What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by SharkysMV1 » Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:27 am

I'm with all of you on the above comments. The shouting thing definitely kills me as well. I think it's mostly due to him playing/singing to the first-time/one-time concertgoers. Or, it could be for other reasons, I just dont know. If I had to pick one song that is/was my go-to bathroom break song, it would be Cheeseburger. Song just doesn't do it for me. Someone mentioned Come Monday above and made a great point. That is technically a ballad, and why on earth he gets to shouting some of it is beyond me.

I am a huge fan of the rarities, or even the songs that get into the setlists every few years (Cowboy in the Jungle, Havana Daydreamin, etc.); and have always wished some of the "shouting" songs that we have mentioned would not be included in the regular setlists. However, I guess I should consider us lucky, in that many of the shows with rarities have been captured on live releases (Anguilla, Encores, etc.), not to mention the RM recordings.
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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by HavanaMatt » Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:52 am

One I have grown to hate hearing live is A Pirate Looks at Forty.

I got nothing against the song in general, but it needs a break from the live set.

Theirs so many others that can be plugged in to take it's place, got to resurrect some lesser known/obscure
tunes. I'm a fan of hearing those. ;)
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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by SharkysMV1 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:37 pm

HavanaMatt wrote:One I have grown to hate hearing live is A Pirate Looks at Forty.

I got nothing against the song in general, but it needs a break from the live set.

Theirs so many others that can be plugged in to take it's place, got to resurrect some lesser known/obscure
tunes. I'm a fan of hearing those. ;)
Wow! I did not expect someone to say Pirate, but, I can see what you mean. I feel like the song sort of loses its meaning (not autobiographical, but about his old friend from Key West - Phil Clark) at the large venues/shows.
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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by HavanaMatt » Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:26 pm

SharkysMV1 wrote:Wow! I did not expect someone to say Pirate, but, I can see what you mean. I feel like the song sort of loses its meaning (not autobiographical, but about his old friend from Key West - Phil Clark) at the large venues/shows.
Right on :finsup:
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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by HurricaneSeason » Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:16 am

A shake up of the set list would be good. Remove the shout songs and some that could use a break. He's changed some of them but after a while...

Cheeseburger
APLAF
CILCIA
SOASOAS
BEG
Southern Cross
Last Mango In Paris
Jolly Mon Sing
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
OPH

For some reason I can still tolerate Volcano, Fins and Margaritaville. Not sure why. I might change my mind on that.

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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by HavanaMatt » Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:32 pm

I never tire of OPH, love that tune :finsup: :finsup:
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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by HurricaneSeason » Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:56 am

How long has he been saying 'But not yet' in OPH? 20 years now?

Done with it. I'll listen to the LP version but any live versions, forget it.

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Re: What song do you ABSOLUTELY HATE live....

Post by SharkysMV1 » Fri Aug 21, 2015 1:30 pm

The new semi-acoustic version of Southern Cross they have been playing this tour is a step in the right direction.

BEG needs to go, like 8 years ago.
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