my wife and I went, too. traffic was bloody miserable on the ride up from here (took us over 3 hours to drive 70 miles) but was our first trip to the Mohegan Sun so was nice to see a new venue. what did you think of the show/setlist? I'm very tepid on Spirit, and I especially felt those songs to be the most lackluster components of the set. although I was somewhat into Delta Machine, I feel they've been on a pretty steep decline since the release of Playing the Angel, and was interesting to note that nothing from the former has yet been played on this tour.
Where did you travel from? We came down early from Boston and traffic was far better than I expected. In fact we had time to kill and headed over to Mystic for pizza and walking around. I thought the set list started strong and ended even better. The low point for me was Poison Heart/ Revolution but we both noticed a change during Mart solo songs. Most people around us seemed to be casual fans from SOFAD and earlier. I actually prefer Spirit to DeMa but agre e with you about PTA being best of later era. We enjoyed seeing the band in such a relatively small venue and it was great when Dave came so near us on the catwalk.
We live in NYC, and both cut out of work early to head to Connecticut at maybe 3:30. Didn't get to our hotel (about 3 minutes from the Mohegan Sun) until 7:40. Not accidents or anything, just small, over-congested roads. Having driven to and through that part of Connecticut on Labor Day before, this was far and away the worst traffic I could remember. By contrast, the drive back yesterday took about 100 minutes. Back to DM, having seen them a whole bunch of times, but most of the times post-Ultra, I felt this was pretty easily the weakest set top to bottom, and mostly because 4 of the first 5 songs are somewhat curious inclusions that early in a setlist. and frankly, I don't ever need to hear anything other than "Wrong" from SOTU. which isn't to say the show wasn't great, because it was, but I'd love a bit more from the setlists than just a smattering of new songs mixed in with the same old greatest hits. Much of their fan base is old enough, and the back catalog is certainly diverse enough, that jettisoning some of the Anton Corbijn showcase in favor of more off the beaten path material would be a welcome change (to many of us). All that being said, when you want to play nothing by arenas and charge $40 for a t-shirt, I also fully understand why you want to paint with as broad a brush as possible. There were plenty of people around us, 40+ by age, who seemed to really only know the more recent stuff, and responded with less enthusiasm when older material was featured - especially the Martin solo stuff where large swaths of the crowd could be heard having conversations.
So these are the results of the Slicing Up Eyeballs' reader's poll (Top 25 out of 209) 25. Somebody 24. It’s No Good 23. I Feel You 22. But Not Tonight 21. A Question Of Lust 20. In Your Room 19. Fly On The Windscreen 18. Just Can’t Get Enough 17. A Question Of Time 16. People Are People 15. Halo 14. Master And Servant 13. Walking In My Shoes 12. Blasphemous Rumours 11. Policy Of Truth 10. Personal Jesus 9. Behind The Wheel 8. World In My Eyes 7. Stripped 6. Shake The Disease 5. Black Celebration 4. Strangelove 3. Everything Counts 2. Never Let Me Down Again 1. Enjoy The Silence Full ranking
Didn´t know where to put this question but here goes: Did DM cancel any of their shows when touring Songs of Faith and Devotion?
I don't think so, however it was during the final leg of the tour that Fletch, overcome by the strenuous challenges of his live performances, decided to leave the tour and was replaced by Daryl Bamonte (brother of the then-Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte.)
Very cool photo making the rounds of DM sites today of Mexico City show the other night with 65,000 fans!
Very difficult as their whole catalogue (except for Spirit, which is luckily not mentioned here) is brilliant. I go for: Black Celebration Music For The Masses Songs Of Faith And Devotion My next 3 best DM albums would be: Some Great Reward Violator Ultra and maybe Construction Time Again (close call but I can't stand 'Shame' on CTA)
Not sure why I missed this post back in the day, but saw it now and wanted to say thanks! Also, wanted to share this with you guys:
some great reward violator songs of faith and devotion i think these albums cover their variety over the first decade. when i was a pup i liked the single just can't get enough, great pop song (but i was never a big pop guy) when songs of faith and devotion came out i thought it was a really good album and it surprised me. it caused me to investigate the band more. so these are my favourites.
seems me and two other people love exciter....i think it's an overlooked DM album...way better than the last few and sounds more relevant than those too
I enjoy a couple off it, but I don't visit it very often. Goodnight Lovers could of very easily been a Erasure track. Great song.
I appreciate it far more now after the Hillier trilogy than I did back then. Mark Bell produced some nice electronic soundscapes on there and it sounds great on headphones.
