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bv
I don't understand those who complain about set lists without going to the show. It is like complaining about a beer - how it looks like - without tasking it.
I guess it is the dream of another band. The Rolling Stones have been masters of repeating the same set list for every show, all the tours they have done, in the past the very same songs every night, like in the 70's and 80's. These days they change some songs, because they know many fans travel to more than one show.
They taste good! In fact they are great!
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great photos, bv!
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bv
I don't understand those who complain about set lists without going to the show. It is like complaining about a beer - how it looks like - without tasking it.
I guess it is the dream of another band. The Rolling Stones have been masters of repeating the same set list for every show, all the tours they have done, in the past the very same songs every night, like in the 70's and 80's. These days they change some songs, because they know many fans travel to more than one show.
They taste good! In fact they are great!
The answer is very simple.
1) Different tours USED TO BE different from each other set list wise. The Rolling Stones HAVE NOT always performed the same set list.
If you went to see them in 1989,it was different from 1981.
If you went to see them in 1994,it was different from 1989 AND different from 1981.
If You went to see them in 1997,it was different from 1994,and 1989,and 1981.
If you went to see them in 1999,it was different from 1997,1994,1989,and 1981.
If you went to see them in 2002,they were digging into the old album tracks.
Then,at some point in 2003,they started to give up on the strategy but,even in 2005 there were some new songs and they usually avoided repeating the non-warhorses from previous trips to a given city.
2) Now,the set list is down to just warhorses,and the very few non-warhorses are usually repeats from prior shows in the same city. With no new songs and now not any different old songs in many,trending towards most cases.
3) It's not about Philadelphia (as an example) having a different set list than Jacksonville for the 1 % of the audience who follows the band around the world.
It's about Philadelphia 2019 having no different songs than past tours in Philadelphia. Which has an impact on more than the 1% of the audience who travel to follow them to multiple shows on the same tour.
4) It was a better strategy when they performed the same set list every night on a tour but,a set list with songs different from previous tours.
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bv
I don't understand those who complain about set lists without going to the show. It is like complaining about a beer - how it looks like - without tasking it.
I guess it is the dream of another band. The Rolling Stones have been masters of repeating the same set list for every show, all the tours they have done, in the past the very same songs every night, like in the 70's and 80's. These days they change some songs, because they know many fans travel to more than one show.
They taste good! In fact they are great!
The answer is very simple.
1) Different tours USED TO BE different from each other set list wise. The Rolling Stones HAVE NOT always performed the same set list.
If you went to see them in 1989,it was different from 1981.
If you went to see them in 1994,it was different from 1989 AND different from 1981.
If You went to see them in 1997,it was different from 1994,and 1989,and 1981.
If you went to see them in 1999,it was different from 1997,1994,1989,and 1981.
If you went to see them in 2002,they were digging into the old album tracks.
Then,at some point in 2003,they started to give up on the strategy but,even in 2005 there were some new songs and they usually avoided repeating the non-warhorses from previous trips to a given city.
2) Now,the set list is down to just warhorses,and the very few non-warhorses are usually repeats from prior shows in the same city. With no new songs and now not any different old songs in many,trending towards most cases.
3) It's not about Philadelphia (as an example) having a different set list than Jacksonville for the 1 % of the audience who follows the band around the world.
It's about Philadelphia 2019 having no different songs than past tours in Philadelphia. Which has an impact on more than the 1% of the audience who travel to follow them to multiple shows on the same tour.
4) It was a better strategy when they performed the same set list every night on a tour but,a set list with songs different from previous tours.
This sums up the "problem" perfectly.
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... Now,the set list is down to just warhorses,and the very few non-warhorses are usually repeats from prior shows in the same city. With no new songs and now not any different old songs in many,trending towards most cases.
... It was a better strategy when they performed the same set list every night on a tour but,a set list with songs different from previous tours.