One of the worst I’ve seen was 11/02/2013. After such an awesome 4 night run (arguably my favorite run I’ve done) a standard Bridgeless was a huge letdown.
Probably not the worst, but off hand since it was ten years ago today… 9/23/10 standard Reso > Ringo ending. Show was good overall but such a blue balls on that Reso.
MoonTower Festival 2017, stand alone SOYCD. I was told before the show that it was going to be the encore and I was a grump the entire time because of it.
I don’t understand this. Like, yeah I get SOYCD being a set eater and taking up precious improv time. But UM encores rarely get any real improv anyway. I would take a standard SOYCD encore 10/10, especially at a fest. It’s a phenomenal song and UM nails it.
Also @jcubson it could def be worse than a standard bridgeless. That song bangs too
I never expect much from UM encores, but for me it’s got to be 9/14/2011- show was pretty special w/ all the rarities played and the tiny crowd, and after a hot 2nd set it was the standardest blueball Higgins you can get for the encore.
The amount of shit this show has gotten on various iterations of the bort over the years is legendary but I’ve never actually listened to it. Can someone tell me why this show was so goddamn bad? Was it surrounded by great shows? Did a whole lot of (at-the-time) borters go to this expecting a major throwdown? Overbearing venue security?
It was actually an exceptional festival show, there was basically no one there so the playing was above par for what I expected…there was just this one part at the end, lol. Can’t win em all.
The venue was god awful and impossible to find. It was an auditorium on Ball State’s campus and it was hard as fuck to even find the building on campus. Walked in while they were mid-DBK even though we showed up plenty of time before showtime and found out afterwards I missed what would have been my first Water (so pissed about that at the time). Then we finally get to the venue looking forward to an adult beverage to find out it was a dry venue that served like…movie theater snacks. Just a super lame venue experience. Then the show was kind of sloppy in general. The setlist looks solid, but the show was not. Completely forgettable show. And then that garbage encore. Really tied the bow on a sour experience. Especially considering we drove all the way back to Cincy after the show was over. Such a letdown.
