Atlanta, GA July 21st

was Bernard talkative or more business-like in ATL? Heard he was fairly quiet for the last half of the Austin show. I always love when he gets talking....

not a chatterbox, and not all business. it was HUMID and I think that if not for the weather he would have talked more. A mix of both.

I think before Close Range was when he told a joke. He said he wrote the next song about a friend of his who was an addict. And one night he found his friend... "pissing on my leg..."

Or something like that. I always find it hard to hear exactly what they're saying at concerts.

Anyone else on here hear that.?.

Gillian is so reserved its a little awkward. We broke her down though. By the end of the night we actually had her smiling and making eye contact with us.

Saw them in Oct and he was very chatty and joking but it was hard to make out everything he was saying. In Austin he started out very talkative - saying that they always got into trouble there and they were scared to come back but they were older and wiser now. He also joked around between the 1st few songs but didn't say much at all the rest of the show. (Not even the annoying "c'mon!" he does during LWTUA.) I read after a gig he had to ice his knee and he did fall on stage at Coachella. From the front row in Austin it looked like he might have been in pain. He wasn't dancing and just kinda walked the stage during the dance #s. His mobility looked restricted.

Not sure about ATL but in TX they open w/ "howdy, y'all" which sounded very funny. In Dallas Bernard did LWTUA in a cowboy hat and sunglasses and in Austin he was wearing a silly western shirt at the beginning which Gillian put on for the encore.

Gillian was tweeting about somebody in the front row yawning during the set. I wonder if that put Bernard off a bit. (The yawning, not the tweet.)

good to hear. I enjoy when he talks a bit more with the crowd. He talked a good bit in Oakland in both 05 and 12. I think he brings something to the show -- a bit of game guessing what he says sometimes, but always fun and sometimes outlandishly funny....

He wasn't very talkative but at one point he did mention hurting his knee the night before (it was actually right after he got up and jumped off the drum section of the stage). He didn't do any dancing the rest of the night.

I can't believe the rain stopped 5 minutes before the show.

I never liked Bernard singing Atmosphere but hearing that song live kind of just made me freeze.

Holy Ghost was great, and that DJ was awesome.

I think Here To Stay might have been my favorite performance of the night.

Agree on Atmosphere. The music was perfect. My wife and I thought that doing JD as an encore was kind of a buzz kill, and ended the concert on a downer. I would have rather they did that 1/2 was through.

Isolation was the worst part for me. 'Do do do do do' WTF????!?!?!??!?!??!?!?!!? They should drop this and do Transmission.

World was the biggest surprise -- sounded fantastic.

Close Range was the only NO one I would tell them to drop and pick up another NO track. Something from Movement...?

I too loved Here to Stay last year and am glad it has been brought back. It's a stormer live and something nice for people not up on recent output.

jasonk848 wrote: He wasn't very talkative but at one point he did mention hurting his knee the night before (it was actually right after he got up and jumped off the drum section of the stage). He didn't do any dancing the rest of the night.

I can't believe the rain stopped 5 minutes before the show.

I never liked Bernard singing Atmosphere but hearing that song live kind of just made me freeze.

Holy Ghost was great, and that DJ was awesome.

I think Here To Stay might have been my favorite performance of the night.

My fantasy set would have included Sunrise, Everything's Gone Green, Slow Jam, Hellbent, and We All Stand. Of course I knew none of those would be played. So with my expectations properly tempered, I thought it was a great show. The rain ending right before they came on seemed almost providential...