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Song pool thus far:
586 1963 Academic Age of Consent Atmosphere Be a Rebel Bizarre Love Triangle Blue Monday Ceremony Close Range Crystal Decades Guilt is a Useless Emotion Isolation Love Will Tear Us Apart Plastic Regret Restless Shake it Up Sub-Culture Temptation Transmission True Faith Tutti Frutti* Vanishing Point Waiting for the Sirens' Call World Your Silent Face
*Tour debut in Dublin
Also - so far after 5 shows on the tour
EVERY NIGHT Age of Consent Be a Rebel Bizarre Love Triangle Blue Monday Ceremony Isolation Love Will Tear Us Apart Sub-Culture Temptation True Faith Your Silent Face
EVERY NIGHT BUT ONE Crystal Plastic Restless Transmission Vanishing Point
EVERY NIGHT BUT TWO Atmosphere Shake It Up
ONLY TWICE Academic Decades Regret Waiting for the Sirens' Call
ONCE ONLY 586 1963 Close Range Guilt is a Useless Emotion World Tutti Frutti
I’m quite surprised that Ceremony has been played every night. For a number of years, it always seemed to be sporadic. Like a bit of a treat.
I’m not complaining though. I could never get sick cf that song.
Song pool thus far:
586 1963 Academic Age of Consent Atmosphere Be a Rebel Bizarre Love Triangle Blue Monday Ceremony Close Range Crystal Decades Guilt is a Useless Emotion Isolation Love Will Tear Us Apart Plastic Regret Restless Shake it Up Sub-Culture Temptation Transmission True Faith Tutti Frutti Ultraviolence* Vanishing Point Waiting for the Sirens' Call World Your Silent Face
*Tour debut in Glasgow
Also - so far after 6 shows on the tour
EVERY NIGHT Age of Consent Be a Rebel Bizarre Love Triangle Blue Monday Ceremony Isolation Love Will Tear Us Apart Sub-Culture Temptation True Faith Your Silent Face
EVERY NIGHT BUT ONE Crystal Plastic Restless Transmission Vanishing Point
THREE TIMES Atmosphere Shake It Up Academic Decades
TWO TIMES Regret Waiting for the Sirens' Call
ONCE ONLY 586 1963 Close Range Guilt is a Useless Emotion World Tutti Frutti Ultraviolence
No songs have been played only 4 times now, so essentially the top 16 songs are pretty much dead certs and the bottom 13 songs are in the rotation pool. I'm going to guess that we won't see any more "new" entries to the tour song pool in Leeds, but who can say
I realise that Bernard has made comments before along the lines of "the fans aren't always right", and the fact that Shake It Up got played seems to compound the notion that, to some extent, they play what they want but...
No Singularity?
FWIW The Slicing Up Eyeballs poll several years back had Singularity as the highest ranked NO track from MC (Yeah, Bernard won't care...). It was also a single, with a music video and some decent remixes (including one from a forumite here, incidentally). But it hasn't been played once on this tour.
Was Plastic a single? No. It received a pretty lacklustre reception as far as I could tell at the O2 Arena. Maybe alternate those two? Just a thought.
Song Pool:
586 1963 Academic Age of Consent Atmosphere Be a Rebel Bizarre Love Triangle Blue Monday Ceremony Close Range Crystal Decades Guilt is a Useless Emotion Isolation Love Will Tear Us Apart The Perfect Kiss* Plastic Regret Restless Shake it Up Sub-Culture Temptation Transmission True Faith Tutti Frutti Ultraviolence Vanishing Point Waiting for the Sirens' Call World Your Silent Face
*Tour debut in Leeds
Even if they weren't all gems, having 30 songs locked and loaded is commendable for such a short tour.
Debaser wrote: I realise that Bernard has made comments before along the lines of "the fans aren't always right", and the fact that Shake It Up got played seems to compound the notion that, to some extent, they play what they want but...
No Singularity?
FWIW The Slicing Up Eyeballs poll several years back had Singularity as the highest ranked NO track from MC (Yeah, Bernard won't care...). It was also a single, with a music video and some decent remixes (including one from a forumite here, incidentally). But it hasn't been played once on this tour.
Was Plastic a single? No. It received a pretty lacklustre reception as far as I could tell at the O2 Arena. Maybe alternate those two? Just a thought.
An I right in thinking that Singularity was also the first "new" MC track that they played (before the album came out)? I'd much rather hear that than Plastic too
Oh and I had a thought on Shake It Up as a weird choice. Maybe it was originally Phil's song and he pushed to give it a live outing? It certainly has that rockist guitar lick as the main hook, which he looked like he was enjoying
GotBlueEyes wrote:
An I right in thinking that Singularity was also the first "new" MC track that they played (before the album came out)? I'd much rather hear that than Plastic too
I believe so:
Singularity 30/03/14 Santiago, Chile Plastic 01/07/14 Chicago, USA
I think the other MC tracks weren't played live until after the LP came out.
perspexorange wrote:
GotBlueEyes wrote:
An I right in thinking that Singularity was also the first "new" MC track that they played (before the album came out)? I'd much rather hear that than Plastic too
I believe so:
Singularity 30/03/14 Santiago, Chile Plastic 01/07/14 Chicago, USA
I think the other MC tracks weren't played live until after the LP came out.
That's correct. At the 2014 gig in San Francisco, we were treated to "Singularity" and "Plastic" (also a unique performance of the song "San Francisco"). They've been setlist mainstays for nearly a decade, but I'm surprised "Singularity" was the one they dropped (the guitar) first.
Fotz wrote: They've still never played live Nothing But A Fool. Is it really hard to do live?
I wish they would give it a go. I could see how people unfamiliar with it might consider it a downer/lull in the set. But I think it's an excellent song and fairly unique in their repertoire.
As I've mentioned before, "Unlearn this Hatred" seems a more likely candidate (and crowd pleaser). I think it's a superior track compared to "Guilt is a Useless Emotion" (and certainly "Shake it Up") if they're looking to pop a relatively recent, upbeat banger into the set. And surely the fact that it's from the current lineup must help its chances. I'm perplexed that "The Game" was chosen to air live before either of these Music Complete tracks.
Fotz wrote: They've still never played live Nothing But A Fool. Is it really hard to do live?
I guess it has the fairly prominent female backing vocals and strings plus it's yet another one with prolonged 16ths on the hi-hats for Mr Morris (not that he seems to struggle!)
On the plus side, there isn't much sequenced keyboard on it and it's a great bass line for Tom that is very un-Hooky like
Still the one I listen to most off MC - and never understood why so many people are down on it
GotBlueEyes wrote:
Fotz wrote: They've still never played live Nothing But A Fool. Is it really hard to do live?
I guess it has the fairly prominent female backing vocals and strings plus it's yet another one with prolonged 16ths on the hi-hats for Mr Morris (not that he seems to struggle!)
On the plus side, there isn't much sequenced keyboard on it and it's a great bass line for Tom that is very un-Hooky like
Still the one I listen to most off MC - and never understood why so many people are down on it
Happy to see more support for "Nothing but a Fool". The backing vocals don't seem to be an issue when you consider how often they've played "Tutti Frutti". That's a fun dance track. But I wish they'd leave it off the setlists unless someone shows up in person to do the co-lead vocal parts.
Andy wrote:
GotBlueEyes wrote:
Fotz wrote: They've still never played live Nothing But A Fool. Is it really hard to do live?
Happy to see more support for "Nothing but a Fool". The backing vocals don't seem to be an issue when you consider how often they've played "Tutti Frutti". That's a fun dance track. But I wish they'd leave it off the setlists unless someone shows up in person to do the co-lead vocal parts.
They missed a trick by not asking Confidence Lady to do vocals on Tutti Frutti, or maybe they did and Ber'Nard's ticker couldn't take it.
Anyway, let them put their feet up and rest after such a punishing tour schedule instead of baying for more unplayed songs ![[;)]](/emoticons/wink.gif){kind=small}
tapebias wrote:
Andy wrote:
GotBlueEyes wrote:
Fotz wrote: They've still never played live Nothing But A Fool. Is it really hard to do live?
Happy to see more support for "Nothing but a Fool". The backing vocals don't seem to be an issue when you consider how often they've played "Tutti Frutti". That's a fun dance track. But I wish they'd leave it off the setlists unless someone shows up in person to do the co-lead vocal parts.
They missed a trick by not asking Confidence Lady to do vocals on Tutti Frutti, or maybe they did and Ber'Nard's ticker couldn't take it.
Anyway, let them put their feet up and rest after such a punishing tour schedule instead of baying for more unplayed songs
I will be stunned if they dust anything different off for the two California shows. The Darker Waves Festival gig, in particular, will likely be a no-surprises trot through the standards.
