Predicting the Tour Rotation

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Okay, I took some time to put this list together. I decided the most logical way to do it was to break it down into various categories.
- There are three songs as far as I can tell that someone has confirmed will be played. Others mentioned as confirmed earlier in this thread may not be so confirmed after all. I only wanted to include clear examples on this list. If there are more examples, let me know and I'll move them into the confirmed category.
- Assumed is where I am including all songs that he has played for the past 10-15 years, and all songs where it's only logical that it would be played.
- Likely is the category where it would certainly seem like a strong candidate, but there's no real evidence either way.
- Possible category has a lot of different types of tracks listed. In each case there's some minor holdback that keeps it from being a shoo-in. In some cases, it's just the extreme obscurity of the song which just means there's a chance Al doesn't care for it and will skip it. In other cases, the song has some element that could make it hard to play live.
- Unlikely also has a lot of interesting cases, but mostly are ones that seem especially hard to play live. Buckingham Blues is also here due to the outdated lyrics.
- Confirmed No has only two tracks, but will add more if anyone knows of more.

All Confirmed + Assumed + Likely = 53. This is a pure coincidence, but it happens to match the number Bermuda mentioned last week on a FB post. So those three categories make up my prediction of what songs will be played this tour. A very cool list! I hope I'm wrong and a few of the "Possible" tracks make their way in, too!


Confirmed:
Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung
Generic Blues
Albuquerque

Assumed:
Happy Birthday
Midnight Star
Buy Me A Condo
Dare To Be Stupid
Dog Eat Dog
You Make Me
Melanie
Good Old Days
Let Me Be Your Hog
The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota
You Don't Love Me Anymore
Frank's 2000" TV
The Night Santa Went Crazy
Party At The Leper Colony
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Why Does This Always Happen To Me?
Bob
Close But No Cigar
CNR
Skipper Dan
Craigslist
Lame Claim To Fame
First World Problems

Likely:
The Check's In The Mail
I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
Mr. Popeil
Nature Trail To Hell
One More Minute
One Of Those Days
Don't Wear Those Shoes
Good Enough For Now
Velvet Elvis
UHF
I Was Only Kidding
When I Was Your Age
Airline Amy
Young Dumb & Ugly
Traffic Jam
Harvey the Wonder Hamster
Everything You Know Is Wrong
Callin' In Sick
I'm So Sick of You
I Remember Larry
My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder
Germs
Your Horoscope For Today
I'll Sue Ya
If That Isn't Love
My Own Eyes
Jackson Park Express

Possible:
Gotta Boogie
Such A Groovy Guy
That Boy Could Dance
Slime Creatures From Outer Space
This Is The Life
Cable TV
Christmas At Ground Zero
Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White
Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars
Fun Zone
Trigger Happy
Talk Soup
She Never Told Me She Was A Mime
Waffle King
Since You've Been Gone
Truck Drivin' Song
Virus Alert
Don't Download This Song
Ringtone
Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me
Mission Statement

Unlikely:
Buckingham Blues
Twister
The Weird Al Show Theme
Pancreas
Weasel Stomping Day
Sports Song

Confirmed No:
Hardware Store
Genius In France
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TMBJon wrote:Okay, I took some time to put this list together. I decided the most logical way to do it was to break it down into various categories.
- There are three songs as far as I can tell that someone has confirmed will be played. Others mentioned as confirmed earlier in this thread may not be so confirmed after all. I only wanted to include clear examples on this list. If there are more examples, let me know and I'll move them into the confirmed category.
- Assumed is where I am including all songs that he has played for the past 10-15 years, and all songs where it's only logical that it would be played.
- Likely is the category where it would certainly seem like a strong candidate, but there's no real evidence either way.
- Possible category has a lot of different types of tracks listed. In each case there's some minor holdback that keeps it from being a shoo-in. In some cases, it's just the extreme obscurity of the song which just means there's a chance Al doesn't care for it and will skip it. In other cases, the song has some element that could make it hard to play live.
- Unlikely also has a lot of interesting cases, but mostly are ones that seem especially hard to play live. Buckingham Blues is also here due to the outdated lyrics.
- Confirmed No has only two tracks, but will add more if anyone knows of more.

All Confirmed + Assumed + Likely = 53. This is a pure coincidence, but it happens to match the number Bermuda mentioned last week on a FB post. So those three categories make up my prediction of what songs will be played this tour. A very cool list! I hope I'm wrong and a few of the "Possible" tracks make their way in, too!


Confirmed:
Mr. Frump In The Iron Lung
Generic Blues
Albuquerque

Assumed:
Happy Birthday
Midnight Star
Buy Me A Condo
Dare To Be Stupid
Dog Eat Dog
You Make Me
Melanie
Good Old Days
Let Me Be Your Hog
The Biggest Ball of Twine In Minnesota
You Don't Love Me Anymore
Frank's 2000" TV
The Night Santa Went Crazy
Party At The Leper Colony
Wanna B Ur Lovr
Why Does This Always Happen To Me?
Bob
Close But No Cigar
CNR
Skipper Dan
Craigslist
Lame Claim To Fame
First World Problems

Likely:
The Check's In The Mail
I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead
Mr. Popeil
Nature Trail To Hell
One More Minute
One Of Those Days
Don't Wear Those Shoes
Good Enough For Now
Velvet Elvis
UHF
I Was Only Kidding
When I Was Your Age
Airline Amy
Young Dumb & Ugly
Traffic Jam
Harvey the Wonder Hamster
Everything You Know Is Wrong
Callin' In Sick
I'm So Sick of You
I Remember Larry
My Baby's In Love With Eddie Vedder
Germs
Your Horoscope For Today
I'll Sue Ya
If That Isn't Love
My Own Eyes
Jackson Park Express

Possible:
Gotta Boogie
Such A Groovy Guy
That Boy Could Dance
Slime Creatures From Outer Space
This Is The Life
Cable TV
Christmas At Ground Zero
Stuck In A Closet With Vanna White
Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters From A Planet Near Mars
Fun Zone
Trigger Happy
Talk Soup
She Never Told Me She Was A Mime
Waffle King
Since You've Been Gone
Truck Drivin' Song
Virus Alert
Don't Download This Song
Ringtone
Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me
Mission Statement

Unlikely:
Buckingham Blues
Twister
The Weird Al Show Theme
Pancreas
Weasel Stomping Day
Sports Song

Confirmed No:
Hardware Store
Genius In France
Now it may have changed, but at the end of the last tour a band member did tell me that the plan was to perform Fun Zone live.

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Still a strong possibility! They'd kind of have to do it at every single show though, as an opener.
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TMBJon wrote:There are three songs as far as I can tell that someone has confirmed will be played. Others mentioned as confirmed earlier in this thread may not be so confirmed after all. I only wanted to include clear examples on this list. If there are more examples, let me know and I'll move them into the confirmed category.
As far as "confirmed" goes...

Performed at the 501st Bash (as a preview of the 2018 tour):
CNR
I'll Sue Ya
Melanie
Albuquerque

Mentioned in Podcasts:
Generic Blues (Jim said he was practicing this)
Craigslist (Jon said they were probably playing this)
Trigger Happy (I believe a member on here said Jim confirmed it was being rehearsed)
Mr. Frump (Al mentioned it in an interview)

So you can interpret those how you see fit.
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Two weeks away! Hope there is somebody on here attending that show?? No, one week! Two weeks till my first show.
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I don't care what songs get performed since I love them all. I have been very curious on how many songs they can squeeze into 1 1/2 hours and still schmooze with the audience and take any needed breaks. 18 songs? That is the line to start the over/under betting.
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Yankomaniac wrote:Two weeks away! Hope there is somebody on here attending that show?? No, one week! Two weeks till my first show.
Nope, but attending the second show! Plan on going in blind, I get what I get, and then I go home, read the setlist from the first night and rage/pray that certain songs I missed show up at one of the two NYC shows later that month.....

Somehow I really doubt that the costume-heavy originals (Dog Eat Dog, DTBS) are going to make appearances. Then again, I didn't think I'd ever see Bedrock Anthem live again, and it was brought back sans-costume in the medley.

Anyone think that there might be an originals Medley on this tour? Possibly a "now we're gonna perform all the old stuff that nobody really wants to hear" medley of first album songs?
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I think there probably will. Make sure you post your set here after you get home HAHA. Will be excited to hear what was done.
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TMBJon wrote:Okay, I took some time to put this list together.
Wow... someone from the media reached out to interview me about this list and my predictions! :blink:
Can't wait for you all to see it!
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TMBJon wrote:
TMBJon wrote:Okay, I took some time to put this list together.
Wow... someone from the media reached out to interview me about this list and my predictions! :blink:
Can't wait for you all to see it!
That's incredibly odd that the media was lurking around here...congrats! Anyway, you can now add Trigger Happy to the confirmed list after today's podcast
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