POGUES at THE GROVE - 17 Oct 2006

[gambrinus13]

does anyone have a set list for this show?

[Garteh]

does anyone have a set list for this show?

If my memory serves me correctly:

Streams Of Whiskey
If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The Broad Majestic Shannon
Turkish Song Of The Damned
Young Ned Of The Hill
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
Boys From The County Hell
White City
Tuesday Morning
Old Main Drag
Sayonara
Repeal Of The Licensing Laws
Sunnyside Of A Street
The Body Of An American
Lullaby Of London
Thousands Are Sailing
Dirty Old Town
Bottle Of Smoke
The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn
Sally MacLennane
A Rainy Night In Soho
The Irish Rover
Fairytale Of New York (with Ella Finer)
Fiesta

[Ross]

Nice memory. Your list matches the copy of the set list I snagged. Intermissions after sickbed and irish rover.

[DzM]

Your list matches the copy of the set list I snagged.

Did you rush onto the stage during one of the intermissions to grab it? From house-left/stage-right?

[Ross]

No, I was a little less daring and a little more fortunate. After the show, I walked by the guys at the mixer in the back and saw a piece of paper hanging over the edge of the mixer. Closer look revealed to be the set list. I said "Can I have this," the guy at the board said "yeah" and off I went. I saw a woman with one of the stage copies and they were the same, mine just didn't have the gaffer's tape.

The only thing I have ever pilfered off a stage after a show was one of Alan Doyle's guitar picks after a Great Big Sea show. It helps to be 6-6 with a long wingspan.

[gambrinus13]

thanks that sounds right . I was trying to remember, but the night got fuzzy at about thousand are sailing!

[DzM]

Nine photos of the Anaheim show are now available. Enjoy.

[Cdn Steve]

Thanks for the photos, DzM - high quality as always.
I've got a question - do you have particular shots in mind before the show, or do you shoot like mad and sift through the pile afterwards? Do you adjust your settings, position, etc to improve on the previous nights' results?

[DzM]

I've got a question - do you have particular shots in mind before the show, or do you shoot like mad and sift through the pile afterwards? Do you adjust your settings, position, etc to improve on the previous nights' results?

Depends a lot on the show, the venue, and what I know of the set list.

Usually I'll set a goal for myself like "Get more pictures of Jem this time," or "Try to catch Philip's 'Take my hand' motions (or 'Turkish Song of The Damned' chorus)." Honestly, though, a lot of it boils down to going from stage left to right and back again as many times as possible in twelve minutes, shooting like mad, looking for something new (James is often a great candidate for Something New). Then after-the-fact sort through a pile of shots for the few that came out nice (I'm working right now on being a harsher editor - it's a bit ridiculous to post thirty or forty shots of a twelve minute window).

One other big contributing factor is the venue itself. The Wiltern, for example, is largely a wash for me. Their photographer's coral was behind the main pit (no other venue I've been to does this), and there wasn't advanced warning. I had a nice fast wide angle lens, but some pretty crap slow telephoto lenses. Unfortunately the concert lighting and the slow lenses made for A Whole Lot Of Crap after three days of shooting. Most other venues have the photographers squished between the stage and the audience, with the security monkeys. This means dodging the monkeys, and getting a lot of shots of people's nostrils (and heavily back-lit when the light grid ends up behind their head).

Ramble ramble.

Long story short - There's a general goal in mind, but an awful lot of luck and shooting like mad.

[MacRua]

Sean Fay has uploaded pics:

"THE POGUES" Live at "The Grove" Anaheim, California, October 17th 2006