Aloha !
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Originally Posted by DryCounty
I have to ask you Seb. What is it with the 2011 Europe shows you don't appreciate? The band really had some great energy and Jon's voice was pretty great. And the setlist were exciting for a fan from show to show. Sure, some dull shows, but every tour has those.
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Oh, I like those shows as well, I just stopped collecting somewhere during 2010 because I was introduced to other bands, and dug into their studio work instead. There's only so much you can listen to, and to be honest; Get Ready was great fun in Lisbon but Jon sounds dreadful on the recording. And despite the 2011 shows in Europe being really great, no show beat Amsterdam or Frankfurt 2008 for me. It was just a different band I witnessed that no longer completely blew me away.
I guess I just don't get my kicks anymore from hearing Jon sing a rare song, but then murdering it at the same time. I remember being introduced to a band called Guster in 2010 who's harmonies really put Jon and Richie to shame, and they just sounded so much better, which really put things into perspective for me. Why listen to shitty recordings when there's so many good acts out there?
And besides that, I'd already slowly stopped losing interest in getting bootlegs anyway. I recorded 5 shows in Canada for someone else because she kind of begged me to, and I did it to do her a favour. I can't say I ever sat down and listened to any of the shows though. I think it was halfway through that tour that I decided to hand over the forum to her. This fell through and I shut down the site altogether.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan