Re: sway debut?
Date: September 25, 2005 19:50
Some of these unplayed songs - including Out of Time - are from the era when they were moving away from blues/soul/r&b-b oriented material (& guitar based arrangements) & experimenting w/ different intruments & textures (thanks in part to Brian) - can't see how they might do these live. And some of them I can't imagine working live - or how they might relate to the material in 2005, & present it in a convincing way. Tracks like "2000 Light Years" worked primarily with the aid of 2 keyboardists, sampling, etc. They are back in guitar band mode this tour, & imo the covers are superb choices, they could start doing a couple more ABB songs, & there are songs that might work that have at least been rehearsed either this year or during Licks: Slave (could really cook in a long-ish version w/ controlled dynamics, jazzy/funk touches, etc a la CYHMK, w/ Keys or Tim Ries filling in for Sonny Rollins, Mick on harp, Ron/Keith solos etc - or it could fall flat), Hip Shake (coming after BOMH), Salt Of The Earth, Prodigal Son, Harlem Shuffle, Mixed Emotions (I dig some of the '89 live versions, the guitars could really push & pull this one in some funky directions, minimal horns), Stop Breaking Down, Black Limousine, Saint Of Me (I am glad they're doing "Out Of Control" - a great live vehicle, & fairly recent too), Dance, Flight 505. And I'm not even mentioning Keith lead vocals - I really love "Thru & Thru", could use a deep & dubby "Too Rude", "This Place Is Empty" (rotated w/ The Worst), T & A, etc.