VOTE - Best Setlist of the Summer Tour

[SplatSplatSplat]

What do you guys think the best setlist of the summer tour was?  I'm talking strictly on paper - this is not a discussion about the best show of the tour so, divorce yourselves from the fact that you may have attended a show on this tour and look at them setlists with fresh, critical eyes. 

So, which one stood out as "the best" or the most unique, in your opinion(s)?

There are no wrong answers. 

[ericm]

1) Red Rocks
2) Philly

[e_wind]

RED ROCKS.
I know I was at this show, but the fact remains... The Bear, Strangulation, Honest Man, Steam AND Dondante.

1. Victory Dance
2. Circuital
3. Off The Record
4. I'm Amazed
5. Gideon
6. Lay Low
7. Outta My System
8. Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
9. The Bear
10. Steam Engine
11. First Light
12. Honest Man
13. Golden
14. Slow Slow Tune
15. Dondante
16. Smokin From Shootin
17. (end of) Run Thru
18. Strangulation
19. Touch me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2
20. Mahgeetah
----------
21. Wordless Chorus
22. Holdin On To Black Metal
23. Anytime
24. One Big Holiday


Some other ones that I think were the tops:



Louisville Palace:
LONG set list, Tyrone, Twinkle, special guests. ( I  was here too...)

1. Victory Dance
2. Circuital
3. Off The Record
4. The Way That He Sings
5. Mahgeetah
6. Gideon
7. Golden
8. Outta My System
9. You Wanna Freak Out
10. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) *
11. Dondante
12. I'm Amazed
13. Dancefloors
14. Steam Engine
15. Smokin From Shootin
16. (end of) Run Thru
17. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2
18. Slow Slow Tune
19. Movin Away
----------
20. Wordless Chorus **
21. Twinkle (Erykah Badu) **
22. The Day Is Coming **
23. Tyrone (Erykah Badu) **
24. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.1
25. Holdin On To Black Metal
26. Highly Suspicious
27. First Light
28. One Big Holiday
*  w/ Daniel Martin Moore & Ben Sollee
** w/ Erykah Badu

Oakland, CA
Double Encore, PHJB,  O is the one!!!

1. Victory Dance
2. Circuital
3. The Day Is Coming
4. Off The Record
5. Anytime
6. I'm Amazed
7. Golden
8. Outta My System
9. You Wanna Freak Out
10. First Light
11. O Is The One That Is Real
12. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) *
13. Slow Slow Tune
14. Steam Engine
15. Gideon
16. Wordless Chorus
17. Phone Went West
18. Mahgeetah
----------
19. Dondante
20. Smokin From Shootin
21. (end of) Run Thru
22. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2
----------
23. Holdin On To Black Metal **
24. Highly Suspicious **
25. Dancefloors **
26. One Big Holiday **

[rmpotsy]

other than the palace, of the shows i saw at least (hangout, lexington, louisville, indy, cinci) cinci was by far the best show.  phenomenal set list, phenomenal energy, every song seemed to be played different, stop dragging, FULL laylow, cobra, best steam engine ever, and anytime with an extended middle jam.

Vd
Cir
Freak
Otr
Amazed
Any - middle jam
Laylow FULL
Outta
Wonderful
Slow
Steam
Gid
Smokin
End run
1st light
Touch 2 (new LONG intro)
Hobtm
Mag

Wordless
Day coming
Cobra
Dragging heart (w/ neko +1)
Obh

[walterfredo]

I think most peeps are generally biased to shows they saw.  That said, Oakland by a mile for me.  O is the One was the single song I wanted to hear the most and I got it, totally shocked.  But generally speaking, I really like the MI show with Lowdown and War Begun and I think the Pittsburgh setlist was good as well.

[e_wind]

Michigan show was good setlist, if PWW wouldn't have gotten cut, I would say it was the best (still other than Red Rocks).

[e_wind]

shit, if we were talking about all of 2011, i think Lexington would be up there too:

1. Mahgeetah
2. Anytime
3. Off The Record
4. Evil Urges
5. I'm Amazed
6. The Way That He Sings
7. Gideon
8. Circuital
9. Golden
10. Lowdown
11. Dondante
12. Butch Cassidy
13. Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
14. Lay Low
15. What A Wonderful Man
16. Dancefloors
17. Smokin From Shootin
18. (end of) Run Thru
19. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2
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20. Wordless Chorus
21. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.1
22. Highly Suspicious
23. One Big Holiday

[walterfredo]

I have no doubt red rocks was mind blowing, MMJ in arguable the most amazing outdoor venue in the country...pure bliss and I wish dearly I could have made it.  That said, other than Strangulation the setlist at RR doesn't blow my mind.  I'm sure they destroyed it, haven't listened to it and am going purely on reading the setlist...which obviously doesn't do much to capture the real intensity of the show itself.  Not trying to discredit the awesomeness of red rocks, but setlist wise, not even in the top 5 for me. 

[davymac]

I was not at Louisville but it looked pretty solid.  I might be biased since I was at alpharetta but I really wanted Cobra this summer and got it.  Also got a sick dondante and sweet improv intro into off the record I have never heard.

1. Louisville 5/31
2. Alpharetta 8/20
3. Red Rocks (strangulation!)

[iLikeBeer]

I have no doubt red rocks was mind blowing, MMJ in arguable the most amazing outdoor venue in the country...pure bliss and I wish dearly I could have made it.  That said, other than Strangulation the setlist at RR doesn't blow my mind.  I'm sure they destroyed it, haven't listened to it and am going purely on reading the setlist...which obviously doesn't do much to capture the real intensity of the show itself.  Not trying to discredit the awesomeness of red rocks, but setlist wise, not even in the top 5 for me. 

I'd concur.  Strictly speaking of set-lists and taking everything else out, Red Rocks wasn't much better than what they played in C'bus.  After all, we got Strangulation in C'bus as well.

I would say that Oakland set looked pretty amazing as did the Philly setlist.  The Palace was pretty epic and I agree with ewind that if Phone hadn't gotten scratched, Detroit may have taken it but it was still pretty strong even without Phone.  I'd give Pittsburgh some props and Indy was a nice one too!

Shit, they were all pretty damn good though!   8)

[e_wind]

red rocks was the best show i've ever seen, HOWEVER going just off set list it did do it for me.

The Bear into Steam (awesome rare song into my fave song ever)
Steam and Dondante (somewhat rare for this tour)
Honest Man, Strangulation, The Bear (3 rarities)
Strangulation -- this song is BY FAR the song I wanted to see played the most this tour... it got played twice. that automatically made those two shows the shows i had to choose between. imo Red Rocks was a better setlist than columbus.


all in all thats why i had to go with red rocks. on paper, its as sweet as it was live. i didn't go to oakland and that was another one of my tops on paper

[kotchishm]

I think it may be Columbus:

1. Victory Dance
2. Circuital
3. Off The Record
4. I'm Amazed
5. Gideon
6. Anytime
7. Outta My System
8. Golden
9. Just One Thing
10. You Wanna Freak Out
11. Mahgeetah
12. Slow Slow Tune
13. Dondante
14. Smokin From Shootin
15. (end of) Run Thru
16. Strangulation
17. Touch me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2
----------
18. Wordless Chorus
19. The Day Is Coming
20. Holdin On To Black Metal
21. One Big Holiday

Anytime, Strangulation, and Just One Thing (biased because it's a personal favorite)

Or (I know it's a wildcard based on circumstances the Kahbang Set that none of us will ever hear) :(

1. Tonite I Want To Celebrate With You
2. Circuital
3. I'm Amazed
4. Gideon
5. It Beats 4 U
6. Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
7. Look At You
8. I Will Be here When You Die
9. Bermuda Highway
10. Golden
11. Dondante
12. Smokin From Shootin
13. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2
14. Anytime

If I had to choose I'd say Kahbang

[e_wind]

Forgot about Kahbang. I want a recording of that terribly.

[walterfredo]

what happened to Xmas Curtain?  Where did you go ole buddy?

[e_wind]

they played it in indi i think

[iLikeBeer]

Forgot about Kahbang. I want a recording of that terribly.

What's sad is that most of the best set-lists they played this summer have no recording available...  :(

Oakland, Red Rocks, Columbus, Detroit, Philly, Kahbang.  None of them can be re-lived through a recording unless MMJ decides to start releasing SBD's for sale.

BTW, there is a thread for an online petition in the Show Tapings sub-board above to show MMJ that there is an interest in fans wanting to purchase SBD recordings in case anyone wants to sign it.   

[iLikeBeer]

they played it in indi i think

Yes they did:

http://www.archive.org/download/http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2011-08-07


Indy setlist:

01. Victory Dance>
02. Circuital>
03. Off The Record
04. I'm Amazed
05. Gideon
06. Outta My System
07. Golden
08. Carried Away
09. You Wanna Freak Out
10. Mahgeetah
11. First Light
12. Slow Slow Tune
13. X-mas Curtain
14. Dondante
15. Smokin From Shootin>
16. End of Run Thru>
17. Touch me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2>
18. Movin Away>
19. Phone Went West
----------
20. Wordless Chorus
21. The Day Is Coming
22. Holdin On To Black Metal
23. One Big Holiday>
24. Outro

[walterfredo]

oh nice, my bad.  Either didn't see that or forgot about it.  That's good to see, I love me some xmas curtain.

[johnnYYac]

Excuse the thread hijack, aka Yacking the thread, but...

I just discovered my new school blocks the Live Music Archive site.  Damn.  :(

[Natonate99]

while i agree with red rocks and oakland, being towards the top of the list id say that toronto is up there also:

1. victory dance
2. circuital
3. gideon
4. off the record
5. lay low
6. im amazed
7. golden
8. wonderful (the way i feel)
9. outta my system
10. the way that he sings
11. anytime
12. you wanna freak out
13. the dark
14. phone went west
15. movin away
16. smokin from shootin
17. first light
18. run thru(end of)
19. touch me pt 2
20. mahgeetah

21. wordless chorus
22. the day is coming
23. touch me pt 1
24. holdin on to black metal
25. highly suspicious
26. one big holiday