, attached to 1993-02-05

Review by DollarBill

DollarBill Second time at the Roseland in as many years on the third night of the tour we find ourselves with a good Page show. Nice recording and great job by Paul as the mix gets better each song except for a few feedback peeps here and there.

Great Llama to start off with leads right into a solid Guelah. Pretty tight first set so far. Rift is on fire, but not always in a good way. Fish is playing so fast that the song almost gets off track. Melt is good and the feedback I alluded to earlier comes out in the monitors making the boys go "Whoa!" several times working it in as funny additional lyrics. Sparkle was standard. Woo Hoo!! A Punch bust-out is great to hear including the dance instructions. A little sloppy, but great to hear. IDK is funny as usual with Fish actually playing a picture of Otis Redding? Poor Heart was good. Reba had a good intro section then fell off a little. First Mike, then Trey had a little trouble in the middle, but Page holds it all together with Fish. Nice ending solo from Trey. Bowie starts off with the Vibe of Life and signals. Good Bowie overall to end a good solid first set.

Nice Curtain to open second set. An average Tweezer includes a great Funkytown jam tonight. The Horse was played on acoustic again, surprisingly with little to no feedback. Silent was ok, still odd on the timing of the delays and Page's vocal lines. Paul and Silas brings back the bluegrass flavor, well played. Ice was pretty good featuring Page, who is now loud as hell in the mix, although I'm not complaining. YEM is a little loose in some parts, but again, great Page parts, good ending solos, and vocal jam including the "church choir" ending. Page teases the choir chord going into HYHU. Funny intros of Brad and some other guy were heard before a nice Love You and a long vacuum solo. Coil is dedicated to future wife Sofi, which brings out more great playing from Page tonight. Standard Tweeprise ending wraps this set up nicely.

Grace is getting better each time they sing it. The modulation is still a killer. Nice Cup encore brings on even more great Page playing. That piano got a work out tonight.

This was kind of a three to three and a half star show for me, but I'm pushing it up to four mostly because of Page's playing.


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