REM June 1, 2008
Greek Theater - Berkeley, CA
Recorded from the 4th row, 20' left of center.
Core Sound Binaurals > Edirol R-09 - Sound Forge > FLAC
01. These Days
02. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
03. Begin The Begin - false start
04. Begin The Begin
05. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
06. Accelerate
07. Ignoreland
08. Drive
09. Man-Sized Wreath
10. So. Central Rain
11. Hollow Man
12. Auctioneer
13. Houston
14. Electrolite
15. Disturbance At The Heron House
16. Final Straw
17. I’ve Been High
18. Let Me In
19. Losing My Religion
20. Bad Day
21. Horse To Water
22. Orange Crush
23. Man on The Moon
encore:
24. encore applause
25. Supernatural Superserious
26. Fall On Me
27. Carnival Of Sorts
28. The One I Love
29. Until The Day Is Done
30. I'm Gonna DJ
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Notes:
-Setlist highlights: Actioneer (11 tour, 3 promo), Carnival Of Sorts (1), Until The Day Is Done (7,7)
-PB launches into WTFK? when he is supposed to play Begin The Begin. The song is aborted and PB takes the blame. When it is the time to play WTFK? MS ribs him "Peter Buck, this is your song".
-Ignoreland is introduced as being from 1230 and on their negative 4th album
-After Drive MS jokes that the "fried chicken basket and a bottle of chardonnay" crowd was never his people. He recaps the stops on the tour to date and notes that during the pervios show he lost his focus entirely, which is a signal to the band that his adrenaline has caught up with him and they are now oficially on tour. MS and MM then discuss his shirt and how it relates to the album cover. Lastly, he touches on Bush's visit to MKL Jr's. grave and the irony of the face that they used busses to keep the protesters away.
-Electrolite is sent out to Jimmy Willet(?) After the song MS admits his mid-song salsa dance is lacking "but god damnit I'm having a good time".
-Before D@THH MS tells of travelling in the UK recently and coming across the actual Heron House "This is one of those lyrics that sat in a notebook for several years, it was just a title. I'm really quite certain I have no idea where it came from but it took a couple of years for the song to develop. About three months ago we were driving around Europe and doing promotion for our last record and I drove by a place and I went 'holy shit I wonder if that's it?' I think it was in the U.K. I'm not surem I don't remember. It had to be in the U.K. because it was called Heron House".
-MS notes that PB noted that D@THH and Final Straw are cousins. He adds the story of releasing the song via the website.
-Fall On Me is from the year 1247 and on their 140th album
-Last performance of Carnival Of Sorts. Afte the song MS notes they haven't rehearsed the song on 4 or five years.
-MS admits to lifting a 4 word line from the Dalai Lama in Until The Day Is Done.
-One of the few (only?) 2008 shows that doesn't end with MOTM.
Grade: A
-taper's crew very chatty, some leave the show early.