It's a little sad I know, but the tracks on every Idlewild album are listed below (plus a few B-sides), and beside each is how many times I've seen them play the respective song on my seven-date tour. It's currently incomplete, as I'm two gigs away from the end, but it does provide a very good demonstration of how dramatically the band are willing to shake up their sets. Here we go...
Captain (and others)
Self-Healer:
Annihilate Now!: 1
Satan Polaroid: 1
Last Night I Missed All The Fireworks:
Captain: 3
You Just Have To Be Who You Are:
Queen of the Troubled Teens:
Chandelier:
A Distant History:
= 3 different tracks, 5 performances
Hope Is Important
You've Lost Your Way:
A Film for the Future: 1
Paint Nothing: 2
When I Argue I See Shapes: 4
4 People Do Good: 1
I'm Happy To Be Here Tonight: 1
Everyone Says You're So Fragile: 4
I'm A Message: 2
You Don't Have The Heart:
Close the Door:
Safe and Sound:
Low Light:
= 7 different tracks, 15 performances
100 Broken Windows
Little Discourage: 5
I Don't Have The Map: 1
These Wooden Ideas:
Roseability: 6
Idea Track: 1
Let Me Sleep (Next to the Mirror): 1
Listen To What You've Got: 2
Actually It's Darkness: 3
Rusty: 2
Mistake Pageant:
Quiet Crown: 1
The Bronze Medal: 1
= 10 different tracks, 23 performances
The Remote Part
You Held The World In Your Arms: 6
A Modern Way of Letting Go: 6
American English: 2
I Never Wanted:
I Am What I Am Not:
Live In A Hiding Place: 4
Out of Routine: 1
Century After Century:
Tell Me Ten Words: 3
Stay the Same:
In Remote Part: 6
= 7 different tracks, 28 performances
Warnings/Promises
Love Steals Us From Loneliness: 4
Welcome Home:
I Want A Warning:
I Understand It: 1
As If I Hadn't Slept:
Too Long Awake: 3
Not Just Sometimes But Always: 1
The Space Between All Things:
El Capitan:
Blame It On The Obvious Ways: 4
Disconnected: 1
Goodnight:
= 6 different tracks, 14 performances
Make Another World
In Competition for the Worst Time: 3
Everything (As It Moves):
No Emotion: 4
Make Another World: 3
If It Takes You Home:
Future Works: 1
You and I Are Both Away:
A Ghost in the Arcade: 1
Once In Your Life: 1
Finished It Remains:
= 6 different tracks, 13 performances
Post-Electric Blues
Younger Than America: 6
Readers and Writers: 6
City Hall: 6
The Night Will Bring You Back To Life: 1
Dreams of Nothing: 1
Take Me Back To The Islands:
Post-Electric: 3
All Over The Town:
To Be Forgotten:
Circles in Stars:
Take Me Back In Time:
No Wiser:
= 6 different tracks, 23 performances
So, out of the 121 songs that I've seen Idlewild perform over five gigs, 45 have been different. That's pretty gosh darn good going, especially when you consider that most bands will alter only one or two songs within their sets. Day to day, Idlewild generally change 40-50% of their setlist. Impressive stuff. There are also only seven songs that they've played at each of the gigs. These are: Younger Than America, Readers and Writers, City Hall, You Held The World In Your Arms, A Modern Way of Letting Go, In Remote Part and Roseability.
I lead a very riveting existence, don't I?
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