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(pictures form the show coming soon)

While the final show of Matthew Good’s tour of the U.S. had few surprises, it was still a remarkable feat of perseverance. Succumbing to food poisoning and bouts of insomnia midway through his state-side journey, Matt had canceled several of his shows, including a coveted spot at the South by Southwest festival in Texas, a gig that could have sparked interest from a whole new audience. Despite Matt’s terrible luck of late, he managed to pull himself together for his last stop at Club Infinity in Buffalo, overcoming sleep deprivation to serenade a packed house of eager fans.

Being a continuation of last year’s “Nothing to Hide” tour, Matt took to the stage alone with only an acoustic guitar in hand and immediately launched into a note perfect rendition of “I’m a Window”, the second single from last summer’s Hospital Music. He then proceeded to play through revamped versions of his older material, like the hit singles “Load Me Up” and “Strange Days” as well as most of the tracks from his latest disc, with some candid conversation thrown in for good measure.

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I’m heading to Buffalo to see Matthew Good perform the last show in his acoustic tour of the U.S. I think this will be the 11th MG show I’ve seen since I started listening to Underdogs at the beginning of the decade. In celebration of today’s show, here are my Top 5 Matthew Good videos:

5. Strange Days. Beautiful Midnight 1999.

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This video was taken from Matthew Good’s 2006 acoustic tour. Israel’s incursion into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah was going on at the time, which explains Matt’s political spiel at the beginning. An interesting song, it exists only in demo form and has yet to appear on any studio release. Here’s hoping. What do you guys think of this song? These are the lyrics in case you can’t make them out.

The Saudis are ever our friends and our allies
The President smokes cigars with their Princes on his lanai
And across the street a mother sleeps with her babys ghost
Wrapped in pink and spotlights

If I was a tidal wave well you know that Id
Rise up and crash your castle gate and leave you high and dry
Disappear you down this trail of busted years to ride the rails and goodbyes

Well my name is propaganda
And my mamas pain is propaganda
If I was a tidal wave
Id let the Union fall
Ya if I was a tidal wave
Id be first against the wall

Back in 1980 Mayor Young he sent the key
To the city of Detroit to praise the best of enemies
Who shook hands with devil, now he runs the DOD
And spends lives

If I was a tidal wave well you know that Id
Rise up and crash your castle gate and leave you high and dry
Disappear you down this trail of busted years to ride the rails and goodbyes

If I was a tidal wave
From coast to coast Id scream
If I was a tidal wave
Id wash this whole place clean