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Post by duranie83jt on May 18, 2008 9:10:25 GMT -5
Is it just me? Except for Billy C. doing the The Chauffeur with DD at the Chicago concert(May 14), it seems DD are playing the SAME SETLIST at all their concerts so far. I guess I got use to DD slightly changing their setlist at their concerts during their 2005 tour. It's just at the four May 2008 DD concerts I attended, THE SETLIST WAS THE SAME. Do you think DD will change the setlist before the end of this tour?
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Post by sarahb1863 on May 18, 2008 9:16:09 GMT -5
It'd be nice, wouldn't it? But, I don't think it's going to happen. Maybe one or two songs...I think that's one of the reasons the concerts aren't selling well. With the exception of the Electro set and the RCM stuff, it's the same songs they played during Astronaut. Pretty stale stuff.
Come on DD! You've got hits people haven't heard in years! "Seventh Stranger"! "New Moon on Monday"! "Last Chance on the Stairway"! Heck, even some Arcadia songs, or more Power Station? Maybe "Is There Something I Should Know"?
Or a few obscure songs maybe, like "Palomino" or "My Antarctica"? And I know it's not a huge fave, but I'd love to hear "Big Thing" live...
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Post by nightboat13 on May 18, 2008 9:37:05 GMT -5
I noticed as soon as they announced the tour dates that they were on a pretty tight schedule. It's pretty much plane, hotel, show, plane, hotel, show, with interviews and m&gs added in. They don't have much, if any, time to practice new material and rearrange the setlist.
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Post by afan on May 18, 2008 9:43:06 GMT -5
Does the new guitarist even know all the songs?
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Post by mystikwolf83 on May 18, 2008 9:44:12 GMT -5
You know ... They do play 2 hours! With 3 different acts and an encore. Which is still a pretty new thing, especially with the electro set! LoL Its true they should play different ones because it would be nice ... but would you want to hear Seventh Stranger instead of Hungry Like The Wolf, The Reflex, Girls On Film, etc.? And they do play last chance on a stairway during the electro set. ~ "Wolf"!
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Post by dangerousthunder on May 18, 2008 10:50:03 GMT -5
I do think that the current setlist is very stale. The electro set is a nice touch, but other than that it's the same ol' songs. Nothing wrong with that, but it would be nice to have some more variety.
What I liked about the Astronaut tour is that more new songs were played -- all the songs except for One Of Those Days were played live at least once during that tour.
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Post by charley on May 18, 2008 11:23:55 GMT -5
It is dissappointing to have no choice but to agree with this thread. It is the most boring show ever. It is the greatest hits yet again. 11 of the songs are 'hits' and thats excluding 3 hits in the electro set. There is no variance in the set from night to night and when you do two nights back to back like in Vegas and can't be bothered to change the set it is dissappointing.
Looking back at the Live from London (Wembley) DVD, my god was that was a much more interesting show, Nightboat, New Religion, The Chauffeur and of course Tiger Tiger and White Lines didn't make the DVD but were part of the show. The electro set is outstanding having said that and worth the show alone but the current show could do with a spice up for sure.
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Post by ShutterMaze on May 18, 2008 11:36:55 GMT -5
It's almost as if DD are afraid to upset the fans if they deviated from the setlist. The shows would gain much more excitement if DD changed things up. And frankly, the fans are keeping DD afloat these days. I think it would be a nice gesture of thanks from the band. Make the shows worth our while, and our money....which seems increasingly harder to get by with.
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Post by luckyweather on May 18, 2008 11:40:34 GMT -5
I was hoping they would play Election Day!! Maybe during the European tour...
J
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Post by Tin on May 18, 2008 11:46:13 GMT -5
Helps Simon remember the lyrics by not changing the set list too much. *winks
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