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August 13, 2019: Yieldwaukee (Read on SPT Episode 105)

Hi Brad and Brad,

I would first like to comment on the format of your song-by-song on Yieldwaukee.  I love the discussion over the song playing in the background.  It was really great to hear the entire set of Yield, but not lengthen the episode by talking before-and-after the music.  Hopefully you guys keep doing that as you continue through the other front-to-back album shows.  Also, BradL please keep recapping riffs on the acoustic.  Hearing MFC stripped down like that, makes me appreciate the guitars so much more when I listen to the band.  Loved your comment about how well they can pull off 3 guitars with Ed, Stone and Mike.

Episode 104 brought back some nice memories for me, when I saw this show from the upper deck, stage right on Mike's side.  A couple of things I appreciated more after watching this all unfold in person.
  • For quite a while, I used to skip over "No Way" just so I could get to "Given To Fly" faster while listening to this album.  After hearing it live, I grew a much greater appreciation for it and love the "groovy-ness" of Stone's lead and the robust sound of Jeff's bass.  Despite BradB, turning his take on this performance into his own version of a crisper drawer, I loved the performance despite the technical issues throughout.  It's awesome to know I was there the last time it was played.
  • Push Me, Pull Me was another skipper for me.  That changed after hearing Eddie break out of the monotone he provides on the recorded version and exasperates every other word in the lyric.  He almost apologizes to the crowd for what they have to endure (because it's part of the record), but I really felt it was a highlight of the entire set.
You guys also mentioned how this was literally songs 6-17 in the middle of a 37-song set!  I kept apologizing to my wife after the first encore, because she had to get up for work a hell of a lot earlier than I did the next morning (this was on a Monday night!). 

The last thing i want to mention was my favorite monologue Ed had, before going into "All Those Yesterdays." He tells a story about his first beer, where it was Old Milwaukee.  Also, how he remembered the slogan at the time, "Tastes As Great As Its Name," and then proceeds to describe that's one of the reasons why he now drinks wine.

Forced to endure, what I could not forgive,

Chris

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