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Hamilton,09.13.05...the 6th show in 7 days on the Canadian '05 Tour....show opens with Porch > Save You..very rocking start...great version of Spin The Black Circle,Animal (crowd singing along,keeper version) then Given To Fly....Eds voice is perfection here.

I love this start.No nonsense.Hard rocking.According to TwoFeetThick.com,this show was not sold out,and large sections in the upper bowl were curtained off.Crowd participation is great,and they sound very loud to me.This show reminds me of my Newark show (05.18.10).Under the radar,not sold out,b sides,strange set etc...

Sad is good.Followed by U,this is a bit of a change up.Too much though IMO.Corduroy picks it back up,but then 1/2 Full drops things down a notch again...uneven feel...dont like that set of tunes together at all.Corduroy after GTF would have flowed better IMO.

Plus,no Even Flow ? Drop U or 1/2 Full,place Even Flow in there,and look at how much better the set is...hmmmmmm..or how about Even Flow after Lukin ?..instead of Insignificance.

I could see Ed,Stone and Mike after the main set,backstage...Mike "Ed,what the fuck dude,no Even Flow ?"...Stone "Wow..what gives Ed?"...Ed,staring at the setlist (inside his marble notebook) in disbelief,is stunned,and is almost unable to respond,finally mutters while scratching his head "Shit..." lol

Daughter is very good here.It isnt a short,studio type version, as it was most nights on this tour.I Believe In Miracles tag sounds really good.

As Daughter fades,Lukin kicks in..a heart attack waiting to happen...Lol.

Present Tense is great.Ed introduces Mike,they nail it....perfect version.Ed toasts the crowd again.Chats them up.Nice words about Canada.

Untitled > MFC is always a great combo.

Jeremy,Betterman and RVM end the set in dramatic fashion.Crowd are great,check out the end of Jeremy..they are all over it....I had to go back,and listen to it again...The crowd again sound amazing singing the opening lines of Betterman,Modern Girl tag replaces Save It For Later..sounds awesome,short though.......RVM is its usual blistering self....very aggressive version...at 7min..not too long..keeper version for me...

EDDMB

13 years

Sad about Adam Yauch.A Brooklyn native.....I loved their 80s and early 90s stuff...

EDDMB

13 years

Hamilton the Encores...

The acoustic set continues for the encores on this Canadian tour,Thumbing My Way,Iam Mine,and a great version of Harvest Moon is performed.A friend of Ed is getting married,so the band put on tuxedo jackets,call out Sleater-Kinney for some backing vocals,and this version of Harvest is really special.

Black and Alive close encore 1.The crowd sound great,and are really singing along well.Alive ends the set on a good rockin note.

Encore 2 starts with Last Exit,into a rockin Go.From out of nowhere,the band break into In My Tree.Shocked it was played in this spot.Small Town follows,into a great Indifference.

Im sure some of the crowd thought that was it.But no,Sleater-Kinney are called back to the stage,RITFW is jammed..great version.Yellow Ledbetter wraps it,with Ed laughing during it.

Solid gig.4 stars.

Stand out tracks Spin The Black Circle,Daughter,Betterman,RVM,Harvest Moon,Indifference and RITFW.

RUMMY

13 years

I can't keep up. On the second go around with Ottawa this afternoon and was planning to do "The Hammer" tomorrow.

RUMMY

13 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:

Sad is good.Followed by U,this is a bit of a change up.Too much though IMO.Corduroy picks it back up,but then 1/2 Full drops things down a notch again...uneven feel...dont like that set of tunes together at all.Corduroy after GTF would have flowed better IMO.

I find your comment about 1/2 Full interesting. I think it is a good song - not a great song. Same goes for the majority of Riot Act (aside from Save You, I Am Mine and Can't Keep - which are classics). Riot Act is special in the fact that I don't dislike any songs on the album (for me that isn't true for any other non-big three PJ album) - but I don't love too many of the songs. Maybe it'll take more time. I enjoyed hearing them listening to all of those 2003 shows but I have to admit I don't "miss" them when I listen to shows from other years.

EDDMB

13 years

Thats what Im saying Matt..this was the 2005 tour,so I didnt understand why 1/2 Full was played,instead of any classic off the big 3...or No Code..or Yield....

Im going to Europe next month,and I dont want to hear Backspacer again.Its 3 years old,and while I like it,I just dont need to hear Supersonic,or Got Some at this point.

Sneak in Unthought Known..ok..fine...but leave out Binaural,Riot Act and Avocado.If they do play a song of those releases,at my shows,I wouldnt mind hearing 1 of these... Nothing As It Seems,Iam Mine or Inside Job.Thats it.

Mind you Matt,I saw PJ on those tours,so its probably selfish of me to say those things....lol

RUMMY

13 years

What's with all the double-song tracks in the Canadian 2005 Tour shows. "Animal/Save You" and "Indifference/Alive" in Toronto? "Release/Corduroy" in Montreal? "Porch/Save You" and "Untitled/MFC" in The Hammer?

EDDMB

13 years

Not sure Matt...thats how they were for the original downloads from PJ.com..and the 2005 and 2006 tours were download only..these shows were available a few hours after the gig..I went wild back in 05..lol..I bought all 16...only 10 bucks for the mp3...

The artwork has the songs together as well,..Release/Corduroy etc.

RUMMY

13 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:Thats what Im saying Matt..this was the 2005 tour,so I didnt understand why 1/2 Full was played,instead of any classic off the big 3...or No Code..or Yield....

Im going to Europe next month,and I dont want to hear Backspacer again.Its 3 years old,and while I like it,I just dont need to hear Supersonic,or Got Some at this point.

Sneak in Unthought Known..ok..fine...but leave out Binaural,Riot Act and Avocado.If they do play a song of those releases,at my shows,I wouldnt mind hearing 1 of these... Nothing As It Seems,Iam Mine or Inside Job.Thats it.

Mind you Matt,I saw PJ on those tours,so its probably selfish of me to say those things....lol

I missed them all and I'd rather hear the earlier stuff. The only song they played from 2000-2006 at "my" show last fall was "Nothing as It Seems" - which is probably the best of them all (although I have admitted before that I have a soft spot for the rockin' "Save You.") Still, I'd rather hear Hail Hail, Last Exit, or Spin the Black Circle than that one.

I am curious what they do with Backspacer this summer. I agree that "Unknown Thought" should be played - maybe not every show but it's a good one. "The Fixer" and "Just Breathe" will probably make a few appearances as well. Anything else probably isn't worth the effort. "The End" is a very well-written song but I've decided that I don't like it (or at least listening to it) - way too fXXkin' sad for me to listen to on a regular basis.

RUMMY

13 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:..and the 2005 and 2006 tours were download only..these shows were available a few hours after the gig

That must have been very cool to be able to do.

I wonder what "keeps them" these days?

Just finished Ottawa for a second time. Which show should I do next: Hamilton or Montreal?

EDDMB

13 years

Hamilton...I went to the Montreal show..and it was great...but Hamilton has a bit more of an edge to it..

EDDMB

13 years

Halifax is my favorite though.

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