Now that I've had more time to get online I'd like to reiterate the importance of The Machine. These guys are totally dedicated. I was very impressed with the level of detail they reached using only a stage of 4 musicians.

Shine On - EVERY SINLE PART. The Entire song. Parts 1 through 9. All of it. Even with an added bonus to the jazzy bit (part 8, I think). They extended it and had some really good jazz for a couple minutes.

Their rendition of Young Lust was some of the best improvisation I've seen in my life. They even led into it with What Shall We Do Now? straight off the The Wall Live. Has that even been done before?

Fearless - so so amazingly well. Had their own intro. It was the one song the whole crowd kept yelling for throughout the show.

Astronomy Domine. Lucifer Sam, Mother, Dogs, Comfortably Numb, Welcome to the Machine, Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Breathe, Time, Hey You, One of These Days.

Another note should be added: One of These Days was the best cover I've ever heard. Recorded, live, professional or amateur. Whatever. This was so amazing I couldn't breath or blink throughout the entire performance.

Keep in mind I come from one of the most musical areas in the world.

I go to Middle Tennessee State University. Before you let that cloud your judgement, it's the largest university in the state. It's top 3 for recording industry, top 3 for public relations, top 10 for journalism and mass media, top 3 for aerospace admin/pilot/maintenance, and top 20 for nursing. Those rankings are nationwide. I might be off a tiny bit on some of them but that's damn close. The college town itself has literally hundreds of college bands. They all come here from all over the world for the recording industry school and they want to start a band when they get here. Secondly, we're 20 minutes from Nashville. "The Country Music Capital of the World." Blah. The city itself is trying so hard to distance itself from that image. Hardly anything "country" goes on there.

I digress. My point is: there's alot going on here for music. And The Machine really upped the ante with their performance. Those guys were some extremely talented musicians.

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