Built To Spill 2001-09-15
9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Set 1
Hazy
You Were Right
Kicked It In The Sun
Velvet Waltz
Dream Police*
One Thing
Twin Falls >
Some
Car
***Song Order Below Unknown - Songs based on Press Article***
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Big Dipper
(probably Free Bird and What is Life as they played these at all Sept 2001 shows)
You Were Right
Kicked It In The Sun
Velvet Waltz
Dream Police*
One Thing
Twin Falls >
Some
Car
***Song Order Below Unknown - Songs based on Press Article***
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Big Dipper
(probably Free Bird and What is Life as they played these at all Sept 2001 shows)
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
INCOMPLETE SETLIST
* Cheap Trick
Published on September 17, 2001
Web Posted: 09-17-01 9:14am
Built to Spill kick out the extra-long jams with little success at 9:30
By David Malitz Diamondback staff writer www.diamondbackonline.com
You know that you're going to get a lot of long, extended jams at a Built to Spill show. It's just something you have to accept. It's only by accepting this that you'll have much of a chance of enjoying the show. Built to Spill is not one of those bands that will get on stage and perform carbon copy versions of songs from their albums.
But it also turned out that for Saturday's show at the 9:30 Club, Built to Spill wasn't a band that would perform any version of any songs from their new album. This proved to be both frustrating and disappointing. The band's newest album, Ancient Melodies of the Future, has 10 great songs, but Built to Spill chose to play only one of them, and one of the weakest ones, at that ("Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss").
Instead, they opted to play songs from deep in their catalog, including "Hazy" from their 1993 debut Ultimate Alternative Wavers and "Twin Falls" and "Big Dipper" from 1994's There's Nothing Wrong With Love. While this may be seen as a way of pleasing long-time fans, by playing old favorites, they've been playing these songs over the past few tours, and the novelty has worn off.
In fact, it was almost hard to call this a Built to Spill show. With two extra guitarists on board for this tour, what was a three-piece band became a quintet. This greatly changes the dynamics of the band. The songs are de-emphasized in favor of completely self-indulgent guitar noodling. It wouldn't be so bad if they did this for only a few songs, but just about every one featured an extended outro with all three guitarists doing their thing.
Songs such as "Velvet Waltz" lend themselves to this kind of excess, but when this is applied to a simple pop song such as "Car," it is completely out of place.
So even while the prepared audience member should have known that the songs might be long, one could at least hope that the songs would be good. But for the most part, a large chunk of each song was spent waiting for it to end. This is never a good sign.
There were exceptions. "You Were Right" worked perfectly with the layered guitar sound, but the song, arguably Built to Spill's finest moment, is nearly impossible to mess up. The band's cover of "Dream Police" was one of the highlights, with lead singer Doug Martsch belting a heartfelt rendition of the Cheap Trick classic, while the band clicked on all cylinders. The straightforward rocker was a welcome change from the rest of the night, but it also put the show in the context. When a band with as many great songs as Built to Spill has to rely on a kitschy '70s rock band for its set highlight, something is wrong
* Cheap Trick
Published on September 17, 2001
Web Posted: 09-17-01 9:14am
Built to Spill kick out the extra-long jams with little success at 9:30
By David Malitz Diamondback staff writer www.diamondbackonline.com
You know that you're going to get a lot of long, extended jams at a Built to Spill show. It's just something you have to accept. It's only by accepting this that you'll have much of a chance of enjoying the show. Built to Spill is not one of those bands that will get on stage and perform carbon copy versions of songs from their albums.
But it also turned out that for Saturday's show at the 9:30 Club, Built to Spill wasn't a band that would perform any version of any songs from their new album. This proved to be both frustrating and disappointing. The band's newest album, Ancient Melodies of the Future, has 10 great songs, but Built to Spill chose to play only one of them, and one of the weakest ones, at that ("Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss").
Instead, they opted to play songs from deep in their catalog, including "Hazy" from their 1993 debut Ultimate Alternative Wavers and "Twin Falls" and "Big Dipper" from 1994's There's Nothing Wrong With Love. While this may be seen as a way of pleasing long-time fans, by playing old favorites, they've been playing these songs over the past few tours, and the novelty has worn off.
In fact, it was almost hard to call this a Built to Spill show. With two extra guitarists on board for this tour, what was a three-piece band became a quintet. This greatly changes the dynamics of the band. The songs are de-emphasized in favor of completely self-indulgent guitar noodling. It wouldn't be so bad if they did this for only a few songs, but just about every one featured an extended outro with all three guitarists doing their thing.
Songs such as "Velvet Waltz" lend themselves to this kind of excess, but when this is applied to a simple pop song such as "Car," it is completely out of place.
So even while the prepared audience member should have known that the songs might be long, one could at least hope that the songs would be good. But for the most part, a large chunk of each song was spent waiting for it to end. This is never a good sign.
There were exceptions. "You Were Right" worked perfectly with the layered guitar sound, but the song, arguably Built to Spill's finest moment, is nearly impossible to mess up. The band's cover of "Dream Police" was one of the highlights, with lead singer Doug Martsch belting a heartfelt rendition of the Cheap Trick classic, while the band clicked on all cylinders. The straightforward rocker was a welcome change from the rest of the night, but it also put the show in the context. When a band with as many great songs as Built to Spill has to rely on a kitschy '70s rock band for its set highlight, something is wrong
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