05-23-2009, 01:46 PM
I wrote this up as a bit of self indulgence. Thought some of you might enjoy. A bit different than some other systems.
Have fun in Kingston to whoever is going.
Have fun in Kingston to whoever is going.
Quote:For fun, shits and giggles, etc. I have put together some tour stats. I will update maybe every 10 shows or so. I wanted to wait to do the first one once a good chunk of data had been compiled.
When we look at the "big picture" I am going to break everything down into two sections. One will consist of only We Are the Same material and the other will include everything else. Obviously as the touring album it is going to pull said number of slots at each show regardless.
v.1 Stats are from 04/24/2009 - 05/19/2009 (16 shows)
We Are the Same
Total Plays:
1. The Last Recluse (16) - Never missed. 8 first sets, 7 second sets, 1 encore
T2. The Depression Suite (15) - Only show not played was 4/29/2009. All appearances have been in the first set except for 5/7/2009 where it appeared mid-second set.
T2. Struggle (15) - After missing the Danforth show it has been a constant part of the rotation. 8 first sets, 6 second sets, 1 encore.
T4. Morning Moon (14) - 11/14 have come in the first set
T4. Love Is A First (14) - see Morning Moon ^^^
6. Coffee Girl (12) - 4 first sets, 8 second sets.
T7. Honey, Please (8) - Played in the first 6/8 shows to start the tour but has cooled off since appearing in only 2 of the last 8 shows. 6 of the 8 have been in the first set.
T7. Frozen In My Tracks (8) - Didn't show up in the setlist until 4/29/2009 making Frozen the last song to be played live on this tour from WATS. 3 of 8 have been encores.
T9. The Exact Feeling (6) - Has never appeared in the first set. 1 encore.
T9. Speed River (6) - 2 first sets, 4 second sets.
11. Queen of the Furrows (5) - Started slow showing up in the first 2 of 9 shows but has since appeared in 3 of the last 7. 4 of 5 have been in the second set.
12. Country Day (4) - Disappeared for 9 shows 4/29 - 5/15. I don't get it.
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Total Appearances (non WATS songs)
Ahead By A Century - 13
Poets - 12
In View - 11
My Music at Work - 11
New Orleans Is Sinking - 11
Grace, too - 10
Bobcaygeon - 9
Courage - 8
Yer Not the Ocean - 8
Escape is at Hand for the Travelin' Man - 7
Family Band - 7
Fireworks - 7
Fully Completely - 7
Gift Shop - 7
Blow at High Dough - 6
Nautical Disaster - 6
Tiger the Lion - 6
At the Hundredth Meridian - 5
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - 5
Locked in the Trunk of a Car - 5
Springtime In Vienna - 5
Twist My Arm - 5
Fiddler's Green - 4
Flamenco - 4
Little Bones - 4
Lonely End of the Rink - 4
Pigeon Camera - 4
Throwing Off Glass - 4
Wheat Kings - 4
Are We Family - 3
Bear, The - 3
Dark Canuck, The - 3
Don't Wake Daddy - 3
Drop Off, The - 3
Eldorado - 3
Fifty Mission Cap - 3
Goodnight Josephine - 3
Greasy Jungle - 3
It's a Good Life if You don't Weaken - 3
Lake Fever - 3
Puttin' Down - 3
Thompson Girl - 3
Three Pistols - 3
Toronto #4 - 3
Yawning or Snarling - 3
An Inch an Hour - 2
Boots or Hearts - 2
Emperor Penguin - 2
Inevitability of Death - 2
Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park - 2
On the Verge - 2
Rules, The - 2
Save the Planet - 2
Scared - 2
Something On - 2
Titanic Terrarium - 2
As Makeshift As We Are - 1
Completists, The - 1
Dire Wolf, The - 1
If New Orleans is Beat - 1
Long Time Running - 1
Opiated - 1
Stay - 1
World Container - 1
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Encore Appearances
19 different songs have been played in the encore:
Little Bones - 4*
Blow at High Dough - 3
Fifty Mission Cap - 3*
Frozen in my Tracks - 3
Dark Canuck, The - 2
Locked in the Trunk of a Car - 2
On the Verge - 2*
Tiger the Lion - 2
Ahead By A Century - 1
Country Day - 1
Don't Wake Daddy - 1
Emperor Penguin - 1
Escape is ay Hand for the Travelin' Man - 1
Exact Feeling, The - 1
Last Recluse, The - 1
New Orleans is Sinking - 1
Now the Struggle Has a Name - 1
Throwing Off Glass - 1
Yawning or Snarling - 1
* = Only setlist appearances have been in encores.
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Acoustic Appearances
20 different songs have made up the acoustic portion of the show:
Fiddler's Green - 4
Wheat Kings - 4
Are We Family - 3
Bear, The - 3
Flamenco - 3
My Music at Work - 3
Thompson Girl - 3
Toronto #4 - 3
Ahead By A Century - 2
An Inch an Hour - 2
Boots or Hearts - 2
Courage - 2
Fireworks - 2
Greasy Jungle - 2
Lake Fever - 2
Rules, The - 2
Scared - 2
Titanic Terrarium - 2
Bobcaygeon - 1
If New Orleans Is Beat - 1
Bold = Only setlist appearances have been in acoustic portion.
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Randomness...
- 399 songs have been played total
- 24.9 songs per concert on average
- 123 songs from We Are the Same (30.8%)
- 276 songs from the rest of the albums(69.2%)
Totals By Album
30.8% We Are the Same - 123 songs played
11.5% Phantom Power - 46 songs played
9.8% Fully Completely - 39 songs played
8.5% World Container - 34 songs played
7.8% Music @ Work - 31 songs played
7.8% Trouble at the Henhouse - 31 songs played
7.5% Day For Night - 30 songs played
5.0% Up to Here - 20 songs played
4.8% Road Apples - 19 songs played
3.6% In Between Evolution - 15 songs played
2.6% In Violet Light - 11 songs played
0% Anyone want to guess? Ha ha. The LP silly!
Percentages of Albums Played...
100% We Are the Same - 12/12
75.0% Phantom Power - 9/12
66.7% Fully Completely - 8/12
57.1% Day For Night - 8/14
57.1% Music @ Work - 8/14
54.5% World Container - 6/11
50.0% Road Apples - 6/12
46.2% In Between Evolution - 6/13
41.7% Trouble at the Henhouse - 5/12
36.3% In Violet Light - 4/11
36.3% Up to Here - 4/11
0.00% Should I bother?????????
Kinda neat looking at these numbers. If you're a Day For Night fan for example, it's nice to see that they have played almost 60% of the album contents. On the other hand the numbers show that on average you may see 2 of these songs per show, but it is also quite possible that you may get none.
IVL makes up less than 3% of the live material put forward this tour, yet I saw 3/4 that they have done from this album during a segment of the Massey run.
I'm interested to see what songs will be on the "one time played list" by the end of the tour. Always nice to catch one of those, especially if they hold.
Notable absences this tour: Fire in the Hole, Summer's Killing Us, Vaccination Scar, Heaven, Silver Jet, Use It Up, 38 Years Old, Looking For A Place to Happen, and Cordelia.
I'll keep adding to the info, so check in regularly. Maybe every 10 to 15 shows. Feedback is always appreciated. Just hit the "Post Comment" button.
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