Porcupine Tree Nokia NYC 5/19/07

When I saw them in Baltimore on the 22nd they didn't play FoaBP straight through.They opened with the title track,then 3 songs in did Anesthetize,then scattered the rest of the tunes throughout the set.

Edited by TheProgtologist - May 24 2007 at 11:41

So is anyone else going to see Symphony X friday

Also I have to say this!!

Since I the first time I saw Porcupine tree live at The knitting Factory back in 1999 near the same date I right way knew that PT is a band that has to experience live.
Last night they proved again to me after all those years. Their studios recording are always have been so limited when compare to the live shows. For instant last night they performed the whole new album for start to finish and if you aren't’ too excited about their new material and deadwing your perceptions will change afterwards if they seen live. It is a soundtrack that have to be accompany by a visual showcase in other to get steve wilson idea. Kid stay out drug and violence and parent pay more attention to your children.

Last the band performed brilliantly and no doubt one of the PT concert I ever since musically and visually. The light and the entirely presentation was done to almost to perfection as us the audience was overwhelm by eminence of their songs. What else can I say ?
if they happen to be playing in your city PT is a band that can’t be miss.

Edited by darksideof - May 21 2007 at 01:45

moreitsythanyou wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: did anyone else notice (I think Dan did) at the end of "Halo" when Steve sang "I forgot the words, you better f**kin' believe it" right before the last chorus?  I don't know if that's verbatim what he said but it was along those lines Actually it was "I just forgot the words, can you f&!*in' believe it?" and yes Unexpected bit of fun that almost makes up for them not playing Even Less

Hah, that's awesome.

All I noticed was the curse word, I couldn't make out the rest, so I just thought he was randomly cursing in a song kind of like the wedding singer in the movie "Old School". Hopefully y'all have seen that movie and know what I'm talking about. If not, see the movie, it's very funny.

Oh man, I can't stop thinking about how great the show was. I wish I could see them again on this tour. We really just saw what may be the best prog band of the modern era, entirely in their prime. It's a very good feeling.

heyitsthatguy wrote: did anyone else notice (I think Dan did) at the end of "Halo" when Steve sang "I forgot the words, you better f**kin' believe it" right before the last chorus?  I don't know if that's verbatim what he said but it was along those lines

I found out what that other song is named. It's Half-Light (a Deadwing outtake)

heyitsthatguy wrote: I think that "improvised jam" was "Mother and Child Divide", a non-album Deadwing track

Thanks for the correction. I'm not all that familiar with any of their rarities stuff, but still I should have known that, because that song is on the recent DVD, which I own!

moreitsythanyou wrote: Yeah there was no way that I'd be getting to there at 5. We missed the train. Twice. Anyways, that was an amazing show. Kinda dissapointing that they just played the album in sequence in first. It would have sounded better integrated. 3 were great, too, but their album is nowhere near as good as their live show. Does anyone know which song they played before Sever? Anyways, I believe that I was the only one there with a yellow shirt (although it was usually under my green hoodie) so you might have seen me at some point, So then... yeah...great show.

I met up with Assaf and Abel (avestin & darksideof) and we hung out, and had some Burger King before the show. Fun times! And yeah, the playing the album straight through was a little weird, but I actually liked it, it was a nice change from the way bands usually do things.

I'll type up a set list tomorrow for those who didn't go but are interested, but there was one song I didn't know, probably the one before Sever but I can't remember where it fell in the order.

EDIT: Better type this before I forget it:
Set list (PT, Nokia Theater, May 19th):

Entire Fear of a Blank Planet album in sequence
Lightbulb Son
Open Car
Gravity Eyelids
Drown With Me (In Absentia outtake)
**unknown mellow song**
Sever
Blackest Eyes
Trains
Encore: Improvised Jam (?) and Halo



Edited by enteredwinter - May 20 2007 at 02:08

The Awesome PT LIVE!!!!!!!!!! tomorrow
Aren't we all thrilled?     

Ok cool I'll meet you guys at 5:00 tomorrow God's will.
Also sound cool to go browsing to Virgil Records( too expensive for me even though I have bought almost all my remaster PT cds there and the new one So broke!!!) I go almost once a week to the store I only work 2 blocks away form the Store and I still never get tire going there. other wise if you guys subject another places I'm down.!!!!
I am so excited. Is goona be great I all ready love the new album. I saw them last year at the same place and if you guys haven't been at the nokia theater before the sounds and the acustic sonund is pretty awesome last year. Let's hope is the same tomorrow. And If I am not mistaken PT played the whole "Anesthetize" at that show and I guess maybe that why I like the new stuff so much.
PORCUPINE TREE LIVE TOMORROW IN NEW YORK !!!!!!
I'll see you there!!!!!
Abel Adames

Edited by darksideof - May 18 2007 at 21:40

enteredwinter wrote: avestin wrote: We'll probably be there as well at 17:00   I'll take the advice i got here and go "treasure hunting" in those cd stores written in the previous page.   Does anyone know what the length of the whole show is (including the warm up act)?     This is just my guess, based on the general format for similar shows I have seen in the city: Doors will open at 7, as the ticket says. The opening band, "3", will start at 7:30 and be done at 8:30. PT will set up, begin playing at 8:45, play a two-hour (?) set, and so the whole thing will finish up at 11:00pm, give or take 15 minutes. The only real difference could be if PT has been putting on longer shows than I suggest here, if you need to know for sure you can ask other forum members who have already been to PT shows on this tour.