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Which Standard Do You WANT to Hear Live?
Having seen all the Philly shows and then a bunch more this year, most shows I see aren't going to feature too many songs I haven't heard. But along the way, I've also realized that I don't much care what they play, and that includes the typical Even Flow, Alive, etc. I'm just happy to be there and rocking out. We all poke fun at taking bathroom breaks during those opportune times, but I want to know, out of all these songs, which one could you hear at every show and never tire of it?
For the list, I just chose those played over 200x. I realize some of them aren't played almost every show anymore, but I couldn't think of any other criteria that wasn't completely arbitrary.
My choice: Given to Fly. I love the way they build to the chorus with Matt's drums now. Nothing revs me up more.
Even Flow
Alive
Black
Jeremy
Porch
Corduroy
Daughter
Better Man
Do The Evolution
Rearviewmirror
Animal
Given To Fly
Why Go
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
State Of Love And Trust
Yellow Ledbetter
Once
Go
Rockin' In The Free World Cover
Hail, Hail
For the list, I just chose those played over 200x. I realize some of them aren't played almost every show anymore, but I couldn't think of any other criteria that wasn't completely arbitrary.
My choice: Given to Fly. I love the way they build to the chorus with Matt's drums now. Nothing revs me up more.
Even Flow
Alive
Black
Jeremy
Porch
Corduroy
Daughter
Better Man
Do The Evolution
Rearviewmirror
Animal
Given To Fly
Why Go
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
State Of Love And Trust
Yellow Ledbetter
Once
Go
Rockin' In The Free World Cover
Hail, Hail
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Given to Fly
Inside Job..Love the build up..music so good in this song
Amongst the Waves
In Hiding
Evolution
Army Reserve
Insignificance
Unthought Known
Porch
Go
Do The Evolution
Corduroy
Severed Hand
Once
Unthought Known
State of Love and Trust
Lukin
RITFW
2000: Camden 9/1 2003: Camden 7/5, Hershey 2004: Reading 2006: Camden 5/28 2008: Camden 6/19, 6/20 2009: Philadelphia 10/27, 10/28, 10/31 2012: Philadelphia 2016: Philadelphia 4/28, New York City 5/2 2018: Seattle 8/8, 8/10 2019: Innings Fest 2021: Sea.Hear.Now, Ohana 2022: Baltimore, Camden, Louisville, St. Louis 2023: Saint Paul 8/31, 9/2 2024: Philadelphia 9/7, 9/9, Baltimore
Porch
Alive
Immortality
Brain of J
I Got Shit
In Hiding
Rockin' In The Free World
Alive
Porch
Given to Fly
Why Go
Daughter
Elderly Woman
Do the Evolution
I Got Shit
Betterman
Corduroy
Present Tense
Yellow Ledbetter
Cleveland 5/20/2006 Columbus 5/6/2010 Chicago 7/19/2013
Cincinnatti 6/24/2006 Noblesville 5/7/2010. Buffalo 10/12/2013
Lollapalooza 8/5/2007 Mountain View 10/23/2010 Cincinnatti 10/1/2014
Washington D.C. 6/22/2008 Mountain View 10/24/2010 St. Louis 10/3/2014
Chicago 8/22/2008(EV Solo) St. Louis 7/1/2011 (EV Solo) St. Paul 10/19/2014
Kansas City 5/3/2010 East Troy 9/3/2011 Milwaukee 10/20/2014
Hampton 4/18/2016 Columbia 4/21/2016 Lexington 4/26/2016
NYC 5/2/2016
Do The Evolution
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
Small Town
Daughter
Los Angeles 10.7.2009
Given to Fly
Corduroy
Unthought Known
Indifference
Do the Evolution
Just Breathe
2010: 9/7/10 - Bilbao
2012: 26-27/6/12 - Amsterdam ~~ 29/6/12 - Werchter ~~ 4-5/7/12 - Berlin
2014: 25/6/14 - Vienna ~~ 26/6/14 - Berlin
Do the Evolution
World Wide Suicide
Not for You
Corduroy
Alive
Even Flow
Do the Evolution
Jeremy
Daughter (I love the tags)
Animal
Why Go
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
State Of Love And Trust
Yellow Ledbetter
Once
Go
Rockin' In The Free World Cover
Hail, Hail
Animal
Unthought Known
Just Breathe
Why Go
Given to Fly
Corduroy
Comatose
I could hear at every show Rockin in the free world, Yellow ledbetter, SOLAT, Given to fly, Animal, Betterman and Alive
Black
Hail Hail
Go
SOLAT
Every show, every time.
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
Nothing as it Seems
Alive
Solat
Even flow
Ghost
Porch
Gonna see my friend
In my tree
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
RVM
In Hiding
Present Tense
In My Tree
Rats
Once
I Got Shit
"With our thoughts we make the world"
Hail Hail
Immortality
Why Go
Animal
Porch
Do The Evolution
Life Wasted
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
Do The Evolution
Animal
Given To Fly
Why Go
Rockin' In The Free World Cover
Out of your list - I would be okay with hearing the above every show
Fave song to hear live: DTE. I'm going to cover it on my next album, actually.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Rearview Mirror
Small Town
Present Tense
Amongst The Waves
Unthought Known
DTE
Corduroy
Given to Fly
Unthought Known
From the OP's list, the only others I'd be happy to hear every time would be RVM and Porch. The opportunity to jam on those songs makes them consistently variable (is that an oxymoron?!) so I just don't get tired of them.
96: Cork, Dublin
00: Dublin
06: London, Dublin
07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
09: Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
11: San José
12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
The punchline is: not possible.
That said, there's a few others on this list that are always great live that I always enjoy no matter how many times I've heard them:
Black
Jeremy
Porch
Corduroy
Animal
Given To Fly
Go
Hail, Hail
Given to Fly
Alive
Baba O'Riley
...Small Town
Unthought Known
Why Go
Animal
Virginia Beach outside in the grass 2008
Philly Spectrum night 2 2009
New York MSG night 2 2010
Montreal Bell Centre 2011
Of course, the list of songs which I'd like to hear on a PJ concer is a lot longer, but the above are just highlights.
AMSTERDAM 2012, BERLIN 2012 !!!