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Originally Posted by crashintonickdm
Everyone who followed the band knew by those first 2 Polaris shows that the new songs were incredible.
Also, fall 98 was on the heels of new material coming out. Most of the Audience probably never knew what stone, last stop or spoon was either
Same goes for now, the band should really cater to those who invest time and effort into them. Who cares about those who go for the drugs and booze
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I'm not going to split hairs on what people thought of the new songs in 2000 (it wasn't universal praise) but the amount of people who downloaded and listened to the songs prior to shows was, we can agree, not the majority audience.
Last Stop, Dreaming Tree, Pig, Stone and Spoon weren't played every night of 1998 tour. In fact, in the 2 Fall '98 shows I went to only Last Stop was played. Crush was played everynight - it was a party when they played it. Same with PNP=>Rapunzel. And DDTW and Stay. And anything from Crash or UTTAD.
The band seems to cater to themselves these days, which is fine and to be expected 25+ years in.