Songs to bring back to the LIVE set!

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/11/2009, 6:41 am

I'm sure it sounded great. But yeah, I've gotta agree that'd be a weird opener.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 3/11/2009, 6:48 am

especially with no lights on or anything.. like.. if we werent right up front and didnt know what was going on we'd barely have seen the guys on stage :lol:

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/11/2009, 9:48 am

I'd like 'em to do Life and no more of this song hybrid crap. Though, it might not sound that great with just one guitar.

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 3/11/2009, 2:50 pm

I think it could sound awesome with one guitar. They could slow/quiet it down and just go with the single-note picking during the verses and chorus..

I haven't tried it on guitar, but it works on the piana!

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 3/11/2009, 7:31 pm

faninor wrote:Songs to bring back (not necessarily every night... but with some rotation)

The Birdman
Supersatellite
Automatic Flowers
Carnival
Thief
Not Enough

I wish they would rotate more of the singles so that they're played maybe 50-70% rather than 95% of the time to allow more time in the set for variety. I would say Starseed, Naveed, and Superman's Dead are the only songs that they MUST PLAY at each and every show.

I think Clumsy should be a staple, too. And btw, I love the list you made. I edited it a bit to narrow it down to what I want!

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/11/2009, 8:40 pm

AnnieDreams wrote:I think it could sound awesome with one guitar. They could slow/quiet it down and just go with the single-note picking during the verses and chorus..

I haven't tried it on guitar, but it works on the piana!

Life does sound really good on piano, I have to admit that.

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 3/11/2009, 9:06 pm

Life? On piano?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/11/2009, 11:34 pm

Oh, I'd love to hear just "Life" all by itself finally.

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 3/12/2009, 11:08 am

They brought back Supersatellite in St. John's!

They should try doing Life on piano, a la Julia. Unless they already did and I'm oblivious?
I did up sheet music for it a few years back and posted it here, i think. Or i tried but it wouldn't accept that file type or something. I'm not sure.

Post by **saman** » 3/12/2009, 11:29 am

Shanae wrote:
faninor wrote:Songs to bring back (not necessarily every night... but with some rotation)

The Birdman
Supersatellite
Automatic Flowers
Carnival
Thief
Not Enough

I wish they would rotate more of the singles so that they're played maybe 50-70% rather than 95% of the time to allow more time in the set for variety. I would say Starseed, Naveed, and Superman's Dead are the only songs that they MUST PLAY at each and every show.

I think Clumsy should be a staple, too. And btw, I love the list you made. I edited it a bit to narrow it down to what I want!

you guys forgot 4 am as a must

Shanae · Post by **Shanae** » 3/12/2009, 6:47 pm

I was going to add that in there, no lies, except I thought they played it quite often anyways.

Post by **faninor** » 3/12/2009, 9:22 pm

saman wrote:
Shanae wrote:
faninor wrote:Songs to bring back (not necessarily every night... but with some rotation)

The Birdman
Supersatellite
Automatic Flowers
Carnival
Thief
Not Enough

I wish they would rotate more of the singles so that they're played maybe 50-70% rather than 95% of the time to allow more time in the set for variety. I would say Starseed, Naveed, and Superman's Dead are the only songs that they MUST PLAY at each and every show.

I think Clumsy should be a staple, too. And btw, I love the list you made. I edited it a bit to narrow it down to what I want!

you guys forgot 4 am as a must

I don't really consider it a must. I would have them play it maybe 1/2 the time, and switch in other mellow songs such as Are You Sad, Apology, Al Genina, or Thief the rest of the time. Sure, you won't get sing-alongs with those songs. But Are You Sad and Thief have been sadly overlooked these last few years...

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 3/12/2009, 9:37 pm

My list:

- Everyone's a Junkie (though Jeremy has publicly stated they prob won't play it again)
- Middle of Yesterday
- Neon Crossing
- Out of Here (love to hear this one)
- The Wonderful Future
- Carnival
- Car Crash

Heavy Alibi · Post by **Heavy Alibi** » 3/12/2009, 9:39 pm

faninor wrote:But Are You Sad and Thief have been sadly overlooked these last few years...

Well "Thief" was played on their live 2006 DVD that came with A Decade. I must say, it didn't sound like the original recording though. Much less percussion/beat and more acoustic. It was still cool though.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/12/2009, 11:34 pm

Oh, Massey Hall "Thief". :love:

So unbelievably beautiful.

Post by **faninor** » 3/12/2009, 11:39 pm

Strong Alibi wrote:
faninor wrote:But Are You Sad and Thief have been sadly overlooked these last few years...

Well "Thief" was played on their live 2006 DVD that came with A Decade. I must say, it didn't sound like the original recording though. Much less percussion/beat and more acoustic. It was still cool though.

Yeah but they only played it infrequently after 2001, and only the one time at Massey Hall after 2003.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/12/2009, 11:45 pm

So, Josh! I was looking at the hubsite to try to see how many times I've had the pleasure of seeing "Thief" live, and I noticed the feature where we put in which shows we went to is gone. What happened?

PS. Lots of broken scripty stuff, too. :uhh:

Post by **faninor** » 3/13/2009, 12:16 am

nikki4982 wrote:So, Josh! I was looking at the hubsite to try to see how many times I've had the pleasure of seeing "Thief" live, and I noticed the feature where we put in which shows we went to is gone. What happened?

PS. Lots of broken scripty stuff, too.

I forget what happened to it... but something happened and I had to remove it or the data was lost or some such.

Post by **faninor** » 3/13/2009, 12:21 am

If the band wants to be AWESOME on this tour they could use some sort of formula like this to create setlists of about 20 songs which is a bit longer than average for them but whatevs:

Set recipe:

5 new songs

5 of the following hits:
Starseed
Naveed
Superman's Dead
Clumsy
One Man Army
In Repair
Somewhere Out There
Angels/Losing/Sleep

1 each from the following 6 groups:

group #1
The Birdman
Supersatellite
Julia

group #2
Automatic Flowers
Carnival
Car Crash

group #3
Thief --> Potato Girl
Blister
Lying Awake

group #4
Life
Middle of Yesterday

group #5
Innocent
Not Enough
A Story About a Girl

group #6
Where Are You?
Boy --> Will the Future Blame Us?
Don't Stop

Encore recipe:

1 each from the following 4 groups:

something old
Dirty Walls
Hello Oskar
Consequence of Laughing
Everyone's a Junkie

something new
latest single

something borrowed
a cover, duh

something blue
4am
Apology
Al Genina
Are You Sad?

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/13/2009, 1:42 am

Woah, Josh. You put a lot of thought into that! Send it to the band. :lol:

Also, booooooo to the hubsite losing that data.