Trustworthy wrote:It seems OLP plays almost the exact setlist, with minor changes, for many concerts in a row. I'd love to see it switched up a lot more. There could be a few songs that stick around more often than others, but I'd love to see non-singles from different albums make more frequent appearances.
ya thats true - but its the way it goes, i was in a band for a few years myself and you make set list and rehearse the hell out of it so that its perfect when you take it to the road - and as you may notice you wear the same damn clothes every night too!!!! its just the way it goes in this biz for the most part
BUT
with that being said OLP has the chops and the catalog of songs that i know for a fact they could bust out songs they haven't played in years no probs, and even if the clam it up i bet it would still sound cool....the main focuss this summer is to promote BB, but im sure once they do up a propper tour and have the 2 hour set times etc they will start having fun with stuff like that - they are having fun again and that is cool and i am sure that energy will translate to the live shows this year
the idea that you rehearse a setlist and play it night after night is a big cop out. Sorry that is my opinion. I understand if you have only limited material that it could pose a problem, but this is not the case for most bands. It is simply apathy. Heck it is the same as working on an assembly line. Same thing day after day.
It is uninspired and boring and while there are times where within that confine, magical or inspiration happens, the likelyhood of it happening is rare.
There are lots of bands out there who make up setlist for the night, sometimes inspired by the date or how they are feeling, and even within that they are loose enough that if the music flows in another direction they are willing to invite that into the performance.
*puts away soap box, and walks away*
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