[Hairbird]

If you're at all interested...

(These stats assume that the setlists posted on thehip.com were accurate. I can probably generate any other pointless stat that you'd like from the tour so far, but this seemed like a good start.)

Shows: 30

Total number of songs played:
Songs played: 641
Average songs/show: 21.4
Maximum songs/show: 23 (8 times)
Minimum songs/show: 19 (4 times)

Regular set:
Songs played: 509
Average songs/show: 17.0
Maximum songs/show: 18 (12 times)
Minimum songs/show: 15 (1 time)

Encore (Total):
Songs played: 132
Average songs/show: 4.4
Maximum songs/show: 6 (1 time)
Minimum songs/show: 2 (2 times)

First Encore:
Songs played: 87
Average songs/show: 2.9
3 songs/show: 27 times
2 songs/show: 3 times

Second Encore:
Songs played: 45
Average songs/show: 1.5 (out of 30 shows)
Average songs/show: 2.0 (23 shows out of 30)
3 songs/show: 1 time
2 songs/show: 20 times
1 songs/show: 2 times
0 songs/show: 7 times

Number of unique songs played: 53

Number of songs played at all 30 shows: 6
At The Hundredth Meridian
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
New Orleans Is Sinking
Summer's Killing Us
Vaccination Scar

Number of songs played only 1 time: 7
Daredevil
Freak Turbulence
Lionized
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
Putting Down
So Hard Done By
Three Pistols

Show openers:
Vaccination Scar: 16 times
As Makeshift As We Are: 7 times
You're Everywhere: 5 times
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night: 2 times

First encore openers:
Heaven Is A Better Place Today: 13 times
Vaccination Scar: 6 times
As Makeshift As We Are: 4 times
One Night In Copenhagen: 2 times
5 songs at 1 time each

Second encore openers:
Heaven Is A Better Place Today: 8 times
Are You Ready: 3 times
Vaccination Scar: 2 times
10 songs at 1 time each

Total songs played/album:
In Between Evolution: 233
Phantom Power: 93
Fully Completely: 80
Day For Night: 65
Up To Here: 49
Trouble At The Henhouse: 40
Music @ Work: 34
In Violet Light: 31
Road Apples: 13
Unreleased: 3 (Fighter Fighter)

Unique songs played/album:
In Between Evolution: 12
Phantom Power: 8
Day For Night: 8
Fully Completely: 7
Trouble At The Henhouse: 5
Music @ Work: 3
In Violet Light: 3
Road Apples: 3
Up To Here: 2
Unreleased: 1 (Fighter Figther)

[jen]

Wow James, that must have taken quite awhile to do that! hock:

Pretty cool :thumb:

[vicariousmartyr]

Very interesting, thanks...oh, and what constitutes a 'unique' song?

[Hairbird]

Very interesting, thanks...oh, and what constitutes a 'unique' song?

What I meant by that is that there were 53 different songs played. There were 641 songs played in total, but the sets were made up of a combination of those 53 different songs.

If my calculation is correct, they've recorded 105 different songs on 10 studio albums. This tour they played 53 of them.

If you eliminate the 8 songs on the EP (we're never hearing those again!), and account for the fact that an unreleased song was played (Fighter Fighter), that's 52 out of 97 songs. They played 53.6% of their post EP catalogue. Not bad. I'm one of those with the opinion that they could expand their repretoir a bit, but hitting 53 songs ain't too shaby.

[prz]

Wow, those are some set of stats. Pretty cool to look at that break down.

[john cage]

They played 53.6% of their post EP catalogue. Not bad.

Not bad at all. I don't know how anyone can whinge about this.

I went to eight shows (Det, Cle, Wsh, Phl, Den, Chi, Tol, GR) and saw/heard 48 of the 53. I missed out on Lionized, Locked, DD, So Hard, and NOiB. Of these, I've seen all except NOiB at previous shows.

I am completely happy with the shows I attended and will try to go to more if they tour again in 2005. This might be difficult sine I'm moving to Denver which is out of driving range for most everywhere. Here's hoping there will be a date in Boulder or Ft. Collins.

edit: 48 of 54. Did not see Twist.

[Gotcha]

Great job james

[keithtalent]

nice work, that's interesting to see. i'll have to agree that it's hard to complain about setlists when they played over half of their songs on this tour.

[msvb60]

Here's hoping there will be a date in Boulder or Ft. Collins.

Here's hoping there's a date in Denver!!

Welcome to the Mile High City!

[robert goulet]

Curious to see which of the 13 songs on IBE they haven't played yet, as according to your stats they have done 12.
I suppose I could scour through them all myself....but I'm lazy.
Goulet!!!
btw. nice work on the stats

[Hairbird]

Curious to see which of the 13 songs on IBE they haven't played yet, as according to your stats they have done 12.

Here 'tis:

Vaccination Scar: 30
Summer's Killing Us: 30
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night: 30
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park:30
Heaven Is A Better Place Today:27
As Makeshift As We Are: 21
Goodnight Josephine: 19
Mean Streak: 16
You're Everywhere: 12
One Night In Copenhagen: 8
Are We Family: 8
If New Orleans Is Beat: 2

For a total of 233 IBE songs played. It looks like "The Heart Of The Melt" is missing.

Can anyone confirm that? I'm sure I remember someone mentioning that Sinclair was planning to slip it in one night. Did we ever get that song played? As stated earlier, I just copied the setlists from thehip.com, so there is a chance that these stats could be off by a song or two.

[thehip11]

Heart of the Melt was played in Philly. I remember it very well!!!

[Hairbird]

Heart of the Melt was played in Philly. I remember it very well!!!

Thanks. When I get the chance I'll go back through the show reviews and check the fan posted setlists against the ones that I've got.

[NWOntario]

I don't feel like starting another setlist debate--and really, when you look at those stats it's hard to argue that the band doesn't mix things up at least a little bit. As a point of comparison, however, I'll just throw this one out there. Last year I saw Pearl Jam five times. Two of those five shows were back-to-back nights in Toronto and Montreal. How many different songs did they play at those two shows, not counting improvs? Fifty-three. Only repeats: "Better Man", "Even Flow" and "Save You". Now, granted, Pearl Jam isn't the best comparison...I mean, no one mixes it up like they do. Still, in the name of raw data, I figured it was worth a mention. 8)

Steve, twenty-four days and counting away from the ACC

[thehip11]

If my calculation is correct, they've recorded 105 different songs on 10 studio albums.

EP = 8 Songs
U2H = 11 Songs
RA = 12 Songs
FC = 12 Songs
D4N = 14 Songs
TATH = 12 Songs
PP = 12 Songs
M@W = 14 Songs
IVL = 11 Songs
IBE = 13 Songs

Total - 119 Songs - 8 from the EP gives them 111 songs

Slightly off but no worries!! None the less, a great US tour!!!