The Ultimate Jimmy Eat World Setlist • Page 2

Needs more "Closer" & "Polaris", other than that - I'd be extremely stoked if this was a JEW set.

 

Haha yeah I figured that'd ruffle some feathers, but I just had to give the band a break from closing with one of the hits. I almost left The Middle off the setlist altogether, even though I love that song. But obviously that'd be defeating the purpose of including the biggest hits. Plus I think that particular cover would be fun enough that even people in the crowed who'd never heard of it would still have a blast. Also, there's potential to stretch it out into a 10 minute rock fest with interludes from Jimmy songs. But, if gun to my head I had to swap it out, I'd have it switch places with 23.

 

You ever see them open with Big Casino? Especially in New Jersey? That's how.

 

Big Casino is a great opener.

Also, got my setlist down to 26 songs for an hour and 50 minutes. This is painful. My process at this point is to put together the setlist with a good chunk of obvious cuts and see what room there is for everything else.

 

Have fun cutting those last 4 homie. It's the hardest part once yet get it down to a manageable number and then have to make the last few cuts.

 

I'm trying to throw a deep cut on here and it's between Disintegration and Closer and I'm like

 

Also, going to have a very difficult time discerning this thread from the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt thread on a quick glance haha

 

I'm making my list now, and i got to 23 and stopped everything. God this song is perfect.

 

Great list. I'll add my name to the "Here It Goes fan club" too.

 

This band is nearly flawless, so there's always going to be songs that it hurts to cut, but I think this list is fantastic. I would personally cut "Littlething" in favor of "Polaris," but that's because the latter is arguably my favorite JEW song.

 

Great setlist! This is a cool feature. Hope to see some other bands get this treatment in the future as well.

The only songs I was surprised were omitted were "Pain" and "My Best Theory," so it was cool to read your thoughts and see that those were both on the cusp of being included. I would have had to find a spot for "Always Be" as well, but that's just personal preference. Thanks for putting this together!

 

If you were wondering why My Best Theory didn't make the cut, blame twitter:

 

Great Set, especially as the band generated so much great songs. Thanks for putting Dizzy on it, always had the feeling the song never got the attention it desserved. Only a little bit surprised not to see Blister.

 

This is tough, there's so many great songs...

1. Futures
2. Table For Glasses
3. Bleed American
4. Always Be
5. Stop
6. Sweetness
7. Apprecaition
8. Kill
9. Dizzy
10. Ten
11. If You Don't, Don't
12. My Best Theory
13. For Me This Is Heaven
14. Cautioners
15. Closer
16. Polaris
17. Book Of Love
18. Lucky Denver Mint
19. A Praise Chorus
20. Goodbye Sky Harbor

Encore

1. Big Casino
2. Hear You Me
3. The Middle

 

Cheater. Putting in 23 songs instead of 22. I see you...

Also no Work or 23 is...

 

Haha yeah, really this is an impossible task!

Tried to make it slightly different.

 

I did it, 20 song for one hours and 20 minutes. This was really difficult but a lot of fun to put together. Hope you all like it. You can hear thousands of hearts break if you listen closely to the transition from Carry You to Hear You Me.

1. Big Casino
2. Bleed American
3. My Best Theory
4. Lucky Denver Mint
5. Your New Aesthetic
6. I Will Steal You Back
7. Work
8. Carry You
9. Hear You Me
10. Kill
11. Movielike
12. Damage
13. Pain
14. Dizzy
15. Just Watch The Fireworks
16. Futures
17. A Praise Chorus
18. 23

Encore:
19. Sweetness
20. The Middle

 

Our lists are v similar. If I was going to make a Mix CD version the first to go would be Disintegration and then maybe another one of the longer ones to get me closer to the numbers, then I would fiddle around with different song picks to get under 80 minutes.

 

Yeah when I looked over yours you included a lot of songs I would have also included. It was really difficult cutting The World You Love from mine. I ran into the same issue where I didn't want it to be too Futures-heavy, which, to a lesser extent, is also why I cut Disintegration and Closer. I had to cut For Me This I s Heaven in order to include Just Watch The Fireworks. I really like that I placed it behind Dizzy. In my mind I see the band letting the closing riff to Dizzy loop over and over and gradually fade out until there's nothing but silence until Jim sings "HERE, YOU CAN BE ANYTHING." The crowd would go nuts, especially if they had a violin player on stage too in order to play that subtle intro before Jim starts singing.

 

Clarity and Futures are my top two favorite JEW records. But, there is something about Invented that i just love. I can't put my finger on what it is. But I do know that Invented and Mixtape are great songs. And Littlethings, such a god damn good song.

 

same here

 

Great list, I would pay anything to see that show! I would like to see "higher devotion" and "my best theory" on there, but understand why they didn't make the final cut.

 

As it happens, my favorite number is 22, and it makes for sweet set-list lengths. The JEW playlist on my phone that I've listened to more times than I can count is this:

23
Bleed American
Big Casino
Pain
Electable (Give It Up)
I Will Steal You Back
Higher Devotion
A Praise Chorus
Hear You Me
Chase This Light
Firefight
How'd You Have Me
Futures
Coffee and Cigarettes
Kill
My Best Theory
Let It Happen
Work
Closer
For Me This is Heaven
Dizzy
Sweetness

 

10/10 Craig. Well done.

 

Thanks friend.

Since they signal boosted it on twitter, I've been hearing from a few Static fans who are not happy with me.