hangout fest setlist

[ericm]

From the success of the Tennessee Fire show at Terminal 5 I hope the band realizes they need to incorporate some of those songs on the upcoming tour. Its twighlight now was one of the best songs I have ever seen them perform and to be honest that song, heartbreakin man and war begun are just flat out better songs than Im amazed and highly suspicious which seem to get played at every show now.

Totally agree.

I'm also hoping after T5 they will expand their setlists to include a lot of what we heard there.

I think the Louisville show will give us an idea of where the setlists will go. They're doing all of Circuital, and then ? If they do some of the gems we saw at T5, I'll be stoked, and hopefully that'll be a sign of what's in store for their shows.

I'm sure we'll ge a lot of Circuital at least through the first leg, and that's fine by me. If we get a nice big 2nd leg/fall tour, I'd love to see them realy change it up, show to show. Keep 7-10 staples in the set, and the rest just mix it up, and let it rip.  ;)

[ynwa]

can't wait to hear how first light sounded all rawked out

TOTALLY!  laura made a comment that she was surprised there's no real "rock" song on circuital, but, i disagreed.  first light is straight UP rock n' roll & i'm dying to hear it live.  (i'm dying to hear a lot of those songs live, actually...)

also - that emoticon is prob my fave of all time.  i giggle every time!

[ynwa]

From the success of the Tennessee Fire show at Terminal 5 I hope the band realizes they need to incorporate some of those songs on the upcoming tour. Its twighlight now was one of the best songs I have ever seen them perform and to be honest that song, heartbreakin man and war begun are just flat out better songs than Im amazed and highly suspicious which seem to get played at every show now.

Totally agree.

I'm also hoping after T5 they will expand their setlists to include a lot of what we heard there.

I think the Louisville show will give us an idea of where the setlists will go. They're doing all of Circuital, and then ? If they do some of the gems we saw at T5, I'll be stoked, and hopefully that'll be a sign of what's in store for their shows.

I'm sure we'll ge a lot of Circuital at least through the first leg, and that's fine by me. If we get a nice big 2nd leg/fall tour, I'd love to see them realy change it up, show to show. Keep 7-10 staples in the set, and the rest just mix it up, and let it rip.  ;)

i like the way you think eric!  i, too, think the Louisville show will be a sort of jumping off point for future shows.  cannot wait!!!

jo mamma - i respectfully disagree with something you said... highly suspicious is phenomenal live.  to quote br00ke "this song is derrrty".  totally agree w/ twilight, heartbreakin & war begun needing to make the cut now too tho.   

[ericm]

Here is a video from on the ground of the live premier of Black Metal
http://www.youtube.com/will24411#p/u/0/-bg0DbryQss

I know it's the first time played live, and this vid is far from perfect, but I gotta say I was hoping for more.Really wanted them to jam it out a bit. I thought it had the potential to be a real killer live.

I'm going to hold out hope until I see it live for myself, but that video has left me a bit let down on this tune. I hope I'm wrong and we get some positive first hand reviews from those that were there.

[Nikkogino]

Here is a video from on the ground of the live premier of Black Metal
http://www.youtube.com/will24411#p/u/0/-bg0DbryQss

I know it's the first time played live, and this vid is far from perfect, but I gotta say I was hoping for more.Really wanted them to jam it out a bit. I thought it had the potential to be a real killer live.

I'm going to hold out hope until I see it live for myself, but that video has left me a bit let down on this tune. I hope I'm wrong and we get some positive first hand reviews from those that were there.

I thought it was good for the first time live...I'm sure they just wanted to do it right.  Also, there isn't much time during these festivals to jam too much.  On top of that, at a festival (where there are non-fans), it is always smart to play as many songs as possible within your time slot to try to connect with those who have no clue who you are.

[TheMule]

This was a great setlist considering the time constraints of a festival performance. Love the new songs live! I felt it was also at the perfect time for the show with the sunset and light show at dark.

[oistheone]

I don't want to form a solid opinion after one YouTube video viewing, but something was up with that performance. I really hope it was just the below-average video and audio quality. What was up with the random key/pitch change in the first few seconds? That MUST be a problem with the video... right?!

[Goldeneagle]

I would assume - From 12 feet from the stage it was pitch-perfect.  Other than the people trying to sing along to Victory dance - I have that video on my iphone and it's painful. 
There's no such thing as a bad Jacket setlist.
Sure, would've loved to hear War Begun or Cobra, but I'm not about to complain.
Every song they played was Heavy Duty goodness, full of monsterous energy

[SplatSplatSplat]

Dude they only played 90 minutes.  Only 15 songs - something's gotta go.

MMJ eats sets like this for breakfast.

That was my point too - something's gotta go.   And I'm not complaining - I've seen Golden at every show I've seen, so I'm fine with giving it a rest.   I'm pumped as hell to hear the new songs.  I was just making an observation.   Excluding very short shows (levon helm, bridge school) I've never seen a setlist without Golden.   If I said that there's never been a 15 song setlist without Golden since, say, 2002, don't you think that's noteworthy?

oh, i absolutely agree with you -it is noteworthy. 

I guess I was being somewhat selfish in my rationalization: if I had been there I wouldn't have minded them cutting Golden bc I've heard it every time I've seen them live.  Me rikey being surprised. And I would trade "golden" for "steam engine" (almost) any day.

If they don't play it at the Palace...that will be interesting.

[johnnYYac]

Here is a video from on the ground of the live premier of Black Metal
http://www.youtube.com/will24411#p/u/0/-bg0DbryQss

I know it's the first time played live, and this vid is far from perfect, but I gotta say I was hoping for more.Really wanted them to jam it out a bit. I thought it had the potential to be a real killer live.

I'm going to hold out hope until I see it live for myself, but that video has left me a bit let down on this tune. I hope I'm wrong and we get some positive first hand reviews from those that were there.

Eric, I thought the same thing.  I got my answer to an earlier question posted on this thread- heavy sampling of the horns and chorus.  I was hoping, considering the radio play Black Metal is getting, we'd have more audience participation in the chorus parts, egged on by the boys.  Hard to tell in the video and I'm sure being there it was great. 

I'm also curious what changes they'll bring to the Mountain Jam setlist, as it is more of a jam band festival, so maybe some more extended rocking, more epic guitar tunes (Lay Low, Way He Sings, Run Thru, Dondante), more acoustic goodies (Golden, Bermuda Hiway, Where to Begin, etc.). 

More than anything, I want to hear from our forum peeps!  I've read Jason's take on his blog.  Now to see what others have to say...

[adl6690]

I thought some of the criticisms of the new album were ridiculous, but letting your opinions of a cool new tune change because of a hastily-made video of the song's first ever live performance on a mobile device, taken far from the stage with sub par sound quality? Not to mention the fact that you weren't there.
C'mon guys.

[The DARK]

First time played; in a lot of ways it's probably just a warmup for the webcast. It does sound like they might have just screwed up at the beginning, but it'll sound better come webcast time.

[adl6690]

Here is a video from on the ground of the live premier of Black Metal
http://www.youtube.com/will24411#p/u/0/-bg0DbryQss

I know it's the first time played live, and this vid is far from perfect, but I gotta say I was hoping for more.Really wanted them to jam it out a bit. I thought it had the potential to be a real killer live.

I'm going to hold out hope until I see it live for myself, but that video has left me a bit let down on this tune. I hope I'm wrong and we get some positive first hand reviews from those that were there.

Eric, I thought the same thing.  I got my answer to an earlier question posted on this thread- heavy sampling of the horns and chorus.  I was hoping, considering the radio play Black Metal is getting, we'd have more audience participation in the chorus parts, egged on by the boys.  Hard to tell in the video and I'm sure being there it was great. 

I'm also curious what changes they'll bring to the Mountain Jam setlist, as it is more of a jam band festival, so maybe some more extended rocking, more epic guitar tunes (Lay Low, Way He Sings, Run Thru, Dondante), more acoustic goodies (Golden, Bermuda Hiway, Where to Begin, etc.). 

More than anything, I want to hear from our forum peeps!  I've read Jason's take on his blog.  Now to see what others have to say...

I agree that audience participation is great, but  I don't think we can really expect that right now, it was the first time this tune has been played live, and the record has not come out yet. Audience participation means that the song is well known by many. Also, it is frustrating to see people wanting the band to jam out, when they obviously just want to get the song right the first time.
Wait til the webcast, I feel like y'all won't be disappointed.

[johnnYYac]

I thought some of the criticisms of the new album were ridiculous, but letting your opinions of a cool new tune change because of a hastily-made video of the song's first ever live performance on a mobile device, taken far from the stage with sub par sound quality? Not to mention the fact that you weren't there.
C'mon guys.

Welcome to the forum, adl6690. 

[ericm]

I thought some of the criticisms of the new album were ridiculous, but letting your opinions of a cool new tune change because of a hastily-made video of the song's first ever live performance on a mobile device, taken far from the stage with sub par sound quality? Not to mention the fact that you weren't there.
C'mon guys.

C'mon what?

I acknowledged the 1st time live, not great video, and the fact that I wasn't there.

I happen to really like the new album including HOTBM. My opinion of the song hasn't changed, just as far as this video goes, my expectations of it live have.

Like john, I'm also wanting to hear what our forum peeps that were there thought.

[Tracy 2112]

On the HOTBM video, one of the spotlights behind the stage seems to be a little out of synch. Watch it; the 4th one from the left (or the 7th one from the right). It seems to be about .0037 seconds behind the rest of them. Pretty lame if you ask me. They better fix that shit before I see them live.


bullshit

[mahg33ta]

very surprised to not hear from more of the forum regulars.   live reports from the condos, that sort of thing.   I take from their silence they had a heck of a night.

[johnnYYac]

very surprised to not hear from more of the forum regulars.   live reports from the condos, that sort of thing.   I take from their silence they had a heck of a night.

I was wondering the same thing.  I texted Seth and expected some sign of life.  Funny how those not there are jonesing for a report.

[Jon T.]

very surprised to not hear from more of the forum regulars.   live reports from the condos, that sort of thing.   I take from their silence they had a heck of a night.

I was wondering the same thing.  I texted Seth and expected some sign of life.  Funny how those not there are jonesing for a report.

I haven't heard from any of my friends there.  I'm wondering if there are some cell issues due to the large crowd?

[Nikkogino]

My brother called me after MMJ's set last night.  He isn't a big MMJ fan but he said that they killed it.  Everyone was feeling it.  And then everyone walked over and watched Widespread Panic try in vain to follow MMJ's performance.  Poor dudes....