Mr. Lahey wrote:That's kind of a lame setlist. I was certain we'd get some better variety (aside from the FC set) but it looks just the way the last two tours did. A set staple of songs with one rarity mixed in rotation. I know it's only two shows in so we'll see if things evolve at all. But so far it looks like it's gonna be like this:

Grace
Music
Escape
View
(Rotating hit)
*FC*
(NFPA song)
(Rotating Rarity)
(NFPA song)
Poets
(Rotating hit closer)

A little boring IMO. Mix up the whole order or something. We really shouldn't hear anything from WC, WATS or NFPA (and I love these albums) as they aren't as interesting to the audience and we've heard them 100 times in the last six years. I know it'll still be fun regardless but some variety is so overdue. Fortunately hearing a lot of rarely played FC tunes will be epic.

direwolf74 wrote:Agreed. The FC thing is pretty cool, but they should be mixing up the other 10 songs a lot more if they really want to give people their money's worth. It's baffling to me that they would continue to ignore such a massive back catalogue in favor of songs they've played a gazillion times over the last few years (Poets, Music, In View, Blow, NOIS, etc..). It's disappointing for sure. I'd love to hear some of those FC songs live again, but at the same time I'm glad I decided to skip this tour (first Hip tour I've missed since 1990). For me it's just not worth the insane ticket price, especially for the Canadian shows.

sean.bonner wrote:You guys are crazy.

At my 18th Hip show, I got to see six songs I've never seen before... An album front-to-back, and the lesser played Something On and Escape is at Hand.

Pigeon Camera, Looking For A Place to Happen, The Wherewithal, Lionized, We'll Go Too, Eldorado and The Wherewithal are RARELY played, and I somehow managed 17 shows without seeing Fifty-Mission Cap, so it can't be that common.

Seems like people will find a reason to complain if the show is anything short of a live-by-request at their private summer cottage.

sean.bonner wrote:You guys are crazy.

At my 18th Hip show, I got to see six songs I've never seen before... An album front-to-back, and the lesser played Something On and Escape is at Hand.

Pigeon Camera, Looking For A Place to Happen, The Wherewithal, Lionized, We'll Go Too, Eldorado and The Wherewithal are RARELY played, and I somehow managed 17 shows without seeing Fifty-Mission Cap, so it can't be that common.

Seems like people will find a reason to complain if the show is anything short of a live-by-request at their private summer cottage.

mark wrote: the fact is, you only saw those songs because they are doing FC as a whole. that's it. everyone will get those songs. look at the rest of the setlist. it is just same old same old

direwolf74 wrote:

mark wrote: the fact is, you only saw those songs because they are doing FC as a whole. that's it. everyone will get those songs. look at the rest of the setlist. it is just same old same old

This.