deebster
Half Man Half Biscuit
At a recent gig I went to bar a couple of invited requests the setlist was exactly the same as it was at one a few days previously I'd heard a recording of. It was a good gig but knowing which songs were coming up took the edge off it a bit if I'm honest. Suppose it serves me right but it got me thinking.
Not being a musician I surely do not appreciate the effort involved in rehearsing lots of songs from which to build varying sets, but if it was me up there on stage I think I'd get bored pretty quickly playing exactly the same songs each night, especially if I had a decent back catalogue to choose from.
What say you?
When I was 17 I went to see Sting (look, I was young alright) and enjoyed it so went along the next night, but he did exactly the same set, including much of the between-song talk. So you can blame him for this thread.
Not being a musician I surely do not appreciate the effort involved in rehearsing lots of songs from which to build varying sets, but if it was me up there on stage I think I'd get bored pretty quickly playing exactly the same songs each night, especially if I had a decent back catalogue to choose from.
What say you?
When I was 17 I went to see Sting (look, I was young alright) and enjoyed it so went along the next night, but he did exactly the same set, including much of the between-song talk. So you can blame him for this thread.