4/05/02 Review
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I just had one of the best...maybe the best..dave matthews band concert experiences of my life. i seriously can not stop smiling. they opened with DDTW which i just love no matter how many times i hear it, it gets my blood pumping and body moving, and i would take it over too much anyday. the crowd was going crazy. then there was if i had it all and when the world ends...brought me back to last summer's tour. typical, but still good. raven....the crowd was kinda half into this one...i was excited, but at first thought it was grace is gone, and then i was like damn it. i had never heard raven at a concert before, and it was done very well, i will give them that. so...here is where my night improved by 1000%. or should i say my life. raven had just finished up, and my friend kelly was next to me and she's not a huge dave fan, but she knows most of their stuff. she asks me what my fav. dmb song is, out of all of them, and i was like lover lay down. and she says do you think they'll play it? and of course i was like noo...they don't play it very often, and its just one of those songs i think you are lucky to hear. she was like aw ok...then she told me she loves long black veil and i told her i didn't think they would play it, but you never know. well not even a minute after that conversation....the band starts up again...and the guitar chords made me freeze. i heard the music...i knew the song...but i didn't want to kid myself into thinking it was something it wasn't. then the lyrics began...'spring sweet rhythm dance in my head.' i was like, OH My GOD. 'slip into my lovers' hands. kiss me won't you kiss me now..' i screamed 'I'm going to die!' (who knows why..too much excitment and shock) and then i actually dropped down to my knees. the ppl in the row infront of me was like huh. then my friends hugged me and i stood up and screamed i couldn't believe they were playing my favorite song and i cried. i have never cried at a concert like i did tonight...but i couldn't help it. it was beautiful...it was surprising..it was one of those things i never let myself believe would happen, because i didn't ever want to be let down. but thank God it did. then after that event in itself...busted stuff came on and that was great. SMTS...the crowd loved this one for sure...i was glad too much wasn't hooked to it, but i guess i spoke too soon, because it came up later on in the show anyway. dave was a dancing fool...i have never ever seen him dance the way he did tonight..like he never quit. stefan was getting into it too which was great. next was don't burn the PIG...yes, don't burn the pig. i don't know if this will turn into a regular this tour or what, but i was amazed i was actually hearing it. people were all up dancing to it like they should be. WAYG...i could fall in love with this song i think...live is even better than anything you could ever download. it bugged me how tons of ppl all sat down for this one...but it was so good. then Help Myself...even more ppl sat down for this one once they realized they didn't know it. there were some up beat parts that got them standing and moving around though. i like this song...but i liked where are you going more. i just relaly couldn't understand most of those lyrics for one thing. ooh but boyd did a fabulous job on that song..wow. speaking of boyd, he had on this jacket that reminded me of some kinda indian attire haha..and his hair is getting shaggy and longer than i thought. TM...everyone loved it. i mean its a good exciting song, i just would have picked 15 other songs to hear before that one again. but even at times like those, where yes i'll admit i would rather be listening to crash than too much...all i had to do was think about how i witnessed lover lay down...and i was all smiles again. GIG...very nice. bartender....not as long as i remember it from last summer, but still a great song. everyone loved it, and when he screamed...ahhh man...when he screamed the place went wild. and the lights got bright and everyone loved it. and at the end everyone did the clapping thing which rules. WWYS...another crowd pleaser. i couldn't believe they went off stage after that one though, because it did not feel like it was time for an encore yet. ain't it funny...was really well done. i heard dave do it the first time he did it last summer...and i can say it has improved very much. space between..screams echoed throughout the bryce jordan center. i've heard it so much on the radio, but its never bad live, so i wasn't complaining. but then when i realized they were going to do another song after that...all i could say was 'please put that guitar down dave..please please switch guitars.' but it didn't happen. and they closed with IDI. that was my only real upset of the night...its one thing to play i did it...its another to close the amazing show out with it. buuut, i sang every word and danced around and had fun none the less. I give it a 9. (Thanks to Nancies.org for the review).
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