Setlist or No Setlist?!

[negative1]

having a fixed setlist :
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pros:
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good for the band (easier to deal with knowing whats coming up) - although glitches still happen
good for the lighting crew
good for audio guys mixing at the board, adjusting levels, etc..

cons:
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bad for people that like seeing them multiple times
bad for people that collect/record bootlegs
bad for people that don't like certain songs (and won't get to hear random/older ones)
bad for the sake of improv fans (because they don't really use that any more)


mabye if there was more mixing and random transitions
between the songs.. or even different versions of the
same songs, i would at least prefer that..

but for underworld having a semi fixed set (like back during
the a hundred days off tour) was at least a little more
sonically interesting..

later
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[joethelion]

Originally Posted by negative1

but for underworld having a semi fixed set (like back during
the a hundred days off tour) was at least a little more
sonically interesting..

later
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you know - after reading that - I put a few of my AHDO tour recordings onto my iPod to listen to while working out and whatnot during the day

those shows are MUCH better than I remembered! There really are quite a few differences between shows...

like a lot of improvs within songs, a decently varied 'setlist' and quite a few "improvs"*

aaaannnddd... all of the album tracks sound MASSIVELY better live than on the record. Case in point, "Dinosaur Adventure 3D"

As far as ranking tours... I might now say that OWB Tour might've been the best (if at least for the varied setlists) then Beaucoup Fish, then AHDO, then the Dubno Era, then STITI, then Barking (I'm not sure where I'd put the awkward post "Everything Everything" tour [the first time they toured without Emerson] b/c I probably listen to the Roskilde '00 show more often than any other boot... but at the same time... there are definitely some shows where they sound definitely a bit... off I guess)


*I put quotations around "improvs" b/c I don't really believe now that these were tracks made on the fly (basically b/c they're not as repetitive as what you'd find back during "the olden days")... more likely they're prepared "bridge tracks" like the Darren Price ones from the OWB tours