The Gaslight Anthem - History Books (October 27th 2023) Album • Page 103

Cannot express how excited I would be to finally hear Bring It On live, and how quickly that excitement would be cancelled out by hearing an RHCP cover immediately after.

 

I get why bands would want to mix in covers, and obviously they can play whatever the hell they want to play, but as someone who doesn't go to many concerts at all and it's usually a big deal for me when I do, if I am going to see someone play I want to see their songs live

 

Damn that cover woulda been awesome

 

First time seeing them in 10+ years tonight and their set got cut short 5 songs in due to lightening. Gutted to not hear Bring It On or any of the new songs. At least Joyce put on a great set. Hopefully they come back soon

@musicfan10 one of the 5 was We Came To Dance!

 

They’re bringing rock music back!

 

Thats good to hear. They are so good live. loving these reviews

 

Great show in Dallas tonight! So much fun

better setlist than Portland - which was terrific too

biggest news - for the “should they play covers” people -

they OPENED THE SHOW with

Smells Like Teen Spirit

 

Was bizarre

 

Also them playing Bring It On for 6-8 straight shows is so great and Brian actually seems to be happy playing it too

 

Okay I’m 100% in for a Nirvana cover

 

I was too surprised to even have an opinion. Esp as an opener. It was well rehearsed and fine but just strange.

 

tbh you have to respect his commitment to injecting as much 90s alt rock into Gaslight shows as possible... would have been inconceivable at one point

 

now that’s wild

 

Honestly respect it - especially as a set opener.

 

You can catch a clip of it on Dimestore Saints instagram

 

I’ve got two tickets to the Central Park show on the 21st that I can’t use since my wife got called in to work …got them on the $25 LiveNation sale so just looking to recoup that if anyone is interested

 

@Sean Murphy ^ Invite some friends

 

lol, Murph having friends, good one

 

Butch Walker came on stage in Nashville to do The 59 Sound. Venue sound was a little weird so it was hard to hear Brian, but the band sounded solid, and setlist hit spots I hadn’t heard from them myself. Hoping the DC setlist is a little different to cover the ground I thought was missing, but what we got was great.

 

Tried to untangle my complicated feelings about Get Hurt, which included coming up with an alternate tracklist that I like way, way more than what the band actually released.

The Gaslight Anthem – Get Hurt

 

Great article, Craig, one of your best. I'm a Get Hurt apologist but I found myself agreeing with so much of what you said.

Your alternate tracklist is good too, I personally would keep Helter Skeleton and instead dump Ain't That A Shame, and maybe add Mama's Boys, but overall mostly agree. Have Mercy is a classic.

Not to get ahead of ourselves but the new album is almost a year old, have they talked at all about LP7 or if that's even in the cards? I really hope so.

This has been my #1 favorite band since about 2009 and I'm so glad they're back.

 

The other bonus tracks, I'm not a huge fan of. I like the country-leaning feel of "Mama's Boys" and "Sweet Morphine," but I don't think either quite get there as songs. And "Halloween" is kind of cool, but that recording of it has always felt super sloppy and unfinished to me. Would need a different version of it for the song to fit on this album.

 

I don't really like Halloween as much as others do, and it was already a song that had been around for awhile by that point, so I never really considered it a true part of the album.

I like both Mama's and Sweet Morphine much more but you can argue they have a different sound that doesn't really fit also. Have Mercy is certainly the best of the 4.

I adore Dark Places and think it's a top 15 all time TGA song.

I don't like Stay Vicious or Stray Paper much at all.

The rest of it is solid and I think Red Violins and Poems are very underrated. They played Red Violins at my show this past week and it felt like I was the only person there who liked it - bizarre to me.

 

Really don’t like Halloween.

 

I feel crazy but I dont know what gaslight song “have mercy” is

is it on get hurt edition that’s not on Spotify?