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Post by TheAlex Equivalent Battenberg on Nov 23, 2018 15:51:10 GMT
So no Polythene anniversary gigs this year. Maybe the band are thinking of something much bigger. I'm recently back from seeing Teenage Fanclub do the following, with no support act and two sets each night: The Creation Records Years: Live Night 1: Songs from 91-93 (Bandwagonesque and Thirteen) Night 2: Songs from 94-97 (Grand Prix and Songs from Northern Britain) Night 3: Songs from 98-00 (Howdy!), plus b-sides from the whole era They played over 70 songs over the tour, with 3 nights each in 4 cities. All but one of the gigs was long sold out, with people travelling from all over the world. I think one Japanese woman went to all 12 of the gigs. Feeder could do: Night 1: Polythene YWTS Night 2: Echo Park Comfort in Sound Night 3: PTS Silent Cry Night 4: B-sides and rarities Or three nights, each covering a two-album era including the b-sides (so we probably wouldn't get every song). It's easier for the band as they stay in the same city for the 3 or 4 night duration. It could even be separated into two or three separate tours. Or mix eras, so night 1 could be Silent Cry then Polythene, for example. I went to 8 of the Teenage Fanclub gigs, and even though the albums were played in order, it was awesome. I still don't see any reason why bands can't mix up full album sets how they see fit, so night 1 set 1 could be any songs from Polythene and YWTS, and set 2 the rest of them. I think we've been aiming too low asking just for Polythene gigs.
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Post by waiting-for-changes on Nov 24, 2018 9:31:27 GMT
Speaking of album shows, I saw Tom Robinson last month gig his 1978 album 'Power in the Darkness'. The album is 48 minutes long, so the main set was about an hour, once you add talking to the crowd and telling the stories behind the songs. Then we got a 3-song encore and it was all over. The whole evening lasted about 80 minutes. It was short, but amazing. And I'm seeing Joe Jackson in April. He's touring his 20th album. To give the evening some structure, he's said he'll play songs from the new album, plus songs from 5 specific other albums from his back catalogue, which pair well with this album. That's cool. I would love to see Feeder do something like this, or like the Teenage Fanclub shows. Thinking about a Polythene show, Grant's always said that Polythene and Swim are pretty much one album in his head, so if they played that stuff, plus some b-sides, we'd be looking at a meaty evening! I fear they won't, though. Teenage Fanclub are a band. Feeder is 2 guys and some session musicians. I imagine that the cost of getting Tommy, Dean and Geoff to learn and rehearse the entire back catalogue would be prohibitive. Their pattern at the moment seems to be a core set of songs, plus up to a week's rehearsal before they head out on the road. Keeps things simple, I guess
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Post by TheAlex Equivalent Battenberg on Nov 24, 2018 20:24:20 GMT
That's a good point about rehearsals, but that's where the separate tours come in! Band members can always have notes with them onstage (which TFC did). Having no support act would save some cash too. No backdrops, or special lighting - make it all about the songs.
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Post by fitfornothing on Nov 29, 2018 12:58:06 GMT
Tbh I'm not a huge fan of album shows as there are nearly always some 'fillers' on an album but I still want to hear tracks that just don't get played any more. So I'd be happy with just your night 4, on the basis that anything that doesn't get played normally is a rarity!
I'd have been blissfully happy if since 2008, when they seem to have decided on their 'core' set, they'd have just slipped a couple of rarities in on each tour. If they'd done that I'd be well down my wish list by now but they haven't done this.
They did that of course for the Best Of tour, which was brilliant, but since that ended they have reverted totally to their usual set.
Feeder does consist of session musicians but that group has been consistent for a while now and they did rehearse around 40 tracks for the Best Of tour including the likes of 'Crash', 'Tangerine' and 'Who's the Enemy' etc which never got played. It would have been easy peasy for them to tack on a couple of gigs to that tour in small venues perhaps just advertised to their mailing list and to run through those tracks that didn't get played 'for the hardcore fans' but that doesn't seem to be their style.
They are now working on new material, so I expect the next tour to be purely that + the usual set. Which will be great obviously but doesn't get me any further down my wish list!
They are my favourite band and also the most frustrating.
I went to the Tom Robinson gigs too. He was excellent as ever.
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