Introduction

A show well worth tracking down. Lots of goodies including “Any Way You Want It ’’, “ Spit ’’, a brief playing of “ Burn Bitch Burn ’’ and one of the best versions of 100,000 Years you’ll ever hear.

Background

The 17^th show of the 21-date Konvention tour.

Video Specifics

Tripod shot from Gene’s side of the stage. Well filmed with very few heads getting in the way throughout the performance. In case you care, Paul is wearing a black sleeveless shirt, Gene is wearing a light coloured long sleeve top and Bruce is wearing a multicoloured top.

The Show

Rock Bottom- Paul says “ do you want to hear old stuff ? ’’. An enthusiastic opener.

Plaster Caster- Gene seems to fprget the first part of the second verse (or does he ?). The crowd doesn’t know it either. At the end of the song, Gene bounces up and down in his chair simulating a sex act.

Comin’ Home- a solid effort by all.

Goin’ Blind- an audience member yells “ Goin’ Blind ’’. Gene says “ ok ’’ then the band starts to play.

Sure Know Something- a lot of audience members are holding up sign with song titles on them. I can’t remember seeing such a thing at the other shows on this tour.

Take Me- lots of hair tossing by Paul throughout the song.

Domino- “ it’s a thick one ’’. A better version then most of the arena versions, which tend to drown out the vocals. The audience gets to sing the spoken word ending but they don’t do a great job.

Do You Love Me ?- the crowd sings the intro part, the band does the rest.

Sweet Pain- the crowd knows the words and sings while the band plays what they can. The song is played about halfway before it is halted.

C’mon and Love Me- a faithful playing.

Hide Your Heart- one of the more rarely played songs on the Convention tour and also one that works better acoustically then in an arena setting.

Burn Bitch Burn- the intro riff is played then Gene sings the first few words before the song is quickly aborted.

Let Me Know- Gene sings the first verse and Paul sings the second. Paul then admits

“ we don’t know it ’’, the song is then ended. A decent effort by why it was stopped when it was is rather puzzling.

World Without Heroes- a Convention tour staple. Well played except for the crowd noise near the end of the song. However, the way the end of the song is dragged out by Gene, I can see why the crowd was making noise.

Hard Luck Woman- a standard Konvention tour performance.

Every Time I Look at You- just like the album version except for the crowd noise near the end of the song, again.

Nothin’ to Lose- the band seems to be looser then on the previous songs, which seemed to be scripted and stiff.

Callin’ Dr. Love- the audience and Gene sing equal portions of this song. Ok, Gene sings a little more.

God of Thunder- the typical Convention tour countrified version. Gene makes reference to Sudbury, no girls around and farm animals. He did this at the Montreal Convention show as well, two days later.

Million to One- Paul sings the first line of the song. The crowd can’t remember any of the song. The song is quickly abandoned.

Tonight You Belong to Me- the song gets played and sung for about ¾ of the song then Paul says “ we don’t know the words to this one ’’. Huh ?

Christine Sixteen- a decent version. We don’t get to see Gene for the last part of the song because 2 girls get up and obstruct our view.

Got to Choose- Paul holds up a small sign prior to the song then discards it. Lots of hair shaking by Paul through out the song. The audience, without encouragement, claps near the end of the song.

Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em- Paul plays the opening riff. The crowd sings and Gene smiles at the good lines in the song (stiff proposition and lift your dress).

Spit- Gene and the audience take the lead on this one. Paul (who completely forgets the words) adlibs his parts. Almost the entire song is done.

Room Service- the band manages to get about halfway through the song.

Any Way You Want It- Gene takes the lead and does a very admirable job. A breath of fresh air to hear this long, lost Alive II studio track.

100,000 Years- a great version, one of the best you’ll ever hear.

I Still Love You- a rather decent version but it didn’t do anything for me.

Almost Human- Paul plays the opening riff. Gene says “ we don’t know this one ’’. Needless to say, the song dies a quick death.

2000 Man- the audience sings while the band plays. Paul tries to sing some of the song but doesn’t do a good job.

Love Gun- an ok version but it doesn’t really work well acoustically.

I- the band plays and the audience (and Gene) sing some of the song. It is aborted about halfway through.

I Want You- if you’ve seen any Revenge shows then you know the audience sings the intro part of the song and the band does the rest. At the end of the song, Gene does a mock top hat

Heaven’s on Fire- a few crowd members attempt the opening. One person takes the lead and actually gets up on stage and sings. An energetic effort by the guy including the leg kicks !

I Love It Loud- a decent version despite the audience member sounding a little out of tune.

Lick It Up- the band stands and the audience member sings most of the song. Paul does a bit of singing as well.

Rock and Roll All Nite- see above without the last sentence.

Overall

This show is a keeper. My only complaint is that the band seemed a little too static and stiff at times compared to other shows from this tour. Overall, an 8.5 out of 10.