Chris_H_2 wrote:this pretty much is the perfect setlist. i don't see how they ever top this:
Sea of Love
Eucalyptus
Deep End (Paul's in Pieces)
I Should Live in Salt
Demons
Don't Swallow the Cap
Afraid of Everyone
Slow Show
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness
Guilty Party
Wasp Nest
Humiliation
Murder Me Rachael
Guest Room
Slipping Husband
Available
Start a War
Grease in Your Hair
Turn Off the House
Smoke Detector
Santa Clara
Rylan
Hornets
Carin at the Liquor Store
Tour Manager
Graceless
About Today
Encore:
Daughters of the Soho Riots
Cherry Tree
Terrible Love
Send for Me
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
The night before was:
Once Upon a Poolside
Tropic Morning News
New Order T-Shirt
Squalor Victoria
Bloodbuzz Ohio
I Need My Girl
Apartment Story
Brainy
Lemonworld
Sorrow
Looking for Astronauts
Lit Up
Abel
Runaway
Conversation 16
Alien
Crumble (Live debut)
Laugh Track
Mistaken for Strangers
Day I Die
Light Years
Pink Rabbits
England
Fake Empire Encore: Weird Goodbyes
Mr. November
Space Invader
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
With Vanderlyle being the only song repeated the two nights.
No Lucky You though so clearly room for improvement.
Re: The National
Posted: Wed October 11, 2023 8:57 pm
by oasisfan35
Norah Jones is Playing Along wrote:The National
Matt Berninger and Bryce Dessner of The National join Norah by the fireplace to talk about and play songs from their amazing new album, The First Two Pages of Frankenstein. They fill her in on what it was like to come together as a band while living in far away places, the inspiration for the album, and writers block. Matt's warm baritone inspires Norah to ask for a duet on the first-ever acoustic performance of a decade-old song. Recorded 4/29/23.
Re: The National
Posted: Sat October 21, 2023 12:39 am
by oasisfan35
Scaled back About Today still hits...
Re: The National
Posted: Sat October 21, 2023 12:45 am
by Simple Torture
The newest Cherry Tree vinyl shipped today. Outside chance it arrives at my house tomorrow, but it’ll be Monday at the latest.
Re: The National
Posted: Sat October 21, 2023 1:01 am
by oasisfan35
Simple Torture wrote:The newest Cherry Tree vinyl shipped today. Outside chance it arrives at my house tomorrow, but it’ll be Monday at the latest.
Oohh excitin'
Bryce mentions putting together a live album on the podcast noting how different the songs are in the studio and live, this may not be possible at their stage but if they pull together a tour of smaller venues... oh boy.
Listened to Frankenstein yet again over the weekend and it is still tremendous to me.
edit: Really enjoy listening to Bryce talk about music. Also Norah Jones subtly telling Matt to save his voice.
edit2: Around 49:change they discuss not singing to the back of the room... LISTEN MATT!
Re: The National
Posted: Sat October 21, 2023 6:59 pm
by Simple Torture
Simple Torture wrote:The newest Cherry Tree vinyl shipped today. Outside chance it arrives at my house tomorrow, but it’ll be Monday at the latest.
I was trying to wait until Monday to be surprised by the package, but I gave into temptation and checked on Reddit.
Saw them last night and it was great. I think my favorite part of the show was the middle of the set where they played Baby We’ll Be Fine, Cherry Tree (so good), and Wasp Nest.
We'll get on a plane this afternoon to fly to Houston to see them again tomorrow night. We actually bought tickets for Houston before they added Tulsa. We’ve not gone to see a show in Tulsa on a week night in a long time. It’s about a 90min drive one way.
Looking forward to tomorrow.
Re: The National
Posted: Fri November 17, 2023 3:32 pm
by Simple Torture
Man, I wish I still went to shows.
I got the Laugh Track LP a few days early but haven’t listened to it yet, I’ll try to give it a spin today. Even though the digital came out like 2 months ago, I still have only listened to the first two singles.
Re: The National
Posted: Fri November 17, 2023 3:46 pm
by Chris_H_2
i'm still bewildered by them releasing the song laugh track as a single presumably for no other reason than it's the album title and has phoebe bridgers on it. the song is one of the weakest on both albums.
Re: The National
Posted: Fri November 17, 2023 10:45 pm
by oasisfan35
Chris_H_2 wrote:i'm still bewildered by them releasing the song laugh track as a single presumably for no other reason than it's the album title and has phoebe bridgers on it. the song is one of the weakest on both albums.
I feel they like working with artists of other mediums so the support for the 'video' was paramount:
The National wrote:Directed and animated by Bernard Derriman (@bernard.derriman)
3D Laugh Track animation by Adam Phillips (@chluaid)
Special thanks refused by Jon Schroeder
They've hit a pretty solid level of stardom so helping anyone out might be playing a heavy hand.
Re: The National
Posted: Fri November 17, 2023 11:00 pm
by oasisfan35
dad wrote:Saw them last night and it was great. I think my favorite part of the show was the middle of the set where they played Baby We’ll Be Fine, Cherry Tree (so good), and Wasp Nest.
We'll get on a plane this afternoon to fly to Houston to see them again tomorrow night. We actually bought tickets for Houston before they added Tulsa. We’ve not gone to see a show in Tulsa on a week night in a long time. It’s about a 90min drive one way.
I’m in Houston for the show tonight. Looks like they’ve been playing Space Invader; I definitely want that one. Would love Cherry Tree or Available or some other oldies. Here’s to hoping!
Re: The National
Posted: Sat November 18, 2023 10:56 pm
by dad
4/5 wrote:I’m in Houston for the show tonight. Looks like they’ve been playing Space Invader; I definitely want that one. Would love Cherry Tree or Available or some other oldies. Here’s to hoping!
I’ll be there as well!
Re: The National
Posted: Sat November 18, 2023 11:17 pm
by 4/5
dad wrote:
4/5 wrote:I’m in Houston for the show tonight. Looks like they’ve been playing Space Invader; I definitely want that one. Would love Cherry Tree or Available or some other oldies. Here’s to hoping!
I’ll be there as well!
Nice! I’ve had enough bbq and pregame beers, ready for the show!
Re: The National
Posted: Sat November 18, 2023 11:34 pm
by dad
oasisfan35 wrote:
dad wrote:Saw them last night and it was great. I think my favorite part of the show was the middle of the set where they played Baby We’ll Be Fine, Cherry Tree (so good), and Wasp Nest.
We'll get on a plane this afternoon to fly to Houston to see them again tomorrow night. We actually bought tickets for Houston before they added Tulsa. We’ve not gone to see a show in Tulsa on a week night in a long time. It’s about a 90min drive one way.
