bböp Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Reporting for setlist duty... Sunken Treasure (Jeff acoustic; Nels on lap steel)You Are My FaceSide With The SeedsHandshake DrugsIATTBYHA Shot in the ArmImpossible GermanySky Blue SkyMuzzle of BeesShake It OffHummingbirdVia ChicagoJesus, etc.WalkenI'm The Man Who Loves You (w/crew on tambourine and maraca)---------------------------------------War on WarWhy Would You Wanna Live [started and restarted]Poor Places>Reservations>Spiders (Kidsmoke)---------------------------------------The Late GreatsCalifornia StarsHate It HereI'm A Wheel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 awesome! I would love to see this exact setlist performed here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hixter Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Any reports on Carla Bozulich's sets over the last few days? Setlists, guest appearances, highlights? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blindgonzo Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I would love to see them perform Why Would You Wanna Live!! Awsome Possum! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 awesome! I would love to see this exact setlist performed here. Wow! That makes two of us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 awesome! I would love to see this exact setlist performed here. Add Ashes and you've got a winner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tapmyglass Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 i'm really glad to see I'm a Wheel making an appearence in the last couple of setlists. i've missed that song Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Wow, Why Would You Wanna Live. That's awesome! This and Pot Kettle Black I'm excited to hear what gem they'll pull out next! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 thanks for the dispatch from germany, bbop! this set list just gave me a little chill of excitment for the coming US shows! woo! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Any reports on Carla Bozulich's sets over the last few days? Setlists, guest appearances, highlights? Since you asked, I've really enjoyed the set she's been doing. With some slight variations in order from night to night, it's basically been a five/six song rotation of: -Marmalade (with Bobb Bruno on bass)-Times Square (with Nels Cline on guitar)-new song [i think] (with Nels Cline on guitar)-Nels' Box>Pissing (with Nels Cline on guitar, Bobb Bruno on bass and Glenn Kotche on percussion)-Baby, That's The Creeps (with Mike Jorgensen on keyboards) For me, Times Square has been a highlight. I know that they've done that song a fair bit in the past, but I'll just say that it's really sweet to see Carla and Nels up there together. Marmalade, of course, is cool--the old Geraldine Fibbers song. And I do have to say that Carla, Bobb, Glenn and Nels' version of Low's Pissing is intense, which is also an apt description for Carla's singing on Baby, That's The Creeps. Unfortunately, the people around me at most of the shows I've been to haven't dug her too much. At least no one's been very rude or anything, but I think she's definitely been a challenging opener for most of the Wilco fans over here (even with half the band playing with her at point or another.) So that's the basic rundown. Having not seen Carla a lot since the Red-Headed Stranger days, I personally would be interested in seeing an expanded set of more stuff of Evangelista as well as some more Fibbers' stuff. She mentioned last night that she'll be playing a totally different (solo) set in Leipzig, Germany in a couple of weeks. I take that to mean that she'll be around Europe for a little while yet, so I'd encourage people to check her out... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dreamin' Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Reporting for setlist duty...Thanks, Paul. I don't know why I read these (other than to torture myself). PS: Time to update your blog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 PS: Time to update your blog. That's what I've been told. I keep meaning to, honestly! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 Just a couple of other notes from the show last night... --On And On And On was originally slated to be the first song of the second encore, but Jeff changed the order after he came out and said what a sweet audience the Dresden crowd had been. A very earnest German fan replied, "So does that mean we can get some Calee--four--nee-a Starss?" Jeff then said something like "Well, that wasn't on the original plan, but we might be able to get to it." To which the German guy replied, "It's OK, we can wait." They eventually got to it. --They've been working on Why Would You Wanna Live for a couple of days at least -- I heard them soundchecking it in Berlin, for example. It's still a bit rough. Jeff stopped the song after about 15 seconds and restarted it because they just had the wrong tempo and Jeff said something like "We haven't played this song in like eight years, so we're gonna get it right." Nels played sort of a slide guitar thing (using one of those tubes that goes over your finger--do those have an actual name?) on it. --You have to give the band credit for continuing to bring back and work on older stuff or reworking arrangements when they could easily just coast along and do a standard set of the same 20 songs or whatever. No two shows have been exactly alike on this tour. --Impossible Germany just keeps getting better and better live. Sometimes the guitar interplay is so good that you can hardly believe it. --Is Leave Me (Like You Found Me) destined to become the Wishful Thinking of SBS (i.e. the song off an album that almost never gets played live)? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 > Why Would You Wanna Live [started and restarted] it was done in paris 2004 with this line-up but doesnt seem like any recording has surfaced so sunken treasure was only jeff and nels, sans the rest of the band? this one looks good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bböp Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 so sunken treasure was only jeff and nels, sans the rest of the band? no, to clear up any misunderstanding, it was with the whole band. i just noted jeff and nels because jeff has played the song with both electric and acoustic guitars and nels has played it with electric versus lap steel, so i wanted to note the variation. pat also stepped out to "the front line" with an electric guitar for that one, which is what he has been doing. the other guys played their normal roles, and quite nicely i might add... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Nels played sort of a slide guitar thing (using one of those tubes that goes over your finger--do those have an actual name?) on it.It's called a slide. They're usually made out of plastic, metal or glass. Some guitarists make their own. Awesome set list! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meikelkorleone Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Calee--four--nee-a Starss Regards from the Impossible Germany, It was the third time in 10 years I saw WILCO in Germany and once again it was an exiting night. And even though it’s true that Berlin maybe rocks more than other places here in Germany, especially the sweet little village of Dresden (Nels wasn’t lying on stage, but playing like the six-strings-god-himself and Jeff wasn’t so talky like the night before, because most of the time he was scolding to some lovely americans) – No, I never wouldn’t miss that evening. I still can’t believe it… last night Jeff picked up some stars for me, he lifted up and opened the sunken treasure box to free all the sweet hummings of the birds, the seeds, the bees in the sky blue sky, where jesus was searching for a home via Chicago,…It goes on and on and on until the second encore-set, where I felt completely crazy, or should I better say “felt in love” with that night. Just check out the set list and you’ll understand, it rocks with .War On War., hushed with .Reservations. and ends up in .Spiders., …where-else? And for some of the late greats in the Dresden crowd, Jeff came out with .California Stars.Well, and it doesen’t matter if I deseved it really, it was a great moment when he was announcing “And this one is for you, Sir” and also after the show when all the people came along to say thanks for the request. And finally I say also thank you Jeff for the song. And thank you WILCO for the great evening. Tsch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j4lackey Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Wow, real nice setlist! And thanks for the insights, Paul. Can't wait for Cincy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 For me, Times Square has been a highlight.I love that one. Thanks for all the you-are-there reports, Paul. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
meikelkorleone Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 ...Nels played sort of a slide guitar thing (using one of those tubes that goes over your finger--do those have an actual name?) on it. Yes, this is called bottleneck.Because the guitarists in the earlier days haven't any stuff like that to buy.So they've used bottlenecks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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