1997-06-29 Roskilde, DEN - Roskilde Festival

 Onwards with Euro '97. Last show before Amsterdam again!

6/29/97 Roskilde Festival

8 songs in 75 minutes - the anti-Ramones set

The song selection is utterly pedestrian, but I'm sure the performance is serviceable.

The set gets off to a great start with a 22 minute You Enjoy Myself, which I can't complain much about. Very strange, but this is the first YEM of the tour - 11 shows in! I guess this is one, like Wilson, they had "shelved" prior to the tour! YEM is a fine, funky version full of energy, but it's nothing you need to rush out to hear. An ordinarily average-excellent reading.

Up next is Taste - the 8th version in 11 shows, my goodness! Yet another excellent, if not mind-blowing rendition. Solid but inessential. Following standard readings of Bouncing and Beauty we go into Chalkdust. Chalkdust is excellent. 8 minutes of rip roaring awesomeness. As with Taste, nothing essential, but great stuff for a casual crowd.

Following some nice Trey banter regarding their 1992 appearance, they move on into Theme From the Bottom. I would say this is one of the highlights for sure. An absolute stellar reading, not really anything special, but totally excellent from start to finish. They kill it.

Character Zero keeps up the energy and rages friggin' hard. Stellar type 1 melt-your-face version. No, seriously, this is an absolutely RIDICULOUS version. Full-tilt, 10/10 fire from the sky. Must hear!!!

Standard hot My Soul to close.

All in all, this show was pretty much what you expect by looking at the setlist. Very enjoyable - the energy and enthusiasm is palpable - but the only thing you really NEED to hear is that Character Zero. Everything else is excellent but nothing else is must-hear.

On to Worm Town!