What was your liberation list?
I feel like this could be interesting.
Obviously liberating songs is something that has been pretty important for this band and the fanbase, but what kind of effect does it have on us over the years? We all came to the band at varying points in their career, and I think the songs that they weren't playing being such good songs was something that really drew a lot of us in. But, once you hit the point in your fandom that you become aware of the liberation list, I feel like that sets us on a whole different level of fandom. I'm biased of course, but I think the 2008-2011 tours were the peak time for the liberation list. It was a really great mix of: songs that hadn't been played for a really long time but still had a sense of "anything is possible!", a bunch of actual great songs that just weren't being played past their debuts, and it the time since last play had a pretty good variety I think in 2022, the list is too filled with stuff that wasn't very good so we don't miss it as well as being so long ago since it was played that it is very clearly totally unlikely to ever come back. So what was the liberation list when you first started to care about it? What has come off of it since then that may have lost some of your interest because it has been played more recently? What have you actually seen since then? How did you feel seeing it knowing how rare it is/once was? What have you given up on ever seeing? Mine was: People People Spotlight Get In Line Blue Water Little Thing Let You Down #40 For the Beauty of Wynona Me and Julio Mother Father Angel from Montgomery Busted Stuff Angel True Reflections Kit Kat Jam Spoon Long Black Veil Captain I Did It Crazy Easy Space Between Good Good Time Help Myself Sugar Will Cry Freedom Hello Again Minarets Christmas Song Everybody Wake Up Joyride Kill the King American Baby Steady As We Go JTR Digging a Ditch Last Stop Big Eyed Fish Break Free So Right Cortez the Killer Since then, Blue Water has gotten some heavier segue play, Let You Down showed up at Alpine as a solo song, #40 is around, Busted Stuff has been busted out, True Reflections has been played (though probably never again). Whats interesting is that everything post Angel has been played in the years since. Ive gotten Space Between, Good Good Time, Help Myself, Everybody Wake Up, JTR, and Sugar Will and dont remember or think of any of those performances except GGT. Im still chasing a lot of them and would be happy to see any of them, but theyve become much less of a wow! They played that song At the same time, my first show saw them play Big Eyed Fish, Last Stop, Digging a Ditch, and Christmas Song, then shortly after I saw Kill the King, American Baby, Break Free, So Right, and Cortez. I think a lot of the current list deserves to stay on that list, and nothing is really so far back in time that it would be nuts and unprecedented/unexpected to see them play it. I dont think anything in the top 20 songs ever gets liberated again (MAYBE Angel or a one-off full band #40) and thats okay. I think Good Good Time sticks out to me a lot because I saw it get liberated and was excited to see it back and hear it but also disappointed that it didnt sound nearly as interesting as it used to. Maybe we're all spoiled by the variety they've played in the last decade |
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Chiming in as I think this is interesting & cool. I could guess at a few (Spotlight, People People, ect.) but couldn't tell you what was on the liberation list during my first few years (first show in '08- caught Two Step & The Dreaming Tree back to back mid-set, WOW). What I do know looking back at the sets, is I saw some great shows and yes- many LIBS during those years. Still a little sour I missed the 2010 tour opener which was LIB city.
From Angel down: the one's I'd personally want to see most would be The Last Stop and JTR (don't believe I've ever seen) then LBV, Crazy Easy, Break Free (1 time each I believe) For songs not played in 2021, hope to see The Dreaming Tree and Drunken Soldier make some appearances in 2022. And Full Stop, of course. Looking forward to hearing any other's input, thanks for the thread idea Crounsa. |
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Somedevil#36 - please tone it down. The OP asked a legitimate question, no need to be insulting at all. Mod hat off but please cool it for all our sakes.
Cheers ~ Jamie |
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I am just going to go with the ones I personally saw over the past 10-12 years, as I've been quite fortunate:
JTR - I was present at all 3 most recent JTR liberations (top 3 song for me). Busted Stuff Joy Ride Hello Again Kit Kat Jam Cry Freedom Captain Break Free Kill the King 40 Recently Drunken Soldier Cortez the Killer The Riff Stolen Away Beach Ball Sweet Up and Down |
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Here's my list of liberations seen:
07.07.12 Little Thing (5912 days) 09.17.21 Rye Whiskey (4457 days) 08.31.14 Steady As We Go (2947 days) 06.24.11 Captain (2523 days) 06.03.12 Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives) (2362 days) 08.31.13 #34 (2160 days) 06.05.10 Cry Freedom (1896 days) 07.08.11 Joyride (1840 days) 06.26.11 Kill the King (1821 days) 06.25.11 Break Free (1746 days) 02.03.18 Time Bomb (1673 days) 02.03.18 Alligator Pie (1666 days) 02.03.18 Runnin' Down a Dream (1610 days) 06.02.10 Digging a Ditch (1362 days) 02.03.18 You Never Know (1288 days) 08.31.18 Spaceman (1024 days) 09.18.21 Christmas Song (1008 days) Little Thing was awesome opening Alpine N2 2012. |
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Hell of a list, Cscottrun & Sabres |
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09.17.21 – Rye Whiskey (4457 days)
06.26.15 – Down by the River (2952 days) 06.26.15 – Smooth Rider (2169 days) 07.12.19 – Joyride (2142 days) 07.14.18 – JTR (1837 days) 06.10.15 – Cortez the Killer (1362 days) 11.30.18 – Cortez the Killer (1269 days) 06.15.19 – Sugar Will (1050 days) 07.12.14 – Burning Down the House (1028 days) 06.15.19 – The Maker (1014 days) 09.18.21 – Christmas Song (1008 days) |
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06.21.08 #40 (3245 days)
08.07.07 Sweet Up and Down (2569 days) 06.24.11 Captain (2523 days) 07.14.18 JTR (1837 days) 06.26.11 Kill the King (1821 days) 06.25.11 Break Free (1746 days) 06.18.03 Pay for What You Get (1442 days) 06.18.03 Cry Freedom (1439 days) 06.17.03 The Last Stop (1437 days) 06.18.03 The Dreaming Tree (1412 days) 09.08.02 Halloween (1363 days) 06.24.16 Fool to Think (1081 days) 07.09.10 Still Water (1057 days) 05.26.13 Recently (1052 days) 05.26.13 JTR (1048 days) 06.17.03 Typical Situation (1025 days) 06.18.03 The Maker (1023 days) |
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