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17 August 1985
Barrymore's, Ottawa, Canada
support: The Three O'Clock

soundcheck: Catapult / Feeling Gravitys Pull
Disc One: 62:33
01. Feeling Gravitys Pull
02. Radio Free Europe
03. Letter Never Sent
04. Pills
05. Can't Get There From Here
06. 7 Chinese Bros.
07. Laughing
08. Driver 8
09. Maps And Legends
10. Fall On Me
11. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
12. West Of The Fields
13. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
14. Old Man Kensey
15. Pretty Persuasion
16. Moral Kiosk
17. Life And How To Live It

Disc Two: 50:26
encore 1:
01. Moon River
02. I Can't Control Myself
03. 1,000,000 - Fascists Eat Donuts - 1,000,000
04. I Can Only Give You Everything
encore 2:
05. Tired Of Singing Trouble - Boy (Go)
06. Paint It, Black
07. In The Year 2525
08. Smokin' In The Boys Room
09 Sweet Home Alabama
10. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone - 12XU
11. Secret Agent Man
12. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
13. God Save The Queen
14. Roadrunner - 12XU
15. 20th Century Boy
16. Ska (end cut)
encore 3:
17. Carnival Of Sorts (beginning cut)

Timeline notes: After heckling during Moon River in which Mike Mills has to be restrained from attacking an audience member, R.E.M. decide they'll play cover songs for the rest of the night. This is how it went:
Stipe is in the middle of singing Moon River...
audience member: "fuck off!"
Mills: "You come up here and..."
Stipe: "I can see you..."
Mills: "Come on! Come on! Come up here and say it"
(audience cheers and claps)
Stipe: "Are you blushing yet? You feeling stupid?"
Mills: "Easy for you from down there isn't it, come on up here and say it"
Then later on after 1,000,000...
Buck: "The guy who yelled 'fuck you' during Moon River meet me backstage you asshole"
After a shocking version of Sweet Home Alabama in which Stipe sings that he can't remember the 2nd verse...
Stipe: "Guitar players can't sing for shit!"
Buck: "Singers can't play guitar for shit either"
This show would have to be one of the most unusual and memorable R.E.M. shows of all time, the amount of cover versions and the fact they were ready to beat up an audience member (as well as the fact they must had a little too much to drink) all adds up to an incredible show.

Grade: B

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