, it was a mixed crowd with plenty of young and old folks stacked with
energy and charisma. It was the 3rd Live show I've been to and by far the most active
and "into-it" crowd I've been a part of it. It was fucking amazing. We
didn't want them off the stage either. They said goodnight 3 different times but
we wanted them back and they rewarded us with THREE different encores. "White,
Discussion" and "Dance with You" were total treats. The capacity is
1,200 at the House of Blues of Anaheim and it was completely sold out. I believe
this kind of crowd is what Ed and the band feeds off of. Let's hope there will be
more crowds like this and they're around to tour for years to come.
So take a lesson for you folks out there who sit around like tree stumps at Live
shows. If you're going to go to a show, make some FUCKING noise! They love it and
it makes the show electrifying. |
| Review by
David
of Oceanside, California |
| This was by far the most intense Live
show I have been too. The intimate setting, the love felt from the crowd. It was
WILD! The eyes gazing above me, the wailing hands, the cluster of lights, the smiles,
and the sounds of a spiritual circle breaking ground, rising up, becoming this wonderful
feeling that no one could ever experience unless you go to a Live show. Trying to
make it back downstairs after All Over You started, and throught the midst of a web
of fans, I found a place in the back, dead center from Ed. Dripping in sweat, flying
my arms, dancing to the music that has gripped my heart for over a decade. I brought
my 52 year old mother to this experience. She said she felt sinful after staring
at Ed like prime rib after he took his shirt off. She has been to many shows, but
never Live. She called me today, and told me that was the most beautiful, intense,
energy driven concert, and that I took her to the best show she has ever seen, and
I agreed. A new Live fan was born. |
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