BOC/Covers debate - Name some changes

[BREVARD Adrian R.]

Adrian says:

> [...] whats the point of playing five or six new songs that
> you can
> only hear if you see them live.

>Well, you could argue that that's a very *good* reason for playing some
>new material!

      It doesn't do a thing for new or casual
> fans; even if they like the songs they can't get their hands on them
> unless
> they get a boot.

>Some of the best gigs I've ever been to have been to bands I've never
>even heard before, and where (I've found out later) the material is not
>on any of the albums (I'm thinking of Giant Sand and Mano Negra - two
>excellent bands, BTW).  I dunno, I think of a gig as an event to be
>enjoyed for its own merits - not an ad for an album, not a taping
>opportunity, but a performance to be enjoyed.  And if I've enjoyed it, it
>*doesn't matter* if I can't "take it home with me" - that's what memory
>is for.

Ok so you remebered the songs from the show.  A year later the band is back
in town and they play some songs from a so-called new album.  Do you
remember that these are the same songs they played when you heard them a
year ago or do you think these are more new ones?  My point was that without
a way of getting these songs in peoples hands bands probably don't have as
much incentive to play them.



[set list ideas]
> 1) including a brief medely of five or six of the classic numbers from
> the
> first three or perhaps Specters, AOF and CE

>Yuk (speaking personally) - I *hate* medleys!  (IMO, Hawkwind veer
>uncomfortably close to the edge in that respect sometimes...)

Usually don't like them myself, however, it is a decent way of trying to
provide the entire crowd a little bit of what they may want the most.  Saw
Earth Wind and Fire (R&B) band this summer.  They played three different
medelys during their set.  You know what?  Even after a two hour set they
still ommitted four to five of the best songs they ever made.  They have so
much memorable material they could only play it all if they gave a 4-5 hour
show.  BOC has a lot of material, a well done medely could at least tickle a
few bones with some of the old songs they don't do anymore but people may
still want to hear.

2) they could also
> experiment
> with different (i.e., accoustic) versions of some of the classics; Buck
> doing a solo version of Reaper, Alan and Eric with keys only doing Joan
> Crawford, an extended instrumental version of Astronomy or Magna from
> Imaginos

>Well, doing stuff "unplugged" isn't exactly cutting edge, but could
>work... hopefully, I'll be able to form an opinion on Dec 13th... as for
>_Imaginos_ material, the words that spring to mind are "dream" and "on" :(

No its not the cutting edge, it does however provide a fresh apporach to a
song.  Neil Young did an accoustic Rocking the Free World IMHO thought it
blew away the electric version.  Nirvana, before their MTYV Unplugged cd I
hated every single one of their songs.  Listened to the accoustic versions
and came to  like a few even.  My point is rather than playing the same song
the same way why not play it diffrently, freshen it up a bit.  Accoustically
is just one way.  Astronomy has been done in two versions and I like them
both.

3) how about some covers other than BTBW or somethings blues
> based.
>  Maybe some hard edge Sabbath (Meglomainia, yeah) or Deep Purple (Smoke
> on
> the Water).

>Ooh yeah!  But "War Pigs", please! :)

No doubt the could knock the bottom off with War Pigs but I'm a sucker for
Meglo or a faster cover like Symptons of the Universe or Fairies Wear Boots.

AB