Most of us are pretty big These Days fans. It is the sole reason I came to love this band, learned to play guitar, and appreciate music as I do today. Because of those 12 songs. However, and I know I will get some disagreement from others, but I always thought (if there is a weak link) the 2 weakest links are Damned and Diamond Ring. I never cared for either of them.

That was until I saw Damned live. Not a professional video or bootleg. The real deal. I have seen videos of Damned before but it has never captured the intensity. Man, that song was the highlight of the night... over Dry County. Live, it has every bit as much intensity as Keep the Faith. Great guitar! But it is mainly Tico's song. I can't remember if he was doing anything different or not but he was rocking. The only weak part was Jon's vocals in the If Loving You Is Wrong intro. The rest was solid... like they'd been playing every show. We all want more These Days, but for a song that was near the bottom of my list (of these days songs) to see live, I was VERY pleasantly surprised. I am still not a big fan of Diamond Ring live or otherwise. Agree? Disagree?