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No Ledbetter, 4 in a row!?!?

MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
edited July 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
4 shows in a row without a Ledbetter closer. I like this. Think of how much we would appreciate the song if it became a rare treat.

Also, 4 shows in a row without Black. I'm probably the only one around here that is happy about this. I love the song, but would love it more if it became a little bit more rare.
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  • JoanneJoanne Posts: 98
    The did play Black at St. Paul 2 and Ledbetter doesn't really fit in with the short opening set. It's like the sweet good-bye after a long night's work. Plus, they are rocking hard for 90 straight minutes and it's just not a way, to end a grind like that. Ed said something at St. Paul 1 that their job was to warm the crowd up for Petty. I think they see it as something special.
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  • merlin401merlin401 Posts: 230
    Joanne wrote:
    The did play Black at St. Paul 2 and Ledbetter doesn't really fit in with the short opening set. It's like the sweet good-bye after a long night's work. Plus, they are rocking hard for 90 straight minutes and it's just not a way, to end a grind like that. Ed said something at St. Paul 1 that their job was to warm the crowd up for Petty. I think they see it as something special.

    Exactly, they have to end on a rocking note to get into Petty.

    YL is for "goodnight, show over, lets go home" which is not whats happening after the PJ set for these 6 nights
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  • pjhabitpjhabit Posts: 211
    I've seen 5 shows now. And still no Ledbetter:( So when I do see it, it'll be much appreciated.
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  • Low_Light03Low_Light03 Posts: 1,227
    Vegas will get a special show. They haven't closed with Ledbetter in Vegas since 2000 I think. All Those Yesterdays and Yellow Ledbetter will be the last 2 songs in Las Vegas.
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  • loveboatcaptain_blakloveboatcaptain_blak Posts: 285
    ya once they go back to doing the regular shows they'll do ledbetter again probably every night like usuall.
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  • Biggest WaveBiggest Wave Posts: 686
    Joanne wrote:
    Ledbetter doesn't really fit in with the short opening set. It's like the sweet good-bye after a long night's work.

    I like the way some of you think that you've got it all figured out.
  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,552
    Maybe they just didn't want to play that song the last four shows.

    It could be that simple.

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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    PJ Habit wrote:
    I've seen 5 shows now. And still no Ledbetter:( So when I do see it, it'll be much appreciated.
    woah...that's gotta be the longest streak out of anyone I've ever heard.
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  • Low_Light03Low_Light03 Posts: 1,227
    In 2003, they played Yellow Ledbetter in Irvine on June 2nd and they didn't play it again untill 10 shows later, about two weeks after Irvine. I always thought that was pretty cool cause I was at Irvine.
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  • MilestoneMilestone Posts: 1,140
    rhinomagic wrote:
    Maybe they just didn't want to play that song the last four shows.

    It could be that simple.

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    .....or, maybe they are just as sick of it as we are.
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  • grandr0yalgrandr0yal Posts: 67
    I love YLB. I dont mind them ending with it every show because its thier way of saying goodbye. Although, it would be cool if they did YLB and tagged it with brother riff at the end ;)
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    I wouldn't read too much into this. They don't normally play a song like Ledbetter at gigs like these (opening for folks, or playing festivals).

    Ledbetter is a 2nd encore song. these shows are lucky to have one.

    It will be back in full force once they start playing on their own again.

    But you know, it's funny. I still laugh when people remark about how much ledbetter was played. For the first 10 years of their existence, they barely played it at all.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Biggest Wave wrote:
    I like the way some of you think that you've got it all figured out.

    some of us have followed this band long enough to know their tendencies. I would have been less stunned if they played "Raspberry Beret" in St. Paul than if they had played Ledbetter.
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    for the least they could possibly do
  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,632
    Im not gonna lie, Ive seen PJ 6 times on 5 different tours, and the only time I didnt seem the close with YL was in Toledo when Neil Young closed out the set, and personally, I love hearing it last. I dont know what I would do if it wasnt the last song, I might never leave just because to me that is the only way to say goodbye, I mean most every time I have seen it, it has followed RITFW, Baba or Fuckin Up, all songs that could close, or songs like Porch, Smile, Indifference, have already been played, so whats the big deal. I think most the time when they play it now a days, its not replacing another song, its more like an extra song, and to me, its the Perfect Ending.
    words seem so out of place.

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