Oblivion Ball Tokyo Live Streaming

[BeautifulBurnout]

And are you really saying that you are not able to look back over the recent gigs and say "Jesus, Glam Bucket was absolutely amazing in NYC" or "Wow, that's the first time we have ever heard Bamboo - isn't it a lush piece" or "OMG they opened with an incredibly dark, rich Dirty Epic at Glasgow - how awesome is that?", or "Everybody Jack into KoS in the Manchester gig. Fantastic stuff", or "The whole energy of the Roundhouse 2 show is the best form we have seen the band on in a good while".

Those are just off the top of my head - if I took time to listen to the boots/CDs I am sure I could say another dozen things in the same vein about different gigs.

We aren't going to agree on this, because imo we are in completely different mind-sets. I don't see the need to be constantly critical of anybody or anything just because my own personal expectations might be different from the bigger picture. Maybe that's cos I'm old. Maybe it's cos I'm a hippy. Sure, one can give feedback. But when it is of the kind that says "they didn't play x or y or z" or that it was "the same gig as yesterday" (a statement that I will challenge anyone to be able to corroborate), it really serves no valid purpose other than to whine about what we wanted to hear.

We want it all; we want it straight away; we want it streamed; we want it on official recordings. And with the technology available, our wish is our command. That means that, quite differently from the years you have referred to in your post here, we are able to listen to it all in succession without having to wait months or even years for things to surface. Had you been provided with a different bootleg every few days for each concert in 98 or 2000, who is to say that you wouldn't have had the same feeling about those gigs? "Yeah, they played these tracks differently, but why is there no <insert title or improv> in there, and why are they keeping to the same formula?"

And Dirty0900's point is a very valid one too.

In any event, I fail to see what was so bland and formulaic about this particular gig. We had some gorgeous tracks and improvs in there: Nuxx with Monkey Wink - awesome and so full of energy; the bizarre, almost Spikee-sounding drumloop that was just before Glam Bucket; a fantastic Vangelis-esque improv "noodly" bit that lasted a good 2 or 3 minutes; the first time I have heard Boy Boy Boy live, which was superb and so much more moody and powerful than the album version (I know not everyone likes it, but still); a luscious version of PG, imo.