Amsterdam, the Netherlands Part 2: Jimmy Eat World

One of the reasons we went to Amsterdam the weekend we did was to see Jimmy Eat World, one of my favorite bands. The doors were supposed to open at 7 and there was an opening act, so logic would dictate that the headliner wouldn’t take the stage until 9 at the earliest (especially on a Friday night). We were running a little late for the show, but made it to the venue right about that time and were surprised to find the band already performing. Not only that, but they finished before 10pm. After checking out the setlist, we only actually missed 3.5 songs (“Always Be” was being played while we checked our coats), which just means it was a really short show. I’ve seen them 3 or 4 times previously and know they played for at least and hour and a half on those occasions so I have no idea what the deal was that night. Regardless of that, though, it was good. We managed to maneuver ourselves fairly close for such a late arrival and were treated to a range of tunes included a handful from Clarity and “Here It Goes,” my favorite from their latest, Chase This Light.

Here are a few pics:







Here’s the setlist (*=song missed):

Big Casino*
Sweetness*
Work*
Always Be*
For Me This is Heaven
Disintegration
Bleed American
Futures
Blister
Here It Goes
Let It Happen
23
Pain
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Your House
Hear You Me
Dizzy
The Middle

And because this doesn’t really fit with anything else from the trip, but is still worthy of sharing, here’s a bit of trend-forecasting from an Amsterdam storefront:


Apparently neon is coming back. Be afraid. (And thank God I got that out of my system in the early 90s)

[ UPDATE: The whole Jimmy Eat World concert is viewable online: ]