1999-08-09
We're lucky enough to have two great masters for this show, they both grade out as A. I'll do my notes first since they apply to both.
Timeline notes: Michael told some funny stories before 'Fall On Me' (pointed to a spot in the audience and said he had seen Neil Young from that spot four or so years ago [I think he's referring to the 1992 "Harvest Moon" tour] and came away impressed with one song in particular, 'Pocahontas.' He called Peter that night and asked him if he'd ever heard the song, to which Peter replied, "It's only one of the classic songs of the last 30 years," embarrassing Michael) and 'Falls To Climb' (talked about learning to play the guitar and seeing Billy Corgan at a benefit, told him he had composed a new song with the chords he had learned. Billy replied "That's nice, but it sounds familiar," then came back later and asked Michael if it "sounded like this," playing 'Disarm.' Michael said "You fuck, not only are you taller than me, you went and copied my hairstyle as well!" He then lauded Corgan as one of the best songwriters around, then added that he wouldn't let it pass, so he added a vocal melody to the song and said "try imagining Corgan singing this one!") - Dean Hotta
Notes:
-MS sings a little a capella song about stinky feet before Suspicion
-MS before Low Desert (referring to his shirt?)"It's Iggy Pop with an afro. I just got it today."
-Before TOIL MS promotes the band's new website, claimimg they are the last band in the world to have one. He goes on to say he got some kind of ailment from drinking the tap water in Slovenia.
-MS says he's been fighting some ailment before
-Before AMMB MS says something about being nervous and MM chimes in "that makes three of us". He goes on to say he thought of some of the lyrics while stuck in traffic on Santa Monica Blvd.
-Usually it is MS that starts Suspicious Minds with some of the band joining in but this night after ITEOTWAWKI the entire band lays into a well-rehearsed arrangemnt with all of the members & auxillary musicians taking part. It is quite a raucous version.
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REM
August 9th, 1999
Greek Theatre-Los Angeles,CA
Source: Schoeps MK4s > Rmod box > D100 DAT
Conversion: Fostex D5 > DIO2448 > Soundforge 7.0a > shntool 2.0.3
Disc 1:
01. Intro 00:59.52
02. Lotus 04:28.58
03. What's The Frequency Kenneth? 03:59.23
04. The Wake-Up Bomb 05:11.09
05. Suspicion 06:59.66
06. Fall On Me 03:45.02
07. E-Bow The Letter 05:06.53
08. Low Desert 03:52.43
09. Everybody Hurts 06:56.43
10. Daysleeper 05:24.50
11. The One I Love 03:32.15
12. Sweetness Follows 05:51.73
13. The Great Beyond 05:10.58
14. Losing My Religion 05:01.57
Total: 66:21.02
Disc 2:
01. Find The River 05:07.72
02. At My Most Beautiful 04:15.28
03. Finest Worksong 04:00.37
04. Walk Unafraid 05:08.11
05. Man On The Moon 08:03.57
06. Falls To Climb# 07:38.00
07. Why Not Smile 02:15.38
08. Crush With Eyeliner 05:00.00
09. Tongue 05:36.49
10. Cuyahoga 04:34.41
11. End Of The World > 06:37.31
12. Suspicious Minds > 02:36.39
13. End Of The World 02:33.04
Total: 63:27.32
# with Billy Corgan rant.
Compiled by alex@kabella.org onREM
August 17th, 2004.
*********Persic Version********
Greek Theatre
Los Angeles,Ca
August 9, 1999
source : nakamichi cm300 > sony tcd-d100
taper : markp
Disc One:
01 Crowd
02 Lotus
03 What's the Frequency Kenneth?
04 The Wake-Up Bomb
05 Suspicion
06 Fall On Me
07 E-bow the Letter
08 Low Desert
09 Everybody Hurts
10 Daysleeper
11 The One I Love
12 Sweetness Follows
13 The Great Beyond
14 Losing My Religion
15 Find the River
16 At My Most Beautiful
Disc Two:
01 Finest Worksong
02 Walk Unafraid
03 Man on the Moon
04 Thank You & Goodnight
05 Michael Solo Song
06 Why Not Smile
07 Falls to Climb
08 Crush With Eyeliner
09 Tongue
10 Band Intro's
11 Cuyahoga
12 Suspicious Minds
12 It's the End of the World As We Know It
*****FFP's excluded*****