05-16-2006, 06:09 AM
Agreed Sam, I've only seen the Hip live twice, and once was at Magnetic Hill, hence no NOIS. If they don't play that song in Charlottetown in June, i'll be pissed! I haven't seen The Hip live enough yet to be tired of hearing the big hits live. When i see them, i still want to hear "poets" and "hundredth meridian" and "ahead by a century", and so on (music @ work i could do without though, never did care for that song too much, especially live). And just listen to the crowd reaction to each song, the majority of the fans are waiting for songs like NOIS.
An artists i've seen live MANY times is Bryan Adams, and now with him, it wouldn't bother me a whole lot if he left off, say "summer of '69" and replaced it with something like "house arrest" or "do to you" the odd time. However, the majority of the fans aren't diehards like myself, so there is no way he can't play it. If i were to go see a band like the RHCP live, i'd be very disappointed if they didn't play "under the bridge", or Collective Soul and "shine", or John Fogerty and "fortunate son", etc. etc. etc.
An artists i've seen live MANY times is Bryan Adams, and now with him, it wouldn't bother me a whole lot if he left off, say "summer of '69" and replaced it with something like "house arrest" or "do to you" the odd time. However, the majority of the fans aren't diehards like myself, so there is no way he can't play it. If i were to go see a band like the RHCP live, i'd be very disappointed if they didn't play "under the bridge", or Collective Soul and "shine", or John Fogerty and "fortunate son", etc. etc. etc.