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Re: Sawyer Point / Linford's Lap



After swatting away the tsetse flies, rainscape at juno_com (Melissa M
Konieczko) said:
>>>Go Down Easy is a great song, very erotic and evocative, but it's not at
>>>all the right song to end a set with.
>>
>>Better than 'Latter Days', which they've done the last N times.
>
>i think "latter days" is a good song to end with, though i've never seen
>OtR end with it, so i cannot be sure, i suppose.

It doesn't really work.   It just leaves you with this flat, empty
feeling, like "what, it's over like *that*?"  I liked it better as an
opener, or even better, drop it, and play 'Jacksie'. which I don't
think I've seen live.

>yeah, the band is in it for the fans to an extent, but, really, when you
>get right down to it, bands are out there for themselves... to express
>themselves... i don't think we as the listeners have too much of a right
>to complain... i mean, it's always cool to tell them what you think and
>all of that, but, when you get down to it, it is their call... it would
>suck if OtR was out there just trying to please an audience. they are
>obviously *not* doing that, and i think that is a really good thing.

True, but they throw things in for the fans sometimes, too.  Take the
special extra encore of 'Rhapsodie' with just Karin & Linford in Kent.
They hadn't played that one in well over a year, according to my
records.

>but that is purely my own opinion.

Isn't that what a discussion group is all about?  ;-)

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