review by yaron
Last night show in San Sebastian was yet another great show in the
never ending list of Radiohead shows.

The venue was really great. its really small (my guess about 2000
seats maybe a bit less) near the ocean. there are some big windows
inside it so you can have a great view of the beach and the sea.

i arrived there at about 18 and met the people who bought tickets
for me. quoue up for about half an hour and got my tickets. they
were way in the back and up in the tribune. row 34 out of 40. but
i didnt care too much because i have my tickets from waste for the
next 2 shows.

from were i sat the view was great. i could see the band
perfectly. but what REALLY amazed me was how great the sound was.
its my 14th Radiohead show and the sound was definitely the best
one i´ve heard heard. it was just like listening to a live
recoring at home. Thom voice sounds great as well as the other
band. the crowd was also quite quiet even in the more quiet songs
like exit music which is kind of rare. so it was definitely a rare
oportuinity to really enjoy those songs.

and for the first time in this tour i really started to appreciate
some of the songs. Idiotheque was the best song for me. It sounded
so good I cant really explain it. Climbing Up the walls sounded
great too.

I heard some rumours that Thom was really pissed because of the
fans are everywhere in the city and he could just go quietly
without being bothered. but i couldnt notice it on the show. Thom
was somewhat quiet before the 1st encode and didnt even introcuded
most of the songs. i liked the part in the begining where thom
said we´re going to play some new songs and then some old songs
and then go to a pizza..

But it seemed to me the crowd wasnt really into the show , at
least the crowd in the area where i seated. no one really stood up
until the very end. and they were also quite quiet. i heard that
the crowd in the front was better. i guess i will check it out
today and tomorrow.

another thing was that i was kind of disappointed that they havent
played anything that they havent played in tour before. i was
hopeing for MPS or True Love Waits. They have quite a lot of songs
to choose for , but i guess they dont have to if they dont want
to. I was happy to hear ¨Like a Spinning Plate¨ again. it was
really great and went out without any noticable mistakes this
time. I also felt like they could play a few more songs of The
Bends. My Iron Lung is ok , but I also want some more if possible.
Just , FPT and SS were all played during this tour and they all
sounded great. There was also no Karma Police but I didnt care
about it too much.

So that it. in the end I am happy I went to this show. Definitely
a different experience than Porto & Lisbon. Too bad I couldnt
stand and dance and ¨Feel¨ the show. but its a nice chance. I am
looking forward to the other shows. only 5 more to go......

Yaron