Port Chester Setlist Expectations

[exist10z]

Assuming any of you actually make it to the shows after buttchugging and bleach and whatever else is going on at the forum pre-parties, what are your expectations for the setlists?  Are you expecting a repeat of the Wiltern setlists pretty much?  What didn't they play?  What other options are there?  Do you anticipate these other options or would it be a long shot?

For comparison, here's the Wiltern setlists:

Set night 1
Circuital
It Beats 4 U
You Wanna Freak Out
Lowdown
Im Amazed
Laylow
War Begun
I Will Sing You Songs
Masterplan
Old Sept Blues
Rocket Man (Elton John)
Strangulation
Evelyn Is Not Real
Easy Moring Rebel
Anytime
The Day Is Coming
Touch Me 2.
Gideon

Encore -
Butch Cassidy
Wonderful
It Makes No Difference (the Band)
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (Prince)
Phone Went West

Setlist night 2 -

Rollin Back
The Way That He Sings
First Light
Aluminum Park
What A Wonderful Man
Picture of You
Slow Slow Tune
Carried Away (Carl Broemel song)
Heartbreakin Man
Smokin From Shootin
O Is the One That Is Real
Evil Urges
Tyrone (Erykah Badu cover)
Cobra
Run Thru

Encore:
Hopefully
I Will Be There When You Die
Steam Engine
Isn't It a Pity (George Harrison cover) (with Iron & Wine)
Honest Man
Rock the Casbah (The Clash cover)
Mahgeetah

Setlist night 3 -

At Dawn
The Dark
Off The Record
Outta My System
X-Mas Curtain
Thank You Too!
Tonite I Want To Celebrate With You
Golden
I Think I'm Going to Hell
Dondante
Librarian
Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (The Velvet Underground cover)
It's About Twilight Now
Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 1
Wordless Chorus
Highly Suspicious
Dancefloors

Encore:
Victory Dance
Holdin On To Black Metal
All Night Long (All Night) (Lionel Richie cover)
Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield cover)
One Big Holiday

It looks like the only fairly obvious omissions are Death is the Easy Way, Knot Comes Loose, Nashville to Kentucky, Into The Woods, Come Closer, They Ran, and maybe a Never Tear Us Apart cover.  I expect they will alter the order, although the flow of these sets over the course of 3 nights is pretty solid already.  So, thoughts...

[oistheone]

Friends Again or bust.

[EverythingChanges]

I still want to see them do Can You See the Hard Helmet On My Head?

[Stevie]

The one thing about this three night run compared to the Wiltern is that they have had some serious time off since their last show.  If they were so inclined, they could go back and really dust off some old stuff that hasn't been played in a long long time.  They could also be cooking up something weird too.  Who knows.  I'm just happy that the day is finally coming.  A little over two weeks now.  It's becoming surreal.

Okay, back to the original question:  Yeah, i mean there are too many staple songs and not enough albums for them to change it up too terribly much.  Songs like Hopefully and Picture of You will most likely get switched out for songs like They Ran and Death is the Easy Way while the Off the Records maintain their stranglehold.  It truly is what it is. 

[parkervb]

definitely don't think it will be a repeat of Wiltern but will be similar of course in that they'll need to fill 3 nights of songs with no repeats so more covers, more deep cuts.  We may see a couple of new covers, maybe something owing to the lineage of the Cap Theater. 

all i know is that it is going to be awesome.

[exist10z]

definitely don't think it will be a repeat of Wiltern but will be similar of course in that they'll need to fill 3 nights of songs with no repeats so more covers, more deep cuts.  We may see a couple of new covers, maybe something owing to the lineage of the Cap Theater. 

all i know is that it is going to be awesome.

I hadn't thought of that, that could be interesting.

[parkervb]

definitely don't think it will be a repeat of Wiltern but will be similar of course in that they'll need to fill 3 nights of songs with no repeats so more covers, more deep cuts.  We may see a couple of new covers, maybe something owing to the lineage of the Cap Theater. 

all i know is that it is going to be awesome.

I hadn't thought of that, that could be interesting.

the history of this building will not be lost on these guys.  I can almost hear Jim saying something about being filled with spirits past of this beautiful place and then starting off a new or dusted off cover. 

[bartel]

Assuming any of you actually make it to the shows after buttchugging and bleach and whatever else is going on at the forum pre-parties, what are your expectations for the setlists?  Are you expecting a repeat of the Wiltern setlists pretty much?  What didn't they play?  What other options are there?  Do you anticipate these other options or would it be a long shot?

For comparison, here's the Wiltern setlists:

Set night 1
Circuital
It Beats 4 U
You Wanna Freak Out
Lowdown
Im Amazed
Laylow
War Begun
I Will Sing You Songs
Masterplan
Old Sept Blues
Rocket Man (Elton John)
Strangulation
Evelyn Is Not Real
Easy Moring Rebel
Anytime
The Day Is Coming
Touch Me 2.
Gideon

Encore -
Butch Cassidy
Wonderful
It Makes No Difference (the Band)
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (Prince)
Phone Went West

Setlist night 2 -

Rollin Back
The Way That He Sings
First Light
Aluminum Park
What A Wonderful Man
Picture of You
Slow Slow Tune
Carried Away (Carl Broemel song)
Heartbreakin Man
Smokin From Shootin
O Is the One That Is Real
Evil Urges
Tyrone (Erykah Badu cover)
Cobra
Run Thru

Encore:
Hopefully
I Will Be There When You Die
Steam Engine
Isn't It a Pity (George Harrison cover) (with Iron & Wine)
Honest Man
Rock the Casbah (The Clash cover)
Mahgeetah

Setlist night 3 -

At Dawn
The Dark
Off The Record
Outta My System
X-Mas Curtain
Thank You Too!
Tonite I Want To Celebrate With You
Golden
I Think I'm Going to Hell
Dondante
Librarian
Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (The Velvet Underground cover)
It's About Twilight Now
Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 1
Wordless Chorus
Highly Suspicious
Dancefloors

Encore:
Victory Dance
Holdin On To Black Metal
All Night Long (All Night) (Lionel Richie cover)
Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield cover)
One Big Holiday

It looks like the only fairly obvious omissions are Death is the Easy Way, Knot Comes Loose, Nashville to Kentucky, Into The Woods, Come Closer, They Ran, and maybe a Never Tear Us Apart cover.  I expect they will alter the order, although the flow of these sets over the course of 3 nights is pretty solid already.  So, thoughts...

I'm going to night 1... I expect the shows to be similar to the varied set's from the wiltern and red rocks... it will be nothing short of that I'd expect.

[Angelo]

To build off of the comment about owing to the Cap's lineage, how about Floyd's "Fearless"? One of my all-time favorite songs, I'd love to hear them do it!

[Shug]

Did Floyd play there?  Fearless is one of my faves, too.  Have you heard the Black Crowes' version when Marc Ford was on lead guitar?

This one is Rich Robinson and his band.  Not too shabby (except for the technical probs).  MMJ could definitely do this one justice, too.

Rich Robinson - Fearless - Islington Academy, London - February 2012


Man, night 1 of the Wiltern run was such a superb show.  I'd guess the Port Chester shows will be similar with a few rarities and covers changed up and the sequences mixed up.  I'm really bummed I'm not gonna be there...

[EverythingChanges]

If they did a Fearless cover I would freak!

[Angelo]

Nice, thanks for sharing Shug. I didn't know they covered it. While watching that video though I just kept thinking how MMJ would absolutely tear the shit out of that song. Would love to see it. And yes, Floyd played there back in the 70s if I'm not mistaken.

[manonthemoon]

I expect greatness  .

But I wouldn't be too suprised if the set lists are similar to the Wiltern shows as they will probably hit all of their better known songs, but they might switch  it up with some of the deeper cuts or less played songs making appearances.  I would also like to see maybe a special cover or 2 that they haven't done before since they have had so much time off to get ready for these shows.

[exist10z]

Yeah, I keep forgetting the extra time off.  The Wiltern shows were sandwiched in the regular tour, so maybe there will be a little something extra, extra for Port Chester.  This thought is really getting my hopes up even higher, although a repeat of The Wiltern shows would be fine too...

[e_wind]

I think they'll be a real treat, for reasons already listed here: history of the cap and after a long break. They played the area already this year, too. Being in PC and not NYC, I'd think they expect a lot more travelers and less casual fans. Also, they have to know that there will be many crazies doing the 4 night run.

[itrainmonkeys]

Did they play any holiday themed songs at Wiltern? I imagine we'd get some of those even though it's after Xmas.

[robb]

Now that they have 3 Band covers at their disposal, I wouldn't rule out getting a different one each night (Ophelia, It Makes No Difference, Dixie).

[Shug]

Now that they have 3 Band covers at their disposal, I wouldn't rule out getting a different one each night (Ophelia, It Makes No Difference, Dixie).

That would be sweet!

[dookie shoot bandit]

Have to agree with the "friends again" request... I would also love "by my car" or "oxen"! Finally got to hear into the woods in Philly, now this would be my chance to hear all my favorites live!

[gardenparty]

the two Wiltern omissions i was most suprised about were Bermuda Highway and The Bear

As Shug stated earlier, Night 1 Wiltern was the bees knees.  Since i'll only be at the first Cap show i sure hope it is most similar to that one.