Pete Diary 6/1

[Bruce]

>>Surely you can't be serious!
>
> I can!  And, stop calling me Shirley!
>

I love that movie. :)

>
> Well.....YES!
> I was expecting (hoping?) for ....ummm........Errr......
>
> Ya know....I'm now not sure *WHAT* the hell I was expecting.
> What I *wasn't* expecting was a diary stating <paraphrase> we're
> polishing up the old tour.

You were expecting what PT said you just didn't want him to say it before 
you even got to the arena (or read it here).

>
> Deep breath....
>
> Let me try and break it down.
> Based on assumption (don't say it) of a 2+hour show (130min. ?)
> So, 30-40 minute mini-opera.
> A couple rarities (add 10min.....total call it 50min.)
> We're now talking 70-80 min. of the same ol' same ol' ?
>
> Why not take that *big* chunk of time and really do something special
> with it, that includes your top 'must haves'.
> Top five must haves would be (subject to debate, as usual) 1) WAY, 2)
> BBE, 3) Bargain, 4) PW, 5) WGFA
> Top five would equal, what, about 30min. Total?
> That still leaves 40-50 minutes of creative set-list.
>
> OK, OK, you don't have to shout.  Of course they'll open with ICE and
> maybe Substitute and then maybe AAA.
> So, another 15minutes.
> But, does it really *have* to be so???
> So, now we're up to 25-35 minutes of time to fill.
> Take away 5 minutes for break before encore...
> That leaves 3-4 songs or so.
> AQO would take up two.
> Then NE?
> And then maybe a new non-mini-opera song?
>
> There's your show.

Here is your show:

1. I Can't Explain
2. Substitute
3. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
4. Baba O'Riley
5. Mini Opera (11m EP version, 6m by end of tour)
6. Man in a Purple Dress (deicated to "Kevin")
7. Who Are You
8. Mary Ann Shaky... (band version)
9. Drowned
10. Love Reign O'er Me
11. Eminence Front
12. Magic Bus (10m in A)
13. The Kids Are Alright
14. My Generation
15. Here For More (1st show only, )
16. Won't Get Fooled Again
encore:
17. Pinball Wizard
18. Amazing Journey
19. Sparks
20. See Me Feel Me / Listening To You
encore
21. Boris The Spider (PT solo on the night he drank too much. Most likely in 
Chicago. Will not be included on the encore CD but a pro boot DVD will 
appear in 5 years of the whole show.)

> In retrospect, that wouldn't be soooooo bad.
> I'd advocate for dropping the standard opening.
> I'd actually advocate jumping right into the mini-opera, while you've
> got everyone's attention.
> But, please don't just take 2004 and split the show with the mini-opera.

Mini Opera will be played a quarter of the way in.  Played early so they can 
get on with it.

> And, really, is it too much to ask for them to cycle different songs for
> each show???  Not the whole set list, but a good chunk of songs.

I have seen enough shows where Roger forgets the words. :)

 If The
> Stones can do it, Shirley The Who can do it.

No they can't and stop calling me Shirley!  The Stones rehearse for MONTHS 
not days like The Who.  The Stones literally have pre-rehearsals with the 
core band before the rest show up.  The Stones are a well oiled machine 
where every step, note, & banter is pre-determined, where mistakes are not 
tolerated and taken out of paychecks.

At this point, The Who are a loosly organized train wreck that only the Ox 
kept on track as long as Pete didn't turn his back to him.  You want to hear 
rarities see a show in the first week of the tour.  A good show, go mid tour 
after a day off and pray, or drink a lot of beer.

>>> For fucks sake, Pete!
>>> This is the last shot.
>>> Take the fucking bull by the horns already and dazzle us with
> freshness!
>>
>>He did, 1965-73. If you weren't there you missed the boat. :)
>
> Yeah, that boat sailed.  Mmmmmmm.....sailing.
> I was too busy getting my belly-button made, learning to walk, talk,
> read, get in trouble, and avoid that devil rock music.
> Look how far I've come!
> <sigh>

Thank God there will, always be Live at Leeds turned up to 11.

> Kevin in VT (not the list pessimist, but actually <it seems> the list's
> ever disappointed optimist)
>

Bruce in the real world (list pessimist, most quoted "I told you so," 
sometimes mildly surprised, soon to be shocked IF new CD appears)