Munich 2003 (Full Concert) - audio only:
To this day this is THE essential concert for me! It was my first one and the reason I became a fan and - to this day - I still doubt I'll ever see a better show by any artist.
There is only a quite shitty audience recording around and I spent some days trying to improve the sound - it's still far from great but listenable.
Some notes about the show:
- Even before it started I thought a thunderstorm was coming up! Turned out the fans under the Olympic roof had started a Laola-wave which was that loud and went on for 15 minutes through the entire stadium without a break. It was also the BJ concert in Munich with the most tickets sold - the infield was packed into the last corner.
- Jon's energy was sky high from the first second they hit the stage. He really pushed himself and the band to new heights that night.
- He did his usual "long, record breaking night in Munich" banter, but this time it was true. Just listen to the way he started songs like Everyday or It's My Life.
- Keep The Faith had him going into some sort of "big boom" improvisation along with Sympathy For The Devil.
- During Runaway Jon had some sort of eye contact or something with people in the front row which lead to him screwing the lyrics. He got back and even made some quick remark about it around the first chorus.
- I didn't know Diamond Ring before the show, but it blew me away with Richie playing the song on his electric guitar (he was set for Heroes, but Jon changed the song on the spot).
- Saturday Night had a long middle part with some lines of Jersey Girl and during the outro Jon was having some fun with Tico which lead him to a remark about it before launching straight into Just Older.
- Near the end of Undivided Jon stopped singing the last slow chorus and the stadium sang the song back to him - knowing it word by word even though it never was a single. Goosebump moment.
- During Rockin' All Over The World Jon teased the audience with the typical "they're getting tired..." banter. What happend was that actually the back of the stadium started singing the "I like it" parts so loud that it came back to the stage like a thunderwave!
- The Bad Medicine / Shout combo was insane with Jon introducing each band member specifically and them jamming on and on. That kind of stuff I haven't seen since then and I sorely miss it.
- After These Days the band looked like they were about to finish but Jon shouted "one more song ready" with a big grin on his face and launched into a sheer endless rendition of Twist & Shout.
- After the legendary "thunderstorm-and-pouring-rain" concert in Munich on the OWN with 4 encores this one pretty much set the myth about the band's concerts there to heights that won't be reached again.
Even though the audio is average at best (gets better after a few songs - it always does in Munich...), I get lost in this show every time again. I don't think I listened to any other recording as much as did to this.
01. Intro
02. Bounce [01:30]
03. You Give Love A Bad Name [04:37]
04. Wild In The Streets [08:22]
05. Livin' On A Prayer [14:02]
06. "Good Evening Munich" [20:21]
07. Everyday [21:06]
08. Lay Your Hands On Me [24:13]
09. Keep The Faith w/ extended middle part [30:13]
10. Wanted Dead Or Alive [39:52]
11. In These Arms [45:24]
12. It's My Life [51:50]
13. Bed of Roses [55:49]
14. The Distance [1:04:28]
15. Runaway [1:11:02]
16. Diamond Ring [1:16:02]
17. Heroes [1:20:26]
18. Someday I'll Be Saturday Night w/ parts of Jersey Girl [1:25:10]
19. Just Older[1:34:23]
20. I'll Be There For You (Richie Sambora on lead vocals) [1:40:07]
21. Something To Believe In [1:48:49]
22. Undivided [1:55:27]
23. Born To Be My Baby [2:00:28]
24. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead w/ Rockin' All Over The World [2:07:07]
25. Raise Your Hands [2:17:00]
Encore #1:
26. Misunderstood [2:26:12]
27. Captain Crash & The Beauty Queen From Mars [2:30:00]
28. Bad Medicine [2:34:56]
29. Shout w/ band introductions [2:42:00]
Encore #2:
30. These Days [2:50:01]
31. Twist & Shout [2:56:33]
08-30-2014, 12:06 PM
