October 16, 2010

[quote=Kerosene Keeps Me...]i agree completely. as i posted elsewhere, thank goodness i didn't buy tickets for the other few shows within driving distance only to see identical sets. i really am so weary of what's becoming basically a dozen song encore (which they break up a little by putting digital boy and dark ages and no control earlier).actually, approximately an entire half of this setlist is the same as the last time i saw them. don't get me wrong...songs like Sorrow and American Jesus are A+ material!...but so are many of the rest of their songs, many of which go underappreciated despite being musically great (personally looking at 1000 Memories here but there are examples from more popular albums too)there's just no mystery or intrigue. when i saw silverstein play, they took requests from the crowd and played 'the weak and the wounded', an old song that never gets played. very exciting, added to a great atmosphere by giving the feeling that 'anything could happen'. i would love to see that happen at a BR show. but nope. '28 songs to the dot and we'll see ya in two years to play 14 of the ones you just saw'. yes, the atmosphere and the show is great..but i feel like sorrow, infected, etc are becoming a 'beer run' for hardcore fans, who know they're not gonna miss a single thing. i like the feeling of wondering what's going to be played next but that's just me.and completely unrelated: is your name mia michael...or miami chael?[/quote]well said. to boot, they're playing my 3 least favorite songs from the new album (devil, meeting, keeds).<br /><br />it's neither, and its both...just combining miami and michael

i agree completely. as i posted elsewhere, thank goodness i didn't buy tickets for the other few shows within driving distance only to see identical sets. i really am so weary of what's becoming basically a dozen song encore (which they break up a little by putting digital boy and dark ages and no control earlier).<br /><br />actually, approximately an entire half of this setlist is the same as the last time i saw them. don't get me wrong...songs like Sorrow and American Jesus are A+ material!...but so are many of the rest of their songs, many of which go underappreciated despite being musically great (personally looking at 1000 Memories here but there are examples from more popular albums too)<br /><br />there's just no mystery or intrigue. when i saw silverstein play, they took requests from the crowd and played 'the weak and the wounded', an old song that never gets played. very exciting, added to a great atmosphere by giving the feeling that 'anything could happen'. i would love to see that happen at a BR show. but nope. '28 songs to the dot and we'll see ya in two years to play 14 of the ones you just saw'. yes, the atmosphere and the show is great..but i feel like sorrow, infected, etc are becoming a 'beer run' for hardcore fans, who know they're not gonna miss a single thing. i like the feeling of wondering what's going to be played next but that's just me.<br /><br />and completely unrelated: is your name mia michael...or miami chael?