From: Jamie Pruden

Well, I finally made it to my first Goo show... July 18 at the 
Fillmore in San Francisco. What an awesome experience...

Dishwalla opened and while the crowd was pretty mellow during the 
first couple of songs, it got pretty live later on in the set, 
especially during their current radio hit, "Counting Blue Cars." For 
those who haven�t seen them live or heard their other stuff, they 
sound quite a bit like Simple Minds, but better. I�m getting their 
album. Nuff said.

The Goos came out with "Naked" and the smoke thing as someone else 
mentioned in another review. Pretty cool effect. Lots of tasty 
lighting effects during the show that enhanced the experience.

The Goos were in fine form and seemed to be having a really good 
time. Johnny mentioned that this was the 242nd show of this tour and 
that they always celebrated this occurrence... Here is the set list:

Naked
Burning Up
Fallin� Down
Million Miles Away
Lucky Star
Impersonality
Eyes Wide Open
Long Way Down
Only One
We are the Normal
Something Bad
-I missed a song here-
Another Second Time Around
Disconnected
Cuz You�re Gone 
Name
Girl Right Next to Me
Slave Girl
Flat Top

Encore 1
Don�t Change
Two Days in February (They played around with this. I hadn�t heard the 
song before, so I was really amused when Johnny sang, "Glycerine" 
insted of "It�s Alright" in the chorus of the song. He stopped and 
said, "I was just checking to see if you were paying attention...")

Encore 2
Never Take the Place of Your Man
Stop the World

I didn't get the feeling that the crowd was a bunch of old time Goo 
fans... most of them seemed to just sort of rock to the music except 
during Name, Long Way Down and Naked. Some of them even sparked the 
lighters during Name (BARF!) There were a few old timers there that 
yelled for Up Yours (including me) but it didn't happen.

The Goos were really animated (especially Robbie) and interacted a 
bunch with the people in the crowd (including Johnny flipping off 
someone who flipped him off from the balcony.) Mike broke his snare 
drum during the show. Talk about bashing the skins!

All in all, a great show- probably the best show I've ever been 
to...

Have a Goo day !

Jamie Pruden