Champ182 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 With the Vegas run coming up and lots of recent discussion about how Matt still seems like an outsider, I started thinking that they need to inject way more California Era songs into the setlist. Even as someone who thought those albums were a big step down, I still think shows would be MUCH more entertaining and less like a cover band if they just leaned into the new era instead of trotting Matt out there to play 90% old songs that have nothing to do with him. He’s at an immediate disadvantage, especially if he’s singing a Tom song. Let Skiba be Skiba! And to do that, they need to put way more focus on songs that they released with him as a member of the band. Like I said in another thread, they have 30 songs with him! Go nuts! To keep things realistic I kept the set length similar to what they’ve been doing lately, and included most of the hits and live standards because it makes complete sense to keep playing a bunch of songs that people know and love. I threw in some different deep cuts to keep weeding out the Tom-only songs as well. If they really want to keep the band fresh and hope that people just see this as a new and equal part of blink history, they need to let go of some more of the past. What would you all think of a change in focus like this? California - 9 Cynical Bored To Death Left Alone San Diego The Only Thing That Matters Misery Good Old Days Hey I'm Sorry Last Train HomeNeighborhoods - 1 Heart’s All GoneUntitled - 4 Feeling This I Miss You Easy Target Here’s Your LetterTOYPAJ - 3 Rock Show Stay Together For The Kids Roller CoasterEnema - 4 Don’t Leave Me Going Away To College What’s My Age Again? Adam’s SongDude Ranch - 3 Pathetic Dammit JosieTotal – 24 songs 18 Mark + Matt 6 Mark-only 8 hit singles (1/3 of the set) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasa Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 I think that this setlist is perfect. I agree that we need much more California-era songs in there. Even though I don't like many of those songs, I get the feeling that it's not very exciting to sing and play songs that 1) you didn't write and 2) were written by a guy who you've replaced who has a bad relationship with the rest of the band. How can Skiba view himself as a true member of blink if he's not given the chance to perform his own songs (on top of not being given enough room to truly inject his influence in the first place)? blink needs to move on from Tom as much as possible, and that includes removing his songs from the setlist. Then maybe Skiba will move closer to feeling like a truer member of the band, which I see as a good thing to getting more authentic blink music. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thongrider Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Cali:*Teenage Satellites good old days, SOFHM, Sober, BtD, Misery, No future, Left Alone NBH: MH DeD:, The title track St: Go, Here's your letter, I Miss You, Stockholm Syndrome, Another Girl, Another planet TOYPAJ: Online Songs, Rollercoaster, Evertime I look for you, Rock Show, Stfk, Enema: Don't leave me, Going Away, Wmaa, Adam's song, Wendy Clear, Dysentary Gary, Atst Dr: Apple Shampoo, Waggy, Pathetic, Voyeur, Dammit CS: Strings, Wasting time Some Sekrets songs could bd cool and more Cure covers with Skiba on vocals. Minimal Tom. They need All the small things though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 i’ve never been someone that has a problem with the band playing hits...blink’s got an arsenal of them, and it’s what people want to hear. so by and large, im absolutely fine with the setlist (first date included). i’d add at least one song from neighborhoods to represent that album... perhaps wishing well or after midnight. As for album cuts from older albums, I would love if they just rotated out a few every show... dumpweed/don’t leave me/GATC, josie, man overboard, anthem part 2... oh, and it’s time to cut violence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Cynical Feeling This WMAA BTD HAG First Date Dumpweed SOOHM STFTK Misery TOTTM I Miss You Adam's Song Rock Show Josie Man Overboard Family Reunion Encore: 6/8 Last Train Home ATST Dammit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Heart's All Gone Interlude + Heart's All Gone Feeling This What's My Age Again Bored to Death Los Angeles The Rock Show Misery Kings of the Weekend Adam's Song Lemmings Always/Down (Wild Card) San Diego The Only Thing That Matters Last Train Home Wendy Clear Wasting Time Sober Kaleidoscope Cynical/Josie/Dumpweed/MH (Wild Card) She's Out of Her Mind/Carousel/Wishing Well/Every Time I Look For You (Wild Card) I Miss You All The Small Things Violence/Not Now (Wild Card) Dammit California - 8 songs + 2 wild cards Neighborhoods - 2 songs + 2 wild cards Smiley Face - 2 songs + 4 wild cards TOYPAJ - 1 song + 1 wild card Enema - 4 songs + 1 wild card Dude Ranch - 2 songs + 1 wild cardCheshire Cat - 1 song + 1 wild card Only included wild cards to keep the set list limited to 20-25 songs. They'd be rotating the wild card songs for each show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 I agree, if Matt is going to be here there needs to be as little of Tom songs as possible (especially Tom only songs wtf?) and as much of new songs as possible (even though they suck). I like your setlist. I also agree that they need to at least play DED title track once in a while, that little EP isn't something they need to act like never happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ182 Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 10 minutes ago, Vera said: I also agree that they need to at least play DED title track once in a while, that little EP isn't something they need to act like never happened. Oh yeah good call I literally didn't even think of that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheerios4u98 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Play anything from DED and I'll be happy at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinDicktive Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Feeling This Rock Show Cynical Going Away To College What's My Age Again First Date Bored To Death Stockholm Syndrome I Miss You Misery Wendy Clear Online Songs SOOHM Always Adam's Song 6/8 Everytime I Look For You Long Lost Feeling Carousel Encore ATST Dammit Mixture of mainly classic era with a decent amount of Cali. It’s a good bit longer than their criminally short setlists that they play! I’m really surprised EILFY is never played, it’s one of their most famous non-singles and is a banger! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twentytwenty Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 They shouldn't play songs with Tom only vocals. It's just weird and it sounds awful. They have two albums with this lineup, play those along with some older Mark only songs.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisa Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 These setlists are great and I understand why you guys want to cut out the Tom songs, but, if they do that, then they'll have a setlist where Mark has to sing almost everything and he physically can't do it since he's already struggling with almost every song he has to sing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theedge00 Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 They need to play for at least 90 min. and have one or two rotation spots (for deep cuts) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBlinks Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 9 hours ago, Champ182 said: With the Vegas run coming up and lots of recent discussion about how Matt still seems like an outsider, I started thinking that they need to inject way more California Era songs into the setlist. Even as someone who thought those albums were a big step down, I still think shows would be MUCH more entertaining and less like a cover band if they just leaned into the new era instead of trotting Matt out there to play 90% old songs that have nothing to do with him. He’s at an immediate disadvantage, especially if he’s singing a Tom song. Let Skiba be Skiba! And to do that, they need to put way more focus on songs that they released with him as a member of the band. Like I said in another thread, they have 30 songs with him! Go nuts! To keep things realistic I kept the set length similar to what they’ve been doing lately, and included most of the hits and live standards because it makes complete sense to keep playing a bunch of songs that people know and love. I threw in some different deep cuts to keep weeding out the Tom-only songs as well. If they really want to keep the band fresh and hope that people just see this as a new and equal part of blink history, they need to let go of some more of the past. What would you all think of a change in focus like this? California - 9 Cynical Bored To Death Left Alone San Diego The Only Thing That Matters Misery Good Old Days Hey I'm Sorry Last Train HomeNeighborhoods - 1 Heart’s All GoneUntitled - 4 Feeling This I Miss You Easy Target Here’s Your LetterTOYPAJ - 3 Rock Show Stay Together For The Kids Roller CoasterEnema - 4 Don’t Leave Me Going Away To College What’s My Age Again? Adam’s SongDude Ranch - 3 Pathetic Dammit JosieTotal – 24 songs 18 Mark + Matt 6 Mark-only 8 hit singles (1/3 of the set) Man count me in on this set list! I'd kick out "Hey I'm Sorry" and throw in SOOHM because it's super fun live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 Where the hell is Cheshire Cat? But for real, their setlist should go like this: Tom comes on stage and Matt Skiba jumps into the crowd. 1. Family Reunion (all the moms will leave) 2. Degenerate 3. Pathetic 4. M+Ms 5. Carousel 6. Dick Lips at this point some classic banter happens 7. Ben Wah Balls 8. Wasting Time 9. Wrecked Him 10. Zulu Encore 11. Dammit Mark, Tom, and Travis all jump into the crowd and a saint-like image of Scott Raynor appears on all screens everywhere, even on the crowd's phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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