I unfortunately got caught in bad traffic on the way from Ottawa, due to snow and people not knowing how to drive in the snow lol. I missed Untethered Angel and came during the beginning of ANTR but I'm just glad I made it.
The show was amazing! Everyone stood for the whole show (or at least in the ground section where I was). We all remained sitting during Regression but as soon as O1928 started it went back to standing... legs and feet are still sore.
It was a
little on the loud side; it was a bit difficult to understand James during the louder parts, thank goodness I know the lyrics already lol. Otherwise it was on point. James was really good tonight despite him apparently getting a cold recently, but he joked that he was going to give it all to us and that might be what happened to make his voice work! (Although joke's on him, I already got one! XD)
JLB did use the wrong lyrics during the first chorus of Pale Blue Dot, at least I
think so... maybe I was misremembering at the time.
There was a part in Fatal Tragedy when I noticed Jordan's tech about to hand him his Zen Riffer (is that what that is? it looks quite different from his old one) and I was wondering how he was going to get it on in time for the next part, but then suddenly there was a quick drum solo, I'm talking like 3 seconds max. Just enough time for Jordan to switch instruments. That was a really cool unexpected moment.
Through Her Eyes was a big highlight is the show for me. There was a lot of singing along. The ending was also really neat!
The Spirit Carries On still gets such a great crowd reaction despite how much it got played... It definitely deserves it though, especially in context of the whole album. "Safe in the light that surrounds me" feels so powerful after hearing that same lyric at the very beginning. Hearing the crowd singing along was magnificent, and I enjoyed singing along with everyone.
I rather enjoyed Mike's rendition of the ending of Finally Free. It was kind of like the one from 2014, but he does his signature crazy play all the toms on each side thing where he crosses his arms over each other. I also didn't recognize the ending they used for that song, was it based on something in the album or was it entirely new?
At Wit's End was an AWESOME encore! I originally thought they should switch it with Pale Blue Dot, but I was wrong. Such a killer song live. Once again, the extended ending replacing the fade-out was really great.
Certainly not disappointed with this show! Glad I got to see them again and see SFAM in its entirety. Maybe if a video of Untethered Angel surfaces I'll be able to see what I missed.
Topic: Kitchener, ON Show - Nov 11, 2019 (Read 1643 times)