R.E.M.
New World Music Theatre,
Tinley Park, IL
August 20, 1999
Disc One (72:46)
01. Airportman
02. Lotus
03. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
04. The Wake-Up Bomb
05. Electrolite
06. Suspicion
07. Pilgrimage
08. Daysleeper
09. The One I Love
10. Low Desert
11. The Apologist
12. Sweetness Follows
13. The Great Beyond
14. Losing My Religion
15. Find the River
16. At My Most Beautiful
Disc Two (48:49)
01. Pop Song 89
02. Walk Unafraid
03. Man On the Moon
Encore:
04. Falls To Climb
05. Hope / Why Not Smile
06. Hey Big Spender (a cappella)
07. Crush With Eyeliner
08. Tongue
09. Cuyahoga
10. Its the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Notes:
-Before Daysleeper, MS tells about arriving in town early after a long bus ride and kind of half asleep making his way up to his room at the hotel only to have his key card not work, forcing him to return to the lobby where he was the only one not wearing shoes [when you meet a stranger...]. He segues into his bull and bear imagry with one occasionally stopping to piss on some poor country, "like Mexico ater NAFTA" [this statement often accomanies this story though I haven't documented it specifically].
-Standard intro for The Apologist.
-Often I google up some photos of the venue and read a bit about it if that's available. This one immediately caught my eye as it's a 28,000 seat outdoor ampitheter, which is huge.
Looking at pictures from the lawn, it looks like it has two levels to the stage. Looking from the stage though I realized these are suites. Not one but two levels of suites! Lastly I think the lawn seats must suck, as they seem to be in Indiana (far away). At any rate, a unique layout I thought. To my surprise MS had the same thought. Before The Great Beyond "We've been here before but I was wondering how come it's so tall and so...metal, and so big. Because most places we do are not this big. And then I see these people up here it's like I feel like a Roman gladiator or something and you see, people in the back I'm sorry you can't, but there's all these people up above you, like Thunderdome. Tina Turner or something. So you people up there don't throw anything on anyone's head ok? I had to go pee and get myself some wine because it's just one of those nights you know? And you have to replace your precious fluids with something alcoholic. Alcohol composes to water you know. There's not much to it. Each part is nothing less than the same as your first. Your blue eyes, your dark eyes, your blue eyes, your dark eyes. Alcohol composes to water". He goes on to express his concern that everyone will realize he has been ripping off Andy Kaufman due to the forthcoming movie.
-Before Pop Song 89 MS "Yeah folks, it aint Cats".
-Before Tounge MS is callin for Bruce and notes he feels like he is doing a gynacological examination.
-MS thank radio station XRT for supporting them from the very beginning [I was able to talk my way into a soundcheck that XRT had arranged for contest winners in 2004 so I agree whole-heatedly]
-MS's pass the mic thing at the end of ITEOTWAWKI went very well this night.
Grade: B