Los
Angeles, CA - The Palace - 7/27/2000
By Chris
OK--the
anticipation for this show was so sky high that I was expecting more
than the last time I saw them here in 1998. I was just buzzing with
nervousness and excitement. We got there right when No Knife came on and I
must say they impressive. I had seen them a few years back and they there
still kickin ass. Very tight and the guitarists have good timing. Great to
bob your head to.
Sunny Day kicked my
ass. No suits this time. It seemed they were more
relaxed than in their last L.A. show, especially Jeremy. Dan was exactly as
I remembered, jumping around like a homo and loving every second of beautiful
noise he's creating and being a part of. Will took it to those sticks and
was intense on every song.
You all know the setlist
and I must say I had chills throughout most of the
show. They could play virtually any song they've recorded and it would be
an
amazing set. These 4 albums they've created and have shared with us, to me,
are the most incredible pieces of work out there, and I pity the true music
fan that has never heard them or of them.
Sorry just wanted to
get it off my chest. Thank you Sunny Day Real Estate
and stay true to your fans.
By the way, I never
understood the whole "Seven" thing. Why exactly won't
they play it? I mean lets face it, it's an amazing song. I don't care that
they don't play it, I just wanna know why.
Los
Angeles, CA - The Palace - 7/27/2000
By Mike Wiegand
last night i was lucky
enough to see the best show i've ever seen in my life...
here's how it all went down: first...i live in riverside county so me and
my homies
had to leave at about 3:30 to beat traffic on the way up there. We got to
the palace
at about 5:15...and when we arrived there were only about 10 maybe 15 people
in
line...so we cruised down the "walk of fame" stopping only at James
Dean's star
cuz he's a pretty emo guy. when we came back there were about 30 or 40 people...
and Dan and Jeremy walked by...Dan was just smiling and Jeremy was kinda
laid back signing a few autographs...after they left, me and my friends were
lucky
enough to sit in this back alley and catch some of sunny day's sound check
behind
these black doors...i think the most memorable experience from the show was
hearing "every shining time you arrive" in a back alley...and my
friend mikey e.
said the most profound thing...he was like "guys...what you're listening
to right now
is not a record..." and we just sat there realizing how perfect sdre
plays their stuff...
anyways, now on to the show details: we got inside about 7:15...i proceeded
to go
directly to the merch tables where i bought a sunny day shirt (the light blue
one),
and a no knife shirt...then i went inside and parked myself in the fourth
row in the
middle...no knife came on exactly at 8:00 (i was surprised because i've never
been
to a show that started on time)...they absolutely rocked! although i was thoroughly
pissed that the sound men failed to turn up their singers mics enough...so
i just heard
voices, but really couldn't distinguish lyrics...but i was impressed by the
intricate riffs
and just tightness of the band...they went off stage, and after a fat guy
who dug
playing old school rock riffs checked all of sdre's guitars and amps sdre
came on stage
to an uproar of applause...they rocked through the entire set, which i imagine
is probably
the same set they've been playing for the most part on the entire tour:
fool in the photograph (although my friends don't agree, i think is the best
opener)
pillars
one (i heard from someone that they were filming the video for it so i threw
my
hands up attempting to be seen)
the ocean
killed by an angel
guitar and video games
snibe (probably one of the best they played)
every shining time you arrive
disappear
tearing in my heart (i've been working on tabbing it, seeing jeremy and dan
do it helps)
j'nuh
encore (the entire crowd applauded for several minutes w/stomping in between)
8
the rising tide (an amazing spectacle, that's all i got to say)
in circles ( hearing every one scream the words at the top of their lungs
was awesome,
i'm still hoarse...cough, cough...hack, hack,,,,)
it was all i dreamed it would be and more...they are by far my favorite band
in every way...
amazingly only one person yelled for "seven"...after people started
yelling for "rodeo jones"
and "song about an angel" jeremy was like "my goodness, sorry
this is not request hour"
the highlight of the show was Dan saying "the radio doesn't get us, the
telvision doesn't
get us...but f*ck them, we got you guys...." everyone just busted up...
later,
skinnyness