[patiodweller]

I would bet that the band will play songs like Another Midnight and especially Highway Girl again. I think it's brilliant that they haven't because when they do the fans will literally lose their voices. It will be HUGE. I think the tease/forshadowing of this was/is a)Bobby Baker playing Smalltown Bringdown last Spring on his tour and b) the new song of the day on thehip.com

[sean.bonner]

Thats why you would do it with Gord S....

great idea, but will never happen. Its been said earlier, there are many songs they will probably never do again, and they are all the songs people will pick,.

[Axis]

great idea, but will never happen. Its been said earlier, there are many songs they will probably never do again, and they are all the songs people will pick,.

True, like I said, it probably won't go anywhere, but I think it will be fun. If enough are posted there could be a vote for the favourite, or not. Anyway, here's mine.

grace, too
The darkest one
Inevitability of Death
Ahead by a Century
Gus
New Orleans is Sinking
My Music At Work
last of the unplucked gems >>vapour trails
Opiated
Thugs
On the Verge
At the Hundredth Meridian
Good life
Putting Down
Fully Completely
The Heart of the Melt
Poets
Springtime in Vienna
Blow at High Dough



Damn was it ever hard to only pick 20

[spottrax]

I know a whole lot of us on here are both Pearl Jam and Hip fans. I know the guys in the Hip (especially gord) do their best to avoid copying other band/cliches/ideas however, IMO Pearl Jam really connects with their fans by not only changing the setlist completely every show but by also digging deep for b-sides, rarities and older nearly forgotten songs. Not only does this entertain the fans but it refreshes the band as well! I hope the Hip shelve or rotate some of their over played concert staples ie...New O, Poets, ABAC, Blow, Bobcaygon.etc...

Yes, the guys might never play Another Midnight or Fiddlers Green but maybe in the place of those songs above we can get On the Verge, Emperor Penquin, Fight, Dark Canuck, Opiated, Luxury or 50 Mission Cap to name a few.

I think this band sells itself short live. I know you guys will beat me up for that statement but I think the Hip only scratch the surface of how good they could be live if only they would freshin up the setlists and be true to their own incredible catalog. :thumb:

[hotmetal401]

...50 Mission Cap...

See a show in Toronto during the hockey season -- you'll get your fair share of 50 MC. That said, I think we'd all agree that there are some songs we'd like to hear more than others. Then again, it'll have been almost two years since my last Hip show by the time June 24 rolls around; they could play Springtime twenty times in a row, and I still think I'd have a pretty good night.

Cheers,

Pat

[Axis]

Pearl Jam really connects with their fans by not only changing the setlist completely every show but by also digging deep for b-sides, rarities and older nearly forgotten songs.

I think the Hip only scratch the surface of how good they could be live :

I completely agree. Not only does it connect with the fans, but it motivates to go to multiple shows. For 12 years I have seen multiple hip shows on each tour, and for the most part couldn't help but feel a bit ripped off. I always kind of hoped the hip would be my grateful dead, following them around religously. After all these years I've come to realize I don't feel there is a point of seeing more than one show/tour.

[trevor]

Then again, it'll have been almost two years since my last Hip show by the time June 24 rolls around; they could play Springtime twenty times in a row, and I still think I'd have a pretty good night.

I had a good chuckle at that one! You are so right!

[cpierson]

So here's a setlist that will never, ever be played, but which I would love to see -- and not a single song appears on Yer Favourites. Not that I have anything against hearing Nautical or Blow or Meridian live, y'understand, but I wanted to see if their material was strong enough that I'd be happy to hear a set without any "favourites" on it. And it is.

Tiger the Lion
Bring It All Back
Sherpa
Springtime in Vienna
Membership
Sharks
You Are Everywhere
The Dark Canuck
Pigeon Camera
Freak Turbulence
Fight
The Dire Wolf
Inevitability of Death
Don’t Wake Daddy
Thugs
Trickle Down
Small Town Bringdown
The Heart of the Melt
Fire in the Hole
Emperor Penguin

[spottrax]

I seen PJ last tour (2003) and they played 2 nights here in Detroit. Out of some 60 songs they only repeated 3 from the 1st night to the 2nd! Evenflow, Courderoy and You Are! wouldnt that be a dream for us Hipbasers/fans?


....And just for the heck of it, since we are turning this into the Dream-setlist-thread...

included are many "hits" as well as deep cuts..etc....

lets pretend its a two night stand...

NIGHT ONE

1.Looking for a place to happen
2.Grace Too
3.When the Weight Comes down
4.Emperor Penquin
5.Inch an hour
6.Springtime in Vienna
7.Three Pistols
8.Wheat Kings
9.Nautical Disaster
10.Goodnight Josephine
(acoustic set...something new for the guys)
11.Johnny Cash song of Choice
12.Pidgeon Camera
13.ABAC
(back to electric)
14.Music at Work
15.Hundreth Meridian
16.Blow at High Dough
17.On the Verge

encore 1
(gord d and Robbie out together)
18.Fiddlers Green (only first two verses, then the rest of the band will have snuck back on stage and Fay starts to pound for the "Fire" intro)
19.Fire in the Hole
20.Bobcaygon
21.New Orleans is Sinking

encore 2
22.Darkest One
23.Long time Running
24.Little Bones

encore 3
25.Everytime You go
26.Flamenco
27.50 Mission Cap

NIGHT TWO

Someone else want to take a shot at night two???

[opiated]

not quite sure why you would want to hear fiddlers green turn into fire in the hole..but geez..when are they ever gonna play fiddlers?? :wink:

[sean.bonner]

Someone else want to take a shot at night two???

No repetition of songs:
1. V. Scar
2. Twist My Arm
3. Locked In The Trunk
4. Are We Family
5. Sharks
6. Scared
7. Trickle Down
8. Vapour Trails
9. The Dire Wolf (The Last Of The Unplucked Gems)
10. No Threat
**Acoustic Idea**
11. The New Maybe
12. Fireworks
13. Titanic Terrarium
** **
14. Eldorado
15. One Night In Copenhagen
16. Thugs
17. Something On
18. The WhereWithal

Encore 1:
19. Lets Stay Engaged
20. Toronto #4
21. Gift Shop

Encore 2:
22. Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man
23. Leave
24. Montreal


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Congrats if you actually read this, because I think all the other ones semi-annoy me. :lol: Simply due to the fact that these take up space, and simply after you read them, the only thing you can really say is... "Okay...?"

[The Darkest Canuck]

Blow At High Dough
Fire In The Hole
Fully Completely
Cordelia
So Hard Done By
Vapour Trails
No Threat
Poets
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
Coconut Cream
Silver Jet
Greasy Jungle
At The Hundredth Meridian
Inevitability Of Death
Little Bones
The Dark Canuck
My Music & Work

Encore 1:

Grace Too
Boot Or Hearts
The Dire Wolf
Three Pistols

Encore 2:

Fifty-Mission Cap
Cemetery Sideroad

Encore 3:

Highway Girl

[The Darkest Canuck]

i honestly don't know if the boys have the energy to play a set like that anymore...PROVE ME WRONG HIP! PROVE ME WRONG (at the Sudbury Arena)! LOL!

[fingernailsonhull]

I honestly don't mean to sound like a dick (but I know it will come across that way) but are we really going to have another "ideal setlist" thread? I know we all get excited when there's a new concert and I will be aching to see what they play at my Fort York show, but there's one of these every time a new tour starts...and then we'll have a "crappy setlists" thread once the tour is underway.

[trevor]

I honestly don't mean to sound like a dick (but I know it will come across that way) but are we really going to have another "ideal setlist" thread? I know we all get excited when there's a new concert and I will be aching to see what they play at my Fort York show, but there's one of these every time a new tour starts...and then we'll have a "crappy setlists" thread once the tour is underway.

You are free to not read any thread you want. If you don't like the discussion, don't participate. Some people want to discuss this now and they have every right to. We can't (and shouldn't want to) stop them.

Any discussion on the hip or hip-related topics is great in my opinion. The time when we come to the 'base and there is nothing new to talk about...that's when we should be worried.