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Re: Back from Chicago
Steph wrote:
> they ended on 'Give Me Strength' in Hollywood...it was their last encore.
Wow, that must have been awesome. Now *that's* a great ending. I was
referring to a habit they have of getting the crowd all pumped up and then
playing something slow at the end. And I don't mean slow like "Go Down Easy",
I mean slow like "Like a Radio". There was a stretch there back in 94 or so
when they would end with LaR, and I always thought it was a lousy ender.
That's what I meant by "tradition". Shelly used to describe it as "cutting
your wrists with a plastic knife". While I wouldn't go that far, I would still
prefer to end on an energetic song, leaving the crowd wanting more, and making
it easier to stay awake when trying to get home at 2 am or something. But hey,
YMMV. No biggie.
See ya,
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