Jimmy Eat World: Live at Phoenix Concert Theatre

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Saturday, August 3, 2013
I went to see Jimmy Eat World perform at the Phoenix last night:


Jimmy Eat World played such a big soundtrack for me during middle and high schools (I listened to them through three Discmans, three iPods, and two iPhones) that the show was just an evening of full-blown nostalgia. They released a new album this year which didn't dazzle me as much as their older records, so I was pleased to hear just a few selections from the new record and a much bigger focus on their older material. They played a whopping 20-song setlist and three-song encore that spanned well over 1.5 hours and included favourites from every album they released in the last 14 years: 

  1. "I Will Steal You Back" from Damage
  2. "My Best Theory" from Invented
  3. "Appreciation" from Damage
  4. "Your New Aesthetic" from Clarity
  5. "Futures" from Futures
  6. "Kill" from Futures
  7. "Work" from Futures
  8. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (Taylor Swift cover)
  9. "Damage" from Damage
  10. "Heart is Hard to Find" from Invented
  11. "Hear You Me" from Bleed American
  12. "Let It Happen" from Chase This Light
  13. "Pain" from Futures
  14. "Always Be" from Chase This Light
  15. "No, Never" from Damage
  16. "Lucky Denver Mint" from Clarity
  17. "Goodbye Sky Harbor" from Clarity
  18. "A Praise Chorus" from Bleed American
  19. "Sweetness" from Bleed American
  20. "Bleed American" from Bleed American
  21. Encore: "Chase This Light" from Chase This Light
  22. Encore: "Big Casino" from Chase This Light
  23. Encore: "The Middle" from Bleed American

Jimmy Eat World's rendition of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" was just spectacular (you can see them performing it on Conan here); they took a ridiculously poppy, Top 40 song and really made it their own, another reason why I like Taylor Swift covers so much more than the originals. Needless to say, the audience went apeshit for all the songs from Bleed American, which is their most popular and most relevant album even 12 years later, and is the record responsible for launching them into the mainstream. I don't think there's anyone in my generation (that is to say, born in the mid- to late-'90s) that doesn't know that album, or at least the major singles from it ("Sweetness" will be my favourite Jimmy Eat World song until the day I die). Anyway, don't worry, I didn't take any videos from this show; I just rocked out to 14 years worth of songs and took a long walk down memory lane.
2 comments on "Jimmy Eat World: Live at Phoenix Concert Theatre"
  1. OMG, reading this post totally brings me back to the good 'ol days! -minus the teenage weirdness we both went through. haha

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    1. Lol, I don't think I really had that much teenage weirdness... You, on the other hand... :P

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