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Radiohead 05/05/08 - setlist with some quick thoughts.

 

 

WOWOWOW

Some thoughts..

Radiohead, wow. Thom is a god. Greenwood a genius. Stage was filled with lots of  shards that projected various colors of the rainbow, while several small video images of the band performing played in the background. They played for exactly 2 hours. I, like most folks, did not want it to end.

setlist
01 All I Need - We start a little slow, a theme throughout the night.

02 bodysnatchers - a fun track.

03 there there - Wasn't all that excited to hear this, but Greenwood made it all better.

04 reckoner - What can I say, Thom hit all the right notes.

05 the gloaming - Thom started dancing like a mad man, this was better live then I remembered from the HTTT tour.

06 morning bell - MORNING BELL, MORNING BELL.

07 nude - Easily the biggest surprise, Thom absolutely nailed this song. His voice crystal clear put the audience in a trance. One of the best songs of the show.

08 how to disappear completely - ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

09 15 step (very, very subdued. I was actually a little disappointed. Was expecting this to be a real rocker. Still double drums is always fun.

10 arpeggi - My favorite song on IR, was gimped when Johnny's Guitar stopped working. Thankfully, they stopped and replayed the end of the song to compensate.

11 idioteque - time to dance, just like all the KID A stuff, this is great Live music.

12 bulletproof - WOW!!!!!!, thank you so much for playing this instead of Fake Plastic Trees.

13 where I end and you begin - Another moment where my heart swelled.

14 airbag - You got to love anything off of OK Computer.

15 everything in its right place - Time to dance again, this track was lots of fun. Handclaps all around.

16 the national anthem - keeping with the upbeat, Thom really blew up the crowd here.

17 videotape - knew they would initially close with this. The song is still a little too simple, but sounded much more layered LIVE, then on record.

encore

18 optimistic - They're Back!!! with Optimistic? Kind of a buzz kill, but still a great rendition.

19 just - FKKING AMAZING!!!!!!

20 Faust Arp - Thom and John playing acoustic together, similar to the "sunrise" video from the WebCast. Brilliant.

21 exit music - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Thom hit this one out of the park, full of emotion and sincerity..

22 bangers and mash - Thom beats those drums, and still sings like an angel

encore 2
23 house of cards - A bit mid tempo, but the crowd seemed really into it. Lots of folks love this song, probably a little more then I do.

24 street spirit - one of the best songs on the Bends, is still one of the best closers of all time.

10/10

After Thoughts?
Hate me, but I wanted Paranoid Android.
No Jigsaw?
T-shirts were Super Ugly. Basically lots of faded lyrics in giant multi-colored letters (In Rainbows Font).

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Published May 06 2008, 02:24 PM by sauer
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Comments

 

Raul Duke said:

Nice work! This show was pretty damned fantastic.  My only complaint was it didn't seem like the crowd in the lawn area were really into the show, which was disappointing.

Their stage set-up was one of the coolest I've ever seen, and they were amazingly tight.  Thank god they played so much off the Bends, as I missed that at their last show.

May 6, 2008 2:48 PM
 

Brian said:

Yeah, I saw them at Tampa last night and they were fucking great as expected.  The Tampa set-ilist included some Amnesiac songs and a few more OKC songs.  Besides that the set-lists to the two shows are pretty similar.

May 8, 2008 1:11 AM

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