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EXACTLY WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO POST THIS HERE
Watching this release was the highlight of my week!! It was one of the greatest things I've ever witnessed, and the only reason I didn't come here immediately and write a whole review of everything that I found so indescribably awesome, was because of just that!! It was practically indescribable and there is WAY too freaking much to mention.
Mangini was freaking amazing here, TSF totally came to life, JMX seriously shined here like never before, the mix was even damn good, and I'm SO UNBELIEVABLY happy with the setlist. Awake is one of the closest and dearest albums to me and these performances and the quality of this video and the editing is all absolutely phenomenal. WAY too many good things to over right now. In fact, I'm having a Blu-Ray watching party this weekend at my house for this, and I was going to wait but this time I decided to splurge and watch it ahead of time for a few reasons, partially because of how excited I am.
James also seriously shined on this and I enjoy these performances to death. The added melodies were so incredibly evocative and beautiful. I SWEAR I'LL TRYYYYYY HE HEAAA HAEEA
HHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYyI just cared about it so much that I wanted to make a serious point about the one and only flaw (and it's not the first time I've seen it). I seriously cared to bring this to people's attention, because it's not just an opinion. It's a serious production flaw that is the worst detraction from one of the greatest live releases of all time.
edit: the arrows are pointing to gmillerdrake's and kingshmegland's posts, not Ravenfoul