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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 24, 2019 10:14:32 GMT -5
How do you feel about this?
I mean, of course it's their right to do so, but I find it weird to charge money and not give people what they want.
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Post by OldDirtyBernie on Aug 24, 2019 10:18:50 GMT -5
I can see where it would be annoying, especially in cases like Faith No More where they had a catalog of music but would get people clamoring for Epic just because it was their "radio" song. Not saying they should necessarily outright refuse, but I'd imagine it would become very frustrating.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 10:22:33 GMT -5
They should play their most popular songs.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Aug 24, 2019 10:47:26 GMT -5
There's a great David Bowie story about this topic. In the mid 90's, he went on tour with Nine Inch Nails and Reznor respected Bowie so much, he insisted Bowie headline. Now, this meant at least half the crowd left before Bowie even hit the stage, as NIN was vastly more popular at the time. Bowie would then start his set with about 30 minutes of his newer material, thinning out the crowd even more. He'd then look out into the tiny crowd that remained, say "Well, I guess you're the real fans then", launch into "Let's Dance" and the rest of the set would be this epic greatest-hits package played at full power.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Aug 24, 2019 11:08:24 GMT -5
They can play whatever the hell they want.
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Post by nickcave on Aug 24, 2019 11:16:04 GMT -5
I can see where it would be annoying, especially in cases like Faith No More where they had a catalog of music but would get people clamoring for Epic just because it was their "radio" song. Not saying they should necessarily outright refuse, but I'd imagine it would become very frustrating. Yeah, Radiohead never play Creep for that reason. Also, the rest of their discography is so vastly different from that song it would stick out badly in the setlist.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Aug 24, 2019 11:17:50 GMT -5
I can see where it would be annoying, especially in cases like Faith No More where they had a catalog of music but would get people clamoring for Epic just because it was their "radio" song. Not saying they should necessarily outright refuse, but I'd imagine it would become very frustrating. Yeah, Radiohead never play Creep for that reason. Also, the rest of their discography is so vastly different from that song it would stick out badly in the setlist. Creep sounds so different to everything else they did, it ends up sounding like a Hollies song
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Post by James Fabiano on Aug 24, 2019 11:34:00 GMT -5
Petula Clark was like this with "My Love." From Wiki:
When she DID sing it, it would usually be a slower version or similarly modified. Though in other shows she does the song as it is now.
This seems to be the case with 60s icons and their Eurovision songs. See: Lulu, Boom-Bang-A-Bang; and Sandie Shaw, Puppet on a String.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 11:37:20 GMT -5
One of my favorites about this is Reel Big Fish playing "Sell Out". Now granted, they enjoy playing it but they always preface it by telling the crowd that "were going to play our big hit from the 90's".
They would then go to a cover of a 90's song, mostly "The Impression That I Get" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones (which, they still do a damn good version of it) or "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The latter, they stop and jokingly go "wait, that's not it...everybody knows that Pearl Jam does that song!"
RBF is a blast live.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 24, 2019 11:40:08 GMT -5
Europe would open AND close the show with "The Final Countdown"
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Aug 24, 2019 11:43:49 GMT -5
artists can play whatever they want
however the cynical part of me thinks a lot of these same artists have no problem cashing the royalty cheques for these hit songs they don't want to play
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Post by King Boo on Aug 24, 2019 11:52:04 GMT -5
Europe would open AND close the show with "The Final Countdown" I mean, is there any other way to do it?
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Post by brown bricks on Aug 24, 2019 12:45:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm fine with this. I can absolutely see where this would get old and you'd want to break away from that particular song. I remember seeing Metallica live once and some guy screaming out "Enter Sandman!", which got a "f***, can't we skip it?" from James.
Also, this topic makes me think of this (Stars around 1:11):
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Aug 24, 2019 12:48:23 GMT -5
Europe would open AND close the show with "The Final Countdown" Why are you talking like only Europe does this?
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Post by Renslayer on Aug 24, 2019 12:50:26 GMT -5
I don't mind at all. You want to put on a great show for the fana that know their stuff & hip newer fans that may only know the big singles to the real heat in the catalog. Jay-Z is a great example of this. He's done two B-sides concerts of strictly deep cuts (& verses from other albums!) where fans at the show and watching at home knew every word and had the time of their lives. Make it a memorable experience that they'll never forget
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Aug 24, 2019 12:59:34 GMT -5
Europe would open AND close the show with "The Final Countdown" Why are you talking like only Europe does this? Didn't realize I was.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Aug 24, 2019 13:07:14 GMT -5
I don't get it. It's only like two, three, or four minutes. And you're going to pop the crowd and get that awesome everybody singing along moment. If they want to do a different version, where they slow it down or speed it up, that's cool. But people paid good money, so throw them a bone.
I saw Dave Matthews, and he didn't play Ants Marching, which would have been a hell of a finale, because it was on July 3rd, 2000 in Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh. There was a light rain, and fireworks at the end of the show. And I've heard some awesome live versions where Dave goes all in.
I remember David Spade doing a funny take on this on Weekend Update back in the day.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 24, 2019 13:12:07 GMT -5
Depends on who you are. If you’re a band from the 70’s and everyone is there because of your hits, you can f*** right off with “We’re gonna dip into our new CD”.
If you’re huge enough, something is always gonna get left off. Aerosmith, Stones, KISS are always gonna leave a few songs you wanted to hear on the shelf.
Other artists are known for it. Dylan plays what he’s touring behind and that’s it.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Aug 24, 2019 13:18:30 GMT -5
There's a great David Bowie story about this topic. In the mid 90's, he went on tour with Nine Inch Nails and Reznor respected Bowie so much, he insisted Bowie headline. Now, this meant at least half the crowd left before Bowie even hit the stage, as NIN was vastly more popular at the time. Bowie would then start his set with about 30 minutes of his newer material, thinning out the crowd even more. He'd then look out into the tiny crowd that remained, say "Well, I guess you're the real fans then", launch into "Let's Dance" and the rest of the set would be this epic greatest-hits package played at full power. I saw that tour. And Bowie was amazing. It is odd I love NIN but live they are missing something. Saw them 3 times now and I doubt I go see them again. Some bands are much better live than on record. But some are worse. NIN is worse live.
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Post by fortknox on Aug 24, 2019 13:35:27 GMT -5
Depends on who you are. If you’re a band from the 70’s and everyone is there because of your hits, you can f*** right off with “We’re gonna dip into our new CD”. www.simpsonsworld.com/video/317658179801
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