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Originally Posted by Livia
No offense to anyone, but that's like asking a bible thumper why they go to church EVERY Sunday.
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Originally Posted by SteveMacD
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Well, there was a time when I would try to see them EVERY show (how else would I have racked up seeing them over 50 x's since 1974? And most of those before the end of the
Tusk tour)...BECAUSE of the "who knows what'll happen" factor of their set list...even if it was just ONE song difference. But, for the most part, since the latter part of the
Rumours tour, their set lists didn't/don't change all that much from show to show...maybe over the course of a tour, yeah, they'll add & drop songs here & there, but in a 3 or 4 night stay in town, they'll play the same set all 3 or 4 nights. The only way I'd do the multiple show per tour again is 1) I win the friggin' lottery and had millions of expendable dollars; 2) I was personally invited by one of the band members and had all-access passes (or was given a job within the band's tour entourage); or 3) they start changing the set list again from night to night (ala Dylan, Grateful Dead, Little Feat, Allman Bros, and even the Rolling Stones, too!).
The problem seems to be that they just don't seem to be able to pull off making each audience feel that they're seeing a unique show. Take someone like Paul McCartney...he pretty much plays the same songs, in the same order, and says the same things between each song...BUT, somehow, he has the ability to make each concert seem unique. Like your particular show is the only time he'd ever said those things or played those songs. THAT is a talent unto itself. I saw him 3 out of 5 nights in LA on his
Flowers In The Dirt tour and that third show SEEMED as unique as the first one.