Walk A Thin Line - in 2013 setlist - yes or no?
 

it is not a big secret that i would LOVE to hear Walk A Thin Line (the whole song!) live and think it would be just fantastic if it would be a part of 2013 FM tour setlist.

poll question - would you like to hear Walk A Thin Line in 2013?

here are 2 videos of the only live version ever of WATL (one verse that LB did as a request during his one man show in Chicago this year) -

I'd like to hear it. I'd be happy with any Lindsey-Tusk tracks. It could be done really nicely with just the 4 of them - Stevie doing harmonies, John doing his thing and Mick doing sparse percussion/drums.

Sure, why not? Wouldn't kill me if it wasn't in the set list though.

WATL is my favorite Lindsey track on my favorite Mac album :nod:. If it's selected, I'll likely just enjoy it on youtube... I'm over the Rumours Rehashing.

I voted yes! Anything to keep Elle happy!;):D:nod:

Not really a WaTL fan.. Would love Save Me a Place or That's All For Everyone..

ha, my 2 least favorite lindsey-songs on Tusk - we must have a diametrically opposite taste in music.

that's what friends are for! :xoxo:
(you know i would even sit through SMAP for you <3 )

:cool: :thumbsup:

re Rumours, i am going for eternal optimist option and still hoping against any better judgement that they'll change up a bit more than just pulling out one deep cut from each of the songwriters...

If I'm going Tusk (and that's where we seem to get our concert extras from Beautiful Child, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Storms), then I'll have to say The Ledge or What Makes You Think You're the One.

Of course, WATL is more likely than any of those two, so if I were an oddsmaker in Vegas, I'd put good odds on WATL, but it's not what I want.

Michele

I voted No, but I do like the song. Actually I'm not sure, but my point is that would like to hear other never played live songs, like Tango in the Night.

I agree - those would be my choices as well.

The Ledge would be such a fun song (and easy) "duet" for them to do. It's one of my favorites from Tusk.

What Makes You Think You're the One would be my second choice for a "deep cut" FM song, right after WATL. i don't hold much hope that either one of them will happen on the upcoming tour.

and there's even less chance that it would ever happen, but i would absolutely love to hear both WMYTYTO and WATL in the same setlist :]

Ledge would be... interesting? i don't see them being able to pull a good version of it these days, tbh.

they should digitally release Deep Dense and perform it on the 2013 tour! :nod: ;) :p :cool: :thumbsup: :xoxo:

that's what makes a good ledge! :)

Sorry elle, I had to vote "No". I'm certainly intrigued with Lindsey and Stevie adding new yet old songs to the setlist, but Walk A Thin Line isn't one of my fav's. My fav Lindsey/Tusk song is Save Me a Place, wouldn't mind that one! :cool:

nothing to be sorry about - i'm actually really pleasantly surprised with the poll results so far and how many people seem to really love WATL!!

before Mick saying how WATL is one his favorite 10 songs he ever played on, i thought everybody in this world but me loves SMAP and hates WATL. so all these votes for WATL (23 people for WATL vs 11 people who's rather FM dig out a different deep track) are actually a great and rather unexpected result!!

thanks everyone for playing!! :thumbsup: :xoxo:

Stevie said she liked it too.

Michele

Certainly. Of of my favorite songs on Tusk

Mick

It is my favorite song on Tusk. I also love That's All For Everyone.

I would like to hear it -- if he dropped something else slow like NGBA.

Yes. That and The Ledge would be really cool.

ha, you told me this before apparently. and i keep forgetting it.

Yaah, I think she even gave it a nod in Mirror, Mirror.

If I remember correctly she singled this song out when asked to name a Tusk song of his that she liked. She was disagreeing with the notion that she just hated his music and said it was just the opposite. She said she does ballet to his music because he's got beautiful instrumentals. Just his lyrics . . . not turning her on.

Michele

Come? :D

wasn't shacking up originally some a bit more caustic line, but he toned it down? which reminds me, didn't she recently say when she was defending that girl from twilight that she can understand her because she was also cheating on a guy she had a long term relationship with and he forgave and took her back?

Hmmm, I don't know. How much more forthright with your language could you be in 1977 and still get radio airplay?

For SYW they had this deal with NBC where they were promoted on 4 of the network's shows. They played Thrown Down on Friends and they were on Leno for 2 nights and some other show (Third World?) and they also did Dateline and they were sitting there being interviewed and when the "shackin' up" line came up Lindsey said something like "the truth hurts." It amused me, because I just didn't expect that he would basically say "yeah it was true" in 2003.

Michele

It was originally "crackin' up, shackin' up's all you wanna do."

ah yes, that was it - thank you!

i couldn't remember it because my mind was going to more about cheating, not drugs.

he covered the range there... and you can't say that was not mean. :laugh:

I voted yes, but really just give me any Tusk Lindsey songs. :D

I don't think "cracking up" would be a reference to drugs back then. I think it's about the mental state.

Michele

Yes! One of my favourite songs on Tusk :D

"Peacekeeper" was featured in an episode of Third Watch

I really don't care as long as whatever they play is not something they have done either at all or for a very long time. I just wish Mirage and Tango would get some love aside from the songs they always do (Big Love , Gypsy). If this is the last tour then they need to really revamp the show.

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songs / deep cuts from Tusk and Say You Will albums would be among my first choices. some serious gems there that never got enough exposure.

I say yes on WATL, but only if they do "The Visitor" arrangement.

yes, i would definitely expect a completely new and revamped arrangement. the official Tusk version may be now among my least favorite ones, along with the Visitor version.

the demo / extra disc Tusk version is much faster than the official release and i like it much better (plus it has that "toe the line" line), although still not as much as the Deerhunter version. Deerhunter version with Lindsey's voice would work for me... but i trust that he'd be able to pull a great new version live with FM.

Ehhh, I mean okay. But I would prefer this for a Lindsey solo show...Why not play something the rest of the band could really be involved in.

He can do Stephanie again, though. :D

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:xoxo:

lol - yeah the old WATL vs SMAP camp! ;)

well i was pushing that last year, but he seems to have this idea that he should try to play as many solo songs as possible at his solo shows, while save FM songs for a FM show. which does make sense, unless he starts performing tons of solo songs at the Mac show. :shrug:

so since he wouldn't perform WATL last year i started lobbying he should add it to the Mac set considering they keep saying how this tour will be different, deep cuts, blah blah blah.

I'd love to. It's one of my favorite Lindsey songs.