Totally different perspective from down front, I was in the third row on the center aisle (thank you WilcoWorld presale!). The last time I saw them (Sayreville, NJ May '06) Jeff seemed in a crappy mood. Very stand-offish with a wool hat pulled down over his eyes. (Didn't impact the music much.) By comparison he seemed positively giddy Saturday night. I think some of his comments got lost over the distance, he pretty much acknowledged the mix of upbeat and slower stuff and he said "you'll be down and up all night, you'll be used to it if you're Catholic". (and the Foo Fighter thing was a comment on them winning the grammy, he called them "neanderthals" then said "you know I'm joking, right?") You should have seen Jeff grinning from ear to ear when Pat & Nels were trading licks during "Hoodoo Voodoo".
I think way too much is being made over the whole standing thing. It sure didn't seem as if the band cared. One thing I can tell you for certain was that the crowd roar they heard was pretty impressive.
Security down front clearly didn't care what you were doing, as long as you had a ticket to be down there. They shooed people away who were standing in the center aisle but typically gave them enough time to take a quick picture.
Sound in front was great. This is often not the case at the Tower with the "flying" PA but there were a couple of stage monitors pointing our way that made all the difference in the world.
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We were in row DD (about 9 rows from the stage), aisle seats right/center. Sound was phenomenal. Sitters and standers co-existed nicely. Surely seemed to me that Wilco had a great time performing at the show and was more than appreciative of the crowd. My first Wilco show and I was simply blown away by their craftsmanship. Seen many, many live performances and this one is near or at the top of my list. Tweedy's performance on On and On and On gave the song an entirely new complexion for me. My only disappoinment was that they didn't play a single song from AM.
My wife is 6mos pregnant and she said the baby was dancing throughout the concert too!
Tower Theater, Philadelphia, PA 02/23/08
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We were in row DD (about 9 rows from the stage), aisle seats right/center. Sound was phenomenal. Sitters and standers co-existed nicely. Surely seemed to me that Wilco had a great time performing at the show and was more than appreciative of the crowd. My first Wilco show and I was simply blown away by their craftsmanship. Seen many, many live performances and this one is near or at the top of my list. Tweedy's performance on On and On and On gave the song an entirely new complexion for me. My only disappoinment was that they didn't play a single song from AM.
My wife is 6mos pregnant and she said the baby was dancing throughout the concert too!
Will not miss another Wilco show. Lesson learned.