In my opinion the Columbus show was well worth the 4 hour drive, and my $50 lower arena ticket from ebay proved to be a great spot! I really enjoyed the opening band (Columbus-based Introspect) but wasn't too impressed with the Sprint-sponsored text messaging business. Seems like it was the same people having a conversation all the time. Anyway, the show was awesome from start to finish, with a few minor problems. I was glad to hear 'I Wanna Be Loved' but the crowd wasn't really into it. I'd say part of this is because many of the people there come to hear the big hits, and also because this song is kind of heavy. Jon did mention not being happy about Cleveland--what happened?? The TLFR set was interesting...when Jon mentioned the album the response from the crowd was mild clapping, and only from parts of the arena. 'Bed of Roses' wasn't bad, but I really would have preferred IBTFY done the original way (read: the correct way). Blaze was changed up, and Jon was pretty brave to go out in that crowd, LOL! All the guys seemed to be in a good mood and enjoying being out there, which always makes for a good show. Now I just want to go to more...
11-11-2005, 06:57 AM
