R.E.M.
Colorline Arena, Hamburg, Germany
Sept. 18, 2008

Lineage: Sharp MD Player MT-88, Microphone: Sony ECM-CS10 > Wavelab 4
Source: Audience Recording > WAV > Trader's Little Helper (FLAC Level 6)

Taper: homer-simpson79

 

SETLIST

CD 1:

01 These Days
02 Living Well Is The Best Revenge
03 I Took Your Name
04 What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
05 Little America
06 Drive
07 Ignoreland
08 Man-sized Wreath
09 World Leader Pretend
10 Hollow Man
11 The Great Beyond
12 Circus Envy
13 Just A Touch
14 Time After Time

CD 2:

15 The One I Love
16 Sweetness Follows
17 I've Been High
18 Horse To Water
19 Bad Day
20 Orange Crush
21 Imitation Of Life

Encore:
22 Supernatural Superserious
23 Losing My Religion
24 Animal
25 It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
26 Man On The Moon

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Notes:
-Setlist highlights: I took Your Name (16), Little America (7), World Leader Pretend (3, last performance), Circus Enve (10), Time After Time (8)
-MS before Little America "Truth is I an see myself at 30 and that was 18 years ago".
-Before Ignoreland MS notes the tiology of anti-government songs upcoming: Inoreland about the Sr. Bush/Reagan years, MSW about the current administration "who are about to be kicked the fuck out of office by Barack Obama, and World Leader Pretend "when the weight of the dark ages of the Reagan/Bush era almost brought this band to it's knees".  After WLP MS introduces Bob Weber and tells of getting Iggy Pop's mic stand and breaking it in 3 shows.
-Before Hollow Man MS notes it's his second favorite on the new record and claims it's not autobiographical.
-Before Just A Touch MS states that they had so much fun playing the song the night before that they are doing it again (and would frequently the rest of the month) and gives a brief discotheque story.
-Before Time After Time MS notes he had trouble with the song in pre tour rehearsals because he was out of tune in the original.  He also notes it is true "but not all of it".

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Grade: C