2010 Opener/Closer

[Penny Lane]

Charleston - Anytime/Mahgeetah
Raleigh -[size=16] At Dawn[/size]/Phone Went West
Columbia - Where to Begin/Touch Me>Run Thru

I know it won't happen but I'll gladly take A Quick One put back into rotation, particularly as a closer.

that would be worth the trip down there

[paul137]

My guess is they stick with Evil Urges as the opener or maybe go back to Gideon. For the closer I would guess Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt.2

I think this will be it also.

[paul137]

I know it won't happen but I'll gladly take A Quick One put back into rotation, particularly as a closer.

That would be amazing.

[jones]

Hearing everyone's ideas is really getting me fired up for Nashville!  

Alright, Patrick, count it off...

[mahg33ta]

Ahh setlist talk!  my favorite!!

So the opener is a crapshoot, and changes from show to show.   I'll make 5 guesses and bet I hit them all on the mini-tour:  Anytime, Evil Urges, At Dawn, OBH, and Mahgeeta.

The closer is a much more interesting question.   It is usually the same for an entire tour and even longer.    Roughly speaking, it's been:

08/09:  OBH
06/07:  Anytime
05:  Mahgeeta
04:  Run Thru
03:  Phone Went West
02:  ? no idea (anyone?)

So, I think they'll pick a new one.   Steam Engine has to be there some year, but not yet... my guess is Lay Low.

[sweatboard]

Open With These Three in a row- Mahgettah, Remnants, O is the one,
Close With THese Three in a row- Steam Engine, War Begun, I Think I'm Going To Hell,

or

Wordless, Highly, Gideon  
Touch Me 1, Cobra, Touch Me 2, (and make it sound like one long song)

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

Wordless Chorus to open again in 2010.

[aMillionDreams]

Ahh setlist talk!  my favorite!!

So the opener is a crapshoot, and changes from show to show.   I'll make 5 guesses and bet I hit them all on the mini-tour:  Anytime, Evil Urges, At Dawn, OBH, and Mahgeeta.

The closer is a much more interesting question.   It is usually the same for an entire tour and even longer.    Roughly speaking, it's been:

08/09:  OBH
06/07:  Anytime
05:  Mahgeeta
04:  Run Thru
03:  Phone Went West
02:  ? no idea (anyone?)

So, I think they'll pick a new one.   Steam Engine has to be there some year, but not yet... my guess is Lay Low.

They've done the Steam Engine closer where they left stage one at a time until only Patrick was left.  I believe that was '03.  02 was also a year of Phone Went West.

[danz]

Picture Of You/Honest Man.  Fuck, that would be an amazing dream...

[Erik26]

Ahh setlist talk!  my favorite!!

So the opener is a crapshoot, and changes from show to show.   I'll make 5 guesses and bet I hit them all on the mini-tour:  Anytime, Evil Urges, At Dawn, OBH, and Mahgeeta.

The closer is a much more interesting question.   It is usually the same for an entire tour and even longer.    Roughly speaking, it's been:

08/09:  OBH
06/07:  Anytime
05:  Mahgeeta
04:  Run Thru
03:  Phone Went West
02:  ? no idea (anyone?)

So, I think they'll pick a new one.   Steam Engine has to be there some year, but not yet... my guess is Lay Low.

I like the idea of Lay Low as a closer, tons of jam room and it stays upbeat for the entire song. Where as Touch Me Pt 2 is a great first set closer because you know they are coming back to rock some more.

[jmk]

Opener: Rock and Roll

Closer: Steam Engine

[CousinEddie]

One Big Holiday / Losin' Yo Head

[johnnYYac]

One Big Holiday / Losin' Yo Head

I'm not sure if they'd close with a Monsters of Folk tune, but I definitely expect one or two to crop up, along with Wonderful (The Way I Feel).  What other MoF tunes would you expect in April and beyond?  I'm thinking (possibly) Master's Voice, Right Place, LYH, maybe Magic Marker.  

BTW, love the idea of opening with Rock and Roll.  I think opening on a cover would be sweet.  A new one each night!  Hopefully, the boys in the band checked out our thread on MMJ covers for inspiration.  

[Ruckus]

I really hope they don't play any MOF tunes.  I still can't see the fascination with Losin Yo' Head.  It sounds like a bad rip off of a Twisted Sister song that is horrible pop/rock.  I feel like the same people that preach on these music forums about "good" or "real" music would be bashing this song had it not been made by MOF but some FM radio band.

But that is off topic now isn't it?  My apologies.

If I had to pick one closer, it would be Lay Low as mentioned above.

[CousinEddie]

"I really hope they don't play any MOF tunes.  I still can't see the fascination with Losin Yo' Head.  It sounds like a bad rip off of a Twisted Sister song that is horrible pop/rock.  "

Huh?

[johnnYYac]

I rather like LYH and most all of Monsters of Folk.  I don't necessarily want MMJ to play MoF tunes on this tour.  I got my MoF experience in Boston.  Still, I wouldn't be surprised.  

Some of the lyrics in LYH seem fitting for my trip down south for these shows.  Party with strangers or stickin' with close friends.  I'm not sure how it will feel, traveling by myself.  Guess I'm kinda hopin' strangers become friends, with MMJ paving the way.  And I"m definitely planning on losin' my head!

[CousinEddie]

I guess I've never really considered it a MOF song. In my opinion, it sounds more like MMJ than anything else on MOF, so I've been daydreaming about hearing the boys shred it to pieces ever since MOF came out. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm too optimistic, but I think it would fit great into the encore, if not the show closer.

[j_rud]

With the Preservation Hall Band in tow I would expect a closer along the lines of Dancefloors or maybe Easy Morning Rebel. I'm also hoping to hear El Caporal, but I don't think that would make a good closer, not enough potential "epicness"...if that makes sense...somehow I think people will understand.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I rather like LYH and most all of Monsters of Folk.  I don't necessarily want MMJ to play MoF tunes on this tour.  I got my MoF experience in Boston.  Still, I wouldn't be surprised.  

Some of the lyrics in LYH seem fitting for my trip down south for these shows.  Party with strangers or stickin' with close friends.  I'm not sure how it will feel, traveling by myself.  Guess I'm kinda hopin' strangers become friends, with MMJ paving the way.  And I"m definitely planning on losin' my head!

You'll be in good company.

[Ghosts_on_TV]

I would love an IWSYS opener, maybe a phone went west closer?