Made it back home in one piece!
I actually drove back after the show and got in at about 5 am. Plus it was raining and visibility was crap. Aaaaaanyways....
It was my GF's first show, and she thought it was amazing. She seemed surprised by how much energy Jon has, so I guess to a newcomer, they can still impress.
Cons:
-My whole section sat down for three quarters of the show (and I was at the lower level).
- Jon's voice did get weaker as the show went on, but maybe that was because they were playing older songs.
- who says and WWBTF sound bad, but that's not new.
- Other than the new album, I got 0 songs I hadn't heard before. boooooo.
-kicking back into bad medicine a 2nd time after the ''one more time'' was a bit much.
- no acapella intro to prayer
- something was missing with wanted, not sure what. Him singing maybe? The chemistry with the backing vocals?
Pros:
- Sounded way better than expected and Jon did move around more.
- Got a full show, even if he had the whole bronchitis issues previously.
- Roller coaster went over very well.
- for some reason I thought they were closing the set with BM, so when they played KTF, I was happy.
- they didn't drop the storytelling part, even if they fell flat on the crowd and the boat building story was kind of random.
- NYD was great and very energetic. The drum and bass just punches right at you.
- Although I was hoping for something somewhat rare as an encore opener, I was happy they did RYH and not some other snoozefest.
- although my girlfriend would have liked at least 1 screen, I liked having to watch the band directly. Usually, with screens, you end up seeing jon gripping his mic stand for the whole show as they rarely show him moving while he isn't singing.
sidenote, Jon did spit alot....and I was far and could still see it lol. The opening act was also good. Short songs, catchy choruses.
Overall, good show, not ranked amongst my best, but I think part of that has to do with a very dull crowd compared to other BJ shows I'Ve been to (I'm also dull and just stand there, taking it all in, so I didn't really help much).
Last edited by bj4ever; 04-11-2017 at 08:09 PM..
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