Muppetboy09 wrote:In today's Game Grumps episode, when discussing the Strings Attached Tour, Al said that "you have not heard White & Nerdy or Dare To Be Stupid until you've heard it with a full 85 piece orchestra". I honestly didn't think DTBS would be one of the carry-overs from the Mandatory World Tour, but that seems like pretty solid confirmation in my book.
Nice info! Judging by this new info and your previous message back in November,
“ I believe Al said it would be 50/50, meaning half of the songs in this setlist would have already appeared in the Hollywood Bowl set, whereas half of them will be new. That pretty much covers most of the classics (W&N, AP, Fat, TSB, Yoda, SLN) plus 1 or two more (probably the abridged Acoustic Medley and one more parody from the MF tour). Besides that, we know one or two songs have never been played live before, and that leaves the rest up to interpretation!“
The Hollywood Bowl setlist had 11 songs in the main set, and the standard 2 song Star Wars closing. 13 total songs and with the 50% comment that alludes to 6-7 songs, but I’ll speculate he’s keeping 8 after working out a setlist.
Speculated keepers from the Hollywood Bowl setlist:
“Dare to be Stupid” (confirmed)
“Fat”
“Word Crimes”
“White and Nerdy” (confirmed)
“Amish Paradise”
“Eat It”/”I Lost on Jeopardy”/”I Love Rocky Road”/”Like a Surgeon”
“The Saga Begins”
“Yoda”
It’s hard to see him cutting any of the above songs, and DTBS and W&N were just practically confirmed per your post.
Songs cut or potentially inserted into a medley:
“Tacky”
“Now That’s What I Call Polka”
“Foil”
“Perform This Way”
“Smells Like Nirvana”
Smells Like Nirvana would be the obvious full song choices if any of the above ‘cut’ songs were kept in the main set. At that point, he would then have 9 songs carry over or 70%, which would make his 50/50 comment questionable. Perhaps he will expand the 4 Song Medley to include SLN.
A polka song with an 85 piece orchestra seems like a no-brainer, and he has not performed the Hamilton polka live, so I would speculate that song being 1 of the new songs never played before.
So with the 8 keepers and the Hamilton Polka, that brings us to 9 songs. That would leave only room for 4 more songs on the setlist.
Judging from the Self-Indulgent Tour, ‘Jackson Park Express’ was a high volume play and seems like favorite for this setlist. I would also say ‘Don’t Download This Song’ fits as well as a high volume play on the last tour and, much like JPE, lends itself well to the orchestra.
That leaves 2 remaining songs, with 1 rumored to be a never-played-live song. I’ll go ahead and present my speculation setlist:
Speculated Set List for Strings Attached
Main Set
Jackson Park Express
Hamilton Polka
Pancreas*
Word Crimes
Midnight Star**
Don’t Download This Song
Dare to be Stupid
Fat
White and Nerdy
Amish Paradise
Eat It/I Lost on Jeopardy/I Love Rocky Road/Like a Surgeon***
Encore
(We all have cellphones)
The Saga Begins
Yoda
Notes
*my never played live before pick
**Pipe dream. Missed this one during Self Indulgent Tour. The inclusion of back up singers give it some hope?
***I feel like Smells Like Nirvana may have earned a spot in the re-arrangement Medley. If he does add another song, I could also see adding ‘Fat’ and playing SNL in Fat’s place in the main set.