The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (October 27th 2023) Album • Page 71

should we warn other threads that donnie isnt who he says he is or should we leave them blissfully ignorant

 

Spare them this darker reality we live in

 

lol what happened in here

 

nothing to see here move it along

 

DONNIE'S REAL NAME IS

 

It's Donnie. Leave it at that. We should have all left it at that.

 

Saw them last night in Brussel. Great setlist but only 3 songs from History Books. Michigan fell a bit flat for me and I hoped to see some others. Also hardly any banter but a snippet of Sad But True. The band seemed to enjoy playing live again!

 

Oh ok. I misunderstood you. I thought you were comparing it to Sink or Swim in that they were at the very beginning of their journey.

 

I went to this same show but have quite a different opinion on it. Brian seemed like a knock-off Jack Black and I thought the "banter" was largely weak. He kept asking if the crowd were still with him. His timing was off on a fair few moments, missing the start of some big chorus' and his duet with Emily Woolf on Blue Jeans & White T-shirts was absolutely abysmal. It seemed to be unplanned - they said as much - and as a result neither of them were managing to sing into the microphone, perhaps not to be uncomfortably close.

I do agree that the setlist was great. And despite my various quibbles, I enjoyed the show, as it was the first time I've seen Gaslight for many years. My gf, who likes Brian's solo stuff a lot on record but had never seen TGA or him before, was very disappointed.

 

Some people like the banter, some people don’t like the banter

 

Saw them in Brussels too. They do had fun together but overall, I didn’t think they sounded too good. Brian missed a lot of the lyrics, and I don’t’ know, the overall sound sounded a bit “empty”. In my opinion, they try to sound a bit too much as a “raw rockband”, while the show would have benefited if they were going for a more polished sound I think.

 

Sounds like one of the acoustic versions.

 

sounds awesome

 

What song is that? Sounds like acoustic Positive Charge to me but not sure

 

I think it’s positive charge

 

It’s Positive Charge.

 

If I had to guess I’m expecting a “deluxe version” of some kind with a tour. Maybe a few acoustic versions and a cover?

Just excited to hopefully see them again this year!

 

I’ve somehow never seen these guys, so I really need to change that asap

 

I agree, but I also think it improved during the show. The first songs were a bit lackluster. But especially after getting the crowd to yell along to the intro of Howl it started to feel like a better show as a whole.

 

FINALLY SEEING THIS BAND TOMORROW

 

Aaaaand this is how I discover they're on tour in the UK lol