R.E.M.
Friday September 26, 2003
United Center
Chicago, Illinois
Taper: King of Comedy
Location: Underneath the Bunker in Little America
Source: at853 (Mics in hat) > SP-SPSB-3 (95Hz bass roll-off) > Sony PCM-M1
DAT > CD Conversion: Binky the Doormat
Equipment: M1 > Emagic 2|6 > Cool Edit Pro > CD Wav > shntool
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Disc 1:
01: Intro 00:34
02: Finest Worksong 03:49
03: Begin the Begin 03:50
04: So Fast, So Numb 04:45
05: Drive 05:35
06: Animal 05:44
07: Shaking Through * 04:42
08: Fall On Me 03:21
09: Bad Day 04:37
10: The One I Love 04:11
11: Imiation of Life 04:36
12: Daysleeper 04:05
13: All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) 05:43
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Total: 55:32
Disc 2:
01: I Believe 04:15
02: Losing My Religion 05:00
03: At My Most Beautiful 04:16
04: She Just Wants To Be 07:05
05: Walk Unafraid 05:35
06: Man On The Moon 07:41
Encore:
07: Nightswimming (Stipe & Mills) 04:41
08: Everybody Hurts 07:38
09: Electrolite 04:25
10: Introductions 00:44
11: Get Up 02:43
12: It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 05:47
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Total: 59:50
Notes:
* First performance of Shaking Through since 13 November 1989
Additional Musicians:
Ken Stringfellow - Keyboard
Scott McCaughney - Electric Guitar
Bill Rieflen - Drums
Special thanks to security for not wanding me while walking through the checkpoints.
Compiled by 7 Chinese Bros. (29 October 2003)
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Notes:
-Shaking Through is noted as a request from Maggie who wanted R.E.M. to be her wedding band. "That wasn't really an option for us Maggie, but I hope everything's going smoothly. Is that you with your arms up Maggie? I hope you're having wicked sex several times a week and things are going swimmingly. For the rest of you, there was nothing in the email about that, I just threw that in kind of. We don't want to get off on the wrong foot, do we?" He adds that they haven't performed the song since 1985 but 1989 sounds more likely. After the song MS "I'd like to congratulate the members of are backing band who had never heard or performed that song until 5:00 this afternoon".
-Before Daysleeper MS thanks the crowd for a myriad of traits.
-All The Way To Reno is noted as a request from the band's head of security. After the song he congratulates himself for hitting the note at the end. "That doesn't speak for the middle or beginning".
-Before I Believe, MS notes it is a difficult song to sing because there is nowhere to breath. After the song he welcomes some people who came up from the Athens office.
-Electrolite is sent out to Sparklehorse.
-ITEOTHAWKI is sent out to MS's best friend in high school.
Grade: A