Wilmington, Delaware, July 22nd, 2007 Options

[flyersfan62379]

I really hope Live is the closer for that show. Otherwise, I'd be pissed. Really. If they opened, I'd lose interest for the rest of the show.

[torcatofan]

It felt like the 90s all over again.

And it was glorious.

[FishOutaWater]

At the risk of being redundant, I will post the same review here that I posted at FOL.

Live put no a really GREAT show. Playing in front of a large crowd at a large open venue is where Live really shines. The energy was huge.

Before the show, there was about a square mile of tailgaters, drinking, barbequing, and just generally partying. I haven’t seen that in a while. It was a lot of fun.

The ballpark setup works pretty good. The HUGE stage was set up around second base. There was some type of flooring on the infield for the GA crowd. The infield seats at the ballpark were full. Lots of bathrooms, and there were tons of drinks, food and tour merchandise for sale everywhere. A real good atmosphere.

Collective Soul was great. I was very impressed. They went on at 6:30 sharp. They brought a lot of energy and put on a really good show for their 45 minute time limit performance. They closed the set with Shine and it left me thinking that Live had a pretty tough act to follow. I must say that Collective Soul really came across like a real class act. I was very impressed by them.

Live came on at 7:30. They opened with All Over You. Then I think the River. I can’t remember set lists very well. They had very high energy and sounded great. Just like for Collective Soul, it was still daylight, so Live didn’t get the benefit of a cool light display. Specific notes:

The Blind Willie Johnson cover is amazing in concert. Don’t try to imagine it from whatever you have heard about the song. You’ve just got to see it. It is really great. It is a major Chad Taylor highlight. It starts out with some great slide guitar. The guitar solos really rock. Bluesy and heavy. Because of some technical difficulties, Live had to change up the setlist order and play Wings after God Don’t Change. That proved to be an awkward transition. God Don’t Change is an ear pounding experience and then they cooled it off for Wings and it just didn’t seem right. I think it would be amazing to see God Don’t Change, followed by Lakini’s Juice and then I Alone. That would be 20 minutes of heart-stopping, mind-blowing action.

What I thought was a big positive is that Ed stated that he recently heard God Don’t Change for the first time and it blew him away and changed his whole life. Hmmm. I wonder if that means that good ole Blind Willie might be a catalyst for some new sound from Ed and Live. I hope so, because this song sounds amazing. I wonder who played it for Ed?

They played one of the best performances of They Stood Up For Love that I’ve heard. It was sweet!

They play Heaven as the sun set and Ed pointed to the sunset when that line in the song came up.

No Mother Earth Is A Vicious Crowd. That was a disappointment.

No White Discussion.

No encore.

The tight 1 hour time limit was a bit of a bummer, but hey, what can you do?!?!

They closed with Lightening Crashes. That’s the first time I saw them close with that. It works. The crowd was really into it.

I could have done without The River, Wings and Where Do We Go From Here, and replaced it with Pain Lies, Mother Earth, and White Discussion at the end and it would have been a perfect hour. It seemed like the set was really high energy and maybe it’s just me, but the SFBM songs just don’t seem to fit with the rest of the songs. The SFBM songs are too sweet and nice when they are surrounded by Lakini’s Juice, God Don’t Change, I Alone, etc.

Counting Crows… What can I say.? I left half way through Counting Crows’ set. Adam doesn’t sing anything like the songs sound on the albums. His pitchy, whiny voice is all over the place. He has no stage presence. Mrs. Potter and Round Here went on for about 20 minutes each. Mr. Jones sounded unrecognizable. I just don’t get it. It actually sounded funny to me, like a bunch of twelve year old children pretending to be the Counting Crows at a grade school talent contest. After Collective Soul and Live ROCKED, Counting Crows just didn’t seem to belong in the same show. The stage lighting was AMAZING for Counting Crows. God how I wish Live could have had that lighting. I think if you were being truly honest, you would have to say that Counting Crows should have opened the show, followed by Collective Soul and then Live.

Like I said, I left the Counting Crows performance early and went home. And I had aftershow passes. I could have met the band and stuff, but I couldn’t listen to any more of the Counting Crows.

I’m sorry and I hope I don’t hurt anyone’s feelings. But Live’s show and Counting Crows show were so different. It was similar to the juxtaposition of God Don’t Change followed by Wings. Just too much of an energy let down.

[PurdueSteve]

Like I said, I left the Counting Crows performance early and went home. And I had aftershow passes. I could have met the band and stuff, but I couldn’t listen to any more of the Counting Crows.

Seriously??

Aftershow passes for all bands, CC, Live or what, you couldn't tolerate some music to meet the band?

How did you score the passes, I wasn't sure if they were holding aftershow stuff for these Triple Play shows.