@Lerxst said:

An underwhelming show? You must be daft. A new arrangement of an old standard, for it's 300th, by the way. A near non-stop second set. A perfect Reba. First Tube ending to the second set, with Jedi antics by Trey. Fire played after it's longest gap ever. Everyone around me was quite quite pleased with the show they saw, and certainly no one called it underwhelming. In fact, the reviewer calls it "phenomenal." What were you reading/hearing?

I said the Llama was cool, as a one-off. It would have been cool had they done something with the Bag the other night, but that was done an era ago. So we got the Llama. After that, were you happy with what ensued?

The oreo cookie analogy isn't flattering.

Nor is blue balls.

I tire of toadyism, and I think it's cool when a reviewer - as usual, here - does a great job. There's no need to be a sycophant.

I'm NOT saying you are. If you think this show is whatever, awesome. But I can tell you the review is faint praise. It is.

I can tell you what I heard, if you care. But I was commenting upon a nice review. If you look closely - or look - you'll see that the first set is marked as 'uneventful.' Which is pretty kind.

If you think the show is awesome, I'm not going to tell you it wasn't. I love Raleigh, and was a bit let down. I can't tell you that Reba - my favorite song - was perfect (because it wasn't). I did, however, like it. And I love where the placed it. Most second sets are pretty non-stop; this tour, most second sets have been.... well I assume you know.

And I can tell you what I didn't hear in Mike's.... But I assume you didn't hear that, also. It is what it is. That's all that I meant. For me, this was a total reversion to, say, pre-Atlanta (although probably earlier than that) form.

It's the band's fault for setting the bar so high of late.