Gosh this seems like yesterday but it was like 12 years ago! F***.
I saw them in Buffalo late november right before thanksgiving. November 23,1997. My parents got me tickets for my birthday. I was beyond stoked. I got the dance album for my 13th birthday from my brother and concert tickets from my parents. Probably one of my favorite birthdays...ever.
Two things I really remember from this show. We were up in the bleeds and the sound was TERRIBLE. I remember the bass being so over the top, insanely loud that it made my ribcage rumble. It ruined the entire mix, it was atrocious. I have yet to attend a concert with sound THAT BAD ever since. I can't even put into words how terrible the sound mix at this concert was, it really was unbelievable. Obviously they got into town late and didn't do a soundcheck, the sound tech was deaf, or just poor design of the building created some bad acoustics. I saw the mac at the same venue again in '03 and they sounded great but I had floor seats. Saw billy joel there in '99 up in the bleeds and it sounded fine too. I had a cassette copy of this show for years and you can clearly hear the sound issues on that recording as well. I always wished a better recording would pop up, like the Fargo or Minneapolis recordings.
The other thing I remember was the couple of people in the row in front of us passed a joint around during gypsy, which was pretty hysterical at the time...siting there with my middle aged parents and i'm barely a teenager. The aroma made gypsy a pretty memorable moment.
I also remember Not That Funny going on for what seemed like FOREVER. At one point lindsey was flat on his back and then on all fours, screaming "buuuuuuuuuuuuffalo......buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuffalo.....are you there!?! are you still with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" kind of like how mick does on world turning.
The encores were extremely rushed, lindsey even mentioned that they were running out of time, real quick. This seemed to happen very often on this tour from other boots i've listened to...not sure why.
I remember my parents saying they thought it was kind of crappy that they never introduced all their back up musicians...which I guess is kind of crappy looking back. At least they do it now.
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