I want to like the bulk of this show more than I do, since it’s a pretty cool setlist for the era. Even though the components are mostly solid, it just doesn’t quite find a flow overall.
Let’s get to the Drowned though.. I used to think that I liked it more than I actually did, and now I always think I like it LESS than I actually do. The first chunk of the jam is that classic 99 type 1 fireworks affair with 0 complaints. After that you get the Mike-driven groove section that will really get a workout through the start of the Hiatus. In this instance I really love it. Like I mentioned in another comment, I find it gets pretty stale by the following fall, but here Trey stays really involved and energetic, and it shines. Then the last 10 or so minutes are absolutely wonderful 99 space camp that explores some great psychedelic spaces with a full compliment of tones and effects from Trey & Page without losing a driving edge from Mike & Fish like this style of jamming would tend to do after Summer 00 rounded Camden.
The rest of the set, like the first, I want to enjoy more than I do, since I dig all the performances individually. Altogether though it reminds me of 7/23/03 set 2, where I can’t quite put my finger on why it doesn’t land for me as a listen-through. Ah well, we’ll always have that gnarly-ass Drowned.
"Arena Ambient": I like it. Are there any predecessors of such? Surely Eno never played for 24k in Hartford...? No shade needed, imo. I miss heckling your reviews on Twitter.
99 sound = millennial sound. Especially December but also throughout the year.
I want to like the bulk of this show more than I do, since it’s a pretty cool setlist for the era. Even though the components are mostly solid, it just doesn’t quite find a flow overall.
Let’s get to the Drowned though.. I used to think that I liked it more than I actually did, and now I always think I like it LESS than I actually do. The first chunk of the jam is that classic 99 type 1 fireworks affair with 0 complaints. After that you get the Mike-driven groove section that will really get a workout through the start of the Hiatus. In this instance I really love it. Like I mentioned in another comment, I find it gets pretty stale by the following fall, but here Trey stays really involved and energetic, and it shines. Then the last 10 or so minutes are absolutely wonderful 99 space camp that explores some great psychedelic spaces with a full compliment of tones and effects from Trey & Page without losing a driving edge from Mike & Fish like this style of jamming would tend to do after Summer 00 rounded Camden.
The rest of the set, like the first, I want to enjoy more than I do, since I dig all the performances individually. Altogether though it reminds me of 7/23/03 set 2, where I can’t quite put my finger on why it doesn’t land for me as a listen-through. Ah well, we’ll always have that gnarly-ass Drowned.
"Arena Ambient": I like it. Are there any predecessors of such? Surely Eno never played for 24k in Hartford...? No shade needed, imo. I miss heckling your reviews on Twitter.
The closest analogue I can think of would be...U2, who of course directly worked with Eno. Though they may have skipped straight to Stadium Ambient.