7.12.2004

"the 80s were good for kung fu"*

status check - lovely
background ambiance - ben folds, not the same (live)

rufus:**
Agnus Dei
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk
California
Grey Gardens
La Complainte De La Butte
Hallelujah
One Man Guy (w/Guster)
April Fools
Beauty Mark
Gay Messiah
Pretty Things
Vibrate
Want (prefaced by "This song is called Want. ...and all I want is George Bush to lose the election.")
11:11
Dinner at Eight

guster:
What You Wish For
Ramona
Airport Song
Happier
Red Oyster Cult (w/ Chris and Dan on sax and trumpet)
So Long
Barrel of a Gun
Come Downstairs & Say Hello
Demons
Amsterdam
Fa Fa (w/ Chris and Dan on sax and trumpet)
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Boy With the Arab Strap (w/ Chris and Dan on sax and trumpet AND w/ Ben Folds on piano)
All the Way Up to Heaven (w/ Ben Folds on piano)

ben:
Fred Jones part 2
Zak and sara
there's always someone cooler than you
Eddie walker
Gracie
Annie Waites
Tease of Oaisis 'Champagne Supernova'
Philosophy
chopsticks (liz phair cover)
selfless, cold and composed
The last polka
Army
Kate
Steven's last night in town (w/brian)
tease of Air supply's 'all out of love'
Fair (w/guster)
Not the same (w/guster)
Encore:
evaporated
one angry dwarf and 200 solemn faces

*quote courtesy of chuck during ben's "kung fu fighting" vamp
**setlists found online - while the songs were right, the order for rufus is incorrect. will amend later.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What? No Ben Folds "Careless Whisper" cover w/ Rufus? They covered that George Michael (or was it WHAM!) tune at our show. It was priceless. I guess I just figured they'd bust it out for the whole tour. I didn't mention it because I didn't want to ruin the surprise. Oh well. I can't wait to talk to you and hear all about it. Did you get anything out of the DMB love voicemails I tried to leave? I know sometimes music just sounds like a garbled mess. I hope something got through.
DMB was great as always and the new tunes have a lot of potential. Let's talk soon.
love,
Paul

Anonymous said...

One more thing...
How excited were you when he busted out "April Fools?" Isn't that one of your favorites? It's one of mine, but I'm pretty sure that was high on your list of "songs you most wanted to hear." I'm just so glad you finally saw him :-)
P