[Tthip]

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I just ran across this site today for the first time.
Not sure if someone here runs it - but it is pretty nice and comprehensive (with all due respect to Sherpa's setlist work)
*edit, I just notice the author, Jack Straw, is a member here

Here is a sample:
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Tragically Hip Tour Stat Pack Vol. 5
v.5 Stats are from 04/24/2009 - 11/07/2009 (78 shows)

Hey All!

The Stat Pack is broken down into a few different categories. I have all We Are the Same songs at the top followed by the rest. It's pretty self explanatory. Enjoy.

We Are the Same

Total Plays:

1. The Depression Suite (76) - Only 2 shows not played: 4/29/2009 & 11/06/2009
2. Morning Moon (74) - 65 of 74 have come in the first set. Has shown up in the acoustic portion 3 times.
3. Love Is A First (72) - 60/72 have either been as a 1st set opener or closer.
4. The Last Recluse (66) - 28 first sets, 37 second sets (including 7 acoustic), 1 encore. Who are you? Drop me a line if you've got something to say. <!-- e --><a href="mailto:mrjackstraw@gmail.com">mrjackstraw@gmail.com</a><!-- e --> or add a comment anywhere you like.
5. Coffee Girl (63) - Played in 11 of the past 12 shows with only 2 appearances in the acoustic portion during that time after a pretty extensive run there.
6. Now the Struggle has a Name(53) - 4 appearances in the last 12 shows represents a significant drop off for this song.
7. Frozen In My Tracks (46) - 25 of 46 playings have come in the encore.
8. Honey, Please (24) - Only played in 8 of the last 38 shows. Not sure why.
9. Queen of the Furrows (23) - Hey, at least they play it sometimes.
10. The Exact Feeling (18) - 6 of the last 38. C'ya.
11. Speed River (11) - Speed River is still froze over. 0 for the last 53.
12. Country Day (7) - No comment.

Notes: The top 3 songs are getting the NOIS treatment. The last Recluse and especially Struggle have dropped off some. Frozen is an encore machine. Honey & Queen could have used some of the air time that went to Coffee Girl, Morning Moon, Last Recluse, Struggle. The gap is just to big. Exact Feeling & Speed River are fine songs, but within this collection they are nothing more than filler. With regards to Country Day, I think a great opportunity was wasted with The Hip having the addition of a keyboard player and more time to play more songs. This is a beautiful, soaring number that the band could have had a lot of fun with. I don't think it's necessarily a set closer, but there are many set list placements that would have been quite effective. What might have been...

I can understand why they leaned so heavily on certain songs. This is a very, very solid album front to back and the weak links are only perceived as weak due to their immediate company. I think Love Is A First will have more of an effect when we don't hear it every show. The Depression Suite is something else though. This is the song I have been wanting The Hip to write forever. I'm having a hard time coming up with any Hip song I like better. It's fucking brilliant.

[VioletLite]

Isn't this run by Jack Straw? If so, he's a 'baser and is very helpful with these kinds of stats.

[mojo_mattv]

Never thought I'd see the day where Fiddler's is played more than Fire in the Hole

[let_me_out]

I started to try and keep track of all this. Gave up after about 20 shows. Glad someone kept it going; it's interesting stuff. I got to see one of the one-show and one of the two-show songs in 2 concerts. Oh ya, seeing Alex Lifeson play Little Bones counts as a one time thing for me too. Don't see that ever happening again.

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[sherpa]

I totally agree - this is a great discussion of the stats - i have the site listed at the bottom of my first post which is updated periodically - I'm glad it is being distilled by someone from just the stats as it is easier to get an idea of the overall picture. That being said I'll just continue with the stats due to time. The two pieces form a nice picture of the tour I think.

[mastodonfarm]

I'd be so very bummed if I went to a show on this tour and didn't get to hear DS. Thankfully, I'm 4/4. Kinda wish I was 11/11...

[let_me_out]

I hope the suite becomes normal rotation. I think it's the best thing they've played in a long time. Hearing it live game me more of an appreciation of it.

[mojo_mattv]

I'm beginning to think that I'm the only one who finds Depression Suite live a boring experience.

[mastodonfarm]

Nah, Mojo. By most of the crowds' reactions I've seen, you're certainly not alone. I feel your pain though. I said to my gf last show we were at, "Imagine finding this song boring and having to have it be your 9 minute opener. That would suck." Her reply, "Yeah but the people who hate DS are probably the same ones who love to hear 100m every single show. Now they know how we feel!" Mean, yeah, but true in our case...

[direwolf74]

Nah, Mojo. By most of the crowds' reactions I've seen, you're certainly not alone...

I don't know about that. At both San Francisco shows earlier this year, people were really enjoying that song and singing along with the lyrics, which surprised me considering the album had only been out for a couple of months at that point. The "Are you going through something" part in particular ellicited a great crowd sing-a-long where I was standing.

Personally I think It's the best thing they've written in years, and I think it's a brilliant opener. Not many bands can pull something like that off. For me those 9 minutes feel more like 5, especially when they play it live.

[mojo_mattv]

To me, it's a decent song and half-assed at best live. Part three of the suite is the only one which really grabs me at all. (Live that is)

[HandsInTheRiver41]

I thought Deperession Suite was a way better closer than opener. It didn't engage the crowd at all as an opening song. And I much prefer the middle part of DS than the other 2/3rds.

[HandsInTheRiver41]

Escape is at Hand for the Travelin' Man - 24
Tiger the Lion - 17
Dark Canuck, The - 12
Dire Wolf, The - 11

Damn, four of my favourite Hip songs that I haven't seen yet and didn't see any of them during my 4 shows this year. Those are a lot of Escape's too.

[mastodonfarm]

Dire - I agree. I like the studio cut. The live version is special for me, and every time it felt too damn short. It really is something special.

Hands - DS is a weird opener, I agree. Certainly not a traditional rock-out opener. Regardless, I've gotten it as an opener to all 4 shows I've seen and I've loved it. To each their own.

Also Hands - Too bad on Escape, because they seem to have tweaked the way they play in in the past few years. Paul and Gord S. really harmonize on the chrous parts and it's really just kick-ass.

[let_me_out]

I heard Escape at Massey Hall. Very good song.

I don't know how but I keep not hearing Locked in the trunk of a car. I went to the Oct 3rd show in Hamilton and almost bought a ticket to the show on the 2nd. I saw the set list for the 2nd and almost cried. Locked, looking for a place to happen, and tiger the lion in the same show. All of which I haven't seen yet.

Then the next day the hip made it all better.