Berkeley Setlist

hodgeswm · Sep 16, 2012, 03:15 AM

Steam Engine, Old Sept Blues, Dondante, Lay Low =

http://livemusicblog.com/2012/09/15/setlist-tweets-my-morning-jacket-greek-berkeley-91512/

buymycar · Sep 16, 2012, 04:25 AM

Sickest Dondante ever!

lucylew · Sep 16, 2012, 04:32 AM

It was pretty badass. Short encore bummed me out - as did the inclusion of Shabazz Palaces in it.

coldengrey12 · Sep 16, 2012, 11:38 AM

Damned noise curfew.

Steam Engine, Old Sept. Blues and Dondante all in a row was sweet.

It also was nice to see my first full-length Run Thru since the last time they played the Greek!

buymycar · Sep 16, 2012, 11:55 AM

Soundcheck: I'm Amazed, Victory Dance

Soundcheck party: Butch Cassidy, Just One Thing, Evelyn Is Not Real

dugafola · Sep 16, 2012, 12:43 PM

pretty good show.

i think my expectations were high given the band's history of bay area shows as well as it being the tour closer. they probably blew their wad with 3 nights in LA.

my highlights included steam engine, lay low, master plan and run thru.

jaye · Sep 16, 2012, 01:59 PM

well spontaneous curation was obviously put on hold for last night.

From the old new forum's spontaneous curation submission thread, to the tweets that I saw, pretty much nothing was chosen. I understand that Remnants and Come Closer were probably not going to happen, but By My Car or The Bear (in Berkeley?!) or O is the One is not asking too much. And the damn show ended at 10:55! Plenty of time to squeeze By My Car into the beginning of the encore.

And I'm officially not a fan of the Greek. If you are not really tall, choices are to be at the front where the stage is really high, or on the sides near the stage and have people walking back and forth the whole show, or if you want a seat you have to sit fairly far back from the stage. We had a great spot close to the side, but with people banging into us all night to walk back and forth to bar, bathrooms etc it distracts from the show.

Prime spot for a zanjam finger touch with Jim though

OTHER THAN THAT - great show.

I liked Shabazz on Wordless a lot. Run thru, Lay Low, Masterplan - all great.

NEXT TIME - 2 nights at the Fox would be incredible.

subinai · Sep 16, 2012, 02:15 PM

what did shabazz do during wordless? rap?

jaye · Sep 16, 2012, 02:29 PM

Quote from: subinai on Sep 16, 2012, 02:15 PM
what did shabazz do during wordless? rap?

yes - and played some drums and laptops or something.

zanjam · Sep 16, 2012, 02:55 PM

Quote from: jaye on Sep 16, 2012, 01:59 PM
well spontaneous curation was obviously put on hold for last night.

From the old new forum's spontaneous curation submission thread, to the tweets that I saw, pretty much nothing was chosen. I understand that Remnants and Come Closer were probably not going to happen, but By My Car or The Bear (in Berkeley?!) or O is the One is not asking too much. And the damn show ended at 10:55! Plenty of time to squeeze By My Car into the beginning of the encore.

And I'm officially not a fan of the Greek. If you are not really tall, choices are to be at the front where the stage is really high, or on the sides near the stage and have people walking back and forth the whole show, or if you want a seat you have to sit fairly far back from the stage. We had a great spot close to the side, but with people banging into us all night to walk back and forth to bar, bathrooms etc it distracts from the show.

Prime spot for a zanjam finger touch with Jim though

OTHER THAN THAT - great show. I liked Shabazz on Wordless a lot. Run thru, Lay Low, Masterplan - all great.

NEXT TIME - 2 nights at the Fox would be incredible.

I love the Greek. I'm always in that spot.

AND THE FINGER TOUCH WAS FRIGGIN AWESOME! JJ showing me the love!

buymycar · Sep 16, 2012, 02:58 PM

Quote from: jaye on Sep 16, 2012, 01:59 PM
well spontaneous curation was obviously put on hold for last night.

From the old new forum's spontaneous curation submission thread, to the tweets that I saw, pretty much nothing was chosen.

I tweeted for Masterplan, so I was happy to get it. However, I thought the whole idea was to curate songs for the encore? Hard to do when the encore is only three songs.

I'm also pretty sure no one requested Circuital for the opener on the forum thread.

Definitely a head-scratcher.

jaye · Sep 16, 2012, 03:08 PM

Quote from: zanjam on Sep 16, 2012, 02:55 PM

I love the Greek. I'm always in that spot.
AND THE FINGER TOUCH WAS FRIGGIN AWESOME! JJ showing me the love!

The spot would have been great if they could somehow leave a walkway in front of the steps so people can get through - know what i mean? Hard to be really into the music and constantly being shuffled or almost knocked over or defending the space. Is it always like that for you in that spot?? Maybe across the way it would have been better but I know you would've had to give up your finger love.

jaye · Sep 16, 2012, 03:10 PM

Quote from: buymycar on Sep 16, 2012, 02:58 PM
Quote from: jaye on Sep 16, 2012, 01:59 PM
well spontaneous curation was obviously put on hold for last night.

From the old new forum's spontaneous curation submission thread, to the tweets that I saw, pretty much nothing was chosen.

I tweeted for Masterplan, so I was happy to get it. However, I thought the whole idea was to curate songs for the encore? Hard to do when the encore is only three songs.

I think the curation technically was for openers and encores, but in other shows it seemed like they were going through requests and putting a lot of them in. Maybe my imagination. Thank you for tweeting Masterplan! :)

crookedheart82 · Sep 16, 2012, 03:18 PM

Beautiful venue, but overall I thought this was a pretty disappointing final show. Setlist was very reminiscent of the Circuital tour and not in line with the rest of the Spontaneous Curation series- I had a really tough time connecting. Kinda baffling why they wouldn't have closed out with a bang. Ah well, enjoyed the shit out of my other five shows, and Red Rocks and Columbus couldn't really be topped anyway. Thanks for a great summer boys!

mahgeetah · Sep 16, 2012, 04:15 PM

It's funny because in the sober light of day, and looking at the set on paper, it does seem like it was an underwhelming show, especially given the factors you guys mentioned (tour closer, the only bay area show, the curation series, etc).... however in the moment last night, I had one of my best times ever at an MMJ show. Had a lot to do with my company, my buzz, and that it was my first and only MMJ show of 2012... I mention it because despite my own excessive music snobbery, MMJ transcends it all.

What a show!

lucylew · Sep 16, 2012, 04:51 PM

It was my least favorite MMJ show of the last two months by a wide margin. I actually came into it with lower expectations because I figured it really couldn't compete with Forecastle, Red Rocks or the Wiltern shows. And it didn't. That being said, a mediocre MMJ show is better than the best show from a lot of other bands.

coldengrey12 · Sep 16, 2012, 06:36 PM

I felt it was on par with the Bill Graham show from the fall — strong, but not their best.

It wasn't on the same level as some of the other Bay Area MMJ shows — Okonokos, NYE, Greek '08, Fox Theater last year.

bluesky · Sep 16, 2012, 11:35 PM

Last night was my first show at the Greek, beautiful spot! Hung with Miss Evon and Crispy, so great to be at the rail with the two of you!!!
Not sure if it's the sound there or how it was mixed but the guitars were not as pronounced which made the set seem like more of a groove than the boys rockin out. That was great! Second have of Dondante was sexy; Carl's extended sax jam with Jim. Slow thru Lay Low was fantastic! That drummer from Shabazz is pretty bad ass, and though the other dude not a great raper, they really added something to OBH. Totally took us by surprise!
Set list was not very spontaneous, seemed like it was directed to a newer audience. Was a real bummer about the 5 songs getting knocked off, but the sound check really made up for that.

edit: not very spontaneous

buymycar · Sep 17, 2012, 01:49 AM

Quote from: mahgeetah on Sep 16, 2012, 04:15 PM
It's funny because in the sober light of day, and looking at the set on paper, it does seem like it was an underwhelming show, especially given the factors you guys mentioned (tour closer, the only bay area show, the curation series, etc).... however in the moment last night, I had one of my best times ever at an MMJ show. Had a lot to do with my company, my buzz, and that it was my first and only MMJ show of 2012... I mention it because despite my own excessive music snobbery, MMJ transcends it all.

What a show!

I wasn't disappointed by the show at all. It's great to see a band playing at the top of their game, no matter what they are playing. Once I heard Masterplan, they could have played kazoo solos for the rest of the night and I would have been happy. One of the things that I love about this band is that each show has a completely different vibe. It's hard to compare them because of that. I was up front at the Fox last year and on the rail at BGCA. I decided to sit back and enjoy last night's show from the stone benches. I find that it's easier to focus on the music from a distance because your senses aren't being overloaded from the lights and watching the band. I was in front of the right stack, and it sounded so incredible! I was with a young woman who had never really experienced a full MMJ show before, and she was loving it. Maybe I was living vicariously through her. She was so excited to hear Gideon! It was great. So, I understand how you felt last night, mahgeetah. I was feeling it, too. Seeing everybody in the Greek Theatre under a trance during Dondante was amazing.

lucylew · Sep 17, 2012, 01:57 AM

It sounds like I am the only person that didn't like Shabazz Palaces at the Wiltern or the Greek. I thought they were flat out awful and really did not appreciate their appearance during the last two songs of MMJ's set - right or wrong, for me, it totally detracted from the woefully short encore.