27 October 1987
Edward C. Elliott Hall Of Music,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
support: 10,000 Maniacs
Disc One 53:06
01. Finest Worksong
02. These Days
03. Sitting Still
04. The Pledge Of Allegiance - Welcome To The Occupation
05. Disturbance At The Heron House
06. Exhuming McCarthy
07. Orange Crush
08. Feeling Gravitys Pull (cut after)
09. King Of Birds
10. White Tornado (dropout near end)
11. I Believe
12. Title (short cut at beginning)
13. Cuyahoga (cut in middle)
14. Pretty Persuasion
Disc Two 39:56
01. Time Of The Season
02. Superman (cut after)
Missing: Oddfellows Local 151
03. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
04. Begin The Begin (cut after)
encore 1:
05. The Flowers Of Guatemala (pops)
06. Fall On Me
Missing: See No Evil
encore 2:
07. Swan Swan H (pops)
08. Pop Song 89 (pops, end cut)
09. The One I Love (pops)
encore 3:
10. Harpers (pops, end cut)
11. Crazy
12. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - Red Rain (pops)
Timeline notes: Natalie Merchant guests on 'Swan Swan H', & dances on stage on 'Crazy'. First known performance of 'Pop Song 89', albeit with different melody and lyrics as to what appeared on 'Green'. David Russell played conga drums on 'King Of Birds'. Michael guests on 'A Campfire Song' with the 10,000 Maniacs during their opening set.
Notes:
-Before I Believe, MS "Right Here. It was hiding inside me like an alien. I belched kind of loudly and this thing came out. You know it's a little bit rough sometimes. But it's ok. So we went Top 10 today. I've been doing this for 7 years with these guys and we here, and as if walking out here and doing this isn't enough and then sometimes some people throw you off a little bit, like a barrage of cameras pointed at you which is a little bit scary so you get larengytis so then you freak out a little bit, go backstage and this thing pops out of your chest and everything's gonna be ok after that".
-Before Pop Song 89, MS thanks 10,000 Maniacs "this is their last show with us on this tour. We want to thank them very much for coming (?). This is a brand new song that's never been heard by anyone except the road crew and 10,000 Maniacs. We're dedicating this song to them tonight".
-So. Central - Red Rain ends with a line from King Of Birds--Everybody hit the ground.
Grade: C
-Audio pretty good. Lots of pops and cuts