Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 13th, 2006 Options

[andthelettuce]

I can't make it to the Sayreville show on May 9th, but I plan on going to this Electric Factory show in Philadelphia on May 13. I have never been to Philly and so I've never even heard of this venue; is it a good place to see Live? Honestly, from the website it looks like an ENORMOUS venue, but it could be a misleading picture. How big is this place? Is it good? Anyone else going?

[Jennyfoo]

Hey, here we go:

We ended up in the very corner on Pat's side, about 4 people back. I decided that since I always see the show from the Adam side, i wanted to watch Pat & Gracey for a change. The opening act was Michael Shapirro, I think. I got a little bored with him by the end, but as far as opening acts go, he was pretty good.

Live went on around 9:30 and they played til like 11:30. It was a fantastic set list and a very good show. The guys were rockin out, they were enjoying themselves and they goofed around a tiny bit with each other. The sound was perfect.

Set List:
Rattlesnake
All Over You
Selling the Dram
The River
Mystery
They Stood Up For Love
I Walk the Line
Wings
Lightning Crashes
Lakini's Juice
Dolphin's Cry
I Alone
Heaven
Show
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1st Encore:
Overcome
Mirror Song
Iris
Run To the Water
White Discussion
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2nd Encore:
Sophia
Shittowne
Dance With You

Rattlesnake was amazing, he even gave me chills when he whisper sang "Enui". I must say, that while I still don't like the new songs I heard live last night, they at least sound better live then they do on that frickin' cd. Ed sings them live in his normal voice and the entire band is heard in full so they don't sound so wussy. And there is a rockin' Taylor solo in Sophia. But I still dont like them and no one can make me! Oh, and in Wings, which I'm sorry, yuck, - there IS a very sweet Adam AND PATRICK round of backing vocals! I noticed the mike stand in front of Pat and I said to Jim, Pat didn't always have a mike did he?! But all night I got chills from the opposite end of the stage when I heard Adam - and Taylor also had his share of backing vocals too. I Walk the Line was beautiful, as was Mirror Song. Lakini and W, D ROCKED. Lakini rocked so much I was jumping around so much I forgot to look at Adam and the shaker! I was pissed at myself! At the end of Overcome, Ed held up his hands first 9 fingers, then 1 and 1 again and I thought that was a nice touch. At the end of Shittowne, Pat, Adam, Ed and Taylor were all lined up next to each other playing. All of them put the guitar out in front of them pointing at the crowd except for Adam. When he saw waht everyone else was doing, he quickly did it too and Patrick lost it laughing at him. Pat not only looked great, he also looked like he was having a great time. Ed told the crowd at the end they'd be back in the fall and that they promised not to destroy themselves on the tour and ended with a beautiful Dance with You.

I hope Chookie was able to hear his concert calls during Lakini and Mirror Song

That last show I saw (in Bmore last year) sucked for me and I was afraid that they lost it. They might have lost me on the new CD but I was glad to see the band I knew before up there in front of me last night.