Hey all.. just passing through to offer my thoughts on last night's show!
First, we all know his voice is not what it used to be. I've seen people here say that his vocal struggles aren't as noticeable if you're at the show. They were a absolutely right... that doesn't mean he sounds like at least 2010 level, but he sounded better than I thought he would live! He was stronger in some parts of HAND, Born to be my baby, and LYHOM than I expected he would be.. he struggled on Prayer and a little bit of Wanted. Overall, however, I was not disappointed with how he sounded! He also really worked the crowd, which was delightful to see. I saw the band in 2010 and 11, and the crowd interaction this time around was way better than the two previous times.
Let's talk about the crowd... I from what, I saw they seemed to really enjoy the new stuff (minus Scars... that song will bore anyone). I looked around the arena while Rollercoaster was playing and many people were jumping around, and it seemed to go over very well.
Now the set list...This House is a fantastic opener. And I absolutely love the reprise where Phil kicks into a second solo. I think the new songs they've been playing translate well live. This House, Rollercoaster, New Years Day, and We don't Run were awesome. And Captain Crash was back! (But sadly, with no confetti lol). But really, the crowd was into this song, sounded good. Yes, while we all know that they can do more with the current set list, I was fine with it, people around me seemed fine with it, so it's all good.. I wasn't expecting them to start the encore with Hey God, so it's all about setting low expectations, and just enjoy it for what it is, to be honest.
Here is a clip on my google drive of Phil's solo in LYHOM.. hopefully this link works!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...01HckhMa3owR1k
Here's This House + the intro.. very cool how they customize the intro to the city their in
https://youtu.be/vGYmxkCdhKI
Good portion of KTF
https://youtu.be/MMrP2e_l8hA