Brian Fallon - Sleepwalkers (February 9, 2018) Album • Page 42

This was just reuploaded if anyone hasn't seen it. Revival Tour 2011 with Brian, Chuck Ragan, Dave Hause, Dan Andriano. Incredible show.

This version of "Great Expectations" (starts at 6:46) is one of the most emotional performances ever.

 

Holy fucking shit, I cannot wait to watch this tomorrow morning. You’re a goddamn saint.

 

My pleasure -- years ago I had downloaded this show and lost it on an old computer so I'm pumped it's back. Them all playing 59 Sound towards the end, all drenched in sweat from the long show, is must watch.

 

Update: I'm halfway through Dave Hause's performance and it's re-affirming my pride for being from Philly haha

 

Handwritten
Mae
Mulholland Drive
We Came to Dance
Miles Davis and the Cool
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Casanova Baby
The Backseat
Dark Places
Stay Lucky
She Loves You
American Slang

That's 12 in no order. Gaslight only.

 

1. Little Nightmares
2. Watson
3. Sleepwalkers
4. If Your Prayers Don't Get to Heaven
5. Nepture
6. My Name is the Night
7. Come Wander With Me
8. See you on the other side
9. Her Majestys service
10. Etta James
11. Forget Me not

Huge gap

12. Proof of life

 

Only if Handwritten the song isn't first.

 

Sleepwalkers vinyl on Amazon went from 'shipping in 1 to 4 weeks' to being back in stock on Feb. 26. My original arrival date was March 19. Now it's next Tuesday. Pumped!

 

Mine arrived from Amazon yesterday!

 

Interesting.

I also ordered Painkillers, so there may have been a wait on that too. I also noticed that Sleepwalkers is now only $18. It was $22 when I initially made the order.

 

the setlists for the European tour are fuckin' beautiful. cannot wait for this summer.

 

I'm so excited to see him and Dave on Friday

 

I should have got Painkillers when it was $11 now it's $20

 

Setlists are great, but can't believe he doesn't consider Neptune and Watson "must plays".

 

Also, weird there is no keyboard player ??? These songs are filled with keys.

 

Yeah, like I get it, Brian and Ian are good guitarists in their own right, but you're gonna need those keys to really fill things out. Alex Rosamillia plays the keys well, I'm sure he'd be down to do it.

 

Neptune is pretty skippable for me. I enjoy Watson though.

 

I think the 1-2 punch of Neptune-Watson is my favorite part of the album.

 

*Little Nightmares-Sleepwalkers haha

 

Same here, but I include SYOTOS as a 3-way punch. Best part of the album for sure in my opinion.

"I never held any grudges, or kept any pictures" is one of my favorite lyrics/phrasing on the album, along with "bank robber" and "the same electricity humming"

 

I'm also getting close to making the argument that Proof of Life is a bottom 10 Brian Fallon song.

It's the only thing on the album that's not clicking in as GREAT to me. Like most of his lesser works, it's certainly not a bad song, it just pales in comparison to the other 11 on Sleepwalkers or to anything on Painkillers.

I know some others like it, so no offense intended, just my opinion. Maybe it will click for me later, like Etta James did.

 

I present to you all the best live performance of Old White Lincoln ever recorded.

There used to be a pro-quality version of this, but it got taken down unfortunately

 

It’s not. Spare yourself any future regret. It may be your 12th favourite song on the album, but one song has to be. I’ve said it before, it’s like the closer of Side A (tracks 1-6), and meant to change up the music flow of the album. It encapsulates the theme of the album, just like See You On The Side. It’s a fantastic record. Live with the song for a while. Album came out less than a month ago...if you listen through his discography a year from now and feel the same then make a case.

I’d say he doesn’t have 10 bad songs.

 

I strongly disagree. For me, Proof of Life is a highlight on the album. And this is an album for me where it is hard to pick highlights as I think it is extremely consistent quality-wise and absolutely jam-packed with top-notch songs. On several listens-through now though Proof of Life has stood out to me.

I tried doing a ranking of songs and I honestly can't. Even my earlier statement that the 1-2 punch of Neptune-Watson might be my favorite moment on the album doesn't feel entirely honest as it seems to take away from something like Etta James - which has fast risen right up towards the top of all-time Brian Fallon songs for me - or the title track which I feel is one of the most exciting things Brian has done in a long time with the way it brings in the very New Orleans sounding horns but in a way that feels totally organic and perfect for the song.

If I had to pick my least favorite song on the album I still have to go with Her Majesty's Service, but honestly I would rank it as a 4 or 4 1/2 star song on an album with 11 five star songs alongside it. It is by no means a bad song in any way shape or form whatsoever.

 

Oh god the end is legendary when he keeps going as everyone applauds.