Originally Posted by Johny
(Post 1055480)
Ok, I've also been at the show so if you wanna read some different opinions than those slightly negative which some other people like to repeat... Honestly I think I'm one of those hard to please, I follow the band more than I should and I have more shows than I should. I haven't been to many show because of the location I live in and financial situation (unfortunately you have to be a millionaire to follow their tour)
First I'd like to say that I'm really glad I could meet Dominik and then Seb with Thierry!! Great guys all of them.
After seeing Dresden's setlist I was really hyped for this show to get even more and that's always bad. One should enjoy the show as such and not compare it to others, moreover if he/she wasn't there. This is the only show I'm going to this year, so probably a last one for a long time. Actually I'm tempted to go some other show but it it depend on many factors. Being it my only show I wanted to enjoy it and I did. I was in the second GC. The whole GC was divided, the first one (right behind the catwalk) was for fanclub and the early-comers. I was pissed when I realised this but it turned out to be a better option. Me and my friends occupied places at the barrier and we had a great view because the people in the GC1 moved forward when the show started.
I wished a different opener but Raise Your Hands totally rocks in this spot, much better than on a bootleg. The beginning of the show was great, the band was in excellent form and the crowd was pumped. I know it doesn't look so from the stream but there are too distant views. People around me were jumping and singing along throughout the whole show. So the atmospehere was great, people seem to enjoy themselves a lot. RYH, YGLABN, BTBMB all worked really good, WWBTF needs a different place in the set, it worked better as the second song, especially after Blood On Blood or Last Man Standing because it's faster thatn those songs, howeverit is slower and lacks the energy of BTBMB. I was glad to get In These Arms because it meant no Lost Highway :) Bobby ****ed up the solo as usually. I was hoping for something special to come but Dominik was right that Jon will go for safe choices for the stream. All of the songs worked really, only something for the diehards was missed. That was the first time I missed it.
Runaway was cool, Jon did good job on the solos, better than Bobby does in ITA. IML is just IML I love this song because it got me into music, so there's nothing more to say. Blaze Of Glory was a let down for me. Not for the performance but because I knew this was the rarity Jon gave us. I don't like it live that much, I've already seen it. The studio version is miles better. Captain Crash was fun for few seconds at the beginning because I like the intro and for few seconds at the end because Jon really enjoyed watching the crowd swinging. Bad Medicine was one of the highlights of the show. It is because of the cool videos on the screens and of course because of the covers. Rock You Like A Hurricane rocked, Jon seemed to be surprised but I think it must have been prepared somehow. Old Time Rock'n'Roll is also fun.
The More Things Change - I really wished they'd play this so I was really happy. I just love the tune. Unfortunately the crowd needed something different after beeing on high energy level after Bad Medicine. I think people didn't get or just didn't pay attention to Jon's rant about GaGa etc. The should have played it in a different spot. LYHOM is also fun to listen to. Jon delivers better vocals than Richie and the jam part is also cool. I just can't help but Phil X's contribution was to this song was better than Richie's. Richie doesn't play anything that interesting here and Bobby plays the lead twice when Richie only once, I don't understand why.
When We Were Beautiful. My opinion will differ from other here again. I love this song on the record I don't like on bootlegs but I enjoyed it live. I like the drums, Richie's solo and thanks to the shalalas they didn't loose the crowd as it happens with Make A Memory. Some say the crowd had already been lost before this song, well.. I can imagine better choice to open the set on the circle. Bed Of Roses was good, and so was I'll Be There For You, Jon added some of his adlibs so it was different for me now. I'm not a fan of this part of the show because it potential of the songs is wasted. BOR and IBTFY are amazing ballads but playing them in a row with WWWB and Bells Of Freedom is just stupid. BOF was nice to hear, Richie's acoustic solo was beautiful. I was glad they didn't play SFTP because I've already seen it. This part of the show was again a letdown for me because there was no big surprise. BOF was a surprise in Dresden, it was different here. I was hoping for Living In Sin or Wild Is The Wind for example. One song would have made it amazing set imo. Who Says was fun for Jon and chance for me to drink and keep my mouth shut :) We got extra bit of "it'salrights". Sleep was boring because there were no covers, Jon seemed to hurry. Saturday Night is again an amazing song as is BOR or IBTFY but it meant no surprise is going to happen again. Moreover it was as short as it could be. Have A Nice Day was the time when we were back to the show. The crowd woke up for the first time since Bad Medicine significantly. I mean there was a lot of participation during IBTFY, the crowd sang extra "whooas" after the song finished. However HaND was song to start the most amazing part of the show. Richie's guitar was really raw and it fit the song. KTF rocked as usual, I enjoyed Richie's outro. For the third time, I have to repeat that I was a bit disappointed that something special didn't happen in this part of the show. I mean Hey God would have made the show so special if it was switched for Sleep. Or Wild Is The Wind instead of BOR or IBTFY. Or Thorn instead of ITA or Captain Crash. Just a little was missing.
The encore was incredible. I knew they had 45 mins before the curfew. When I saw Richie's guitar I was sure it was going to be Dry County. I don't think Jon's vocals were bad. I was carried away by the song and his vocals didn't distract me so they must have been ok. The song is a masterpiece!! Wanted as next scared me. Fortunately there more to come after :D Always. You can read in this thread that I didn't want them to play it. Always follows me everywhere :) Last year in the O2 Jon delivered amazing vocals which seemed so easy for him to sing. Yesterday it was Richie who owned the song. The outro was amazing, very long and probably the best I've ever heard live It was long and that repetitive as it used to be. It was great. Then Jon was teasing is, hanging on the mic and watching the crowd, it seemed that he was thinking about an audible. Well he went into Prayer intro so it was just his acting. The crowd was great during the whole show in my opinions so we deserved something special. We got ten minutes till curfew so I was hoping for These Days. My dream came true :) These Days was one of the best! But Blood On Blood right after was a real surprise because we reached the curfew :) The crowd was going nuts after it but couldn't add more. I think that of there was time maybe they would. Maybe not because they played for 3hours and 5 minutes!!
Overall, it was a great show for me. I went there to enjoy it. My expectations were a bit higher but I loved every second of the evening anyway. I had great guys around me during the show. I met my friends from here and the other forum (I still want to meet Kathleen and Terri..). Jon vocals weren't the best that true. He was much better in the O2 last year on the other hand I was satisfied with it. I get carried away by the show so I can change my opinion when I watch the full video stream or listen to the audio. Richie was back in top form, his solos were great. The band sounded tight and all of them seemed to have fun. That's how I see it. And since there no ONE truth but just opinions of other people so I can say it this way I think. The comments here can't change what I've seen but I feel bad about it a bit.
The best sentence at the end. This show will be remembered as the first concert without a single song from the Lost Highway album (after its release of course)!!! And because if that and because of the length I bought a new Bon Jovi t-shirt :) each a tour a new t-shirt :D
I hope the band is going to keep the high standart and finish this tour with in top form. I know I'll be jealous about the sets but that's life. Still there is a chance I'll get tickets to another show.
Enjoy the Bon Jovi summer, it may be the last for few years!
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