Make a Deep-Cuts Only Setlist

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by elle

just curious, how did you come up with these?

for example, Think About Me, Hold Me, and Everywhere have never really been FM staples live.

conversely, would you call The Chain a deep cut? or a LB staple ISA that he rarely doesn't perform live.

"Everywhere" was a staple since its release whenever Christine's toured with the band.

[elle]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

"Everywhere" was a staple since its release whenever Christine's toured with the band.

true, slipped my mind - it was performed at 3 different tours, yes - http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=51399

[elle]

wow, we all like and would go with such different song selections!! i think this thread was a great idea; however looking at lists so far, i think i'd dislike every single one of them even more than what FM probably will perform... i'm sure many others must feel the same about my list.

i'm also surprised nobody seems to have any interest whatsoever in hearing new songs! maybe SN and Mick are right and besides casual audience many FM diehards don't care about hearing something new either?

however, the list we compiled when everybody proposed just 6 deep cuts and we added the ones suggested the most to the must-play and new songs i wouldn't mind at all.

[redbird]

Well, I mentally tacked the three new songs on to my list even though that brings the total into really unrealistic territory (27 songs + encore). But I'm curious to hear those. As for SYW material, I don't want to hear most of it as much as I want to hear other rarities and that album's 10 years old by now anyway, so it's not exactly new either. I do like "Destiny Rules" (and think it's apropos for this "ending chapter" thing) and "Miranda", and the earlier version of "Smile At You", and "Say Goodbye", but the others I can wait for solo tours or whatever. SYW always sounded like two solo records smushed together for me anyway.

I could live without "Landslide" and "World Turning" which would give me 25+encore including the new songs, assuming there's no Christine. Maybe "Silver Springs" and "Can't Go Back" could go too. That'd be a total of 24 including the encore: 2 "historical" B&N songs, 3 "historical" Mac songs, 2 FM 75' songs, 3 Rumours songs, 4 Tusk songs, 1 Live '80 song, 2 Mirage songs, 4 SYW songs, and 3 new songs. Hard to put down more new songs if I don't know of any that exist yet.

[elle]

Originally Posted by redbird

SYW material, I don't want to hear most of it as much as I want to hear other rarities and that album's 10 years old by now anyway, so it's not exactly new either. I do like "Destiny Rules" (and think it's apropos for this "ending chapter" thing) and "Miranda", and the earlier version of "Smile At You", and "Say Goodbye", but the others I can wait for solo tours or whatever. SYW always sounded like two solo records smushed together for me anyway.

I could live without "Landslide" and "World Turning" which would give me 25+encore including the new songs, assuming there's no Christine. Maybe "Silver Springs" and "Can't Go Back" could go too. That'd be a total of 24 including the encore: 2 "historical" B&N songs, 3 "historical" Mac songs, 2 FM 75' songs, 3 Rumours songs, 4 Tusk songs, 1 Live '80 song, 2 Mirage songs, 4 SYW songs, and 3 new songs. Hard to put down more new songs if I don't know of any that exist yet.

yeah i had Can't Go Back on my list originally too, but had to get rid of it when i had too many songs.

new songs would be just the songs that we've never heard so far, imo.

SYW songs would count as deep cuts, all of them except Peacekeeper and SYW which charted, with former being in top 100 (#80 or something?) and latter not even charting on the general chart. i love Destiny Rules. Miranda is in the same category as Tango to me, i can take it or leave it but rather not pick either of these with so few spots to fill. i think original Smile At You demo was rocking, but there's probably a reason that SYW version is as blah as it is, and if they cannot even reproduce it in studio anymore, they probably can't on stage either... but i'd love to be proven wrong. demo and SYW version are like night and day, and SYW version bores me. Say Goodbye i can never say enough bad things about, and you all had a chance to hear it during SYW tour, plus there is both Soundstage and LiB live recording to document it. so i'd much rather hear something that has not been done before instead (or something that i love like Come or BTLH ).

agree that World Turning should go - it's been done to death, although i do love that song (other than way-too-long drum solo).

of the 3 new songs, i am somewhat curious how new version of Without You sounds, but considering we are already familiar with the song, that would not be my pick of the "new" song to hear in concert.

i like the way you divided your list and also the way you summarized it above... i should look up what all i have represented... but i'm sure it will be mostly Tusk and SYW as they are both my favorite FM albums and full of never performed deep cuts.