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Baseball Park Jacksonville, Florida |
 Worth the wait February 21, 2008
Written by GhostTrain
Having missed this concert the first time around (*you* try scraping together 96 bucks while in junior high), I was awfully curious to finally hear it. There isn’t much in the way of surprises in the first three songs - they’re good (Pictures in particular), but the band really starts to flex its muscles in the second half of the show.
Formentera Lady is awesome, probably my favorite live take. On the evidence of Islands, Pete Sinfield was referring to Sketches of Spain when he said he wanted this version of KC to be a Miles-Davis-with-vocals sort of thing - this sounds more like Live-Evil or Jack Johnson with vocals. Mel swoops all over the place, Ian and Boz really get funky and down, and it sounds great. Robert’s gorgeous, anguished solo on Sailor’s Tale, which was the highlight of Earthbound, still gets me every time, and it’s even better in the context of the whole piece - terrific drum solo from Ian on this one, even if the ending is a bit strange. Schizoid Man - wow, did they do some barn-burning versions of this on the spring ’72 tour. Maybe not quite as amazing as the Wilmington, Orlando, or Milwaukee (qv) takes, but still really powerful. Robert and Mel tear it up again. Keep these Islands-era shows coming - this band continues to surprise.
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Worth the wait Thu., Feb 21, 2008
Posted by: GhostTrain
Having missed this concert the first time around (*you* try scraping together 96 bucks while in junior high), I was awfully curious to finally hear it. There isn’t much in the way of surprises in the first three songs Read more
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