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Well, despite the Knoxville 'drama', the shows seem to have kicked serious ass.

The last two nights have seen two shows where no song was repeated.

7/29/06

The Tabernacle, Atlanta

Set 1:

To Be Young

Beautiful Sorta

Magnolia Mountain

My Winding Wheel

Please Do Not Let Me Go

Dear Chicago

A Kiss Before I Go

Rescue Blues

Meadowlake Street ->

Bird Song (The Grateful Dead)

The End

When The Stars Go Blue

Set 2:

Sylvia Plath (solo piano)

Oh My Sweet Carolina

Let It Ride

Shakedown on 9th Street ->

Franklin's Tower (The Grateful Dead) ->

I See Monsters

Encore:

What Sin ->

Stella Blue (The Grateful Dead) ->

He's Gone (The Grateful Dead)

Hickory Wind (Gram Parsons)

Wish You Were Here

7/30/06

The Tabernacle, Atlanta

Peaceful Valley

Cold Roses

Mockingbird Song ->

Trains

Games

Cherry Lane

Nightbirds

World War 24

Now That That It's Over

This House Is Not For Sale

Lost Satellite (Neal Casal Song) ->

September

Why Do They Leave?

Wonderwall

Hardest Part

Blue Hotel

Two Hearts

Promises

La Cienega Just Smiled

This Is It

Note To Self Don't Die

Come Pick Me Up

You know what, actually, I've always thought "Love Is Hell pts.1 and 2" was classic. But I'm always sort of hesitent to admit that, but, you're very right, "Cold Roses" is exceptionally good. I just don't think it has the stark emotional weight that made "Heartbreaker" so essential.

I rate 'Cold Roses' above 'Heartbreaker'. In fact, I rate JCN on the same line as 'Heartbreaker'. There's some classic songs there, but there's just a few which make me skip to the next track, and I don't normally keep listening after 'Shakedown on 9th St'. 'Cold Roses' is one that I listen all the way through most of the time. There aren't songs that I skip every time, and altough I may skip them every now and then, I don't hate them.

I like that there wouldn't have been The Beatles first album or rock and roll pretty much without 'Elvis Presley' (their words, not mine), yet there's 8 albums that apparently changed music more, including 'Sgt Pepper'.

Nice to think that the Beatles would've made 'Sgt Pepper' without Elvis Presley or their own first album. Maybe they just would've lucked onto it.

From the same show as the 'Kitty's Back' from above

adn keeping with the Xmas theme - the first one of these is pretty tops

Marvin Gaye's 'Star Spangled Banner' from the 1983 (?) NBA All-Star Game is also a highlight

Other contenders (which I can't find videos for);

Neil Young performing 'Rockin' in the Free World' on Saturday Night Live, 1989

Elvis Costello performing 'Veronica', also from SNL in 1989

OK, now I know these aren't Ryan. He says in the above that he doesn't drink or do drugs?! Anyone that has ever seen the guy live knows how full of shit that statement is. That post has to be a troll or something...

Ryan claims he's now clean - except for the cigarettes.

That is a very good live album, you're right.

 

Have you got the MIU/La cd? That is the only 2 albums from the 70's I don't have, but I am not too sure if it is worth owning. What do you think?

The MIU album is pretty dodgy - but the LA album is underrated I think - along with 'Good Timin'' there's also 'Baby Blue', which is probably the last great Dennis Wilson song. The less said about "Keepin' the Summer Alive" though, the better...

I actually prefer the stereo version - if only for 'God Only Knows'. I know it's all the same, but hearing the intro to that song in stereo is as good as it gets.

As for the other Beach Boys hating the record, Mike Love will never admit that his band's most popular album isn't his favourite, but it's obvious he didn't and still doesn't dig it as much fans do. But what did he expect? Brian Wilson had quit touring to stay in the studio - and with a seemingly endless pit of money and studio time at his disposal with the best session players LA had to offer, enough pot to make Cheech and Chong jealous, did he really think Brian would sit back and do 50 rewrites of 'Little Deuce Coupe' and then wait for Mike to write his lyrics to lay down the vocals?

You feel sad 'cause I got mad

And I'm sorry, I'm sorry

Things I said made things seem bad

But don't worry

'Cause it's gonna be all right now, be okay

You know I just don't think before I speak

I've been looking for to find

Something to believe in my mind

And I thought it was you

All this time since you've been mine

I've been angry, so angry

Made it known I could make it alone

But I'm changing

And I'm gonna be all right now, be okay

You know I just woke up and I see the way

Don't give up on me so fast

I see it's me that's wrong at last

Give me another chance

It's so hard just to stay alive each day

I really can't go on this way, oh no, oh no

Don't give up on me so fast

I see it's me that's wrong at last

Give me another chance