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I wonder as to why they have waited on Alpine ? Very strange IMO.

Originally posted by clover68:i put my soul in peace
2012 Matt
2013 Stoney
2014 Jeff
2015 Eddie (maybe)
2016 all together

hehe

Ha,you forgot to sprinkle in the PJ 2 week tours...LOL

clover68

12 years

Originally posted by EDDMB:I wonder as to why they have waited on Alpine ? Very strange IMO.

legal matters with the labels of some guests? just guessing.. i really don't know

EDDMB

12 years

I doubt that is the reason.Cornell has played many times with them.Shows from LA in 2009 were released with him guesting.As well as Jerry Cantrell....

EDDMB

12 years

Having listened to both Toronto shows from 2006, over the past few days,IMO it isnt even close as to what show was better.By far,N2 IS SUPERIOR .

I will place my review here tonight or tomorrow.

RUMMY

12 years

Here's mine:

2006-05-10 Toronto, ON

As much as I appreciated the straight-into-the-new-album opening of the first show, I think the “slow burn” of “Release” straight into the lead single, “World Wide Suicide,” followed by “Life Wasted” and “Severed Hand” worked even better than the first night.

I’m a big fan of “Hail, Hail” and it’s a great song to for the band to use to get back into familiar (but not TOO familiar) territory. Lots of energy here – which is then killed by playing “Unemployable” again (!?).

The next three are great for all fans – “Dissident” (the song from Vs that sounds the most like a Ten song), “Even Flow,” and “Corduroy” rarely disappoint, even if the latter two are somewhat overplayed by PJ standards.

The next five songs might challenge the “casual” fan a bit. Most would be considered “classics” by long-time PJ fans but, admittedly, even I might have not been as into them if I were at this show in 2006. I would be now. I’ve only recently come to appreciate the beauty of “I Am Mine” and the subdued nature of “Lowlight” – I can’t help but wonder what the crowd looked like during these songs, however. I bet some casual fans would have been bored. They pick it back up with “Whipping” although that too might have challenged some. Admittedly, “You Are” still would crack my “Top 50” PJ songs, but it’s nice enough. I think one of the highlights for me comes next in “I Got Id/Shit” – I love this song. Was this the first time EV made the link with it and “Cinnamon Girl?” I’ve noticed that he’s mentioned it on a few other occasions since.

The next five songs include four seminal songs from this band, all played relatively well. Unfortunately, “Marker in the Sand” breaks up an otherwise beautiful run of “Better Man” (with the “Save it for Later” tag), “Jeremy,” Black,” and “RVM.” I appreciate the need for them to play their new material (strangely enough, “Gone” wasn’t played at either of the Toronto shows) but I think splitting the for previously-mentioned songs up with “Marker” would have killed the momentum of those heavyweights.

Into the first encore, they opened with “Wasted Reprise” and then into “Man of the Hour.” I enjoy both of these songs (and these versions) but I don’t think they work well together. Maybe I’m just too used to “Reprise” leading into either “Life Wasted” or “Better Man.” Anyway, I wish they’d play “Man of the Hour” more often these days. It could act as a suitable replacement for a song like “Just Breathe” in future tours.

I don’t think too many people in the crowd would have complained about the next four songs. The sing-a-long of “Small Town” follows “Man of the Hour” nicely but then the show goes into overdrive with “SOLAT,” “Evolution,” and “Alive.” A pretty solid first encore, if you ask me.

Although “Go” is a great show opener (or second song), I really like it opening one of the encores. Just when you might think the show is winding down, they play this song – one of their most intense ones. I think it would have been nice if they kept the energy going for one more song (maybe played “Animal?”) but instead they cool it down with “Crazy Mary” – a great song but I’ve always found it goes on a bit too long in a live setting. Maybe it’s me and the fact that I haven’t learning to appreciate extended organ solos. This also brings up my own questioning if the band really needs an organist (I know, I know, I’m going to take heat for not supporting Boom.) I suppose having him makes the band more versatile in a live setting. That said, I think my favourite shows (at least from the official bootlegs) come from the 2000 tours – pre-Boom.

“Fuckin’ Up” is a nice alternative to “RITFW” – I have really grown to appreciate this song (PJ version, anyway) over the past two years. I often would skip it when I used to listen to Live on Two Legs. And then comes one of my favourites – “Indifference” which is played very nicely and should have closed the show but the band decides to (yet again) play “Yellow Ledbetter” to get the audience to go home. YLB is an awesome song but they should “go for it” and play it early in the setlist during their next tour(s).

Highlights: Release, I Got Shit, Go, and Indifference.
Rating: 4.5 stars (I considered giving it 5)

clover68

12 years

mine is going to come tomorrow night at the latest
i'll read yours in deep after i post my review

(you should listen more your fellow citizen Matt

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