Day
3 21st January 2012 (Cozumel, Mexico)
Today
was our stop in Cozumel, Mexico. From 7am until 6pm we were free
to explore the area on organized excursions or on our own. We took a trip
to Passion Island for some time on the beach.
Tequila
was drunk, corn chips and guacamole were eaten before we reboarded the ship for
our trip back to Miami.
Dinosaur
Jr played the
sail away show on this leg of the trip. I took ear plugs along even
though this was outside on the Lido Deck and I’m glad I did. The
amount of makeshift ear plugs by staff and punters was astounding and quite
amusing. Even more amusing was the guy who kept asking for J to
turn his guitar up. The band seemed much more relaxed compared to their
previous show. Even cracking jokes at each other and the crowd.
The set was similar to the Palladium Lounge show but featured an amazing
version of Mountain Man. Probably the greatest moment of the set
was during this song when the captain blew the boats horn as we left
port. Possibly the only thing louder than Dinosaur Jr but it
somehow it fit.
Dinosaur
Jr Setlist:
TBA
After
heading to the dining room for some dinner we decided to visit the Box Office to
see if there was any way we could get tickets to the second Palladium
show. We hadn’t been lucky enough to get tickets to the second Weezer
Palladium show but thought that we would try our luck. At the box office
we had a chat with the Sixthman representative who said “you’re a long way from
home” and looked through a stack of tickets. He said “unfortunately there are no extra tickets to the show” as he slyly handed us tickets to the second
Palladium show! Thank you Sixthman! We headed back to our room on a
high and to get ready for our 3rd Weezer show in as many days.
For
this Weezer show at the Palladium Lounge we were upstairs second
row from the balcony with a fantastic view of the band. Rivers pre
game/show ritual was followed with a kick around on stage (this time in a
sleeveless Kiss Animalize shirt!). Again the set was a mix of
Singes, album tracks and b-sides. The three b-sides, Devotion, Susanne
and You Gave Your Love To Me Softly, sorely missed from the first
Pinkerton shows were given a airing at this show. All were fantastic
especially Susanne. Memories and Trippin’ Down The
Freeway were allot of fun live and much better in a live setting. Pat sang a version of Frank Blacks Los
Angeles which was cool and was a real surprise. Don’t Let Go
was good but like every live version I have heard didn’t really did the
mark live. Tragic Girl was given another outing and was much better at
this show. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived ended the this part of the set and was epic. I’ve always had a soft spot for this song so it was
great to see it live. Karl’s Intermission slideshow was slightly different from
the previous night and we waited to experience Pinkerton again.
Pinkerton was fantastic again but seemed
a bit looser at this show. Maybe the day in the sun made the band
slightly forgettable with Rivers for getting the first line of Getchoo
and stopping to ask the audience what it was. Then Brian forgetting that Across
The Sea required his keyboard skills on the intro. Tired of Sex
and Falling for You were stronger tonight. Again we had a
blast! Thank you Sixthman you made our Cruise.
Setlist:
Memories
Devotion
Susanne
Trippin'
Down The Freeway
Los
Angeles
Longtime
Sunshine
You
Gave Your Love to Me Softly
Don't
Let Go
Tragic
Girl
The
Greatest Man That Ever Lived
“Pinkerton”
Tired
of Sex
Getchoo
No
Other One
Why
Bother?
Across
the Sea
The
Good Life
El
Scorcho
Pink
Triangle
Falling
for You
Butterfly
We
gave Wavves a quick look but they started late and were stuffing around a bit so we
headed to bed as we would catch them tomorrow.
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