So what would you like to see them play on these dates, and the nights to follow? Raging jams? Tender ballads? Bluegrass? Experimental narration? New songs? What’s your poison?
New song*
Awesome old song*
New song*
New song*
Awesome old song*
One of my favorite PH songs
Some song I don’t like from the mid nineties or so
Beatles cover
Awesome new song*
Awesome old song*
Awesome old song*
Fish on vacuum for whatever song gets him there
Awesome old song>
Awesome old song>
Awesome old song>
New song that fans are mixed about but why? It’s awesome you guys!!
E: Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You
[*these are songs with a high degree of difficulty, played with precision and earnest…ness. Or Ernest, at least.]
The Mothership, March 6, 2009
Set I
The Oh Kee Pah Ceremony > Tweezer (Reprise) > Undermind*, Run Like An Antelope -> Have Mercy -> Run Like An Antelope, Wolfman’s Brother** > Cavern
Set II
Suzy Greenberg*** -> Walk Away -> Suzy Greenberg > #Carini, Guelah Papyrus, Vocal Jam## -> You Enjoy Myself
Encore
Friday^ > Fluffhead
Show Notes
*live debut; formerly soundchecked ** David Bowie intro tease before quick segue into Cavern. *** Trey changes lyrics to “Suze, Suze Orman” in reference to the fiscal commentator on TV. #Fishman announces during the intro “welcome back to the stage, Mr. Pete Carini!!” ## Mike starts the intro to ‘Halley’s Comet’ but the rest of the band joins in, quickly turning into a vocal jam that segues into YEM. ^ Unfinished; ending abruptly and segueing into ‘Fluffhead.’ First ‘Fluffhead’ since 9/29/00.
The Mothership, March 7, 2009
Set I
Halley’s Comet -> David Bowie, Runaway Jim -> Foam > Army of One*, Tube**, Tela, Poor Heart > Scent of a Mule***
Set II
Tweezer^ -> Simple -> Steep > Swept Away > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove^^ -> Seven Below -> Weekapaug Groove
Encore
The Curtain (With) > Rift
Show Notes
- Page solo. ** With an extended jam segment based on Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love.’ *** Mule Duel between Mike and Page; Page quotes ‘Rhapsody In Blue’ though ‘Bathtub Gin’ is not played; when Mike sings ‘UFO’ the band shouts “the Mothership!!” instead. ^ With ‘46 Days’ and ‘Walk This Way’ teases. ^^ Mike’s bass solo leads the band into ‘Seven Below.’
The Mothership, March 8, 2009
Set I
2001 > Cities -> Gumbo* -> Cities > 46 Days**
Set II
The Divided Sky > Wilson > Big Black Furry Creature From Mars*** > Heartbreaker Jam^ -> A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing, Get Back > Bathtub Gin
Encore
The Wedge > Weigh > Free
Show Notes
- With spacey jam and band singing “home on the strange” in monotone voices. **Trey teases ‘NICU’, ‘Reba’, and ‘Stash.’ *** Fishman and Page come to the front of the stage and bounce on the new trampolines while Mike and Trey continue the aural madness. ^ BBFCFM trails off into a sludgey riff based on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Heartbreaker’ which eventually segues into ‘A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing.’
Hampton Colliseum, March 6, 2009
SOUNDCHECK
Smooth Criminal, Soulja Boy (Tell 'Em), E.G.G.M.A.N. -> Roses Are Free, Fenrir
SET I
The Curtain -> 2001 -> Split Open And Melt, Sample In A Jar -> A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing -> Cavern, Wolfman’s Brother -> Simple, Bouncing Around The Room
SET II
Punch You In The Eye -> Gamehenge.
ENCORES
Slave To The Traffic Light, Freebird (acapella), Walls Of The Cave
EXTRA SPECIAL 5 AM SET PLAYED ON THE BACK OF A FLATBED TRUCK TRAPPED IN THE TRAFFIC JAM OUT OF HAMPTON:
Breathe/Breathe (Reprise), In My Life, Fluffhead -> Bulls On Parade, Whip It, Selkies: The Endless Obsession
Good stuff, both of yas!
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA, March 6, 2009
Set I
Chalkdust Torture, Rift, Gumbo, Moma Dance, New Song, Wilson, Character Zero, New Song, Julius, Divided Sky
Set II
Alumni Blues> Letter to Jimmy Page> Alumni Blues> Sneakin Sally Through the Alley, Runaway Jim, The Lizards, Funky Bitch, Bathtub Gin, Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore
Hello My Baby, You Enjoy Myself*
*With Trampolines and Rotation Jam
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA, March 7, 2009
Set I
Possum, 46 days, New Song Limb by Limb, 2001> Piper, Down with Disease>Shafty>Maze
Set II
Birds of a Feather, Stash, Mound, Meatstick*, Glide, Split Open and Melt> Hampton Jam, Run Like an Antelope
Encore
New Song, Ghost**
*Complete with dance, **Longest and sickest to date, with psycho killer tease
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton VA, March 8, 2009
Set I
Oh Kee Pa Ceremony> AC/DC Bag, Tweezer, Harpua, New Song, Harpua, New Song, New Song> Hampton Jam
Set II
Mikes Song> Simple> Mikes Song> Icculus> Simple> Mikes Song> I am Hydrogen> Weekapaug Groove, Roses are Free, Sample in a Jar, New Song, Reba
Encore
Golgi Apparatus, Harry Hood, Tweezer (Reprise)
March 6th, 2009 Hampton Colliseum
I: Tweezer > 46 Days, I Didn’t Know, Stash -> Mantecca -> Stash, Scents And Subtle Sounds > Golgi Apparatus
II: Tube -> The Moma Dance -> Ghost > Tube, Waves, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg > 2001
E: The Curtain (With)*
*Fluffhead intro tease
March 7th, 2009 Hampton Colliseum
I: Piper > You Enjoy Myself, The Mango Song, Bathtub Gin, Fee, Chalkdust Torture > Harry Hood
II: Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Two Versions Of Me, Down With Disease > Slave To The Traffic Light > Cavern
E: AC/DC Bag > Frankenstein
March 8th, 2009 Hampton Colliseum
I: Fluffhead, Split Open And Melt > Free, The Lizards, Glide, Army Of One, David Bowie
II: Possum > Reba, Seven Below, Sand -> First Tube, Wilson > Run Like An Antelope
E: The Divided Sky > Tweezer Reprise
I Fluffhead, Roggae, When the Circus Comes to Town>Mike’s>Hydrogen>Bowie>Weekapaug
II Halley’s Comet, Ride Captain Ride, Moma Dance>Rift, Runaway Jim> Harry Hood
E Tube
march 6th, 2009
I: Slave to the Traffic Light > HA HA HA> Tweezer, Water in the Sky, Walls of the Cave
II: Divided Sky, Ghost> Frankie Says> Free> Maggie’s Revenge> Free, Sample
E: The Curtain (with)
march 7th, 2009
I: Buried Alive> Llama, Undermind, Foam, Twist> Bowie
II: Runaway Jim, Halley’ Comet, Glide, Stash> Tweezer reprise
E: You Enjoy Myself
march 8th, 2009
I: Mike’s Song> I am H2> Weekepaug, Buffalo Bill, Tube, Forbin> Famous mocking bird, Maze
II: Rift, Seven Below> Piper> Prince caspian, Taste, Squirming Coil
E: Waste, Destiny Unbound
LMAO that would be the most insane run ever, that would be awesome if they started Friday just to fuck with everyone…or Trey sang the first verse of Secret Smile
The last Fluffhead was on my birthday too, that would be a treat to see the first one back too.
Alright, I’ll give it a shot…
3/6/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
1: Tube, 2001> Sneakin’ Salley Through the Alley, 46 Days, Farmhouse, Chalkdust Torture
2: Split Open and Melt> Big Black Furry Creature From Mars, Beauty of My Dreams, Mike’s Song->Piper->I Am Hyrdogen->Weekapaug Groove
E: Good Times Bad Times
3/7/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
1: Rock and Roll->Possum, My Sweet One, Reba, The Mango Song, You Enjoy Myself
2: Down with Disease, Wilson, Run Like an Antelope->Alumni Blues, Harry Hood, Bouncing Around the Room, Walls of the Cave
E: The Divided Sky*, The Squirming Coil
*Trey teases Fluffhead before starting Divided Sky
3/8/09 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
1: Tweezer Reprise>Tweezer, The Wedge, Lawn Boy, The Moma Dance->Bathtub Gin, Suzy Greenberg
2: The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony>Fluffhead, Fee-> Runaway Jim, Golgi Apparatus, Character Zero> Slave to the Traffic Light
E: David Bowie
THIS THREAD IS GETTING ME WAY TOO EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE!!!~
^^I would love if the that first set of the first night was reversed!
YaH!!!
^Nah, I prefer the Tube opener.
^understandable!
Okay, I’ll take a stab at this. Funk Night in the Mothership:
3/6/09
I:
Oh Kee Pa->YEM, Gumbo*-> Split Open and Melt>McGrupp, Makisupa**->Have Mercy, Slave!***
II:
2001#->Sneakin’ Sally->Camel Walk, B.E.K.****->Ghost
E:
Cities->Antelope##
*Long, unfinished, porno funk
** “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” Hunter S. Thompson quote, followed by “DRUGS!”
***Have Mercy Teases thorughout
****Heavy, HEAVY Ghost teases
Mike walks over to Page as they come out and handcuffs his right hand to the clavinet
“Mike-O Esquandolas”
That is some laugh out loud stuff there, LOL!
Didn’t somebody post that in another setlist thread awhile back?? It sounds strikingly familiar.
Who cares?
I’ll take this one…
Friday March 13th 2009. Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, MI
I. NICU*%, Talk*, Piper*%, Pennyroyal Tea*#->Rotation Jam*->Alaska*, Acoustic Army*, Ballad of Curtis Lowe, McGrupp, YEM
II. Timber Ho->2001->Timber Ho, Mango Song, Mike’s->Mr Completely->Rock & Roll->Weekapuag->Spock’s Brain, Slave
E. Ha Ha Ha
Have Mercy
- Acoustic mini stage from NICU thru Acoustic Army.
% instrumental no lyrics
Nirvana cover concert debut
I’d go to it.