Red Mosquito

mookie wrote:

"Stop trying to hide behind that drum kit Ricky Ramone, I'm going to kick you in the 'gina"

Fuzzcharger wrote:
"Stop trying to hide behind that drum kit Ricky Ramone, I'm going to kick you in the 'gina"

matt reeder wrote:I wish I could take your ticket...I'd love to see another show this tour besides Portland. It just isn't going to happen.

Incidentally, one thing I noticed looking at the setlists from this tour is how they haven't been playing a lot of their rockers as much. Stuff like "Hail, Hail", "Last Exit", "Animal" and others that have been standards aren't getting played much. I think they've made a decision to play longer shows and they are conserving their energy by playing a lot of the lighter, slower material.

I like it, it's just different.

Good observation. I think those tight rockers have tended to go in the first 1/3 of the set, to sort of lauch the "rawk". Now, they are going for the long journey and trying to pace their 50-year old bodies for the long haul.

In every way, they have truly inhabited Springsteen energy on this tour. I think their 94-03 years were their "Neil Young" years, creatively speaking. But in the same way they did a NY thing, they are doing a Bruce thing now, rocking huge crowds for 3 hours at a time.

No Fixer this tour. That is awesome.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:No Fixer this tour. That is awesome.

I fo-sho heard fixer this tour.

broken iris wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:No Fixer this tour. That is awesome.

I fo-sho heard fixer this tour.

I should clarify. I just meant it isn't in the nightly rotation like it has been leading up to this tour.

broken iris wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:No Fixer this tour. That is awesome.

I fo-sho heard fixer this tour.

what did he say? "do you need anything fixed" ?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:No Fixer this tour. That is awesome.

I got to see the first Backspacer-free show since 2008, it felt special.

stupidmop wrote:

was that the beginning of "superunknown" at 5:30/5:31 ?

that was one dirty hippie. now he'll have to go back to being just the boring white guy god made him

I'm looking forward to this thread getting moved to Live and being retitled "Let's Talk About the 2013 Tour".

Anyway, I'm really liking what they're doing with the setlists this tour. The main sets and first encores are getting pretty unpredictable. It'd be nice to see them mix things up for encore 2 now.

cutuphalfdead wrote:I'm looking forward to this thread getting moved to Live and being retitled "Let's Talk About the 2013 Tour".

Anyway, I'm really liking what they're doing with the setlists this tour. The main sets and first encores are getting pretty unpredictable. It'd be nice to see them mix things up for encore 2 now.

Your little passive hints on what you want done with this thread won't work on me, Pete.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:I'm looking forward to this thread getting moved to Live and being retitled "Let's Talk About the 2013 Tour".

Anyway, I'm really liking what they're doing with the setlists this tour. The main sets and first encores are getting pretty unpredictable. It'd be nice to see them mix things up for encore 2 now.

Your little passive hints on what you want done with this thread won't work on me, Pete.

sigh

96583UP wrote: was that the beginning of "superunknown" at 5:30/5:31 ?

Hmmm... maybe.... I thought I heard a touch of River of Deceit during the Buffalo show replay on PJ Radio... maybe they are considering doing covers that aren't from the 70s.

broken iris wrote:

96583UP wrote: was that the beginning of "superunknown" at 5:30/5:31 ?

Hmmm... maybe.... I thought I heard a touch of River of Deceit during the Buffalo show replay on PJ Radio... maybe they are considering doing covers that aren't from the 70s.

I've wanted them to do river of deceit forever.

I actually think the setlists for this whole tour have been pretty structured. Its all felt like a new kind of routine:

Pendulum as the go-to opener for the most part, a few down-tempo ballads, Lightning Bolt, Mind Your Manners, then its a toss up until Sirens pops up, and Rearviewmirror to close the main set. Sit down acoustic second encore, Yellow Moon, more ballads, a few rockers then Porch with Eddie on the lights. Alive, Baba, Rockin' Indifference.

They're still willing to throw curve balls here and there, but some things don't feel as bold as they have in the past.

Will wrote:I actually think the setlists for this whole tour have been pretty structured. Its all felt like a new kind of routine:

Pendulum as the go-to opener for the most part, a few down-tempo ballads, Lightning Bolt, Mind Your Manners, then its a toss up until Sirens pops up, and Rearviewmirror to close the main set. Sit down acoustic second encore, Yellow Moon, more ballads, a few rockers then Porch with Eddie on the lights. Alive, Baba, Rockin' Indifference.

They're still willing to throw curve balls here and there, but some things don't feel as bold as they have in the past.

every night they dont open with Pendulum i really hope it will show up somewhere later in the set, but so far its opener or nothing

Ya'll be crazy. The setlists this tour have been excellent. Yes, there is some overarching structure to them, but it's a structure that works really well for the 'An Evening With...' concept and I like the way the new songs are worked in much better than how they were back in 2010.

broken iris wrote:Ya'll be crazy. The setlists this tour have been excellent. Yes, there is some overarching structure to them, but it's a structure that works really well for the 'An Evening With...' concept and I like the way the new songs are worked in much better than how they were back in 2010.

they have been so good, i have no problem with there being some regulars every night, LB, MYM, Sirens, Porch, Alive and a lot of songs played very often as long as they throw in the few rarer songs every night. i think they have done a great job of making just about every night feel special

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

broken iris wrote:Ya'll be crazy. The setlists this tour have been excellent. Yes, there is some overarching structure to them, but it's a structure that works really well for the 'An Evening With...' concept and I like the way the new songs are worked in much better than how they were back in 2010.

they have been so good, i have no problem with there being some regulars every night, LB, MYM, Sirens, Porch, Alive and a lot of songs played very often as long as they throw in the few rarer songs every night. i think they have done a great job of making just about every night feel special

That's kinda been a hallmark for a while, but I agree.


I also think the reduction in the number of covers they are playing has really helped. It opens up space for more deep cuts.