Okay, time to retire "Yellow Ledbetter"

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  • feathers
    feathers Posts: 84
    No. I have yet to hear it live.
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  • tylerj1462
    tylerj1462 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_Lukin
    PJ_Lukin Posts: 2,055
    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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  • smalltownfate
    smalltownfate 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.
  • neartodeath
    neartodeath Posts: 167
    Rival-67 wrote:
    what say you?

    nope

    never

    thanks
  • CajunCypher
    CajunCypher 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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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 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 Leo
    Uncle 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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  • obiwon76
    obiwon76 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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  • yosi1
    yosi1 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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  • erickvazdel
    erickvazdel Posts: 140
    No Way !!!!
  • (UK)_foxymop
    (UK)_foxymop Posts: 234
    If you lived in Europe you wouldn't have that opinion!.. I have yet to see them perform YL live. I'll be gutted if they don't!!!

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  • BlackCorduroy
    BlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    nah I dont think so. I think its a great closer. :)
  • purple_chick79
    purple_chick79 Posts: 570
    Yes, I'm sick of seeing it.
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  • Atomic Punk
    Atomic Punk Posts: 2,941
    obiwon76 wrote:
    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 know when I went to the 12/9/02 show they played another one after YLB...
  • depopulationINC
    depopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    believe n' love wrote:
    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 :)


    kinda like abou 6 other rare occurance songs for a good night that they already have?
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  • Abneriel
    Abneriel Posts: 109
    obiwon76 wrote:
    YL is the only secure sign the show is about to end, I don't think they have ever played another song after YL?
    there are a few times they've kept playing...Gorge '05 is an example.
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  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    obiwon76 wrote:
    If they retire "YL" how else will people know to leave and head to their cars to avoid the rush?


    lol, i love it...

    left both Gorge shows early when we heard YL...

    got to hear it as we walked out to the car so no biggie. and we got out of the parking 'lot' in 2 minutes.


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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,381
    To me, a show will lose a few cool points if YLB isn't played. I can't think of a better way for a show to end then having listen to Mike play the outro.
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  • Scratchin a Letter
    Scratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    Yellow ledbetter should be the new generic opener!

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