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Originally Posted by jungleland

What you want to say???All I said it that the setlists are the laziest in BJ history and that they seem to be bored as hell with the tour.According to those who went I might be right. Now it's your turn fanboy.

I have yet to read a negative review of the band's performance.

[Robd788]

Yeah the setlist may not be changing as much as we would have hoped, but at the start of the tour if you would have said homebound train, something for the pain, lay your hands on me, blood on blood would be regulars/semi regulars most of us would have laughed. Also (apparently) the band is playing with an energy that was missing from previous tours so its not all doom and gloom.

The only real nagative is the amount of lost highway songs still in the set nightly.

Rob

[jungleland]

Originally Posted by Bleeding Purist

The thing is your are wrong on both points. The laziest sets were in the 80s. That is pure fact. Very little changed night after night. Then there is the band is at their best since the 90s on this tour. You are kidding yourself otherwise. They are really enjoying themselves up there and it shows.

US set changes have rarely been as exciting as overseas....... on paper.

Well in the 80's they had about 4 times as much energy as they have now. I respect that due to their age but if they slow it down they should outweight this with a longer and way better setlist if you ask me.

[Bleeding Purist]

Originally Posted by jungleland

Well in the 80's they had about 4 times as much energy as they have now. I respect that due to their age but if they slow it down they should outweight this with a longer and way better setlist if you ask me.

I hope you are going. Reading these sets are never going to do it justice. Unless I am not paying attention, I haven't seen a negative review of the actual show yet, lots of complaining about the sets from those who weren't there, not so much from those actually at the show including some of our more hyper critical members. That means that those songs that we are sick of reading in setlists are being done justice by the band, which is when I know they are in a gear I demand from them.

I'm betting we are going to see more interesting and surpring sets over there, so I'm looking forward to seeing how they change when they head your way. The fact that they'll get the proper recognition when they drag out I Believe, Hey God, Roulette will encourage them to go with it. Let me tell you, U.S. audiences respond to a very narrow range setlist options and have little patience before they start squatting down and twittering or having a chit chat with their neighbors, regardless of the caliber of performance. Imagine the audience sitting down at Wembley 1995 when Tico and Dave were jamming on the intro to LYHOM or during Dry County? That's exactly what they do here in much of the U.S..

[Ferret]

I thought that the general consensus amongst us was that the performances are shit-hot but the setlists are simply shit.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Bleeding Purist

Let me tell you, U.S. audiences respond to a very narrow range setlist options and have little patience before they start squatting down and twittering or having a chit chat with their neighbors, regardless of the caliber of performance. Imagine the audience sitting down at Wembley 1995 when Tico and Dave were jamming on the intro to LYHOM or during Dry County? That's exactly what they do here in much of the U.S..

Does that go just for the BJ audience, or US audiences in general, whatever artist?

[Supersonic]

Aloha !

Originally Posted by Simon

Does that go just for the BJ audience, or US audiences in general, whatever artist?

Whatever artist, and Bon Jovi is lucky that Jon is a frontman that knows how to get the attention of the audience. When Aerosmith plays a song like No More, No More or Hangman Jury exactly the same happens as to what to a Bon Jovi crowd happens during Hey God.

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Sebastiaan

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Originally Posted by RyanBounce04

They were filming "When We Were Beautiful" for the music video though!

Did they say so to the audience, did they talk about it? And how do I have to imagine that? They're always filming the whole show, don't they?

[jungleland]

Originally Posted by Ferret

I thought that the general consensus amongst us was that the performances are shit-hot but the setlists are simply shit.

Which makes it a 50% affair. 100% shit hot performance (if I look at the clips I do not see too much passion if you ask me but I won't judge) and 0% set list = 50%. Too little for too much money.
And what does a "shit hot performance " of ILTT, LH or Open all Night do for me ? Simply: Nothing.