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warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 4699

Kevin Davis wrote:

warehouse wrote:

i wonder how many times 'yellow ledbetter' was played and not played last. has this happened before 'setting sun'?

Early on for sure -- in '93 and '94, maybe into '95, it was played a number of times at various different points in the set. But throughout '95 and certainly by '96, its placement as a closer became pretty fixed. There have been rare exceptions since then, but I don't think (last time I saw them at Wrigley in '16, they played "YL" at what felt like the end of the show, but then they ended on "I've Got a Feeling").

i stopped being lazy and looked myself. of the 395 it's been played, it wasn't the last song 43 times. i assume it was 33 before this tour.

Matters · **Joined:** Tue December 24, 2019 8:48 pm **Posts:** 1818

stip wrote:

Hard to count porch and leash since im assuming these were pretty much exclusively when they just had 1-2 albums

Naw, count ‘em. Every time they’ve closed with Porch or Leash they could’ve closed with Baba, Alive, I’ve Got a Feeling or Fuckin’ Up but they chose to close with Porch or Leash.

mikejasond · **Joined:** Mon July 08, 2013 11:12 pm **Posts:** 3491

I wish Rockin in the Free World wasn't second. I mean it's a nice song and a good cover, but I don't like them ending on somebody else's song.

Matters · **Joined:** Tue December 24, 2019 8:48 pm **Posts:** 1818

I love the songs that move along nicely for a while and then suddenly turn on a dime into some of the best music I’ve ever heard.

“I am the Resurrection” by The Stone Roses and “Telegraph Road” by Dire Straits are my favorite examples.

RockPusher · **Posted:** Wed August 28, 2024 6:32 pm

Matters wrote:

I love the songs that move along nicely for a while and then suddenly turn on a dime into some of the best music I’ve ever heard.

“I am the Resurrection” by The Stone Roses and “Telegraph Road” by Dire Straits are my favorite examples.

Black Crowes are also really good at that.

logan5ive · **Posted:** Wed January 15, 2025 4:26 pm

Setting Sun currently sits as my #3 PJ song behind Rats and I Got ID. The two live performances of the song I saw in Seattle last year were transcendent.

Sloppy Dupree · **Joined:** Thu January 09, 2025 1:49 pm **Posts:** 491

I agree this is a great song.

Farmer John · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 9:25 pm **Posts:** 5657

I agree, Sloppy Dupree.

swan · **Posted:** Wed January 15, 2025 8:30 pm

warehouse wrote:

i wonder how many times 'yellow ledbetter' was played and not played last. has this happened before 'setting sun'?

This was a fun thing to look up. Turns out I saw YL not close the show 3 times before 2024. Showbox & Key Arena 2002 (Don't Believe in Christmas) and Gorge 2005 (Baba). The following night in Vancouver (9/2/05) they flipped the order of Baba/YL to close out. Had forgotten all about these.

Thought Setting Sun as the show closer was absolutely perfect in the 3 shows I saw.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 39801

Loved that version of this one in their HQ

Sloppy Dupree · **Joined:** Thu January 09, 2025 1:49 pm **Posts:** 491

Ms Harmless · **Posted:** Thu April 03, 2025 4:03 pm

possibly the best song on the album, if I was to be as objective as I can

igotworms · **Joined:** Wed September 11, 2013 3:36 pm **Posts:** 566

I actually think that it may be my favourite album closer in their catalogue. An absolute beaut.

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