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Originally Posted by cooke726
Most bands do that...even large acts
The only mainstream bands who change it up nightly on a regular basis are Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, and DMB...
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This is the #1 thing Ants seem to forget when debating DMB setlist variety. I go to see a lot of concerts for a lot of different bands/types of music. DMB is the only act I would ever bother seeing more than once per tour (or year, even).
Yes, the sets could be better. Yes, they could be more unpredictable. But in reality, DMB is about as unpredictable as mainstream bands get. Even small-time bands hardly shake it up on a nightly basis. I saw a few small alternative/punk bands this month, and they play the same 6-8 songs every night, in the same order, without fail. I enjoyed the show, but that's the reality of most live music.
DMB has spoiled us. Here's a little devil's advocate:
What if DMB played a static setlist unchanged throughout a tour, BUT the songs were all great?
Would that still bother you? Knowing that you definitely would hear songs like Two Step, Last Stop, Ants, DIDO, #41, SUAD, etc because they were in the static setlist for the tour. But that also meant you had ZERO chance of getting Captain, JTR, or even Satellite because at the top of the tour, Dave decided those weren't going to be played that year. At all.