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Originally Posted by Javier
Just a couple of quick notes, Jon was clearly still on a high from the hall of fame. The dude was glowing he was so happy, Phil was playing as if he had something to prove. I definitely would have changed a few songs from the set but the performances were so great that it makes me double guess my own preference. Jon gave the guitar back on BWC and used that as another song to walk around and acknowledge the people in the back. He did that more than I thought he was gonna do. Jon called the sympathy snippet on the spot which caught Dave and Phil off guard. When Jon was ending BOR Dave looked surprised by what he was seeing, I took it as feeling proud of your bandmate. It was a great show, would have liked to have seen HAND and maybe BOB but there's always gonna be something left unplayed from my wish list....
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Jon definitely took more chances than usual at this show, with that unusually strong (for 2018 standards at least) jungle scream, the Sympathy for the Devil snippet, not playing the guitar during BWC, and the ending of BOR! He even sounded ever so slightly less atrocious on Bad Medicine at this show. And I hope HAND is gone for the remainder of the leg, as Jon simply cannot pull it off live anymore, unless he decides bring it down another whole step.
I also agree that there needs to be an overhaul of the first half of the show. I'd ditch Born to Follow for Water, Roller Coaster, Raise Your Hands, BOB, or Runaway; ditch WLOL for Walls; keep WDR because that song is so much better than Knockout; put WWWU where Sleep used to be played right after Born to Follow; and ditch Amen for IBTFY, Memory, Acoustic Superman, Acoustic Saturday Night, Diamond Ring, Never Say Goodbye, or Living in Sin. Also I would rotate Devil, Living With the Ghost, and NYD in the slot after Lay Your Hands currently occupied by GBTM. Also throw In These Arms [Sung by David Bryan] so Jon has an opportunity to rest his voice in the middle of the show.