Jones Beach is a great place to see a show. There's no bad seat. The bad news was, we sat in heavy rain through Incubus' entire performance. The good news was, they were SO GOOD, we didn't mind. SOAKED, and still loving every minute of it!
I've never seen Incubus play, in fact I own only two of their songs. I had heard they put on a good live show. Still, I didn't expect to LOVE them as much as I did. They were GREAT! When you listen to songs you've never heard before and you're still drawn in, you know they're GOOD. The lead has a great voice. He's fun too watch. When you look at his face and his body language you can see that he feels every word. You can't help but be drawn in. This show has made me a BIG Incubus fan. I'm working on adding their songs to my library right NOW! Finally, I know they could have blown it out of the park when finishing up, but instead they respected the headliners and ended on a mellow note.
After hearing only Incubus, I was already happy with the show, but much to my delight there was MORE GOOD TO COME! I'd say, TOP 5 shows, EVER!
Linkin Park opened with Faint, which happens to be one of my favorite LP songs. This and the end of the heavy rain, was a GREAT START! After that I wasn't loving the next song. The music and lyrics seemed to be fighting each other. I was worried then, thinking Linkin Park may not be as good live as I'd hoped. THANKFULLY that opinion quickly changed. With each song, they were better and better and better...AMAZING! They were FANTASTIC, KILLER...every good adjective I can think of. LP is the whole package. GREAT music. GREAT performances, GREAT voices, TONS of ENERGY, TONS of heart...meaningful and FUN lyrics that HIT HOME! They're just SO original! I LOVE IT!! I love seeing the leads playing instruments and these guys were on the guitar, keyboard, piano and drums! THE energy was INTOXICATING!
Chester...WOW! This GUY puts it ALL out there - he's an incredible performer...and BUNDLE of energy...fun - dancing - JUST GREAT!! I didn't want it to end.
I also like that they used their light show and props to further enhance each song, but didn't rely on them.
The show was a perfect mix of old and new...with a few new songs thrown in at the beginning, and then upping the anti with each song they played. They played a medley of some big radio play songs, using an original arrangement. I loved it, since it's a great way to sneak in the best of the overplayed hits & still keep them interesting.
These guys are talented - the REAL DEAL - I'd see them again and again and again...in fact, I had tickets to see them in Philly 2 days later and COULD NOT WAIT!