Dream Live Set Game

[samFFC]

Okay, idea for a game, that's not really a game, but just a bit of fun/fantasy. If it's a crap idea, feel free to say so.

Basically, choose your favourite artist (or perhaps one of your favourite artists that is touring soon eg. BDO/Laneway/QOTSA), and plan out your ideal, dream setlist for a live show.

The Rules:
1. The set must be 15 songs in length. You may choose an extra 3 songs for an encore, if you wish.
2. You must give some thought to the order of the songs. Eg. grouping 3 acoustic songs together, grouping 3 sing-along songs together etc.. Some explanations would be cool, but not required.
3. Songs can be from any release (LP, EP, single etc.), or any legitimate cover they have done (eg. Like a Version, or a well-known cover they do often).
4. You can choose any concert venue/style eg. stadium, festival, acoustic indoors etc., or just not elect any venue.

Now go forth and create!

 

[samFFC]

To get things started, I'll do one for one my favourite bands, who are coming to the BDO:

Arcade Fire
Festival set

Intro:
Keep The Car Running
Reflektor

Nostalgia:
The Well and the Lighthouse
Crown of Love
Wake Up

New Album:
Here Comes the Night Time
Normal Person

Slower section:
The Suburbs
Ready to Start
It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)
My Body is a Cage

Huge ending:
Intervention
No Cars Go
Rebellion (Lies)
Afterlife/Supersymmetry (closer of main set) - counted as one song because of the continuation of the tracks on the album. Not sure why they even split it on the album.

ENCORE
The classics:
Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) - the ultimate Arcade Fire song.


Album breakdown:
Funeral 4
Neon Bible 5
The Suburbs 3
Reflektor 6 (Afterlife/Supersymmetry counted as one)

 

[Gibbsy]

I've done this with Arctic Monkeys many times. I know it's a stretch but have a 25-song setlist haha. They have done 21/22 song sets once upon a time, so it's not impossible!

It's a good mix of all five albums, I left out the two singles from WPSIA but it's only because they've been done to death and replaced with two lesser appreciated songs I enjoy (You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights, and From the Ritz to the Rubble)

1. Do I Wanna Know?
2. R U Mine?
3. Teddy Picker
4. Crying Lighting
5. Fake Tales of San Francisco
6. Still Take You Home
7. The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
8. Do Me a Favour
9. Arabella
10. This House Is a Circus
11. Love Is a Laserquest
12. Brick by Brick
13. Old Yellow Brickets
14. You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me
15. From the Ritz to the Rubble
16. My Propeller
17. Fluorescent Adolescent
18. Cornerstone
19. Piledriver Waltz
20. I Wanna Be Yours
21. Snap Out of It
22. A Certain Romance

Encore
23. The View from the Afternoon
24. Knee Socks
25. 505 (with Miles Kane)


My justification... The "Do I Wanna Know/R U Mine" opener is so good. I know they've been finishing with "R U Mine" recently and leaving "505" out of the setlist entirely... but I just feel it gets you absolutely pumped up really early. Then a collection of hits they like to play fairly early on. The old "Brick double" at the halfway point of the set. Then I reckon get Alex out the front with an acoustic guitar for "Cornerstone", "Piledriver Waltz" and "I Wanna Be Yours". A mini-set. Then "Snap Out of It", quite literally, before finishing on "A Certain Romance" - which they did at Glastonbury and hadn't done in six years I think!

Then the little encore, lead with "View" because it's such a banger and although I love it as an opening track, it couldn't displace what I have already. "Knee Socks" is a favourite of mine off the new album. And "505"... just an awesome song.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Sticking to 18 songs is so hard, especially because these bands tend to have a few albums, plenty of singles, and plenty of staples.

Vampire Weekend. First? Their usual start. Full o' hits. Calms down for Step, right back with three heavy hitters and the extremely fun looking Song 2 cover (I always laugh at Ezra's deadpan and Baio's laughing). The end is just four songs to move to, ending on the extremely beautiful Young Lion – all for them to come out with not trustin' Hannah, onto the typical one-two goodbye of Blake (good sing-a-long, usually introduced by Rostam) and the apt Walcott (always g'day'd by Ezra's "this is a song about leaving... leaving Cape Cod... tonight...)

1. Diane Young
2. White Sky
3. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
4. Holiday
5. Step
6. Cousins
7. Don't Lie / Song 2
8. A-Punk
9. Unbelievers
10. Ya Hey
11. Boston
12. Campus
13. Oxford Comma
14. Giving up the Gun
15. Young Lion
    -
16. Hannah Hunt
17. One (Blake's Got a New Face)
18. Walcott

Arctic Monkeys

1. Do I Wanna Know?
2. Brianstorm
3. You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights
4. Fluorescent Adolescent
5. The Hellcat Spangled …
6. … Knee Socks
7. Old Yellow Bricks
8. Arabella
9. Teddy Picker
10. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
11. Snap Out of It
12. Do Me a Favour
13. Still Take You Home
14. Mad Sounds …
15. … 505
    -
16. Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts
17. When The Sun Goes Down
18. R U Mine?

 

[class78]

Vampire Weekend

1. Obvious Bicycle
2. Cousins
3. White Sky
4. Holiday
5. Ya Hey
6. The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
7. Jonathan Low
8. Diane Young
9. Step
10. Diplomat's Son
11. I Think Ur A Contra
12. California English
13. Unbelievers
14. Don't Lie
15. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
16. Hannah Hunt
17. Taxi Cab
18. Walcott

 

[samFFC]

I've done this with Arctic Monkeys many times. I know it's a stretch but have a 25-song setlist haha. They have done 21/22 song sets once upon a time, so it's not impossible!

It's a good mix of all five albums, I left out the two singles from WPSIA but it's only because they've been done to death and replaced with two lesser appreciated songs I enjoy (You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights, and From the Ritz to the Rubble)

1. Do I Wanna Know?
2. R U Mine?
3. Teddy Picker
4. Crying Lighting
5. Fake Tales of San Francisco
6. Still Take You Home
7. The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
8. Do Me a Favour
9. Arabella
10. This House Is a Circus
11. Love Is a Laserquest
12. Brick by Brick
13. Old Yellow Brickets
14. You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me
15. From the Ritz to the Rubble
16. My Propeller
17. Fluorescent Adolescent
18. Cornerstone
19. Piledriver Waltz
20. I Wanna Be Yours
21. Snap Out of It
22. A Certain Romance

Encore
23. The View from the Afternoon
24. Knee Socks
25. 505 (with Miles Kane)


My justification... The "Do I Wanna Know/R U Mine" opener is so good. I know they've been finishing with "R U Mine" recently and leaving "505" out of the setlist entirely... but I just feel it gets you absolutely pumped up really early. Then a collection of hits they like to play fairly early on. The old "Brick double" at the halfway point of the set. Then I reckon get Alex out the front with an acoustic guitar for "Cornerstone", "Piledriver Waltz" and "I Wanna Be Yours". A mini-set. Then "Snap Out of It", quite literally, before finishing on "A Certain Romance" - which they did at Glastonbury and hadn't done in six years I think!

Then the little encore, lead with "View" because it's such a banger and although I love it as an opening track, it couldn't displace what I have already. "Knee Socks" is a favourite of mine off the new album. And "505"... just an awesome song.

Awesome effort. But you fail because you went over the 15+3 formula

From the Ritz... and You Couldn't See... are great choices from a nearly flawless album. You could pretty much just dartboard any song haha.

Never got "This House is a Circus" though. Just never liked it.

 

[Gibbsy]

Never got "This House is a Circus" though. Just never liked it.

Nor did I initially, it was the only song I skipped from FWN. But then after a few more listens I really enjoyed it. You could easily replace it with If You Were There Beware, though, in my above list

I'm gonna have a crack at a Kanye set now. With the 15+3 rule. Will be nigh on impossible

 

[samFFC]

Sticking to 18 songs is so hard, especially because these bands tend to have a few albums, plenty of singles, and plenty of staples.

Vampire Weekend. First? Their usual start. Full o' hits. Calms down for Step, right back with three heavy hitters and the extremely fun looking Song 2 cover (I always laugh at Ezra's deadpan and Baio's laughing). The end is just four songs to move to, ending on the extremely beautiful Young Lion – all for them to come out with not trustin' Hannah, onto the typical one-two goodbye of Blake (good sing-a-long, usually introduced by Rostam) and the apt Walcott (always g'day'd by Ezra's "this is a song about leaving... leaving Cape Cod... tonight...)

1. Diane Young
2. White Sky
3. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
4. Holiday
5. Step
6. Cousins
7. Don't Lie / Song 2
8. A-Punk
9. Unbelievers
10. Ya Hey
11. Boston
12. Campus
13. Oxford Comma
14. Giving up the Gun
15. Young Lion
    -
16. Hannah Hunt
17. One (Blake's Got a New Face)
18. Walcott

Walcott as the closer = success. What a great song. Can't fault the list

1. Do I Wanna Know?
2. Brianstorm
3. You Probably Couldn't See for the Lights
4. Fluorescent Adolescent
5. The Hellcat Spangled …
6. … Knee Socks
7. Old Yellow Bricks
8. Arabella
9. Teddy Picker
10. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
11. Snap Out of It
12. Do Me a Favour
13. Still Take You Home
14. Mad Sounds …
15. … 505
    -
16. Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts
17. When The Sun Goes Down
18. R U Mine?

Not enough first album haha. But I like the list a lot. What a bangin' start that would be. Hit Hit Hit Hit.

 

[samFFC]

Nor did I initially, it was the only song I skipped from FWN. But then after a few more listens I really enjoyed it. You could easily replace it with If You Were There Beware, though, in my above list

I'm gonna have a crack at a Kanye set now. With the 15+3 rule. Will be nigh on impossible

I'll have a go myself - then a democratic vote to determine the successor

Vampire Weekend

1. Obvious Bicycle
2. Cousins
3. White Sky
4. Holiday
5. Ya Hey
6. The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
7. Jonathan Low
8. Diane Young
9. Step
10. Diplomat's Son
11. I Think Ur A Contra
12. California English
13. Unbelievers
14. Don't Lie
15. Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
16. Hannah Hunt
17. Taxi Cab
18. Walcott

No A-Punk! But that would be a fantastic close. Wouldn't surprise me if this was close to their Falls/Southbound setlist, if you replace White Sky or Cousins with a song off MVOTC. They'd probably finish the fifteen similar to Silent Alarm and have your start.

 

[Gibbsy]

I could so easily change this but for some reason I did it very quickly and easily. Start big with "Power", an extended intro. Then some soulful stuff, slow it down with "Runaway" and "Everything I Am", before bringing it back in a big way with "Stronger" and "Bound 2". "Devil In a New Dress" is one of my favourite Ye songs ever, then it goes really hard with "Blood On the Leaves" (specifically the.. uh.. Instagram verse) then get a couple of friends in (2 Chainz and Jay-Z?) to help with the next two songs. Finish on "Celebration" because it really is a celebration of his best work.

Lead in the encore with "Flashing Lights" because it is a superb track, then "I'm In It" because there needs to be something loud in the encore, then "Lost In the World" because it is a beautiful closer.

1. Power
2. All Falls Down
3. Touch the Sky
4. Through the Wire
5. Crack Music
6. We Don't Care
7. Runaway
8. Everything I Am
9. Stronger
10. Bound 2
11. Devil In a New Dress
12. Blood On the Leaves
13. Mercy
14. Illest Motherf**ker Alive
15. Celebration
——————————————
16. Flashing Lights
17. I’m In It
18. Lost In the World

Hopefully I'm not "cheating" by including songs from non-solo records, but Kanye obviously had a big say in both Cruel Summer and Watch the Throne. A lot of the above he probably wouldn't play, but the best thing about music is that's my dream setlist and it probably differs to everyone else's.
I didn't purposely leave out 808s entirely, but I feel like none of the songs really fit into that set. I also wanted to include "Homecoming" from Graduation but again didn't feel like there was anywhere to put it.

Album breakdown:
College Dropout - 3
Late Registration - 3
Graduation - 3
808s and Heartbreaks - 0
MBDTF - 4
Yeezus - 3
Cruel Summer - 1
WTT - 1

 

[Silent Alarm]

No A-Punk! But that would be a fantastic close. Wouldn't surprise me if this was close to their Falls/Southbound setlist, if you replace White Sky or Cousins with a song off MVOTC. They'd probably finish the fifteen similar to Silent Alarm and have your start.

They always close with Campus/Comma, Gun, Walcott for festivals and open with Diane Young, White Sky, and CCKK. Not much variation and I just varied a theme, but...

 

[samFFC]

They always close with Campus/Comma, Gun, Walcott for festivals and open with Diane Young, White Sky, and CCKK. Not much variation and I just varied a theme, but...

Touché. Would be an excellent set either way !

 

[Silent Alarm]

So this thread's becoming quite insular and we're all having huge Saturdays, but...

Los Campesinos! At a venue like Ding Dong or the Tote

1. For Flotsam
2. There Are Listed Buildings
3. Songs About Your Girlfriend
4. By Your Hand
5. Baby, You'll Need Those Fingers for Crossing …
6. … Heat Rash
7. Death to Los Campesinos!
8. What Death Leaves Behind
9. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
10. Glue Me
11. My Year in Lists
12. Romance is Boring
13. Avocado, Baby
14. You! Me! Dancing!
15. The Sea is a Good Place to think of the Future
    -
16. In Media Res
17. Hello Sadness
18. Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks

 

[class78]

Radiohead

1. Airbag
2. Idioteque
3. All I Need
4. Let Down
5. Pyramid Song
6. Lotus Flower
7. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
8. Karma Police
9. 2+2=5
10. Talk Show Host
11. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
12. Everything In Its Right Place
13. No Surprises
14. Morning Bell

15. Paranoid Android
16. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
17. Climbing Up The Walls

18. Exit Music (For A Film)

Radiohead probably wouldn't play several of these songs but would be an ideal setlist.

 

[samFFC]

I could so easily change this but for some reason I did it very quickly and easily. Start big with "Power", an extended intro. Then some soulful stuff, slow it down with "Addiction" and "Everything I Am", before bringing it back in a big way with "Stronger" and "Bound 2". "Devil In a New Dress" is one of my favourite Ye songs ever, then it goes really hard with "Blood On the Leaves" (specifically the.. uh.. Instagram verse) then get a couple of friends in (2 Chainz and Jay-Z?) to help with the next two songs. Finish on "Celebration" because it really is a celebration of his best work.

Lead in the encore with "Good Morning" because I like that as an opening track, then "I'm In It" because there needs to be something loud in the encore, then "Lost In the World" because it is a beautiful closer.

1. Power
2. All Falls Down
3. Touch the Sky
4. Through the Wire
5. Crack Music
6. We Don't Care
7. Addiction
8. Everything I Am
9. Stronger
10. Bound 2
11. Devil In a New Dress
12. Blood On the Leaves
13. Mercy
14. Illest Mothergoose Alive
15. Celebration
——————————————
16. Good Morning
17. I’m In It
18. Lost In the World

Hopefully I'm not "cheating" by including songs from non-solo records, but Kanye obviously had a big say in both Cruel Summer and Watch the Throne. A lot of the above he probably wouldn't play, but the best thing about music is that's my dream setlist and it probably differs to everyone else's.
I didn't purposely leave out 808s entirely, but I feel like none of the songs really fit into that set. I also wanted to include "Homecoming" from Graduation but again didn't feel like there was anywhere to put it.

Album breakdown:
College Dropout - 3
Late Registration - 4
Graduation - 3
808s and Heartbreaks - 0
MBDTF - 3
Yeezus - 3
Cruel Summer - 1
WTT - 1

Definitely not cheating

My dream would be:

1. Dark Fantasy - as he is coming out, sets the scene. Opening track to one of the best hip hop albums ever.
2. On Sight - then BAM. Get the crowd pumping.
3. I'm In It - continue on the intense start. Keep the sounds heavy.
4. POWER - continues this theme, but brings us full circle to the opening sounds of MBDTF.

Then Kanye talks about himself. And how he is awesome.

Then we go melodic and old school:

5. Through The Wire - what else? Go where it all started!
6. Roses
7. Slow Jamz
8. Touch the Sky - this would be incredible with everyone getting into it.

Then the big hits from mid-career, to keep the crowd on this high note:

9. Stronger
10. Good Life
11. Homecoming

And then a singalong to finish, with particular crowd favourites:

12. Jesus Walks - starting chronologically.
13. Gold Digger - with full Ray Charles "I Got A Woman" introduction please!
14. Gorgeous
15. Black Skinhead. LOUD. GOD. GOD. GOD!

---------

For the encore, I have to pick my top 3, not sure on the order, though it doesn't really worry me.

Probably would start with "Blood on the Leaves".

Then "Runaway" - favouritest Rap song ever. Oh, and make it the 10 minute version please.
And then "Hey Mama" - so beautiful. Wouldn't care which was 2nd last and which was last. Either way would leave happy.

Album breakdown:

College Dropout - 3
Late Registration - 4
Graduation - 3
MBDTF - 4
Yeezus - 4

As above, not sure how 808s would fit into this truncated setlist. If had to pick some, "Amazing" and "Paranoid" would probably be the first two picked.

 

[Silent Alarm]

Pavement

1. Stereo
2. Unfair
3. AT & T
4. Loretta's Scars
5. Spit on a Stranger
6. Range Life
7. Gold Soundz
8. Carrot Rope
9. Zürich is Stained
10. Rattled by the Rush
11. Frontwards
12. Elevate Me Later
13. Major Leagues
14. Box Elder
15. Shady Lane
16. Grounded
17. Cut Your Hair
18. Summer Babe

 

[DIG]

One Direction:

1. One Way or Another
2. I Would
3. Heart Attack
4. More Than This
5. Love You First
6. One Thing
7. C'mon, C'mon
8. Change My Mind
9. Up All Night
10. Over Again
11. Little Things
12. Live While We're Young
13. Rock Me
14. She's Not Afraid
15. Kiss You

Encore:
16. Best Song Ever
17. What Makes You Beautiful

You could probably swap Kiss You and She's Not Afraid around if you really wanted.

 

[Loonerty]

I'll try and do one for Muse... will be tough to keep it to only 18.

 

[Gibbsy]

You could probably swap Kiss You and She's Not Afraid around if you really wanted.

A truly tough decision.

 

[samFFC]

One Direction:

1. One Way or Another
2. I Would
3. Heart Attack
4. More Than This
5. Love You First
6. One Thing
7. C'mon, C'mon
8. Change My Mind
9. Up All Night
10. Over Again
11. Little Things
12. Live While We're Young
13. Rock Me
14. She's Not Afraid
15. Kiss You

Encore:
16. Best Song Ever
17. What Makes You Beautiful

You could probably swap Kiss You and She's Not Afraid around if you really wanted.

Where is their cover of Stairway to Heaven? Way better than the original IMO.

You're a disgrace

 

[samFFC]

Pavement

1. Stereo
2. Unfair
3. AT & T
4. Loretta's Scars
5. Spit on a Stranger
6. Range Life
7. Gold Soundz
8. Carrot Rope
9. Zürich is Stained
10. Rattled by the Rush
11. Frontwards
12. Elevate Me Later
13. Major Leagues
14. Box Elder
15. Shady Lane
16. Grounded
17. Cut Your Hair
18. Summer Babe

Perhaps this is shameful, but I must say I've not heard any of those songs before. So thank you for the new playlist!

 

[treefingers]

Radiohead - didn't look at the above Radiohead post, so I'll do it fresh.

1. Everything In It's Right Place
2. Lotus Flower
3. The Bends
4. Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
5. Bodysnatchers
6. Fake Plastic Trees
7. Kid A
8. Pyramid Song
9. Optimistic
10. Exit Music (For a Film)
11. You and Whose Army?
12. Myxamatosis
13. Reckoner
14. How to Disappear Completely
15. Lucky
16. Separator
17. Climbing up the Walls
18. Idioteque
19. Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Encore

1. Karma Police
2. Paranoid Android
3. Creep

PH - 1
The Bends - 3
OKC -5
Kid A - 5
Amnesiac - 2
HTTT - 1
In Rainbows - 3
TKOL - 2

 

[Gibbsy]

Where's "No Surprises"! treefingers

 

[treefingers]

Where's "No Surprises"! treefingers

Can't fit them all in! Ideally I'd want Radiohead to play The Bends/OKC/Kid A in full. What a gig that would be.

Also I just read the 15+3 rule. It's gonna be too tough to change now.

 

[treefingers]

Animal Collective

1. In The Flowers
2. Rosie Oh
3. Grass
4. Leaf House
5. Who Could Win a Rabbit
6. We Tigers
7. For Reverend Green
8. Fireworks
9. Summertime Clothes
10. The Purple Bottle
11. Taste
12. What Would I Want? Sky
13. My Girls
14. Amanita

Encore

1. Peacebone
2. Did You See The Words
3. Brother Sport