Everyone complaining about everything... bummer.
I’m excited about going to the show, I wish I could participate on this board without feeling like there is something wrong with me. I have to no problem with the set...including the encore. Playing your biggest hit. A song that (outside of this bubble) is universally liked by fans, and comes across great live. Seems like a no-brainer encore.
DTF is my internet home, but I've recently discovered -in genuine surprise- that there are big pockets of DT fans on the internet who are not on DTF, mostly on fb. Fans outside of DTF are super stoked and happy about the band 99% of any given time, sans for the Portnoy crybabies. I hang with these always-happy people sometimes when I overload on negativity but I'd be a hypocrite if I complained about the negativity cause I'm very aware of how different DT fans are and how the shoe could have easily been on the other foot if the band were doing something I didn't like, cause I'd put my bitching hat on and join the mob in a heartbeat heh
Luckily I'm happy with the setlist and the album so I'm a happy camper atm.
I think that the current "strange" setlist (part 1 of the show with few songs from the last album plus ANTR and ITPOEp1 plus PMU as encore) has a lot to do with the summer festivals that they will be playing soon.
I think you're spot on.
Or maybe they are just playing these albums in full because they know that there won't be any guarantees anymore that they can play these landmark albums given their age.
Sometimes I hate these old fans complaining because what about us who never got to see these albums in full, either because we were never in the touring radar before or because we are new fans? So selfish. Complaining about DT becoming a legacy act is so elitist.
I don't think it's a matter of old/new fans, it is however a matter of selfishness as you say. Everyone wants to hear what they wanna hear and if the band plays something else then it's bad, but what about the fans who wanted that something else? "Fuck em, I want my stuff played".
I'm guilty of that as well, if DT came out with 3 songs from Awake and the song 8VM; I'd be bummed out.
SFAM is my favorite album, I'm good with Enemies and okay with Nightmare so I'm good. As I said, the shoe can easily get on the other foot with every tour.
Debut of fall into the light. Replaced paralyzed.
I need to see Paralyzed so I'm glad it'll be played at least one of my shows.