Grand Rapids Setlist 05/30/08

[Refugee]

You Wreck Me
You Don’t Know How It Feels
I Won’t Back Down
Even The Losers
Free Fallin’
Saving Grace
Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Sweet William
End Of The Line
The Waiting
Straight Into Darkness
Spike
Face In The Crowd
Learning To Fly
Don’t Come Around Here No More
Refugee
Runnin’ Down A Dream


Mystic Eyes
American Girl

[martin03345]

Well I'll be damned, Sweet William!, Straight into Darkness, End of the Line!, and Spike, that's a great deep cut list, although some I could deal without, that's just a fucking great list

[Refugee]

Hallelujah! No It's Good To Be King! :003:

[martin03345]

I don't like the fact they started off with 2 Wildflowers songs and the fact they only played 18 songs instead of 21 like usual but hell, I think I can live with it with those deep cuts, hopefully someone booted that show

[surfnburn]

Hallelujah! No It's Good To Be King! :003:

"it ain't over till the fat lady gets high" They still may add it....lol

Wow...great set list. Very cool.

[Echosoftom]

Well I'll be damned, Sweet William!, Straight into Darkness, End of the Line!, and Spike, that's a great deep cut list, although some I could deal without, that's just a fucking great list
Martin, I agree wholeheartedly! :045:

I tried not to look, I really did, but I just couldn't help myself.

Thanks Ref!

[Refugee]

^ Don't kill my buzz. :077:

[Refugee]

Martin, I agree wholeheartedly! :045:

I tried not to look, I really did, but I just couldn't help myself.

LOL! I knew you couldn't. :045:

[Echosoftom]

You know I've been saying in the back of my mind that I wished they would play End of the Line. OMG! And Straight into Darkness. Okay, now I will resume my no looking policy, lol.

[martin03345]

I've been saying for quite awhile, drop Handle with Care and put End of the Line on, and I wish they would do it the extended version with the long opening, it would build up great anticipation and would just be so freaking cool

[TheWildOne]

Nice move opening with You Wreck Me. Love that song and it is a great rocker to start things rolling. Nice setlist, but I agree that it needs to be a couple of songs longer. Great to see Straight Into Darkness there! I would love to see more from that album. Happy to see Face In The Crowd. I was hoping to see Breakdown make a comeback. It will be great if Tom changes up the set-list throughout the tour. Woo hoo! The tour is on!

[agirl]

Spike?? YAY!! I hope he sings it at the Hollywood Bowl. I've been dying to see that live. All in all not a bad setlist. Thanks for posting this, Ref.

[Marion]

That looks like a great setlist to me. I'll be they jam on Sweet William! End of the Line and Face in the Crowd. It looks like they mixed it up pretty good and kept enough greatest hits in there to keep people happy.

[Flower]

I cant wait! Staight into darkness LOVE IT!!

[Marion]

What, no Free Fallin? They must have played Free Fallin'.

[Gatorfan]

Love that setlist!! Oooooo, I can't wait for tonight.... hoping they keep The Waiting in there....am keeping everything crossed for Swingin or Out In The Cold! :heart: Thanks for posting this Ref :)

[Starfish]

Spike and Straight Into Darkness - omg, I've died and gone to heaven. :)

[Nylle]

OMG! This is amazing!! Straight Into Darkness is my absolute favorite, I need that one in Raleigh!

What, no Free Fallin? They must have played Free Fallin'.

ssshhhh, Marion - don't remind them! :p


I tried not to look, I really did, but I just couldn't help myself.

Sharon, I have somehow managed to not look at the Mark Knoplfer setlists and the tour started 3 months ago. My first show is in Red Rocks in 3 weeks so I think I can make it. I thought about doing the same for TPATH but when I saw your email this morning that said "What about that setlist?" I ran right over! A person only has so much resolve!

[Kim]

Great show last night. Tom was in good spirits and all smiles last night! Very happy with the setlist. I was blown away that they did "Sweet William"!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I was going to Detroit tonight!!
Do not miss Steve Winwood. He was awesome. Looked great, sounded great. Him and his band were great.

[Magnolia]

I am freaking out over SPIKE! That song has been on my wish list forever!! And Kay, I agree that You Wreck Me is a GREAT opener! Plus, End of the Line?? I'm very happy this morning!! :045:

[The Wild One, Forever]

Im so happy about this setlist! Im really excited about End of The LIne and Straight Into Darkness. I really can't wait until my show now!!

[Yuriko]

I'd die for Spike... but I live in the wrong end of earth... sigh.:mad:

[Mudcrutch]

(Debbie Downer here)

Sort of short no? Hopefully they beef it up a bit..

[SingsInFrench]

I was blown away that they did "Sweet William"!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone who's commented loves Sweet William. I don't know it! :confused:

Please clue me in!

Thank you :)

[Echosoftom]

Sharon, I have somehow managed to not look at the Mark Knoplfer setlists and the tour started 3 months ago. My first show is in Red Rocks in 3 weeks so I think I can make it. I thought about doing the same for TPATH but when I saw your email this morning that said "What about that setlist?" I ran right over! A person only has so much resolve!
Thank god I'm not the only weak link, LOL! Thank you, Ellyn! :)

I'm still reeling from Straight into Darkness. :045:

[wild1forever]

WOW! Straight into Darkness!!! End of the Line!!! :041:

And I'm with Ref...very nice to NOT see IGTBK. :p

[AmyLou]

First of all - they definitely did do Free Fallin...
Saving Grace kind of snuck in with an awesome intro... they totally rocked it out.
End of the Line - that was my ONE request - thought Scott would do a great job on the other parts and he did... totally made the show.

and OMFG - Spike!

I have lots of stories to tell about this one... someday :)

[Magnolia]

^ Amy, how did the crowd react to Spike? I hope, hope, HOPE they keep
it in the set-list for Hollywood!!! I will f-ing FREAK OUT!!

[jawallac]

Just got home from a great night and day in Grand Rapids. I'll post something longer a little later. The crowd seemed OK with Spike. I was in the 18th row, between TP and Ron, and could hear people singing along though. I personally freaked over Straight Into Darkness..... More later :)

[jawallac]

Here you go folks --

Well to start with, my big concern wasn't locating the hotel or the arena. I was concerned about the weather. All week long the weatherpeople had been talking about thunderstorms rolling through Michigan. Even as I watched the weather at noon on Friday - they were still predicting heavy rain, potential for hail...just a mess.

I drove to my friend's house, got her things into the car, and we drove to Grand Rapids - a little longer than a 90 minute drive for me. As we were leaving town, it rained. But as we got closer to Grand Rapids, the skies opened up, and it turned into a gorgeous summer evening. No problems driving or finding the hotel. No need for rain gear.

We stayed at the JW Marriott, the newest hotel in town. It's spiffy! Just look at the website (http://www.ilovethejw.com/)and you'll see what I mean. We chilled in the room, ordered room service, and talked and talked. The hotel was also two blocks from the arena - no problem to walk.

Arrived at 7pm for the 7:30 show time. There was no line at will call. Getting into the venue was a piece of cake. The crowd was well behaved and courteous, though definitely there to rock out. I'd been worried that being on the floor I wouldn't be able to see a thing, but those fears were allayed as Steve Winwood and band took the stage.

I am not a big Winwood fan, but made an effort to listen to some of his music before the show. I know he's a legend and assumed the set would be fantastic. No disappointment there at all, though I couldn't tell you the songs. I closed my eyes, grooved and floated to the expansive jamming. As a reviewer said people really weren't into it much. On the hits, though, people sang along. Not much standing up and dancing..... At the end they did get a standing ovation.

Now, the guys who were sitting next to me, I'm not sure what the [bleep] they were even doing in the building - how many beer runs can there be in a three hour period? Seriously. One of them sat down for 2-3 songs during the Petty set to send a few text messages! I liked it best when they two left to go get beer -- more room for me to dance. :003:

I don't think I need to explain how fabulous the TPATH set was. Don't think I've got the words. Exactly what I expected and then some. The set list choices surprised me....I screamed for joy at Straight Into Darkness and Spike. The lady next to me was hoping for Honeybee....humph, maybe next tour or show???? Anyhow, I kept looking from the video screens to the live performance - a bit surreal. The video made me think I was in my home watching a DVD, but then I'd look down...and there they were. LOL. By the end of the night I watched more of the live performance than the video version. The TPATH set ran just over two hours - maybe 2:15? The Winwood set clocked in right around the 60 minute mark.

I didn't have a camera with me, sorry for those of you hoping for pix. I really wanted to just enjoy this show and get the full "PETTY" experience. I am a Petty-live virgin no longer. :cool:

I will try to describe the lighting setup a bit more. A tree is a good metaphor. Maybe half of a tree? I like half of an opened umbrella - now get that in your mind's eye. Far above the stage, video screens around the outside of the opened umbrella. "Cubes" dangling from the right and left sides of the umbrella...the cubes were smaller video screens. Also, on the 'inside' and upper portion of the umbrella, another large video screen. And, from the inside of that screen, on either side of Ferrone, strings of lights which resembled the old carnival lights on strings..... I dunno. :rolleyes:

Ahhh, you'll see what I mean. Now where are all of the videos I saw being shot last night? And when can I get a bootleg? LOL. Great show - no disappointments. I'll be watching the set list like everyone else - wonder how it will develop.... Gotta go burn a CD of these older songs for the folks who are going to Blossom in June with me..... maybe take a nap first.

[AmyLou]

^ Amy, how did the crowd react to Spike? I hope, hope, HOPE they keep
it in the set-list for Hollywood!!! I will f-ing FREAK OUT!!

I was up front so didn't really get the reaction from behind, but I would say about half of the people there had ever heard the song. We were going just ballistic over it -
Without getting all "about me" because as we all know when you get eye contact from any one of these guys from the stage you feel like the prettiest girl in the room... (as always I digress), but Tom was definitely for lack of better words - challenged and amused - that we up front could match him word for word on Spike. It was definitely one of the main highlights of the show. They HAVE to keep it in. :045:

[jawallac]

Loved TP's "Baroooooo" during Spike, too.

[AmyLou]

Baroooooooooooooooooooooooooo! :)

[Pettyjunkie]

Wow, the set list looks awesome! I will just die during Straight Into Darkness...and yes no IGTBK!!

Thanks Jawallac for the review. Show sounds amazing!

[Babydoll]

Sweet William!!!!! Yippeeeee!!! What a wonderful surprise choice. I hope there is a boot out there or better yet, they keep it in for one of my shows!

Spike! I've seen this one live and can't wait to see it again!!! ....

Best of all.......No Handle With Care. An ok song, but I'm so over it by now.

It's gonna be a great summer:045: But, I had no doubts, not with these guys!

[jawallac]

Even The Losers

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[jawallac]

Straight Into Darkness
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[jawallac]

There's a nice series of pictures from the show are up over at the officials. I've been periodically checking both boards since I got home.

[Yuppie]

I am glad to see, Spike, Face In The Crowd, and End Of The Line. Straight Into Darkness is cool too. I would like to see more, less played songs though.

[Marion]

I love Straight Into Darkeness. I hope they keep it in for my shows. Thanks for the videos, JaWallac. :)

[WildflowerNJ]

Oh Man, I LOVE Straight Into Darkness!!!!! Thank you so much for all these videos, jawallac!!

[WildflowerNJ]

Hey, jawallac...I loved reading your review, too....thank you for sharing that. That stage sounds so cool....I can't wait till Thursday!!!

[Raelin]

WOW!! Great set list. I really hope they do Spike in Chicago, and Straight In To Darkness. I LOVE those songs. :heart::)

[KansasPettyFan]

Spike AND Sweet William! Oh, my! I hope they keep these in or if they mix them up I can at least see them at 1 of my 3 shows.

Excellent review, Jawallac!!!

Had to think for a second about Barroooooo! LOL But I got it! I hope that one shows up on YouTube. :)

[KansasPettyFan]

I tried not to look, I really did, but I just couldn't help myself.


Ditto for me. I was really going to try but forget it! I am more excited than ever about this tour. And I can't wait to see the stage set up either. :003:

[Magnolia]

quote=AmyLou;without getting all "about me" because as we all know when you get eye contact from any one of these guys from the stage you feel like the prettiest girl in the room... (as always I digress), but Tom was definitely for lack of better words - challenged and amused - that we up front could match him word for word on Spike. It was definitely one of the main highlights of the show. They HAVE to keep it in. :045:

^ Ha ha! How fun that must have been!!
^^ Julie - thanks so much for your great review. Glad you had such a
wonderful time!!

[Dynabeat Tim]

I didn't see anyone say what the average age of the crowd was ?

[jawallac]

Thanks everyone - I remember on the 06 tour that I always enjoyed the reviews that people posted. Made me feel like I was there, even though I wasn't.

Tim: The crowd was older, well-behaved. I think the age range stretched from 20s-50s+. Seemed to be mostly older 30, 40, 50ish.

[nurktwin]

tim, don't ask a question like that here, or to a woman about age! women don't like that...lol. you'll get blown away, these women are brutal!......but i love them.

[Doozie]

What happened to the u tube video clips that were posted earlier this morning-I wanted to view them tonight,and cannot find them now?:icon_neutral:

[Marion]

I forgot to say, great review, JaWallace! I enjoyed reading of your first TPATH experience. I still remember the first time I saw them live. Life was never the same for me after that.

[Echosoftom]

I'm so glad a great time was had by all. Julie, loved your review and thanks for posting the youtubes. I can't wait till the 25th of June! :003: