There are times during live recordings when you can tell someone is REALLY trying hard. Danny is absolutely giving a lot on drums. You can tell he is giving his all to not overplay anyone, to not get kouder or faster or more technical than the rest, in fact at times he simply just HOLDS back to give every single member their own room to breathe, and he simply is just giving his all to live up to Bruford. His solos are fantastic, spacious, very very intense when they need to be (tracks like Indiscipline, Sleepless, and the absolutely BOMBASTIC opening that was Neurotica), pulling from all his years from playing with Tool but stripping it all down to the essentials, the influences, the King Crimson elements, and just showcasing them in such a wonderful way.
Maybe it is the fact that I myself am a drummer that makes me gravitate to focus more on Danny's parts, but at the same time the more I listen to the recording the more I can just not deny the fact that the drums are absolutely amazing here. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the band is not THAT far behind. Levin and Belew don't have the energy that they displayed in the 80s tours (which is to be expected considering a thing such as aging), but the chops are still there. Belew's voice specially is just stunning in how little it has been affected from the passing of time (outside of not being able to sustain certain notes or segments as well as years ago, and honestly Levin's backing vocals are so charming in how he is just trying to keep up) but regardless; and Vai was just the fit for how technical and playful these songs are...
I think my main issue is simply the fact that it's all much... slower. I don't think it's a matter of just the older members kicking it a bit down in order to be able to keep up with two whole sets of music that will keep being the norm for a WHOLE tour with very VERY taxing setlists, but more of a matter of initial chemistry. They all compliment each other so well, but you can; tell that they will improve as time goes on in the tour.
Nevertheless, for a first show? This is very very nice, with a nice little good audience quality bootleg recording of the whole thing to go along with it. Can't wait to see how this tour will develop the band's chemistry, and to just see how Danny and Vai will just evolve with their approach to complementing Belew and Levin ...
I wonder if they might release official live recordings of the tour? I sure hope so!
Either way, this whole lineup... this whole tour really... is just one of the things that my heart needed, and I'm just glad it had a lovely start.
Set 1
1. Intro (2:06)
2. Neurotica (4:39)
3. Neal and Jack and Me (5:55)
4. Heartbeat (4:24)
5. Sartori in Tangier (4:08)
6. Dig Me (3:40)
7. Model Man (3:44)
8. Man With an Open Heart (3:07)
9. Industry (8:15)
10. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Part III) (6:12)
Set 2
11. Intro (0:25)
12. Waiting Man (6:32)
13. The Sheltering Sky (9:40)
14. Sleepless (6:07)
15. Frame by Frame (5:12)
16. Matte Kudasai (3:53)
17 Elephant Talk (5:22)
18. Three of a Perfect Pair (4:17)
19 .Indiscipline (9:58)
Encore
20. Red (6:15)
21. Thela Hun Ginjeet (7:59)
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