Ok.. I have been fortunate enough to have gone to 2 of the concerts
. I have traveled to both and have never regained my energy after being totally thrashed at the LA show last Friday night.
Last night I went to the show in Milwaukee. Some differences.
The LA show was Freaking Loud! as some have said already, conversely last night it wasn’t and sounded sooo goood. The mic wasn’t having issues fading in and out as it did in LA (except maybe one small moment) and then toward the end of the show I think something was going on as James was making hand signals to the side stage, and then looked a bit frustrated and slammed his water bottle which splashed knocking something out of place but he was very composed and continued his Fantastic performance.
But....I wanted to turn up the volume during Home. That song just needs to be cranked.
I saw both Paralyzed and FItL. Paralyzed is just better imo. But FItL was at LA and maybe the loudness played a part in how I felt. Also, I was really excited to hear that middle solo and it sounded good, but it is just too short (at that moment I wanted more of it) Great song nonetheless.
James is the star for sure. He is rocking it, sounding Awesome, great animation, dancing and it’s always good to hear him tell the stories. In Milwaukee he tried a cheese joke, which was a flop, he commented how shitty it was and Mangini gave him the loser drum ba da boom. Lol.
That said (and I know nothing about drumming) Mike Mangini is addicting! I find myself drawn to watch him when I am not looking at James and I ditched watching JP as much..... who I have loved watching from the first moment of my first concert DT: TA - where I couldn’t believe what I was seeing in a guitarist.
I am so thrilled that Mangini opened up the kit for us to see him!!
So, one would think with the sound better in Milwaukee that would be my fave of the two, but no....LA was Alive! Like it had a spirit of its own - it engulfed me and I felt like I was connected to the whole group of fans. Everyone was up and rocking and swaying moving. During Home it had the feel of an ocean wave moving up and down, the energy engulfing the crowd into one spirit.
I didn’t see the set list so Nightmare and ItPoE were total surprises. I had only seen TA concerts before this - so hearing anything else was such a treat - but these 2 are in my top 10 and my son who was with me, his also. That moment...I just turned to him and mouthed “Is it??” and he was nodding frantically with a huge smile. And again later with the 2nd of the 2. I was high.
By contrast the Milwaukee show was tame. People were standing - yay - but only a few here and there head bangin and James and John several times had to encourage cheering etc. But it did sound great.
Through Her Eyes was beautiful. James was perfect, it was emotional and that is when the headstones were on the screen. Better than Spirit for me.
Scenes was sooo good. It was exciting from start to it’s climactic finish. I am so happy I was able to see and and 2x to boot. PMU was probably not my first choice, but geeze it’s PMU, it’s DT.
I am still thrashed from the experiences mostly I think from LA, but from seeing my newfound (fairly much) perfect band perform the Best concerts!