Highlights from the Mike/Nicole era

[werideatdusk]

Originally Posted by ninsp

I didn't mind them in 2011. I saw them in Tulsa. It was before the wheels really fell off on the Oceania tour since it was a warm up date. XYU was pretty bad but the new stuff sounded good and a few select of the old songs sounded okay. I liked Jeff's e-bow in Tonight, Tonight.

I really like Oceania though. I think it would've been a brilliant 70s prog tribute masterpiece if it was by "Billy Corgan and the Celestials" or something.

So my opinion is minority. Byrne was still horrific live though. If the band had a different drummer that would've been an excellent tour.

I think you saw them on the 2012 Oceania tour... they didnt play XYU or Tonight in the 2011 tour

http://www.spfc.org/tours/date.html?tour_id=1598

[werideatdusk]

Originally Posted by eyeboogers

I don't think your opinion about "Oceania" is in the minority. On the o-board, in the press and on non-netphoria music forums the album was hailed as a return to form. It usually take this board 7-10 years to warm to an album, "TheFutureEmbrace" and "Machina" for instance have undergone a huge positive re-evaluation around these parts. For me "Monuments.." and "Zeitgeist" confirm that Corgan needs some semblance of a band structure around to motivate him, sadly it seems that he has the opposite take on it himself.

This

[Funbags]

Originally Posted by eyeboogers

On the o-board, in the press and on non-netphoria music forums the album was hailed as a return to form.

That's because the phrase seemed to be included in the press release.