Jimmy Eat World Band • Page 634

The one pic I took in Milwaukee.

 

How full was the milwaukee show? I remember when i saw then play with Manchester orchestra and there was a fair bit of open space. I suppose it was a Tuesday night though.

 

They actually weren’t ejected, just moved off to the side. One of the ladies was taking very loudly at security during most of Hear You Me and they let her stay. I thought it was a medical emergency at first, but no they were just fighting and decided to stop the show over it, lol.

But aside from that, the show was incredible. As an Integrity Blues fan, I would’ve loved to hear Get Right at least. But I prefer Criminal Energy as the Surviving song in the set over All The Way.

Call It In The Air is a lot of fun live. I can’t complain that I didn’t see all my favorite deep cuts. This was one of the best shows I’ve been to and I’m glad I got to see them in such a small venue.

 

Ah, thanks for the update on that! It was definitely tense between those two but I wasn't close enough to see what exactly happened.

Feel the same about seeing them at Cat's—the outdoor amphitheater I first saw them at suits them, but this had an intimacy you just can't get otherwise. Was fun to hear Jim comment on that a few times.

 

They shifted the Eagles Ballroom so that there was a makeshift stage floating in the middle of the room versus the stage built into the longer wall. It ultimately made the room capacity about 2/3 of its full capacity but it was pretty damn packed! Crowd was red hot.

 

I was also at the MKE show - and boy did they deliver. I've probably seen them 6 times now in my 36 years of life, have all of their albums - know pretty much all of their songs.

But for some reason that night, when they played '23' - I got super mesmerized and almost frozen by it, and thought to myself that - it was the prettiest and most pure sounding song I've ever heard them sing live.

After the song was over, I looked at my wife in awe. And for some reason I can't stop listening to it.

 

You can't not cry while singing along to '23' with Jim live. My wife was hugging me the whole time like the sad boy turned man that I am.

 

Love this. "23" is one of those songs that just changed everything after the first time I heard it, and it still grabs my attention every time.

 

In 23 the notes Jim sings during the lyrics "not stopping" at the very end of the first vocal section around 2min 30s is heaven. There's something unresolved in the notes.

Sorta like Goodbye Sky Harbor, the last lyrics of the song, the way Jim sings the "you" in "but I still see you" flows so so well into the instrumental.

 

When I saw them a few nights ago, I was not expecting 23 in the middle of the set. So I was not emotionally prepared for it, haha.

This was my third time seeing them but the first time seeing this song (because I’d only seen them at a festival and an opening gig.) And it was everything I hoped. It’s insane how good they sound.