she's the one followed jackson cage, and it was excellent. it was a really, really good show. Thundercrack KILLED. 8 minutes or so of pure awesomeness. I was really psyched that even the second row from all the way at the top most nosebleed behind the stage crap seats i had, i was not in the pocket of uber lameness i feared and pretty much everyone around me was rocking out. And I finally got to see thunder road live, which minus letting patti warble some harmonies, was just about the greatest thing ever. Some douchey college kids got thrown out for smoking cigars, and pissed me off during lonesome day when I got ashed in the back of the neck. Kind of like when that girl at the flogging Molly show bit me during "what's left of the flag", I would have been angry enough if it hadn't happened during a song I absolutely love...I may have turned around and threatened to stab one of them in the neck and stuff the cigar down the hole in heir trachea...but someone else must have complained in a more appropriate manner and security threw them out a song later, during the rising.
I still can't stand we take care of our own, and hearing it live is the only time I've actually heard the whole song since there was no skip button at the show, but all the rest of the new stuff was damn good. The empty spotlights for Clarence and Danny Federici during my city of ruins was...I can't quite think of the word I want, but I'd be lying if i said my eye didn't start to tear up a bit.
Certain placement of songs were...I'm not sure...something about jack of all trades sandwiched where it was, and 41 shots between the medley and rocking rising tunes. It either worked incredibly well or entirely killed the mood for a song before swinging back into all-out party that was most of the set. I'm not really sure. At any rate, I had a great time. And I've never heard dancing in the dark sound so good.
We Take Care of Our Own
Wrecking Ball
Badlands
Death to My Hometown
My City of Ruins
Thundercrack
Jack of All Trades
Jackson Cage
She's the One
Easy Money
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
The Promised Land
The Way You Do the Things You Do/634-5789
American Skin (41 Shots)
Lonesome Day
The Rising
We Are Alive
Thunder Road
Rocky Ground
Land of Hope and Dreams
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
Raise Your Hand
Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out