What did ya'll think of that 90's setlist? I couldn't help but feel a little let down, but it was still enjoyable and top notch production. I was hoping for more deep cuts. Super happy we got Modern Man and Them & Us though! I think I enjoyed the 80's set a little more. I'll have to rewatch this 90's set again. They should have sang Punk Rock Song in German haha.
I'm excited for the next two! I feel like the only song they're obligated to play in the 2000s is Sorrow
I enjoyed the 90s set but not as much as the 80s one. All Fantastic Images was a nice surprise and sounded great! Streets of America and No Direction were great deep cuts as well. As others have said though we really don’t need to see them perform Infected, 21st Century Digital Boy, or even American Jesus anymore, especially for an event like this when I would assume more hardcore fans of the band are watching. Save the hits for an actual show when more casual fans would be watching. All in all though it’s hard to complain too much outside of that.
I know Greg loves playing 21CDB, but that song is on two albums which means there could’ve easily been an extra song each from AG/STF or from the others. No Direction was really cool to see. Forgot about that one. If there’s a right time to play more deep cuts, this would be the time to do so since there isn’t a live crowd to worry about haha.
Brian and Mike have been slaying the solos. I love when they share solos in the same song. Mike’s solos are very old school influenced and Brian is just a smooth show off. The two solo personalities mesh very well.
I had completely forgotten about the fact that 21CDB was on two albums from this same decade! Don’t get me wrong I love the song but I wouldn’t be mad if they decided to drop it from the setlist for a while. I remember No Direction sounding really good on the Tested album so it was cool to hear that one live again. Has anyone noticed that the band’s performances are a little less “show-y” since Jamie joined the band? Brooks was amazing for this band but I’m surprised at how refreshing the more straightforward performances have been for me.
I gotta say too that Jamie has been killing it. I've seen them live twice with him and I think he's brought more fire to these decades shows
It was a great set. I just prefer the 80s material anyway, and not enough recipe for hate or stranger than fiction for my taste. But the songs they did do sound great. My highest hopes are actually for the final two sets, because there is such a great collection of material.
Would've really dug some Recipe deep cuts, but I'm also happy how much The Gray Race was represented haha. I'm torn!
Gray Race is my favorite BR album buuuut they played some of my least favorite songs from the album haha.
Always thought Streets of America was such a great song. The American Lesion version of Cease is so cool that it made me appreciate The Gray Race version even more. I'd love to see a poll to see which songs on each album are people favourites (like a top 3). I feel like there's lots of different favourites on each album for different people.
that’d be project! I feel like us four-ish chorus BR fans could just post our top 3 fav songs from each album in this thread haha.
Fuck it I’ll start. How Could Hell: Fuck, In the Night, Latch Key Kids Suffer: You Are, Give You Nothing, Do What You Want No Control: No Control, Automatic Man, Change of Ideas ATG: Anesthesia, Flat Earth, Modern Man Generator: Tomorrow, Two Babies, Atomic Garden Recipe: RFH, Watch it Die, American Jesus STF: Tiny Voices, Television, News From The Front Gray: Them and Us, Come Join Us, Streets of America No Substance: Shades of Truth, Biggest Killer, All Fantastic Images New America: Believe It, Street Kid, You’ve got a Chance Process: Sorrow, Epiphany, Kyoto Now Empire: Sinister Rouge, The Quickening, Los Angeles (hardest record for me to pick) New Maps: New Dark Ages, Requiem, Dearly Beloved Dissent: Someone To Believe, Resist Stance, The Day the Earth Stalled True North: True North, Nothing to Dismay, Land of Endless Greed Age of Unreason: End of History, Chaos, Lose Your Head Favorite record: Empire Best record: Suffer/True North
I will be doing this for sure. I can tell there’s already going to be such a variety which is fun to see.
How Could Hell: We’re Only Gonna Die, Armageddon, into the night Suffer: Do What You Want, You Are The Government, Suffer No Control: I Want To Conquer The World, You, Sometimes I Feel Like ATG: Modern Man, Walk Away, ATG Generator: Generator, The Answer, Only Entertainment Recipe: Struck a Nerve, American Jesus, Recipe For Hate STF: Better Off Dead, Infected, Stranger Than Fiction, Tiny Voices, Inner Logic Gray Race: Streets of America, Them and Us, Cease No Substance: No Substance, Strange Denial, In So Many Ways New America: Believe It, You’ve Got A Chance, Don’t Sell Me Short Process: Sorrow, Epiphany, Supersonic Empire: To Another Abyss, All There is, Let Them Eat War New Maps:Honest Goodbye, New Dark Ages, Dearly Beloved Dissent: Cyanide, Only Rain, Won’t Somebody True North: True North, FYou, My Head Is Full Of Ghosts Age of Unreason: My Sanity, Candidate, Lose Your Head Bside: News From The Front, Finite, Tested, Out of Hand Alt version: Sorrow, Skyscraper, Cease (technically a Greg American Lesion version) Favorite record: Stranger Than Fiction Best record: Stranger Than Fiction Most Important Record: Suffer Best Production: True North Best Single: Sorrow Best Cover: Lincoln’s Funeral Train (technically a Greg song) Also, Greg and Joan Jett’s version of Let’s Do It is strangely entertaining and I’d really have nowhere to justify putting it.
Just now noticed you've got Television on there and I'll say it's a bold choice hahaha. I don't hate it, but man the 90s level is cranked to 11 on that song
Hell: We're Only Gonna Die, Fuck Armageddon, In the Night Unknown: Billy Gnosis, The Dichotomy, Chasing the Wild Goose Back to the Known: Yesterday, Bad Religion, Along the Way Suffer: Forbidden Beat, Suffer, Do What You Want No Control: No Control, Automatic Man, I Want to Conquer the World Against the Grain: Modern Man, Faith Alone, ATG Generator: The Answer, Generator, Two Babies In the Dark Recipe For Hate: Watch It Die, Don't Pray On Me, Skyscraper Gray Race: Gray Race, Them and Us, Cease STF: Better Off Dead, News From the Front, Stranger Than Fiction No Substance: Hear It, In So Many Ways, Strange Denial New America: 1000 Memories, Streetkid Named Desire, The Hopeless Housewife Process: Kyoto Now!, Epiphany, The Defense Empire: Sinister Rouge, All There Is, Let Them Eat War New Maps: Dearly Beloved, Grains of Wrath, Requiem Dissent: Devil In Stitches, Only Rain, The Resist Stance True North: True North, Robin Hood in Reverse, My Head is Full of Ghosts Age of Unreason: Paranoid Style, My Sanity, End of History Fav 3 Albums: Empire, Gray Race, Recipe