CHICAGO 07 SETLIST LOOK AWAY NOW!!!

**Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:03 am**

Sure wish they ESPECIALLY liked The Dark Streets Of London and Transmetropolitan. How could they not love these songs?? Very confusing.

**Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:19 am**

Look, we do our shows our way or we don't do our shows. For everyone who wants to hear "Dark Streets of London" there's another person who'd rather hear "South Australia" and a hundred who're glad to get "The Broad Majestic Shannon" instead. Now, as far as I am concerned, this topic is not one I will engage with any further. We listen to suggestions, and sometimes we even factor them in, as with "Kitty", but this is truly the most irritating and whiny topic in these forums.

**Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:15 pm**

I suppose it is whiny, but if you put the shoe on the other foot would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

**Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:29 pm**

Anonymous wrote:.. would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

Yes.

**Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:36 pm**

Anonymous wrote:I suppose it is whiny, but if you put the shoe on the other foot would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

Doesn't bother me I'm only too happy to see them play, after all they won't be around forever.

**Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:37 pm**

Eric V wrote:
Anonymous wrote:.. would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

Yes.

I second that. I have and will continue to do so.

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:24 am**

Anonymous wrote:I suppose it is whiny, but if you put the shoe on the other foot would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

I suggest you become a Radiohead fan. They (despite being the only band that matters) still charge only 41 dollars a gig. They greatly vary their set lists every night. They also play tons of unreleased material and B-sides. Whining is not banned on their message boards, and all types of free thinking are found on their forums. Plus, 95% of their members are not lining up to drink the Kool-Aid, as featured on this site.

P.S.-The Arcade Fire matters too.
Phil- You often remind me of Roberto Duran ("no mas"), or some pre-Vatican 2 Pope.

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:28 am**

Anonymous wrote: ...thats the point i am making. There are loads of classic Pogues tunes which they dont currently play which i'm sure we would all love to hear. I think if Phil didnt post on these boards (and its great he does), i'm sure the conversatinos would be a little different.

Yeah, I'm positive there would be a lot more threads like this one...I think the relative lack of that kind of nattering is one of the greatest things about this forum.

The setlist is solid as a rock, an absolute embarrassment of riches - no duds in the pack - and some different stuff gets tried out now and then. For anyone to be sniffling about not hearing this song or that is absurd. In my humble opinion, of course.

Yeah, Jesus came back, but he didn't do "The Sermon On
The Mount". I want me sixty bucks back.

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:15 am**

Anonymous wrote:I suppose it is whiny, but if you put the shoe on the other foot would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

I saw the Pogues 14 times last year ( although I was piss drunk for one of them). I realize that this sounds impulsive, insane, and a sign of having no life, and I am not saying by any means that this is normal but by some folks view, that's 14 times seeing basically the same set list. Every show I went to, I swore that it would be the last one. After every show, I swore I would see the next. God forbid, if I ever do get tired of it, then I will quit going.

On that point, I can't help but think when I see people complain about sets or about poor peformances, does anybody remember that less then 10 years ago, there was no way in hell the Pogues would ever get back together let alone with Shane singing? Or is my recollection that bad?

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:39 am**

Yeah, Jesus came back, but he didn't do "The Sermon On
The Mount". I want me sixty bucks back.

Yeah, but at least he played Billy's Bones, so stop your whining.

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 3:39 am**

same here, i have and continue to fork out good money to see the pogues play whatever they choose to play, which is(not surprisingly) always stellar material. "if it aint broke, dont fix it"

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:56 pm**

im not sure
i live in canada
and i thought about buying tickets to the pogues
but the train would have been about 250
the room at least another 100 (american)
and the tickets another 60 (american)
that puts me at just about shit out of luck

however, if the total cost was about 150, i would go.
that being said, i would not go again for another 150.
i wouldnt go again for another 60 either, once is enough.

edit: i thought about asking one of you lot to put me and a friend up
but then i noticed that no one else had gone that far yet...
let me know for next...year?

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:41 pm**

Anonymous wrote:I suppose it is whiny, but if you put the shoe on the other foot would you spend good money on seeing the same band every year only to find that they are playing exactley the same songs every time (virtually) ??

An Easy solution to that is if you dont like the set list then dont fucking go to the gig.

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:07 pm**

Seven Towers wrote:

Yeah, Jesus came back, but he didn't do "The Sermon On
The Mount". I want me sixty bucks back.

Yeah, but at least he played Billy's Bones, so stop your whining.

Did Shane play with him?

**Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:11 pm**

Benno wrote:im not sure i live in canada

What, are you so close to the border that you don't know? Can't be sure?

Benno wrote:however, if the total cost was about 150, i would go.
that being said, i would not go again for another 150.
i wouldnt go again for another 60 either, once is enough.

I'll give you a ticket. Eh?

Benno wrote:edit: i thought about asking one of you lot to put me and a friend up
but then i noticed that no one else had gone that far yet...

There'll be no spooning with me, Benno, but I read elsewhere that there is some hostel for $30 per night.

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