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[LiveForNow]

Posted in the Freaks4LIVE FB group. I think the hint here is that there's going to be some kind of announcement about the future of Live. They know there's only one really important question on everyone's mind, and if they say they'll answer then there you go.

Anyone planning on going? I would if I lived near York. I'd be PISSED though if Ed is going to be there and they're going to play a surprise, short set and they didn't announce it in advance. I'd fly from across the country for that.



This post has been edited by LiveForNow: Dec 2 2016, 4:10 pm

[Merica]

Just finished watching it. A few thoughts...

1. Most importantly of all: Bill, man. Anybody ever seen you and Joe Rogan in the same room? Srsly.

2. Wasn't a fan of the "get your singer back" / "we got our singer back" stuff, just cos again the language of it all seems to pretend that Chris doesn't exist and that whole thing didn't happen.

3. The band sounded kind of tame at times, but I'm happy to put this down to watching it via a FB thing instead of being there in the room. Same with crowd noise tbh. I'm sure in other videos we'll get a better sense of how they're sounding.

4. Ed's certainly trying. Not sure I'm on board, though. At times it's totally fine, but at others I'm reminded of why I'm not really jumping for joy about his return.

5. But hey, he didn't undermine Operation Spirit. Good times.

6. I wish they threw something fun into the setlist. Waitress, Graze, Meltdown. I dunno, just a little something left field. As it is they dropped a really safe setlist. MJ stuff is to be expected given the MJ anniversary, but the rest is kinda standard heritage act stuff. Like come on, guys. That audience is clearly more familiar with your work than the average bunch. Take advantage!

Finished watching it for a second time. I stuck with the same stream instead of trying out any of the YouTube footage (which supposedly sounds better - and if so, fair play.) To address my original points.

1. I don't know why Bill's tried to say his introduction wasn't an introduction and that it was a thanks instead. It's clearly both, mate. You do the thanks, and then end up getting the crowd going with the "we got the singer back" stuff. You're not exactly saying "and heeeeeeeere comes LIIIIVE", but it's an introduction. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's a none issue imo. As for why it took so long for them to take the stage after, I guess they were just waiting for the dry ice to get going. Or maybe Gracey needed a poo, I dunno.

2/3: Nothing to add.

4. Again, yeah, props to Ed for putting in the effort to perform things classic style, as opposed to solo Ed style where it feels like every other line is flourished with a lawd or child and he never stops smiling. But again, even here there's bits and pieces of solo Ed that occasionally creep in and I'm like hmmmmmmmm, but for the most part it's fine if too nasally as he's become as the years have progressed. He doesn't sound at this best, and his voice does creak and squeak - but y'know, cold and stuff. Whatever.

5. Want to reiterate how pleased I am that he did the proper lyrics for Operation Spirit. As I've said before, I consider the way he changed it to be amongst thegrossest things anyone in the band has done. If he'd dropped the Jesus love into this I'd have given it a two word review: fuck off. And to be clear, I've no problem with him changing lyrics or doing ad-libs (sans the lawd, child stuff), but that particular thing really undermined the whole song and the way a lot of us have connected with it for years and years.

6. I feel even more disappointed about the setlist second time around. It really does seem like a missed opportunity. Brothers Unaware, Top, Graze, Meltdown - it really would have been great to see something a little inspired sprinkled inbetween the hits. Just a little something to say hey, pay attention cos we're doing interesting stuff. Considering that towards the very end of the original run they did throw a few curveballs in, it's quite a shame that they were this safe with the setlist. We'll get more of a sense of how playful they're feeling as time goes on, but yeah. If they stick to the hits then they're the heritage act CT never wanted to be. Stayed tuned, I guess.

This post has been edited by Merica: Jan 4 2017, 6:37 am