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May 21, 2011 9:25:32 GMT -5
Post by phlipm34 on May 21, 2011 9:25:32 GMT -5
Brett Hale (thank you) posted the following set list on Tommy Stinson's facebook wall:
The set was: 01 Don't Deserve You - 02 It's A Drag - 03 Turn it Up - 04 Meant To Be - 05 Seize The Moment - 06 Destroy Me - 07 Nothin' - 08 One Man Mutiny - 09 Zero To Stupid - 10 Light Of Day - 11 Come On Get Happy - 12 Come To Hide - 13 Friday Night Is Killing Me - 14 Makes Me Happy - 15 Moment To Soon - 16 Match Made In Hell - 17 Making Of An Asshole - 18 7 Days A Week - 19 Alternative Monkey - 20 Motivation.
Mr Hale got the setlist from the stage, if you're wondering. :-)
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May 21, 2011 12:44:27 GMT -5
Post by wecantgetanybetter on May 21, 2011 12:44:27 GMT -5
I posted videos of Tommy doing "Making of an Asshole" and "Teenage Kicks" at First Ave in the MPLS show thread in the Talent Show section.
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May 21, 2011 15:48:55 GMT -5
Post by hudson99 on May 21, 2011 15:48:55 GMT -5
That may be the official setlist, but there were some deviations. "Teenage Kicks", for one, and "My Generation".
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May 21, 2011 21:46:07 GMT -5
Post by wecantgetanybetter on May 21, 2011 21:46:07 GMT -5
gigity.tv/event/25/Broadcast Description Sorry folks. This broadcast has been canceled at the last minute by request of the artists. Please feel welcome to attend the event in person at: Double Door 1572 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago IL, 60642 Stay tuned for more Gigity.TV Broadcasts Perfomers Tommy Stinson Slobberbone Dave Hause Broadcast Type Concerts - Rock/Pop
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May 22, 2011 18:54:22 GMT -5
Post by phlipm34 on May 22, 2011 18:54:22 GMT -5
He added "First Steps" to the setlist in Chicago last nite. Great show.
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May 23, 2011 7:31:35 GMT -5
Post by Jer on May 23, 2011 7:31:35 GMT -5
Saturday was fun in Chicago. Sorry to say, but I wouldn't want to be in any band that had to follow Slobberbone. They were great, super tight, and great sounding. If you aren't familiar with them, you should be.
Tommy's set was a lot looser and a bit more spontaneous. It was cool to see him playing bass again. I was struggling a bit with his fiance standing next to him playing tambourine and singing harmonies pretty much all night but she really has a beautiful voice and it added a welcome element to Tommy's songs. Good set, good songs, good band. The hilights for me were the 2 acoustic songs from the B&P record, but the new stuff sounded good too.
I've seen more shows in Chicago than I can count, but that was my first time at the Double Door. The sound was amazing. Especially for Slobberbone who has some beautiful vintage amps. Tommy's sound was a little bass heavy (expected I suppose) and little more mashed together, but still very good.
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May 23, 2011 19:07:07 GMT -5
Post by anarkissed on May 23, 2011 19:07:07 GMT -5
>>I was struggling a bit with his fiance standing next to him playing tambourine and singing harmonies<< Uh oh...Tommy's not going into his "Wings" period, is he?
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May 23, 2011 19:27:37 GMT -5
Post by Philip Garcia on May 23, 2011 19:27:37 GMT -5
Saturday was fun in Chicago. Sorry to say, but I wouldn't want to be in any band that had to follow Slobberbone. They were great, super tight, and great sounding. If you aren't familiar with them, you should be. Tommy's set was a lot looser and a bit more spontaneous. It was cool to see him playing bass again. I was struggling a bit with his fiance standing next to him playing tambourine and singing harmonies pretty much all night but she really has a beautiful voice and it added a welcome element to Tommy's songs. Good set, good songs, good band. The hilights for me were the 2 acoustic songs from the B&P record, but the new stuff sounded good too. I've seen more shows in Chicago than I can count, but that was my first time at the Double Door. The sound was amazing. Especially for Slobberbone who has some beautiful vintage amps. Tommy's sound was a little bass heavy (expected I suppose) and little more mashed together, but still very good. I was also at the Chicago show, and yeah, Slobberbone blew me away, as they always do (I've seen them many times now). I was quite glad that they almost got a full set there, and were more of coheadliners than an opening act. Tommy's set on stage was really good, it was harder to get into than many other shows I've seen just because I'm not familiar with his new stuff at all. I like what i've heard now, but it's just easier to get into stuff you already know. He mostly played bass, although, he came out with just an acoustic guitar for 4 or 5 songs fairly early in the set (he was alone on stage for those songs). His band seemed really good up there, especially considering the little practice they had gotten. Mike Gent was great as always, and the lead guitar player Tim (can't remember his last name) was really good. Made for a fun time. I do remember there was an amusing part when Tommy had his acoustic guitar and someone yelled out to here "fast and hard", and Tommy just looked at him and goes something like "yeah, I have an acoustic guitar in my hand... that's not happening right now". Phil
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May 23, 2011 19:29:52 GMT -5
Post by Jer on May 23, 2011 19:29:52 GMT -5
That's exactly what I said to my friend about 2 songs in - "it's a bit too Linda Mcartney." And it was. At least Linda played some keyboards. But Emily's harmonies really added something great, so I got over it. She's not hard on the eyes either.
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May 23, 2011 20:34:50 GMT -5
Post by grandpaboysfriend on May 23, 2011 20:34:50 GMT -5
That's exactly what I said to my friend about 2 songs in - "it's a bit too Linda Mcartney." And it was. At least Linda played some keyboards. But Emily's harmonies really added something great, so I got over it. She's not hard on the eyes either. When I saw the 2 youtube clips recently posted of Tommy, my first thought was "what the hell is his girlfriend doing onstage playing tambourine and dancing badly?" I really like Tommy's stuff but I thought this was really lame, and I guess it immediately reminded me that this is not something Paul Westerberg would do. Then again, I doubt Paul would have ever joined g'n'r, irrespective of how broke he was.
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Jun 3, 2011 21:52:46 GMT -5
Post by adamapple on Jun 3, 2011 21:52:46 GMT -5
Tommy sent match made in he'll to paul whom added harmonies, that Tommy had to re- record as it was not recorded as a track, but over the demo. Tommy did like it. He also talked about the irony of the song and the fact that he shared it with Paul. Those two are brother's until the end. Paul even commented how 'joining gnr' was great as everyone thought it was wrong. The more anyone tries to figure either of them out, the more we fail. Two cool cats, who follow their own path... End of story
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Jun 3, 2011 21:54:55 GMT -5
Post by adamapple on Jun 3, 2011 21:54:55 GMT -5
Who would ever imagine Paul would ask.. 'how can you like him?' about Tommy?
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Jun 3, 2011 23:28:03 GMT -5
Post by dee on Jun 3, 2011 23:28:03 GMT -5
Who would ever imagine Paul would ask.. 'how can you like him?' about Tommy? Well it would actually be Paul addressing Tommy in the song saying,"How can you like him (playing music with Axl) better than me?" It was just an interpretation of the song that was going around when it first came out. And Match Made In Hell starts off saying..."You say I'm a bore,and I say I'm just not that interested."It seems whenever one of them warms up to the idea of playing together,the other one isn't into it. Chris Mars had 75% Less Fat as an album title and songs like Monkee Sees and Popular Creeps could have been jabs at his former band mates since Tommy seemed to be closest to Paul, and Bob and Chris were fired. Slim praises a musician for their album cover but disses the music in Ain't Exactly Good.That seemed to be a jab at Chris. Paul said he was thinking about Tommy when he wrote "Leave a trail of crumbs" in World Class Fad.That trail of crumbs would be back to playing with Paul then,would it not? Also Chris was getting great reviews for Horseshoes and Hand Grenades before 14 songs came out and in the video for World Class Fad Paul kicked the drummer.I always took that to be a knock back at Chris. I always thought Stuck In Rewind by Chris was inspired by Bob.Trying to encourage someone to get out of their rut.Some songs have touched on Bob's passing. The narrative about band members goes all the way back to Sorry Ma.Paul always used to name drop the band members. It's what you want to make of it I suppose.
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Jun 4, 2011 8:53:33 GMT -5
Post by Jer on Jun 4, 2011 8:53:33 GMT -5
Interesting stuff Dee. Not sure I buy all of these coulda been abouts, or the ones above, but some are probably accurate.
That album title and those songs were certainly referencing the Mats, IMO, and cited repeatedly as such back in the day, although I doubt Mars himself ever acknowledged it.
And, just to be a stickler for details, I'm pretty sure Chris quit shortly after the Musician article when Paul bashed his drumming and wasn't actually fired.
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Jun 5, 2011 9:07:28 GMT -5
Post by Jer on Jun 5, 2011 9:07:28 GMT -5
Chris may not have been fired,but being made to feel unwelcome enough to make you quit is pretty much the same thing. Sure, I can go along with that, but I do think he was done with it by the time he quit. He may have needed a little prodding, but he was fed up by then anyhow. True - I am a big propnent of listener interpretation. I think it allows the listener to own/obtain an emotional investment in a part of the song, rather than knowing exactly what or who it is about - which puts space between the listener and the song. When I listen to Swingin' Party I am thinking about personal things/events/friends. When I listen to Sunday Bloody Sunday I am thinking about the troubles in Ireland. Still a great tune, SBS, but that personal emotional attachment isn't there. Totally agree. A long, long time ago I made it a point to not read lyric sheets until I had listened to the record many, many times. And Paul's quote there also lends itself to the [imo cool] fact that he never put lyrics with his records. Same with REM, at least in the old days. The lyrics are super important, of course, but more important is how they feel within the context of the song, and if you don't know a couple here or there, or get them wrong, and that changes the meanting of the tune for you - then that's ok. Is it bacon or fingernails? Well, we know now, but for years, it meant something different to scores of people, and I think that's kinda cool. Songs are so great - how they are interpreted, analyzed and enjoyed. And especially how they have a life and change over time. Not only how a song changes from demo to album to stage to future performances, but also listener interpretation. One of the things that makes Paul a great songwriter is that his stuff lends itself so well to a discussion like this. I doubt they talk about this stuff on the Katy Perry board.
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Jun 5, 2011 9:49:12 GMT -5
Post by ClamsCasino on Jun 5, 2011 9:49:12 GMT -5
Did Tommy really say something about 3oclockreep?
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