Creating the Worst Possible Setlist
 

A year ago, users on the Radiohead subreddit worked together to create the worst possible setlist. To my understanding, we have not done anything like this, so it would be worthwhile to partake in this thought experiment.

There are several factors that go into picking a horrible setlist. Some features that we should be aiming for include:

• Unpopular songs that neither fans or the general public would have any interest in hearing
• Jarring transitions between songs
• Songs that the selected lineup would have great difficulty in performing.

For this ungodly performance, I will be assuming that Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks are assembling for one miserable final show.

1) When I See You Again - Start off the set on a low note.

2) World Turning (but only the vest solo)

3) Stevie Nicks' long-winded "Gypsy" preamble

4) Lizard People

5) Never Going Back Again (but at 30 BPM)

6) Only Over You (but poorly sung by Stevie Nicks)

7) Born Enchanter (but poorly sung by Lindsey Buckingham)

8) Say You Will (forced audience sing-along)

9) Did You Ever Love Me (Mick Fleetwood and John McVie go to the front of the stage to perform a steel drum duet)

10) Lindsey Buckingham compares Fleetwood Mac to movie making

11) These Strange Times (Stevie Nicks bravely tackles Bekka Bramlett and Lucy Fleetwood's backing vocals)

12) Lindsey Buckingham compares his solo work to painting

13) Songbird (but it's a highly processed rendition on the Fairlight CMI)

14) Thoughts on a Grey Day (demonically recited in unison by Mick, John, Lindsey, Stevie)

15) Oh Diane

If you have any suggestions to make this worse, let me know. I'm also interested to see what horrible setlist you all come up with

You forgot Mick the Screecher.

Haha! This is fun. Here’s my set list.

Sisters of the Moon: dropped two keys and half-speed

Skies the Limit

Welcome to the Room…Sara

Empire State (acoustic solo and vocal)

When I See You Again

Mystified —twelve minute extended version

Easy Come Easy Go

What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You

Oh Diane

Bermuda Triangle (sung by Stevie)

World Turning (sung solely by Stevie)

Never Going Back Again—slower and shoutier than ever before

I Don’t Wanna Know—sung by Christine and John

Rhiannon—Stevie at the piano

What Makes You Think You’re the One—Lindsey on Kleenex boxes

Never Make Me Cry—accompanied by the Trojan Marching Band

Haha, I love that we get the Gypsy preamble but no Gypsy, just straight into Lizard People instead.

Sadly a new low speed record has already been shattered (see Will Ferrell charity concert).

:lol:

What would you call this tour? A Non-Sequitir Soiree with Fleetwood Mac? The Show Should Not Go On tour?


Oh Diane would probably be a highlight after all that, by the way.
And I would happily sit through a live version of WISYA. Well, twenty-five years ago, maybe. When at least there was a dream left...

Ha! I would actually pay good money to see this show simply because it would be so different from the same old, same old!

Love the initial set list. I would replace “Oh Diane” with “Come” - the worst Lindsey song in the Mac catalog and a fittingly dreary bookend to “WISYA.”

This would be the encore

This is an equally wonderful/horrible setlist. "What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You", the 12 minute extended mix of "Mystified" and "Never Make Me Cry" (accompanied by the Trojan Marching Band) are particularly unwelcome additions. I would also enjoy Lindsey's rendition of "What Makes You Think You're the One?" on Kleenex boxes.

Those are both great options. Perhaps the When I Never See You Again tour

Thank you! Come IS the worst Lindsey song, by far.

Oh, yeah! I forgot about that. And Silver Girl.

Don’t know why it says DownOnRodeo posted that set list since I did. Very strange.

Stevie has so many songs that drone on, it's easy to forget.

We need ALL the verses. Don’t we? I mean, you eliminate a verse and it’s a whole chapter from her life. Her terribly exciting, unique life.

$he's not going to be happy, if you take out one of her verses about being in the Army.

And the one about the pact. The pact!

$he's impacted! :D

Exactly, at least it would be different.

The Bang Bang set (featuring just noises songs):

Not That Funny
Come
Walk a Thin Line
What Makes You Think You’re the One
The Ledge
Any ‘song’ by Mick

The Pity Party set (whiny songs):

When I See You Again
Only Over You
Goodbye Baby
Hold Me
Never Going Back Again

The Circus set (upbeat/downbeat songs with crazy, annoying sound effects:

Paper Doll
Make Me a Mask
Skies the Limit
Welcome to the Room Sara
Oh Diane
Empire State

Okay, here goes...

Come
The Second Time
Warm Ways
Not That Funny- 30 minute version
When I See You Again
Oh Daddy
Storms
Mick The Screecher
BIG LOVE ACOUSTIC
Beautiful Child
Freedom
Murrow
Silver Girl
Say You Will
Oh Diane
Illume

the neutered Rhiannon we've had to deal with since '97 is at the top of my list lololol.

I miss the Mirage version!

It’s amazing how one persons ‘nightmare’ setlist inclusions can be another persons dream.
Personally I’d love to have had a set that included….
Welcome to the Room…Sara
Bermuda Triangle (sung by Stevie)
What Makes You Think You’re the One? (Lindsey playing Kleenex boxes)
Mystified….any version (this could have been a killer inclusion with Lindsey’s solo)
When I See You Again (could have made a lovely alternative closer)
Oh Diane (acoustic…as a much needed alternative to Big Love/NGBA)
Paper Doll
Come

My nightmare set would include….
Dreams (yawn)
Big Love….acoustic (yawn)
Never Going Back Again….snails pace version (yawn)
Raspberry Beret (Stevie tribute to Prince)
Learning to Fly (Stevie tribute to Tom Petty)
Teen Beat
These Strange Times
Songbird (Stevie tribute to Christine with Stevie vocals/piano)
No Questions Asked

This is a difficult thread for me for 2 reasons. Any of these songs on anyone's list would mean these 5 are back performing on stage. I would do anything to have Chris back so she can play on any of my least favorite Mac songs and I would be in awe. Lastly is most of everyone's least favorites are mostly hidden songs the band would never even think about performing in front of an audience. For that reason alone it would be so interesting that I would be at the edge of my seat. After all the same songs they perform live again and again, the worst setlist would be awesome just for the variety. It would be so interesting to hear any of those least favorites performed live. Yes, I would love to hear Welcome To The Room Sara, and Whatsamata baby live instead of Dreams and Rhiannon for the millionth time.

Oh yes, I would definitely add The Second Time to my nightmare list… under the Pity/Whiny category.

I agree with you- even though we’re all naming songs we think we’d never want to hear live, we would all probably enjoy the experience. Oh Daddy is one of my least favorite Christine songs, but it sounded good when she sang it on the Dance tour.

I mentioned a couple of songs that I actually like quite a bit and would truly like to have heard live- Skies the Limit, What Makes You Think You’re the One, Paper Doll, for examples, but I think they might be difficult now. And I was including songs by Christine even though she’s passed. Since we know this thread isn’t reality based, I just took that as an excuse to include her as well.

Here's mine.

Stevie playing piano and singing for 2 hours.

Oh come on....everyone knows she's the most talented member!!!






:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Most people think that because she's a draw. There are less talented people that draw wayyyy more then Stevie Nicks. But, you knew that already.

That’s beyond nightmare, and into terrorism. Still, a nightmare set needs Stevie solo at a piano for about fifteen minutes. Maybe a lengthy reverse medley of Dreams going into Outside the Rain, followed by At the Fair and Desert Angel and Don’t Treat Me Like a Stranger (with Stevie gazing longingly at Lindsey), all strung together in the same key on the piano.

And how about putting Stevie on lead vocal for a rousing, full-band version of I’m a Road Runner? Really crank up the horns, too, courtesy of the Trojans.

I’m also thinking of a set-closer of Stevie, Lindsey, and Rick Vito all dressed in rhinestone cowboy garb (Rick in his signature playing-card jacket), tearing it up on an extended, boisterous Blood on the Floor. Waddy on steel string. Close out the performance with the filtered-in stench of cheap bar whiskey in the arena, and send folks home happy and dazed.

She plays Rhiannon for 2 hours non-stop
You still cry out for her
Dont choo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnG6eajH3Q

:lol:

My apologies. I believe the issue has been fixed

And when she finishes at the 2 hour mark, Lindsey is still only into the second verse of NGBA on his side of the stage. (Because, since it's the absolute worst setlist, we may as well have them playing different songs at the same time.)

Don't worry, Tony. No one would believe a "worst set list" by me would include such delicious Lindsey album fare as Empire State and Oh Diane!

I wasn’t worried but curious—how could that even happen?

Because OP was quoting two different users, so they had to manually create a quote hypertext (?) for one of us. I do that often myself.

I was responding to several people in one post and attributed a setlist to the wrong person. The issue has been fixed.

Well, I’m not going to include Chris in this so let’s just pretend S&L are the only ones singing…

When I See You Again
Empire State
Welcome to the Room, Sara
Only Over You (Stevie)
GYPSY INTRO STORY
Gypsy (Stevie alone with a piano)
GYPSY FOLLOW UP STORY
Never Going Back Again (.5 bpm of the last show, it takes 11 minutes)
Landslide (Stevie and Waddy. Lindsey plays Chris’s piano parts)
Big Love (slowed tempo, similar vibe as NGBA)
Say You Love Me (a la 2009)
I’m So Afraid (no solo, just Lindsey with an acoustic)
Family Man
Silver Girl
Come
Go Your Own Way (lowered three more keys)
Warm Ways (Lindsey whispering, Stevie on keys)
Free Fallin’
TOM PETTY STORY
Songbird (Stevie on vocals, Mick on a drum, Sheryl Crow on piano)

Oh, ok. I think I understand :)

Thanks for the explanation. I honestly thought it was the actual software for the site spitting out wrong info.

The On with the Show Final Farewell Tour 2024

Lineup - Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, and Sheryl Crow (replacing Christine as promised)

Monday Morning
The Chain
Dreams

-(10 minute Stevie welcome speech introducing her "best friend in the whole world" Sheryl Crow joining the band on Chris' songs, let's get this party started!)

Say You Love Me (Sheryl Lead)
Sheryl's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Trophy Presentation
Just Crazy Love (Sheryl Lead)
Come (solo acoustic)
Everybody Finds Out
Not That Funny
Isn't It Midnight (Sheryl Lead)
Strong Enough to Be My Man (Stevie/Sheryl Duet)
All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun (Sheryl Solo)
Holiday Road
Tusk (Sheryl on accordion)
Rhiannon (slow version with Sheryl on piano)
Say Goodbye (with long Lindsey speech for healing and forgiveness)
Landslide (dedicated to Stevie's Barbie Doll)
Stand Back/Barbie Girl Medley
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You (dedicated to Sheryl, best friend in the whole world with drinking fountain montage)
Big Love
Murrow Turning Over in His Grave
Everywhere/Soak up the Sun (Sheryl on Lead)
World Turning (with 15-minute Mick drum vest solo)
Welcome to the Room Sara
Go Your Own Way
10 minute Stevie speech about Christine - other best friend in the whole world)

Encore 1
Songbird (Sheryl on vocals and piano, Stevie on Maracas)

Encore 2
Don't Do Me Like That (Tom Petty Tribute, best male friend in the whole world speech)

Yes, it would be interesting to see.