Which Song from Black Mountain will stay in the setlist?, After this tour concludes.... Options

[SJN1279]

Thanks to Livefornorway for this poll! I voted Mystery because Ed seems happiest to me when he sings it. Not sure if thats a good reason but still

[Pokey]

If it had to be any .. I'd hope it's none of those and one that was not performed on the actual SFBM tour, it would at least give the band some credibility that the rest of the album wasn't filler to them and is worth performing to the audience.

Just on the subject of setlists though .. Live seems to keep very little songs from recent albums in favour of always keep the old faithfuls from older albums (mostly TC) in the setlist .. do people see this as an admission that they think these songs are better? Sure they are the biggest hits and the ones the casual fans want to see .. but why cater to the casual fan? I mean if I were a muso and I know a lot of other artists perform the songs they really want to play, I find it hard to believe that Live really want to play those same songs over and over from so long ago and if they do .. then like I say, is that an admission their old stuff is better?

[SJN1279]

If it had to be any .. I'd hope it's none of those and one that was not performed on the actual SFBM tour, it would at least give the band some credibility that the rest of the album wasn't filler to them and is worth performing to the audience.

Just on the subject of setlists though .. Live seems to keep very little songs from recent albums in favour of always keep the old faithfuls from older albums (mostly TC) in the setlist .. do people see this as an admission that they think these songs are better? Sure they are the biggest hits and the ones the casual fans want to see .. but why cater to the casual fan? I mean if I were a muso and I know a lot of other artists perform the songs they really want to play, I find it hard to believe that Live really want to play those same songs over and over from so long ago and if they do .. then like I say, is that an admission their old stuff is better?

Why should they learn new songs from an album most concert goers won't have. That wouldn't make any sense at all.

Live playing their hits isn't an admission that their old songs are better. They are going to play the songs that get the most reaction from the crowd. Mirror Song is the oldest song the band currently plays and it usually gets the least reaction from the audience. Rattlesnake gets a decent reaction from loyalists but the vaste majority in the crowd don't really know what to make of it. The hits are what gets the crowd into a show. That is why Live always plays a large selection from Throwing Copper at their shows. The majority of fans have that album and when the crowd hears a song it knows, they always pop for it.

Heaven has become a staple in concert because it got serious airplay. Live tends not to play non-hit songs from newer albums to make room for their older hits. Its not an admission of their older songs being better than the newer ones. Its all about giving the fans the hits that they want.