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[Decatone]

Fingers crossed someone got all of it filmed?

[Decatone]

Thanks to 'Calgirl' at vhlinks...

Well I am back from the show. The good news for all of you who didn't go is... they didn't play Little Guitars nor did they play any other new and/or different material - same exact setlist.

The bad news for all of you who didn't go was that Ed might have played the best he did the whole tour. This was the 12th show I went to and have heard recordings of others and this was the winner in my ears. I was surprised overall by how tight they played - I was expecting with a month off would leave them a bit rusty and "off" but they were far from it. Alex was great as always... Wolf looked like he might have trimmed down a bit. Ed was spot on in every song but maybe one (more later) and Dave's voice actually improved as the show wore on and he got comfortable and warmed up. (it had been raining all day and was a bit chilly - maybe 60F).

I was also surprised by the sound and the mix - with the exception of a couple fuck-ups on the levels of Dave's mics (too weak), or Eds guitar (too loud) they did a great job, and the sound was big for an outside show. I enjoyed listening to it a little louder than we had been able to in an enclosed arena. The mix guys obviously work for the band - I dont think the lighting guys do - they must have a Canadian union or something... and they kept screwing up the lights that they flash during AtCWR, and ATBL... in addition, they kept missing their sound cues to spotlight Dave/Wolfie/Ed when they weren't centerstage and left them out there in the darkness for several seconds - random but noted.

The whole festival is pretty chill so you have a bunch of Quebecquoises who are just out watching the show as part of this 10-day celebration of the 400th birthday of their fair city with their compatriots, and then you have a few hard-core VH fans. (like me, but I am the stealth fan! ) I think VH played well to both of us. There were about 60 thousand people there by my estimation, both in the field in front of the stage and the hill a ways back.

Setlist:
You Really Got Me nothing different
I'm the One ditto
Runnin with the Devil ditto
ROmeo Delight Dave ad-libbed some stairway to heaven lyrics
Somebody get me a Doctor
Beautiful Girls
Dance the NIght Away
Atomic Punk
Everybody Wants Some!! Ed got out the drill - and it cursed him, he didn't play this one well.
So This is Love? Dave is still classic. He intro's this song after praising Wolf's base line on the intro and goes in to this story about how 400 yrs ago (today is Quebec City's 400th bday), Lincoln came up the St Laurent RIver and met up with Napoleon and they freed the slaves! Then he commented that he was a "little fuzzy on the fucking details" and they kept playing.
Mean Street dave did a mid-song rap that was the lyrics to "New York, New York" by Sinatra
Pretty Woman
Al's solo - awesome as usual.
Unchained - back to Dave picking on Wolfie during the interlude... "Hey Wolf, that suit is YOU... did you purchase that in QUEBEC?"
I'll Wait
And the Cradle will Rock...
Hot for Teacher
LIttle Dreamer
Little Guitars just kidding!!!!
Jamies Cryin
Ice Cream Man did a little bit of the rap about Stan driving the truck, them emptying out the truck to use as a beer fridge... didn't talk about passin joints both ways or the dartboard, etc.... just said "that was Summer 1972". Played the song great.
Panama just flat out rocked.
Ed's Solo -Dave intro'd him as the still heavyweight champ of the world at the conclusion. The solo was the abridged one without any drills or drumsticks or 316. He played it clean and tight... just like nearly everything all night long.
Aint Talkin Bout Love wasn't the best version I have heard on this tour
1984 that red flag is getting tattered
Jump was raucous and fun... they really seemed to be having a good time, and wistful that it was over.
the end

Oh and Dave made a comment towards the end of the show that this would be the last show on their tour... although I could watch this nostalgia forever, I would really like the glue of new material to strengthen their bond right now. They did all seem genuinely friendly. Wolf might have been the happiest of all - he was the last off the stage, looking back.

Hopefully also looking forward - to getting in to the recording studio!!

[guitard]

It looks like they didn't use the same video screen - this one looks much more narrow than the one they had for the rest of the tour. Must not have been cost effective to ship it up to Canada for one show.

[sickman]

It also looked like it was a regular stage without the ramp, or am I mistaken. I didn't watch the vids all the way through but Dave usually sings I'll Wait from the ramp.

[radikal]

amazing description of show...Made me feel like I was there.....

BTW that awesome Proshot footage I saw I will try and track down the link.....

rad

[ron]

sickman wrote: It also looked like it was a regular stage without the ramp, or am I mistaken. I didn't watch the vids all the way through but Dave usually sings I'll Wait from the ramp.
This was an outdoor show on a pre-existing stage, not the usual indoor arena show from this past tour.

[Dirq Van]

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