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Oh man, to be there:

 

GBV - DALLAS

 

Set List (courtesy of The Synaptic):

Salty salute

Shocker in gloomtown

Tractor rape chain

Pimple zoo

Closer you are

Buzzards and dreadful crows

Break even

Hot freaks

A good Flying bird

My valuable Hunting knife

CuT out witch

Lethargy

Striped white jets

Yeah he's bad

Gold heart mountaintop queen directory

Watch me jumpstart

Awful bliss

14 cheerleader cold front

Quality of armor

Gold star for robot boy

Dodging invisible rays

Atom eyes

Queen of cans & jars

Unleashed the large hearted boy

Echoes Myron

My impression now

I am a scientist

My son cool

Drinkers peace

Game of pricks

Smothered in hugs

Encore 1

Postal blowfish

Don't stop now

Motor away

 

Encore 2

Jar of cardinals

Exit flagger

Some drilling implied

 

Encore 3

Johnny Appleseed

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Oh man, to be there:

 

GBV - DALLAS

 

Set List (courtesy of The Synaptic):

Salty salute

Shocker in gloomtown

Tractor rape chain

Pimple zoo

Closer you are

Buzzards and dreadful crows

Break even

Hot freaks

A good Flying bird

My valuable Hunting knife

CuT out witch

Lethargy

Striped white jets

Yeah he's bad

Gold heart mountaintop queen directory

Watch me jumpstart

Awful bliss

14 cheerleader cold front

Quality of armor

Gold star for robot boy

Dodging invisible rays

Atom eyes

Queen of cans & jars

Unleashed the large hearted boy

Echoes Myron

My impression now

I am a scientist

My son cool

Drinkers peace

Game of pricks

Smothered in hugs

Encore 1

Postal blowfish

Don't stop now

Motor away

 

Encore 2

Jar of cardinals

Exit flagger

Some drilling implied

 

Encore 3

Johnny Appleseed

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Wow, frighteningly light on Under the Bushes, Under the Stars tunes. I'm not happy about that.

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was at the D.C. show last night

 

they sounded great. was a hell of a lot of fun. loved every minute of it

 

that said ... on the way home i was thinking that as much as I love that lineup & those records, I think I prefer late-period GBV when it comes to live shows for two reasons -- first, those shows were always so unpredictable. you would get 10 songs in a row from 10 different bands or lineups -- Storm Vibrations, then Subspace Biogrpahies, Time Machines, Liar's Tale, Little Lines, Stifled Man Casino, Run Son Run, Pricks, Chasing Heather Crazy. I loved that about late-period GBV. The versatility was staggering. And then Gillard's musicianship really took GBV to another level there the last several years. They were such a musical band.

 

And I also think last night was slightly too much of a nostalgia act for me. I just love hearing new stuff by any band I see mixed in with the old stuff. An evening of entirely old stuff was a little depressing. As much as I think Bob's recent stuff is very uneven, the Boston Spaceships shows were fantastic because the material was so new and vibrant. Found myself listening to 0 to 99 on the way home and totally digging it.

 

I would have liked to have seen a few tracks that were from that era but not so right down the middle. I mean, I LOVE every one of the songs they did. But something off the beaten path would have been cool, either from Vampire (although Tobin did do Gleemer, which was amazing) or one of the early records ... imagine this bunch of guys doing Captain's Dead? or Navigating Flood Regions? Mammoth Cave?

 

But it was a great show & great to see those guys on stage together after so long.

 

And Sweet Apple ROCKED

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Yep, I am offically pumped about seeing them tomorrow night in Atlanta. I saw them on the Earthquake Glue Tour and it was a really great show. This will be my brothers fierst GBV show, so he's in for a real treat.

 

The Atlanta show was amazing. As I said before, I would've liked a couple more tunes from Under the Bushes...and I thought there'd be more since they opened with Cut Out Witch, but it wasn't to be.

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The Atlanta show was amazing. As I said before, I would've liked a couple more tunes from Under the Bushes...and I thought there'd be more since they opened with Cut Out Witch, but it wasn't to be.

 

 

couldn't agree more

 

if i remember in washington, they did cut-out witch, bright paper werewolves and don't stop now? and that's it? from under the bushes?

 

how cool would have underwater explosions been. or official ironmen rally song, man called aerodynamics, lord of overstock, rhine jive click -- damn, any of 'em

 

something off the beaten track would have been great but no complaints, it was a really good show

 

hey, am i delusional or did cut-out witch not have the guitar intro?

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couldn't agree more

 

if i remember in washington, they did cut-out witch, bright paper werewolves and don't stop now? and that's it? from under the bushes?

 

how cool would have underwater explosions been. or official ironmen rally song, man called aerodynamics, lord of overstock, rhine jive click -- damn, any of 'em

 

something off the beaten track would have been great but no complaints, it was a really good show

 

hey, am i delusional or did cut-out witch not have the guitar intro?

 

Those are the only three they did in Atlanta, too, unless they did a fourth encore after I left.

 

I'm pretty sure they did play the intro to Cut Out Witch. Or maybe I'm delusional for hearing it. Maybe you were in a noisy part of the crowd and it was drowned out by crowd noise.

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Great show in Philly last night. Wish I'd gone to more than one show on the tour.

 

was indeed mind-blowing

 

i thought on a different level than the 9:30 club show a couple weeks ago

 

one of the best rock shows i've ever seen

 

this band is a fucking powerhouse and they just blast out hit after fucking hit

 

closer you are. motor away. echoes myron. game of pricks. unleashed: large-hearted boy. my impression now. exit flagger. shocker in gloomtown. i am a scientist. tractor rape chain. smothered in hugs.

 

one after another

 

they just keep coming at you like a fucking bulldozer

 

i still prefer gillard-era GBV for the sheer variety of stuff you got at the live shows, but this was just two hours of rock 'n' roll sledgehammer

 

loved it

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