Astoria Setlist

[theclientele]

Amazing show this evening and what a setlist.When i saw MMJ  a month ago they didnt even play OneBHoliday or Mahgeetah so this was incredible.

OK i've edited this post and this is now the correct order:

Wordless Chorus
Gideon
Off The Record
Wonderful Man
One Big Holiday
I Will Sing You Songs (yes yes yes yes)
Golden
It Beats For You
Phone Went West
Laylow
Dondante
Run Thru (incredibly incredible)


I Needed it Most (Jim solo)
The Bear
Xmas Curtain (perhaps the best in my opinion)
Steam Engine
Think I'm Gong to Hell
Anytime ('O' on the setlist but not played as usual)
Mahgeetah


And that is all. Wonderful show. Bit surprised by Jim's anti war talk. Wasn't particularly inspiring. And his chat about their european tour was a bit embarrasing as well. One of the best gigs i've ever been to in terms of music and setlist though.

[October]

bear, steam engine, pww, i needed it most....awesome

[sweatboard]

They played pww in the middle of the first set :o..........that's odd.  I'm just glad to see "I needed it most" getting played lately, that means they might make my ultimate dream come true and play it at the Ryman.  Great setlist by the way, they showed you all the love.

[MarkW]

Thanks, clientele.  I've got goosebumps again just looking at the setlist.

Agree with your comments re Run Thru and XMas curtain - just great.

[loper]

Just one omission in the set list above and that was an awesome version of Lay Low, just before Don Dante, I think.

The sound is never great at the Astoria/Mean Fiddler and last night was no exception. Jim's vocal was just a smidgen too far back in the mix, which was a little fuzzy all round. Not a patch on the sound quality at the Edinburgh show.

However, the band were up for this gig. Jim, from his words, left us in no doubt that he felt he owed London one, having cancelled the last 2 shows in town.

They rocked, then they rocked some more. Then they just freaked out!:o

I've never seen Carl so animated. He played the ultimate guitar hero, pulling off every superb solo, giving it the Pete Townsend whirlwinds more and more as the night wore on.

And boy, did they go on!!! Over 2 hours of rock heaven. I missed my curry as a result so not only am I feeling spiritually uplifted this morning, I'm feeling alot better physically than I expected to as well :D

If the sound had been better, and of course the loud talking muppets by the bloody bar during Jim's quieter, more intimate  moments had been told to shut  it, then this could well of been one of the best gigs in history.

The band were faultless. they have become so tight, so professional since Carl and Bo joined. They just get better and better, I dont think there is a band out there that can better MMJ live at the moment .

For me, this was Carl's show above anything else. What an asset he is to the band.

[marino13]

And that is all. Wonderful show. Bit surprised by Jim's anti war talk. Wasn't particularly inspiring. And his chat about their european tour was a bit embarrasing as well. One of the best gigs i've ever been to in terms of music and setlist though.

What did Jim say specifically?  This was my greatest fear of the Pearl Jam tour, that their extreme focus on politics would rub off on MMJ.  I don't mind an occasional comment, but if it becomes the focus, it ruins it for me.

[loper]

He just quoted a line from one of Dave Dondero's earlier songs.

'War isn't like playing a Game Boy'. It rang a chord with Jim.

[theclientele]

He also said how war is stupid and stuff. It just wasn't particularly enlightening- seemed a bit by the book. and he wasn't massively eloquent either!

[Lebowskilivelunch]

 Forum first-timer and My Morning Jacket gig first timer so hi to everyone and still blown away by it 24 hours later.

Re: the embarrasing nature of Jim's european homily, as a fairly europhile english bloke, I can ask directions for the bathroom in french or german but I sure as oeufs are eier couldn't sing steamboat like that so he ain't doin so bad.

[doughty]

 

And his chat about their european tour was a bit embarrasing as well.

Re: the embarrasing nature of Jim's european homily, as a fairly europhile english bloke, I can ask directions for the bathroom in french or german but I sure as oeufs are eier couldn't sing steamboat like that so he ain't doin so bad.

Sorry - could someone please share what he said here?

[tomEisenbraun]

oeufs is eggs in French, and eier is eggs in German.

that's a kickass saying right there.

i would assume "Steamboat" is just a reference to his vocal prowess and power.

maybe not?

[doughty]

oeufs is eggs in French, and eier is eggs in German.

that's a kickass saying right there.  

i would assume "Steamboat" is just a reference to his vocal prowess and power.

sorry for the confusion. ;D!  ha haa haaaaa. I was actually wondering what Jim said about touring in Europe - and would still like to know - but now that you mention it, I had no idea oeufs/eier meant "eggs" and that is a kickass saying and I honestly appreciate the translation.

[theclientele]

He spoke about war and then about touring in Europe. He said how amazing it was touring in countries where you don't speak the language and how that limits communication through language.

He made a similar point about two songs later and said to the crowd they should also experience foreign countries. He didn't do much to dispel the kind of inward looking American stereotype (wow they speak languages other than English?!).

[tomEisenbraun]

haha, Jim isn't a dumb American. I sure he was playing off that assumption, and not actually a sucker to it.