R.E.M.
2008/06/19
Madison Square Garden
New York, NY
This is a corrected version of my previously-posted recording. The corrections are:
- Much better sound quality, starting over from scratch.
- Proper separation and corrected listings of "The One I Love" and "Until the Day is Done". (The previous torrent mistakenly had them as one continuous song.)
Sorry for the sloppy original posting of this show. Thanks.
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Belkin TuneTalk Stereo->iPod->Sound Studio->AIFF->xACT->FLAC
01 Living Well is the Best Revenge
02 These Days
03 What's the Frequency Kenneth
04 Bad Day
05 Drive
06 Hollow Man
07 Ignoreland
08 Man-Sized Wreath
09 Leaving New York
10 Disturbance at The Heron House
11 Houston
12 Electrolite
13 (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
14 Driver 8
15 Harborcoat
16 The One I Love
17 Until the Day is Done
18 Let Me In
19 Horse to Water
20 Pretty Persuasion
21 Orange Crush
22 I'm Gonna DJ
23 Encore Break
24 Supernatural Superserious
25 Losing My Religion
26 Begin the Begin
27 Fall on Me (with Johnny Marr)
28 Stage Banter and Band Intros
29 Man on the Moon (with Johnny Marr)
The sold-out crowd was a little bit more noisy this night, but it did not distract at all from the great music! Leaving New York was a nice (but somewhat expected) surprise and it was awesome to hear Rockville live again.
I sure hope that someone videotaped the show. The lighting and the visual effects, including the worldwide debut of the video for Man-Sized Wreath, were absolutely stunning. Kudos to Susanne and Blue!
Looking forward to seeing lots and lots of shows here from their upcoming European tour!
Enjoy!
Thanks!
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Notes:
-Setlist highlights:Leaving New York (2), Disturbance At The Heron House (17), Harborcoat (9), Until The Day Is Done (18)
-Before Ignoreland MS states it was written 135 years ago, then after polling the crowd as to who has seen them play before he decides it was actuallu in the 1700's. He adds a standard intro.
-Before LNY MS notes the debut of some video footage that will be used for something I couldn't quite make out. He then identifies a fan who 'looks miserable' and offers them ear plugs, then water in an attempt to cheer them up. He adds that they haven't played or rehearsed LNY in three years.
-D@THH is introduced as MS's version of Animal Farm.
-Standard into to Houston.
-Before Electrolite, MS talks briefly about wanting to steal things from Modest Mouse and The National, then introduces Electrolite as "kind of about the end of the world or whatever, which I seem to spend a great deal of time thinking about. This is one of those, but one of the more hopeful ones".
-Before Rockivelle, MM talks about seeing Tom Petty at MSG 2 nights prior. After the song MS admits he never knows when to clap.
-After Harborcoat, MS notes the influence The English Beat had on the song.
-After inros MS notes the previous time they played there was the day after the 2004 election, and the somber mood of the place that night.
Grade: D
-Boomy and many very talkative people around the taper not limited to between songs.