Newsgroup: it.fan.musica.rem
Titolo: Electron Blue a Cincinnati (Setlist)

2004-10-27 - Taft Theater, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Around The Sun 
Finest Worksong
Begin the Begin
Animal
Boy In The Well
Exhuming McCarthy
High Speed Train
Cuyahoga
Drive
Electron Blue
The One I Love
Bad Day
I Wanted to Be Wrong
Imitation of Life
Final Straw
Losing My Religion
Walk Unafraid
Life and How To Live It
ENCORES:
What's the Frequency Kenneth
Leaving New York
Sweetness Follows
Permanent Vacation
I'm Gonna DJ
Man On The Moon
Commenti su 
murmurs.com
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Great moments
audience member: "Kerry sucks"
stipe: will you shut the fuck up? Im trying to talk.
he did WTFK without a shirt on then put the kerry shirt on for LNY to
the end. sweetness follows was gorgeuos. electron blue! translated so
well live. it was wonderful. 
the crowd was largely in support of the band's political commentary.
some dissent. but it only sounded like a few rude pockets. one of
which was a few rows behind us. 
great show. sounded great. ill try to write more tomorrow, although im
sure fifty better reviews and the exact setlist will be up by then.
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Great show in Cincinnati tonight -- it's quite clear that this is a
50-50 political state at the moment, and Michael's political comments
were met with many more boos and divisiveness than in Indy. Someone
had a Bush-Cheney banner that they waived at the band from about
second row center.
Anytime Michael tried to speak even if it wasn't politically motivated
- the crowd was very rude and at times Michael had to ask them to let
him speak several times, and at one point had to say "will you shut
the fuck up".
Michael made it a point to show his Kerry shirt after the show to half
boo's / half applause, until Peter came and picked him up and carried
him off the stage after the encore.
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Michael Moore led a rally in support of John Kerry Wednesday on the
University of Cincinnati campus. I was right in the front when the
event began, and I was pleasantly surprised to see R.E.M. take to the
stage! I had given up on seeing R.E.M. here in Cincy this year due to
financial shortcomings, so I completely forgot that they were in town.
Stipe did all the talking with Mills and Buck standing on either side
of him. He showed off his "Veterens for Kerry" button, which his
father gave him and asked him to wear until the election. He talked a
bit about growing up around the military and said some nice things
about veterens and folks currently serving in the military. He then
introduced Michael Moore who came up and hugged them all. Alas I don't
remember too many details of what Stipe said since I was so surprised
and pumped that R.E.M. was up there. It made my day though!
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The band sounded great...Taft was a cool place to host them...they
never sounded better. (I remember hearing someone post earlier that
they played their back in 85 on the Reconstruction tour and it sounded
so good he wouldn't of been surprised if the show was recorded...I
would definitely agree.)
I admit that Around The Sun is not my favorite R.E.M. record, but I
have to agree with everyone that the songs sound so much better live.
Highlights were Leaving New York, Boy in the Well, I Wanted to Be
Wrong, and Final Straw.
It was great to hear Cuyahoga again (its Ohio after all) and Begin the
Begin. However I was secretly wishing for These Days and either
Rockville or Driver 8. Finest Worksong and Exhuming McCarthy were
amazing.
Animal was good, but the crowd really got into Bad Day after a
blistering The One I Love....great lead in.
The crowd was so-so...I mean they got into more than I thought they
would, but they were times where you just wanted to say, "would you
shut the fuck up?!?".....oh, sorry, Michael did! 
It was touching to hear Michael introduce I Wanted To Be Wrong as the
first song he's written autobiographically...Walk Unafraid rocked and
I finally got to see Life and How to Live It live....so good.
No surprises with the encore...What's The Frequency, Kenneth? was
good, but wished Mike sang backup like he used to on it. Sweetness
Follows was a nice surprise...very moving. It was that song Michael
was introducing as a request from opening act, Now It's Overheard
where he said, "would you shut the fuck up, I'm trying to talk!"
Not real crazy about Gonna DJ and Man on the Moon ended the entire
night on a high note. It was a great show....right up there with
Cleveland show last summer on the Best Of tour.
Rumours, highlights, comments:
Since Bruce Springsteen will be in Columbus tomorrow for a Kerry
rally, it was rumoured that he may be in town for the Cincy show ....
no such luck.
Surprised nothing from Green...with the political atmosphere in Ohio
so thick you could cut it with a knife it would've been great to hear
World Leader Pretend. NOTE: There was a megaphone on the drum riser
thinking it would be used for Orange Crush...but alas no. I can't
remember it ever being used during the set...could it have been for
the breakdown in Exhuming McCarthy.
Michael telling the crowd to help him out with the high notes in the
chorus for Imitation of Life....by the way, he hit every note.
And finally to the idiot that yelled, "why don't you play something
from your first ten albums..." (far right floor)... Finest Worksong,
Begin The Begin, Exhuming McCarthy, and Cuyahoga had all been played
by then....so get a clue.
All in all...one amazing night.
"...look who bought the myth..."
Ciao!
Vero
--
[Question]: Do you have a motto in life?
[Peter Buck]: Em... "LET'S PANIC LATER". Ha, ha!
I seem to use that a lot. Because everyone around me is always
panicking. I live at a kind of high anxiety level, but I don’t worry
about stuff that much. I just feel that, you know, you can worry about 
this shit now or you can deal with it when the time comes, and it’ll 
probably be fine.
:-) :-)

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Grazie Vero per metterci sempre le list aggiornate!
E ora, dopo aver fatto Electron Blue, ne mancano ancora due (The Ascent e
The worst joke ever, se non sbaglio)... poi l'abbiamo fatto tutto questo
ATS.
Dol
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 stage! <snip>
I got a few pics of REM at the rally - they're at
http://www.carinemily.com/michaelmoore/
 if anyone wants to see them.


http://www.carinemily.com/michaelmoore/
 if anyone wants to see them.
Thank you very much! You're welcome.
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