Brooklyn, NY show (5/16/12)

Yeah defintiely not playing anything else new lest the internet get hold of it.

A quality TGA gig, thoroughly enjoyed it. Brians voice is sounding good and I loved the banter and chatting in between. A good setlist too. Glad I stayed up for it!

On that note...GOODNIGHT DIMESTORE! I cannot wait to start playing my own shows with my own band...This just looks SO MUCH FUN! I cannot wait for the new album. Honestly I am glad They only played the known songs. Keep the CD and ALL material under wraps unless it needs to be released. Increase interest, and raise the profits...I mean these guys live off the Album sales and the tickets.

steph wrote:

NicholasHorror wrote:

Prisoner wrote:

steph wrote:

so...what's the need to have another guitar player now? i'm just wondering. maybe i don't get it cause i'm not a musician!

I don't get it either, he is just playing chords

I think it gives them a bigger/fuller sound, which is what Brian has said he wants. Maybe, I dunno. Makes sense to me haha.

ahh okay. that makes sense enough!

From what I heard at the 45 shoot it definitely makes the sound bigger! You might notice it more live!

StitchesOnTheRadio wrote:

steph wrote:

NicholasHorror wrote:

Prisoner wrote:

steph wrote:

so...what's the need to have another guitar player now? i'm just wondering. maybe i don't get it cause i'm not a musician!

I don't get it either, he is just playing chords

I think it gives them a bigger/fuller sound, which is what Brian has said he wants. Maybe, I dunno. Makes sense to me haha.

ahh okay. that makes sense enough!

From what I heard at the 45 shoot it definitely makes the sound bigger! You might notice it more live!

I was hoping for a little more improvisation and guitar interplay between Alex and Ian.

On the other hand it make sense that he is playing in the background since he is not an official member.

I do like the way Biloxi Parish has turned out. I like Alex's different guitar work in the verses and the new lyrics in the bridge. I can't wait to hear the studio version it's gonna sound huge

Prisoner wrote:

steph wrote:

so...what's the need to have another guitar player now? i'm just wondering. maybe i don't get it cause i'm not a musician!

I don't get it either, he is just playing chords

yeah, having Ian play rhythm seems totally unnecessary. there were a few times tonight where the extra guitar just seemed to muddy things up. not to mention it sounded like he might've been out of tune on a few songs.

Pretty nice show. I hope brian's voice holds up for the rest of the tour, though. He didn't sound as good as he did at the 45 video shoot...

Really disappointed they gutted the third verse of Biloxi... its not that the bridge is bad or anything but "I won't say nothing because that's how I know your heart" is quite possibly the best line Brian has ever written. I don't wanna be like "Dude Brian let me tell you how to write your songs because clearly I'm better at it than you" but at the same time its just like... that whole verse was so perfect what were you thinking when you got rid of it?

CluckyB wrote:

Really disappointed they gutted the third verse of Biloxi... its not that the bridge is bad or anything but "I won't say nothing because that's how I know your heart" is quite possibly the best line Brian has ever written. I don't wanna be like "Dude Brian let me tell you how to write your songs because clearly I'm better at it than you" but at the same time its just like... that whole verse was so perfect what were you thinking when you got rid of it?

I agree that verse is probably the best of the original three. Again like you I wouldn't for a minute try to tell Brian how best HIS songs should sound but I personally would like to see how it would sound if they scratched the first verse, made the second the first and made the old third verse the second. I definitely think the third verse has the most impact.

JimmyB wrote:

The Crowd is cheering "Lets Go Rangers?"

New York Rangers and New jersey Devils were playing game two of the Eastern conference finals. Also, Brian is a Rangers fan.
I liked the back and forth of the two teams fans before the band came back out to finish.

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They did Wooderson! And I'da Called You Woody! I was so happy. I got to stand front row in front of Alex L. Gonna go through my photos now. I am pessimistic cus the lighting was so low, but we'll see!

NeverTrustAJunkie wrote:

They did Wooderson! And I'da Called You Woody! I was so happy. I got to stand front row in front of Alex L. Gonna go through my photos now. I am pessimistic cus the lighting was so low, but we'll see!

it was amazing! i was right under brian!

What did you think of Tim Barry? I love that dude. I wish more people had been there to see his set. I always think cus of this board everyone that loves Gaslight is in on these other artists, but I guess not.

NeverTrustAJunkie wrote:

What did you think of Tim Barry? I love that dude. I wish more people had been there to see his set. I always think cus of this board everyone that loves Gaslight is in on these other artists, but I guess not.

personally, i really like Tim. this is the 3rd time ive seen him, and each show he seems to get better and better

Did you notice the VIP section upstairs was totally empty til Gaslight came out? May I never be that jaded.

I thought the live stream was great, but the audio/video quality kept going from HD to crappy quality. Overall a great performance, but wish the crowd was more into it!

For the most part I find NYC audiences to be meh in comparison to other cities. I think a small pit broke out behind me (that I wasn't aware of until someone told me after the show). It wasn't a bad crowd, but it was no Jersey crowd

I managed to rip this

Klown wrote:

I managed to rip this

NeverTrustAJunkie wrote:

Klown wrote:

I managed to rip this

Depending on how the dvd comes out, I might make a small DVD trading tree for this. I'll know better later on this morning.

Half the crowd were for Rangers, the other for Devils. It was random yet not.

I LOVED HEARING BILOXI PARISH LIVE and it got me excited to hear new songs live. I am pretty happy with the setlist though I always hope to hear Boomboxes & Dictionaries and it appears the least (as far as when I've seen them anyway). Especially psyched for Film Noir for some reason. I am glad you all said something about BP cus at the show I was like "Am I nuts or is this song different than what I know?"

I'm actually kinda loving Ian being on stage the whole time.

I couldn't see Benny at ALL and now I see it seems that he had his own camera right on the drumset. All I could see were his hands bashing away! ha

I've been really surprised that they haven't played Bring It On at all lately... Anyone have any news as for the lack of it in their set?

It's certainly one of their more popular songs, seeing as it had a video and everything...

CluckyB wrote:

Really disappointed they gutted the third verse of Biloxi... its not that the bridge is bad or anything but "I won't say nothing because that's how I know your heart" is quite possibly the best line Brian has ever written. I don't wanna be like "Dude Brian let me tell you how to write your songs because clearly I'm better at it than you" but at the same time its just like... that whole verse was so perfect what were you thinking when you got rid of it?

I ain't seen my home in half a year, I miss my mother and my friends. Please tell Rita that I've been praying for all this trouble to finally end. And when this whole thing is over and we land in Asbury's arms, on the banks we'll quiet down and it's just you and me in the dark, I won't say nothin' cuz that's how i know your heart, I won't say nothin' cuz that's how I know your heart....

^^^^^^ might be the most powerful stuff he's written, I'm sad it's gone too

YEAH! I was waiting for the Asbury line and then it never came. I thought "Did I miss it?" Aw man, I liked that bit. I think they toyed with it before though right? Or did we just cover that and I'm tired aka being dense right now.