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\f0\fs24 \cf0 R.E.M.\
6/18/2008\
Mann Center for the Performing Arts\
Philadelphia, PA\
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Source: Schoeps MK4 > Nbox > Edirol R-09 @ 24bit/48Hz\
Location: FOB, Slightly Right of Dead Center, Orch A Center, Row Q\
Transfer: R-09 > USB > Macbook > Spark XL 2.8.2 (track/resample/dither) > Xact 1.62 > Flac (level 5)\
Recorded, transferred and edited by: Chris K (the schoeps imposter) justgup @ yahoo.com\
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Disc 1\
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\cf0 01. These Days\
02. Living Well is the Best Revenge\
03. What's the Frequency Kenneth?\
04. Wolves, Lower\
05. Man Sized Wreath\
06. Turn You Inside Out\
07. Imitation of Life\
08. Staring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance\
09. Ignoreland\
10. Bad Day\
11. Hollow Man\
12. The Great Beyond\
13. Houston\
14. Electrolite\
15. Walk Unafraid\
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Disc 2\
01. The One I Love\
02. Find the River\
03. Let Me In\
04. Departure\
05. Life and How to Live It\
06. Orange Crush\
07. I'm Gonna DJ\
Encore\
08. Supernatural Superserious\
09. Losing My Religion\
10. Begin the Begin *\
11. Fall on Me #\
12. Man on the Moon #\
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Notes:\
* with Edie Veder of Pearl Jam\
# with Johnny Marr of Modest Mouse and The Smiths\
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Notes:
-The above text is how it came to me, with all of it's weirdness.
-Debut of Staring Down The Barrel Of Middle Distance, one of only two performances of the song.
-Setlist highlights: Wolves, Lower (4), Turn You Inside-Out (4), Staring Down The Barrel Of Middle Distance (2), Find The River (9), Departure (5), Life & How To Live It (4)
-PB breaks off a nice solo to close out Inside-Out.
-After IOL MS asks if it's still raining. When the crowd replies it's not, MS "that's Awesome! In the true sense of the biblical word, that is awesome news".
-Standard intro to Ignoreland.
-After Hollow Man, there is some silence from the stage then MS "So there it is, our take on Betterman by Pearl Jam. By the way, Pearl Jam's here tonight. How cool is that? I just want to say the next song that we're going to perform in, outside of our own country was actually this ginormous hit and when we play it there it's beautiful. We don't usually play it very much here but we're going to play it for you tonight because we love you and we're here and what the fuck, why not? It is one of my favorite songs to sing because of the chorus. And it's one of those songs that, when I was a kid, was a kind of thing that caught my imagination, and that's really where a lot of the inspiration for the chorus was drawn from , the 1970's and all these kind of pyramid of the gods paperback books that I used to steal when I was 12 years old". [drawing a chuckle from the taper]
-Ater Great Beyond, MS enquires as to the well being of the people in "the purgatory section" and the lawn (which draws his back of the lawn thing). He then adds that his god-daughters are present so there won't be a lot of political talk this night. "I really feel like, well, this is the end. I don't feel like it, it is. I'm stating a fact that it's the 8th year of the first decade of the 21st century for those of us who've been around, is that worthy of applause? It probably is. For those of us who've been around for more than, I don't know 12, 13, 14, 15 years, it's really quite an accomplishment that we made it here and this decade represents so far something that's a little bit weird but I feel hope, I feel great hope in the air and I think it's a great moment in time to be an American." This leads him into a standard into for Houston.
-Before Electrolite MS quizzes the audience as to who has seen them before. He then asks if anyone knows what the glowing plankton in the ocean are (they don't). He then details how he and PB were at odds over whether the song should be included on the album. He starts into his standard intro and someone finally names the plankton.
-Find The River is a request from backstage.
-Eddie Vedder didn't quite nail the lyrics to Begin The Begin.
Grade: A