[Marcus1970]

If you could have attended only one of the Massey Hall shows and were given prior knowledge of all 6 setlists, which night would you have chosen? Your choice is to be based strictly on the songs played, not special guests or other factors. Here is a breakdown of the setlists:

Massey #1_______Massey #2_______Massey #3_______Massey #4________Massey #5________Massey #6
Depression________Recluse__________Depression________Love is a Fist______Depression_________Depression
In View __________ Family Band______Fireworks_________Poets_____________In View____________Fireworks
Courage__________GiftShop_________Don't Wake Daddy__Josephine_________Coffe Girl__________Ocean
Pigeon___________Struggle__________Giftshop__________ABAC_____________Twist_____________Coffe Girl
Poets____________Putting Down______In View___________Morning Moon______Morning Moon______Lake Fever
Morning Moon_____NOIS_____________Recluse___________Somthing ON______IAGLIYDW__________LEOTR
Nashville_________Throwing Off Glass_Poets_____________Fully_____________NOIS_______________Grace
Fully_____________BobC_____________Morning Moon_____Eldorado__________Honey Please________Queen
Struggle__________Honey Please______ABAC____________Recluse___________Tiger_______________Save Planet
Ocean____________LEOTR___________Drop Off__________Courage__________Meridian____________NOIS
Love is a First_____Depression_______Love Is a Curse_____Depression_______Love is a First________Country Day

Toronto#4________Are We Family_____Inch An Hour_______Boots___________The Bear____________The Rules
Fiddlers__________Thompson Girl_____Courage___________Flamenco________Wheat Kings_________Titanic
Greasy___________Wheat Kings_______Scared____________Music@Work_____Fireworks___________ABAC

Recluse___________Nautical__________Exact Feeling_______Springtime______Poets_______________Love First
Twist_____________Gus_____________Grace_____________Queen___________Recluse_____________Nautical
Meridian__________Coffee Girl________Speed River_______3 Pistols_________Giftshop____________Escape
Coffee Girl________Love is a First_____Ocean____________Struggle__________IOD_______________Opiated
ABAC_____________Springtime________Coffee Girl________In View__________Yawning___________Exact Feeling
SpeedRiver________Morning Moon_____NOIS_____________BobC____________Ocean_____________Fully
BobC_____________Grace____________Escape___________ Nautical__________Struggle___________Struggle
Tiger_____________Frozen___________Struggle__________Frozen____________Grace_____________Family Band
Blow______________Music@Work______Music@Work______Locked____________Music@Work_______Music@Work

Frozen____________Dark Canuck______E Penguin________Country Day_________ABAC____________Recluse
Locked____________Little Bones_______50 MC__________Blow________________Verge___________Little Bones

[Tthip]

I had to choose between #2 and #6.

[Almost Hip]

picked #4 mainly cause I'm dying to hear Queen but I like 3's Aucoustic best!

[cantoms]

I caught all seven of the recent TO shows, so my memory was a little jumbled about which show was which. I immediately went with #3 since I felt #1 and #2 were kind of letdowns and I finally got my money's worth at #3. Looking at the setlists, I asked myself why I didn't go with #4 since I got to hear Eldorado, which makes any show great, IMO.

All in all, the best Massey shows were 3 and 4, but the encore at 3 cannot be touched - I don't know any two songs that I would rather hear at a show than EP and 50MC (especially in TO).

[bex27]

Good god, I have never heard Music @ Work played so amazingly than at show #3- I am still shivering when I think about it

[Tthip]

Good god, I have never heard Music @ Work played so amazingly than at show #3- I am still shivering when I think about it

I think you meant to post that in the "things you never hear at a Hip show" thread.

[emperor penguin]

#3 because of Scared and Emperor Penguin.

[the big kx]

i was at number 3 and it was an amazing set list. highlights were emperor 50 mc, gift shop and to be honest, depression suite

[sherpa]

I was at 2,3,4,5 and 4 was one of the best Hip shows I've ever seen - since 1991 and between 30-40 shows.
6,though to me looks like it was amazing with Titanic Terrarium, The Rules, Opiated - actually the run of
Love Is A Curse
Nautical Disaster
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin Man
Opiated
The Exact Feeling
Fully Completely
in the second set must have been amazing

[emperor penguin]

i was at number 3 and it was an amazing set list. highlights were emperor 50 mc, gift shop and to be honest, depression suite

Depression Suite ranks up there as one of the best live songs in the entire Hip catalog, it is an instant classic. It sounds absolutely epic live.

Also, Lake Fever (in my opinion) is another absolutely classic, epic song live. Hearing that for the second time in 18 shows last Tuesday gave me chills the entire song. Especially that first strum of the acoustic guitar by Robby.

[SoylentGreg]

#2. The Dark Canuck and Throwing off Glass? Sold.

[Dire Wolf]

Massey #3. Didn't even have to think about this one...Daddy, accoustic set, Escape, Penguin, 50 MC and maybe the best Grace I've heard. A top 3 show for me...easily

[Ry222]

Massey #3 was a no thinker for me too - amazing acoustic set including Scared which is my all time favourite song, 2 stripped down rockers of courage and Inch, Grace was so powerful with the successful mic twirling over the back, Daddy was unreal with Gord telling everyone to Ssshhhh during awesome intro, really cool lights during the best version of Drop off I've ever seen, the best encore I've ever seen with Penguin and 50MC.

[tywebb]

[quote="Ry222"]Massey #3 was a no thinker for me too -, Daddy was unreal with Gord telling everyone to Ssshhhh during awesome intro, quote]

Gord pointed at me and called me a punk during daddy intro great show but hell would have loved to have heard some road apples, but how bout gordie stealing the show with My Music At Work!!!