, attached to 1997-07-22

Review by Xpanding_Man

Xpanding_Man At one point, I thought I saw the band member's heads detach from their bodies and float above the stage while their bodies continued to play music. But that's just crazy, right? :)

This show still sends shivers down my spine. Quite simply, it's the most amazing concert I've been lucky enough to witness. As most have mentioned, this one has a phenomenal jam/transition from Disease into Mike's. I pride myself (somewhat) on having an "insider's" knowledge of this music; I almost always know what song is being teased, jammed, etc. however the transition was SO SMOOTH into Mike's that it took me completely by surprise. To me, that means something. This was music beyond the form of "songs", this was the tightest rock group in history fully tapped into the musical well; they could have played the theme to rawhide for an hour and they would have found a way to make it interesting.

My most distinct memory of the show was when a bolt of lightning hit one of the rods on the shed, and for a few seconds, it was as bright as high noon, despite the sun having already set. Talk about an acid test!

Get the DVD; it's the house screen feed so you lose some sense of what it was like to be in the crowd, but still worth it imho.


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