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Okay, time to retire "Yellow Ledbetter"

Rival-67Rival-67 Posts: 27
edited July 2006 in Given To Fly (live)
what say you?
What are you running from?
Taking pills to get along
Creating walls to call your own
So no one catches you?
Drifting off and doing all the things...
That we... all... do
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  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Hell no
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • Rival-67Rival-67 Posts: 27
    i just think they've WAY overplayed it on this tour. sometimes 4-5 shows in a row.
    What are you running from?
    Taking pills to get along
    Creating walls to call your own
    So no one catches you?
    Drifting off and doing all the things...
    That we... all... do
  • Irish AlIrish Al Posts: 6,236
    Agree 100%
    I need a coffee!
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    No they shouldn't. Anyway the band will decide when it's time to retire it. When they don't get the crowd going with it, then they might think about it. I hope they play it on all the shows I'm going to this year. :)
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  • obiwon76obiwon76 Posts: 568
    If they retire "YL" how else will people know to leave and head to their cars to avoid the rush?
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  • rhinomagicrhinomagic Posts: 2,549
    never happen

    but not a bad idea for a leg or two...

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  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    obiwon76 wrote:
    If they retire "YL" how else will people know to leave and head to their cars to avoid the rush?

    You mean....people...actually leave PJ concerts early? :eek: That's definitely a sign that you guys get to see them too much :eek:
    20/04/06 ~ 23/08/06 ~ 09/09/06

    14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour

    18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing

    04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~

    Rockin' out to Creadles
  • believe n' lovebelieve n' love Posts: 59
    i say YES!!!!!!!!! how about they play it on nights they feel "special" as a treat or somthing? but anyway, they have closed with this over 50% of the time ive seen them. so i could deal without it so much on the next few tours.

    but whatever.

    OH yeah, retire corduroy too while were at it :)
    peace, love.
  • JPinksJPinks Posts: 60
    No Way!
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    98 - East Troy (x2), East Lansing, Auburn Hills, Cleveland
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    03 - Cleveland, Columbus, Clarkston (x2)
    04 - Toledo, Grand Rapids
    06 - Auburn Hills, Camden (x2), DC
    08 - Camden (x2), MSG (x2), Ed in Newark
    09 - Ed in Philly (x2), The Spectrum (x4)
    10 - Cleveland
  • Gremmie95Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    Retire Lebetter?!?!?! "How's about NO, Scott".
  • iamrockmusiciamrockmusic Posts: 443
    i've never been a big fan of this song... actually, i take that back. i used to LOVE it, but i have heard it so many times that it's lost a bit of its luster. however, the crowd response is always huge when mike hits the opening notes and so i think it's still a good closer. i'd rather see the whole closing repertoire get changed up: RITFW, Baba, YL, etc... but at the end of the day, I still enjoy each one every time they're played.
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  • Spark123321Spark123321 Posts: 39
    obiwon76 wrote:
    If they retire "YL" how else will people know to leave and head to their cars to avoid the rush?


    Very funny.
  • Spark123321Spark123321 Posts: 39
    Rival-67 wrote:
    what say you?



    I think "All Those Yesterdays" or "Parting Ways" would be an awesome closer
  • edDvedDedDvedD Posts: 36
    Yellow Ledbetter = song for fans.....
    .....and he still gets his love he just gives it away,
    the love he receives is the love that is saved,
    and sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky.
    a human being that was GIVEN TO FLY.....
  • Atomic PunkAtomic Punk Posts: 2,941
    Retired? no
    changed from a closer to a random spot in a set? yes
  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    Rival-67 wrote:
    what say you?

    I hope they finish every concert from now on with it, doesn't bother me a bit, as long as Mr McCready is happy, lol
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  • Irish AlIrish Al Posts: 6,236
    edDvedD wrote:
    Yellow Ledbetter = song for fans.....

    So, erm, what/who are the rest for?? :confused:;)
    I need a coffee!
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    they should keep playing it but retire it as a closer. a show should end rocking out to like Baba or Rocking in the free world. YLB saps the energy out of the crowd
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  • Sexy2aFaultSexy2aFault Posts: 388
    Spark123321 wrote:
    I think "All Those Yesterdays" or "Parting Ways" would be an awesome closer

    No doubt you have never seen All Those Yesterdays live..... It had zero energy in Detroit 98.... It must be a hard song for Stone to pull off and have it sound good, hence why they Soundchecked it for the Gorge but chose not play it.

    Ledbetter is of course the perfect closer.... I am confused why people complain about it, the other option is to get to hear no song as the band would end with the closing rocker (RITFW,Baba, Alive,Porch etc..etc..)
  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Atomic Punk wrote:
    Retired? no
    changed from a closer to a random spot in a set? yes

    I think at this point it would be too weird to throw it in just anywhere and it doesn't have enough energy to really rock in the middle of a show, but it could certainly fill a spot towards the end of a set, or maybe in the middle of a slow encore.

    Or it would be pretty sweet to see it be played as part of an accoustic opener a la Mansfield III '03.
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  • feathersfeathers Posts: 84
    No. I have yet to hear it live.
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  • tylerj1462tylerj1462 Posts: 40
    They should play it every show. Think about the last moments of every show when they just finished Baba or Rockin, arent you always hoping for Ledbetter? It's nice to have a little closer at the end of the show, to just sit back and enjoy the last song without wondering if your going to get one more or not.
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  • PJ_LukinPJ_Lukin Posts: 2,050
    Rival-67 wrote:
    what say you?

    They should OPEN the show with it. Change the tag, and then close the show with it.

    It is one of Mr. McCready's finest moments on stage. I am not willing to miss that.
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  • smalltownfatesmalltownfate Posts: 57
    I heard it all three nights on this leg. It is great to hear although I rarely listen to it myself anymore. I do like it at the end of a show just not every night. The star-spangled banner didn't really do it for me though, Mike can drop that.
  • neartodeathneartodeath Posts: 167
    Rival-67 wrote:
    what say you?

    nope

    never

    thanks
  • CajunCypherCajunCypher Posts: 32
    If the crowd still gives a good reaction to the song, it wont be retired. I have seen them 5 times now, and I love to hear it. One of the shows, they ended with RITFW and I was disappointed on not hearing YL. It is just a great song.
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    Well as Eddie said in San Francisco night III 'I thought when you broke the guitar the show was over?'

    And everyone aside from Mike was leaving the stage, but Mike just loves to play the song, and so the rest of the band stuck around to play it.

    So you know what? Stop bitching about what songs they play and where in the setlist they play them. They are the ones performing the music, and they can choose when and when not to play a song.
  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    Very few people care that they play it for 4 or 5 shows in a row. For every person saying "Don't play it, I heard it at the last two shows" there are about 500 that are at their only show. They can't (or at least should not) tailor thier shows to the people who follow them around. There are thousands in the building that are attending their only show. What do they are if they played it at the previous four shows?
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  • obiwon76obiwon76 Posts: 568
    I personally have never left during the song, but at the DC show, people were clearing out to get a taxi, get on the metro before it closed, etc..... YL is the only secure sign the show is about to end, I don't think they have ever played another song after YL?
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  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    obiwon76 wrote:
    I personally have never left during the song, but at the DC show, people were clearing out to get a taxi, get on the metro before it closed, etc..... YL is the only secure sign the show is about to end, I don't think they have ever played another song after YL?

    I'm pretty sure they played Baba after YL before.
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