This was my 4th time seeing weezer. I saw them on the midget tour in 2001, the enlightment tour in 2002, and the first Make Believe tour this past May. TONIGHT'S SHOW WAS DEFINITELY THE BEST OF THE 4 WITHOUT A DOUBT.
1) Good location - I was in a great spot. Front and center. Not like under Rivers but close enough.
2) Good crowd. The philly show in May was RUINED by the awful crowd. It was horribly packed and horrificly violent. This time, the crowd was fun, and it did get pretty crazy sometimes, but I was NOT fearing my life this time.
3) Rivers was soooo energetic!!! Last May's Philly show, Rivers was deeaaaaad on stage. He did not interact. He had his eyes closed. He would barely budge for guitar solos. But this time he was insane! He was doing one epic guitar pose after the other, and for the first time in my experience, Rivers was very theatrical with his arms. He would hold his hand to his head with certain lyrics, or he would extend his arms a lot to the crowd during emotional parts. I can't believe how different he was just 2 months later. I feel sad for the people that went to the Philly show and did not go to this one
4) 3 SONG ENCORE, INCLUDING CLOSING WITH SURF WAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The other shows only had 2 songs and they ended with Hash Pipe, which is simply a crime. But Rivers started talking about how the last song, they hadn't played in a long time, and bam, it was Surf Wax! I went NUTS. Suuuch a great closer. It was pure bliss
5) Perfect Situation was great live, and it totally had the heart and soul of the old material.
Low points
1) Peace was quite boring, and the crowd seemed really uninterested. It seems like for some reason the band thinks the crowd wants to hear this song, but it got a very underwhelming reaction.
2) El Scorcho was the only Pinkerton track.
3) Maladroit actually had 2 tracks played, compared to Pinkerton's one track. HOW COULD THEY LET THAT HAPPEN??? I think its really cool to hear Scott sing and all, but reallly, I'd rather hear another Pinkerton track then Fall Together. And Death and Destruction, although sounding beautiful, was unneccesary, and once again, should've been replaced with Pity, The Good Life, Why Bother, etc.
4) It should be illegal to have post-Pinkerton songs in the encore. Although HYED was very nice and a great song, we need CLASSIC material for the encore. And Hash Pipe, despite being one of the largest hits, does not quite entrall your emotions. But really, it was totally made up by ending with Surf Wax. GREAT choice!!! All-in-all, an amazing night!! ---funnyboy88
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