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Originally Posted by TwinFan
WWBTF was alright, IMO.
WWWB was a snoozefest.
WFTWM was alright, but overplayed.
Superman was pretty good, IMO, but was a tricky song to win the crowd with.
Bullet was quite good, and should've gotten more airings.
Thorn should've been an everynighter.
BPL was very flat, but could've been worked out if they tried.
LTOR was pretty good, but not as good as some people made it out to be. Should've been played every night, though.
Happy Now was good, too, and should've opened more concerts.
That's my take on how The Circle works live, and as you can see, the Circle staples weren't the best songs. WWBTF, Thorn, LTOR, and Happy Now should've been the main staples, and Bullet, Superman, and Beautiful should've been the 50% of the time songs.
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I disagree with all that is bolded.
I've seen Happy Now open 3 times now and all three times it sucked donkey balls as an opener. People had no idea what they were playing and just kinda stood there watching. People obviously cheared and screamed when Jon came on stage, but other than that it went down like a lead balloon. It was a decent song live, but NOT as an opener.
Bullet (IMO) is a stupid song with stupid lyrics and a stupid solo that was "supposedly" supposed to show off Richie. It did the opposite for me. And from what I've seen on youtube, Bullet worked just as well as Happy Now did.
Superman Tonight always bored and killed the crowd the 4 or 5 times I've seen them do it.
I liked Thorn as an occasional song. It still held its magic till the very end of the tour and no one got bored of seeing it in the set or hearing it live.
Brokenpromiseland only sounded flat because Jons vocals SUCKED at the beginning of the Circle tour. He couldn't even sing Bed of Roses properly. If he tried it somewhere where his vocals were on fire (Any of the North American Stadium shows, South America, Australia or the European leg of the tour) he would've nailed it. Although, like every song on The Circle apart from Thorn In My Side, Loves The Only Rule and We Weren't Born To Follow, it would've bored the crowd.
Basically, The Circle doesn't work live because of:
A) It's lack of known singles
B) Layered guitars in the studio that just doesn't sound good live
C) Lack of energy to the songs