Howdy. Well, in case you haven't already noticed, we have a couple shows coming up later this month. The first is on April 22nd at Uptown Bill's small Mall, a nice lil' venue in Iowa City (show time is 7:30 and cover is $3, by the by). The second is a week later, April 29, at Valparaiso University in Indiana. You should totally go to both of them!
The first of those shows will be pretty relaxed and informal, as our past gigs at the small Mall have been. It's a cozy, living room-like space, which makes a nice atmosphere for music. It's almost like a house concert, only not in a house.
Anyhoo, since it is such a relaxed environment, and should be a pretty laid-back show, I thought we should invite you, our faithful fans and readers, to create our set list. Sounds like fun, eh?
Now, I suppose it would be prudent to make some sort of disclaimer stating that we may not follow the set list exactly as its laid out for us. For instance, we might say that we reserve the right to change the order of songs. And of course, if someone decided it would be fun to add a song we don't know or can't play... well, then we might not play it.
Anyway, suggest a song. As the date approaches, we'll compile the list of suggestions and post it for your perusal. Then you can look at the list and say to your friends, "Hey, I suggested they play that song!" and your friends will be duly impressed. Good stuff.
8 comments:
Here is my thought for your set list. See you next Saturday.
1. The Right Hand Rule (She Only Likes Him)
2. Allentown
3. Moving On
4. Who's to Say
5. I Had to Take Time to Pray
6. To Have and Hold
7. Always Thinking of You
8. Smalltown Drunk
9. Where Were You
10. Little Boy
11. Truck Stop Jukebox
12. Yourselfishness
13. Catch the Wind
14. Long Time Gone
15. Long Way Home
16. Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)
17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
18. King for a Day
19. American Idiot
20. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
21. Wake Me Up When September Ends
22. Wonderful Tonight
23. Golden Moments
24. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam
25. Plateau
26. Penny Royal Tea
27. Demon Tree
28. Lead Me Home
29. It's Hard to Write a Love Song
30. Beyond Horizons
31. Singin' Yup
32. Mwah
33. Closer
34. Flies In The Vaseline
35. The Times They Are A Changing
36. Michelle (My Bell)
37. Helter-Skelter
38. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
39. Revolution
40. Nowhere Man
41. Wide Field of Stars
42. Remember
43. I Know You
44. Matt Punched Me in the Nose
45. Folksinging
46. Dialogue With a Savior
47. Climb On
48. I Miss Montana
49. Follow the Son
50. This is Your Song
51. Steady On
52. If I Could
53. Poncho and Lefty
54. Come Full Circle
55. The Gambler
56. Get a Grip
57. Piano Man
Wow--ambitious!
I would suggest that if you use the aforementioned set list that you close with an encore set of:
Something Only We Know
Why Don't You Get A Job
and a couple of songs that are newer than your last album.
No other suggestions? No requests? How 'bout any songs you DON'T want to hear?
If my son shows up will you play the MTA Protest Song? I would be interested in hearing the song about William McBride too.
I would prefer not to hear:
Oh Yes Wyoming
The Mark Song
Worms
We can certainly play both of those. No Man's Land was even already on the tentative setlist.
I don't even know those other three (unless "The Mark Song" is "Book"), so not playing 'em shouldn't be a problem.
I think this is what we ended up playing (not in this order):
Wishing
Time and Again
I Miss Montana
Wild Montana Skies
Hey, Don't Be So Grumpy
Paradise
Loose Summer Clothes
Campfire on the Taylor Fork
Who's to Say
Mwah
What Might Have Been
Long Way Home
Folksinging
Inside Emotion
Simple Life
Summer Camp
Singin' Yup
Truck Stop Jukebox
The Kid
No Man's Land
Climb On
I probably forgot a few, but that's more or less right.
"Hey, Don't Be So Grumpy," I believe, refers to an impromptu little tune Matt made up about a woman who'd thrown raw meat at him when he mocked her husband in the supermarket. Just in case anyone was confused; that isn't a regular CST canon.
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