bböp Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 For Wilco's first "real" (i.e. non-festival) show in New Zealand, the setlist was as follows: Sunken TreasureYou Are My FaceMuzzle of BeesHandshake DrugsWar on WarSide With The SeedsA Shot in the ArmRadio CureShake It OffPot Kettle BlackImpossible GermanyVia ChicagoCalifornia StarsForget the FlowersJesus, etc.WalkenI'm The Man Who Loves You-------------------------------HummingbirdOn and On and OnSpiders (Kidsmoke)-------------------------------Hate It HereKingpinThe Late Greats Actually, I saw on a printed setlist that after The Late Greats, the show was supposed to conclude with the trio of Red-Eyed and Blue>I Got You (At The End of the Century)>Outtasite (Outta Mind), but those didn't get played (perhaps for time reasons). Still, no sign of the technical problems that plagued them at the Bluesfest the previous evening and the BM Centre was a pretty nifty little place to see a show -- both general admission and reserved seating, low stage, no barricade and a total capacity of about 1,100. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willstafa24 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Awesome! Thanks for the setlist. I'm curious to see what they've done to make shake it off a better song. I've always felt that song could be a barn-burner live. Hopefully a torrent will pop up at some point. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kudzu Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Man, what a great time last night. I was in the front row of seats directly in front of Tweedy and they were great - the only other time I'd seen them live was in 2003 opening for R.E.M. so this was a real treat to see their first "real" show in NZ as Jeff called it. And they played two of the songs I most hoped they'd do - "California Stars" and a stunning "Kidsmoke." And while "Shake It Off" was one of my least favorite album tracks the live version was great. Nels is particularly amazing, I'd been hearing so much about him and he didn't disappoint, he's a real MVP on stage. I hope someone did a torrent, I'd love to hear it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kudzu Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Also wanted to add Jeff did a great rewrite of "Kingpin" where it became all about NZ (in fact he couldn't shut up about how much he loves it, he offered to marry a guy to emgirate) "I wanna be your kingpin, living in (New Zealand)I wanna be your bigwig, living in (New Zealand)" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Gyrrr Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Awesome! Thanks for the setlist. I'm curious to see what they've done to make shake it off a better song. I've always felt that song could be a barn-burner live. Hopefully a torrent will pop up at some point. It hasn't changed hugely from the record, just grooves a little more freely I think. It's pretty hard to take your eyes of Glenn for this one. Radio Cure was sounding great too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 > "I wanna be your kingpin, living in (New Zealand) he does that pretty often, depending where they're playing. he did the same in melbourne and sydney last year (although i think he referred to sydney as "steak and kidney") looking forward to wednesday down here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 It's pretty hard to take your eyes of Glenn for this one. Is there a more awesome drummer right now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willstafa24 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 It hasn't changed hugely from the record, just grooves a little more freely I think. It's pretty hard to take your eyes of Glenn for this one. Radio Cure was sounding great too. Glad to hear it has more of a groove. The studio version was too choppy. Every time I start banging my hands on the steering wheel in anticipation of an intense build-up, the rhythm stops and kills the momentum. I do, however, believe that Wilco will change the song for the better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kudzu Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Just in case anyone's interested, I threw a longer review than my blurb above up on my blog: http://spatulaforum.blogspot.com/ Cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kudzu Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Also, quite a well-done review in the NZ Herald this morning: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/...jectid=10499826 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 A couple of pictures: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 in that first pic of John, it looks like Pat's on the phone behind him, and on the second one it looks like Nels is taking a nap Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 In keeping with my recent trend of being really late, here are the rest of my pictures from Auckland: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilamya/sets/72157604476293954 The very low stage, combined with sometimes dramatic lighting, made for some interesting (if often blurry) photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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