Und ein `kleiner´Konzertbericht:
Yo Jammers
Well the Brisbane first concert was the best fucking day of my life - there
are no words to describe it.
I'm too wired to go to sleep so we'll post
the setlist, soundchek and a mini-review of the show. First of all, just
wanna say the guys looked really good onstage, extremely pumped! Ed was
wearing that white shirt with blue pants, and Mike has his hair back to good
ol' bleached blonde, with black shirt and pants. Stone's hair is shaved to
his skull so he looks... different He had a Red tshirt on, and Matt had
that 'Hate Me' Devil tanktop on I THINK. Haha. They didnt seem to come on
stage with any music in the background, unlike other tours... the place went
BALISTIC when they came onstage, and you could tell they were psyched. Mike
was on fire the whole night, spinning, jumping, and he threw so many pikcs
into the crowd i lost count! Definately one of his *on* nights. Matt was the
machine as usual, great drumming on Green Disease and ofcourse E-Flow. Jeff
was kinda stationary but *very* intense. Stone was lovin it, got a few
duckwalks from him too yeha! Ed was brilliant, his vocals HAVE NOT gone to
shit as some people suggest. He was very *into* the crowd, and mentioned
about how they arent touring NZ this time - youll have to wait for the boot
to hear it Amazing night, just a spectacular performance - the boot is a
necessity to any PJ fan (not just saying that cos I was there). The energy,
the crowd, the opening songs...... and even though there were only 23 songs,
it seemed fitting for it to end the way it did with Crazy Mary. Trust me -
all Aussie fans and US fans, you WILL NOT be dissappointed whatsoever.
Sensational.
Read on for more detailed info on individual songs:
Soundcheck: Not For You, Last Exit, Habit x 3, SOLAT, more.
Set List: Can't Keep, Don't Go, Save You, Hail Hail, Cropduster, Corduroy, I
Am Mine, Nothing As It Seems, Given To Fly, Green Disease, Even Flow,
Daughter/War, 1/2 Full, Wishlist, Better Man, Black, Blood;
1st encore: Kids Are Alright, Small Town, Bushleaguer, Whipping, RVM;
2nd encore: Crazy Mary
Can't Keep: The biggest roars I've ever heard when PJ took the stage.
Amazing! Extremely intense, will be a great opener for the tour.
Don't Go: LOUD. Awesome transistion from the first song, they just went off.
The crowd was going apeshit, and we were still trying to contemplate whether
it was reality Cool Mike solo, he's still using his blue guitar for this
one (from TB2K).
Save You: Freakin amazing - its great to see Mike, Stone, and Jeff in tandem
onstage with this one. A few mistakes with lyrics but all is good
Hail Hail: A personal fav, and one I was dying to hear. Ed somehow muffed
the lyrics, and I *think* he put the second verse in the first one and
vice-versa.. I might be wrong, but thats the good thing about the bootlegs
Cropduster: Crunching guits, but not a huge crowd reception. My fav off Riot
Act, so it was great to hear. Mike is all over the stage
Corduroy: MASSIVE crowd reception, as usual. Ed's guitar band broke so he
decided to play on his knee in front of all the Ten Clubbers - great to see
Long solo from Mike, he's jumpin round everywhere!!!!!.
I Am Mine: Ed spoke for the first time prior to I Am Mine, he spoke for ages
Said a heap of stuff about what they did that day (went on a boat out to the
harbour of the Brisbane River) and then mentioned all the huge houses on the
riverfront, and said "You're all spoilt little fuckers, you know that!" The
crowd was so loud! Anyways, just before they started playing he said "This
next ones the first single off Riot Act, and if we fuck it up it wont be the
first time". (If youve heard erlier versions of IAM youll know what Im
talking about So, fittingly, they begin the song and Ed COMPLETELY fucks
the words to the first line and everyone laughs, and Ed looks kinda
embarrassed
Haha he laughs it off and continues with great applause
(it'll be kickarse on the bootleg hehe!).
NAIS: Great to see live, on of my favs from Binaural. VERY surprisingly, the
only track from Binaural for the whole night. Pretty standard version, but
nothing is really *standard* at your first PJ show
Given To Fly: There was a cool intro to GTF by Ed, but I cant quite remember
what it was... Ofcourse, being my fav PJ song of all time, this moment was
surreal! Awesome crowd singalong too, which is good Mike is using his black
guit for this one (the one opposite the Save You lyric sheet it the RA
booklet for anyone who wants to know!) Stellar.
Green Disease: WoW!!! Will be a huuuuge favourite, very very good live song.
Just plain great, simple as that! Ed and Mike were jumpin' around havin a
great time.
Even Flow: Well, what can I say! I knew from the moment Mike grapped his
Sunburst LP, and I heard the 3 taps of Matt's cymbol, it was EVEN FLOW!
Amazing song tonite, the crowd goin apeshit. **At this point I would like to
say the crowd was goin apeshit all night** So I dont need to say it again
Huuuuge Mike solo, the crowd clappin him along. Stone gave us some
duckwalks, which is great hehe
Daughter/War: Brilliant version, and as we all know, the un-Pj-educated
portion of crowd all knew this one hehe. EVERYONE raised there arms on the
'rise above' part, and Ed did a 'the shades go down' singalong with the
crowd He then proceeded to ask us to help him sing the next one, which was
'War' (same as Seattle shows). Great crowd response, will be a good one on
the boot.
1/2 Full: Very powerful and surprisingly LOUD haha. Cool red/purple/green
background on this one. Great stuff.
Wishlist: Ed fucks up lyrics on this one too haha, but its still a good
version. The mirrorball was used to great effect, at the end Ed says "Thanks
for watchin us rehearse for the tour" cos of the fuckups
Better Man: Once again, huuuuuuuuuuuge cheers. Everyone singing along, and a
very extended version - the lyrics "Don't go, go out now, out on me now" or
something, cant quite remember Very long version, or so it seemed. Awesome
Black: One of my favs for the nite, Stone on acoustic guitar, Boom on keys.
Big singalong once again! Mikes solo is also great, with the crowd singing
"doodododooo" at the end (I think thats how you spell it?!?!) Unreal guitar
work, and just to see these guys combine their talent onstage is incredible.
Blood: !!!!!!!!!!! LOUD and HARD! Thats all I can say, and it looks like
this has finally made it back as a set regular. And by the way - watch out
if they play this one at your show - you may get blown out of the door
1st Encore:
Kids Are Alright: Ed dedicated this to Pete Townshend, and mentions his
recent ordeal. I wont mention the case *again* but I must say Ed was very
sincere with his words. Great boppy tune, lovin it!
Small Town: Big singalong as per normale, with Ed giving us a big wave at
the "hellllllllloooooooo" part Simply great, perfect for the occasion.
Bushleaguer: Hilarious! Ed donned the old Bush mask, and put a sparkly
silver jacket on too. He put the pask on the mic stand and kicked it
repeatedly, much to the crowds satisfaction Cool song, just funny watchin
Ed do his thang!
Whipping: There was a mini-improv prior to this one, kinda like the ones for
Habit, but shorter. Very tight version, even though its late in the set.
Kept evryone goin Good song to hear!
RVM: Ed muffed the opening chords, but the song was still recognisable to us
diehard fans Our cheer was halted until he started again and we continued
So powerful, I'm still amazed at the power of RVM even 10 years after its
inception. The flashing "please give me a seizure" lights (!) were used like
on 2000 tour They went off stage again, but we knew theyd be back
2nd Encore:
Crazy May: Some of you will be thinking "Crazy Mary as a closer? Wha?!?!"
But trust me, it was PERFECT! It looks as though Stone is using a acoustic a
lot more, and this song is no exception. I screamed as soon as the first
chord was struck, and the song branched out into a massacre of music.
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE. At the songs peak, Ed grabbed his guitar and jammed
along with them. He then proceeded to give his bottle of wine around to all
the front row fans, similar to Atlanta and Boston 2000. Absolutley
breathtaking. After the Mike solo and sincere goodbyes, they left the stage
to a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge applause. What a perfect end to a perfect show.