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Jeff Tweedy — 3/30/12, Chicago, IL (Vic Theatre)


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Here was the complete setlist, as played, for Night 1 of this year's Youth Scholarship Benefit (or is it Benefit For Youth Scholarships?):

Dawned On Me
Wishful Thinking
Laminated Cat (a/k/a Not For The Season)
The Community Song (sung twice)
Message From Mid-Bar (live debut)
Art Of Almost
New Madrid
Box Full Of Letters
In A Future Age
Reservations
Born Alone
Passenger Side
Wait Up
--happy birthday sung to Stacy (and Billy)--
Henry and the H-Bombs [Mott The Hoople]
Thirteen [big Star]
Forget The Flowers
Sunloathe (live debut)
I Wish My Baby Was Born [traditional]
At My Window Sad And Lonely
I'll Fight
Standing O
Just A Kid
Gun
Pecan Pie
ELT
Airline To Heaven
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A Shot in the Arm
Walken (partially performed at edge of stage w/o PA system)
Dreamer In My Dreams

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I'm amazed that i've been to these the last 5 years and have yet to see a sunken treasure. Do people just assume somebody else will pick it or is the song not nearly as popular as i think it should be?

 

Sue: thanks for the last minute request for laminated cat. Was supposed to be for Melissa (my wife's) soon to be born child but it went just to melissa instead.... we were happy nonetheless

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Lots of references to great banter, but can anyone give us a few examples? I'd love just a teeny window into the vibe of the show.

 

Also, what's The Community Song? Looked on youtube and basic google search but could not find a listenable version.

 

Someone asked how he got Sue to marry him. His answer? "I got her pregnant..."

 

He did some rambling about going to the Grammys and Whitney Houston's dooty bubbles... You know... Typical Tweedy stuff.

 

I'm amazed that i've been to these the last 5 years and have yet to see a sunken treasure. Do people just assume somebody else will pick it or is the song not nearly as popular as i think it should be?

 

I've seen Wilco/Jeff somewhere between 15-20 times and still haven't heard "She's A Jar" live.

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Didnt he do she's a jar last year? I feel like i've heard it a few times between the Letters for santa shows and the benefits.

 

 

The community song is nothing really, just a montessori theme song: dont quote me on it but here ya go

Look around and you will see

Family, community

we are brothers, sisters, all

 

thats the song

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Pretty heavy on Wilco stuff

 

:lol Imagine that...

 

It was a great show. A couple of the highlights for me were At My Window..., Thirteen, ELT, and Dreamer. As for banter, there is always a lot of talk about how the show won't be the best it could be because the first 30 people pick the setlist and they're not usually songs he likes/would pick himself, but he'll do his best, etc. I think Friday was the night he told the story of Ween opening for Uncle Tupelo and Dean Ween smashing his acoustic guitar during sound check--and then having to borrow Jeff's.

 

I actually thought there was a surprising amount of recent (TWL) stuff for one of these shows. It was great!

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Could only go one night, glad I picked Friday!!!!!

I would have loved the ALTWYS and would always prefer Acuff Rose to Dreamer in My dreams as the w/o PA closer, but I LOVED this setlist (3/30).

9 or 10 Tweedy firsts for me.

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Had a great time at the show Friday. What a treat to be able to go to one of the best venue’s in Chicago year after year to support Jeff’s cause and get a chance to hear anything in his catalog. This year, Friday was it for me (couldn’t justify going to both given my potential 2012 Wilco calendar).

 

The highlights for me were hearing two the new songs solo acoustic for the first time: Art of Almost & Sunloathe. It is so cool how some of the more complicated songs get boiled down on an acoustic and Art of Almost fit that category. Sunloathe will be a real treat for audience when the band decides to play it for the first time to an audience. In addition to those songs, I loved Thirteen, Wait Up and ELT.

 

Great job die hards who put in the requests. It was a good mix of deep cuts, classics and hits. I’d listen to this Pandora station any day.

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