Obscure setlist - the Community Consensus

[Dog]

I’ve been through everyone’s setlists in the Obscure Setlist thread, worked out the most popular choices and put them into a single setlist. I’ve tried to put each song in roughly the most commonly chosen position.

It’s pretty good!

1. Will‑O‑The‑Wisp
2. An Open Mind
3. Shameless
4. Miserablism
5. Radiophonic
6. The Resurrectionist
7. Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend
8. Delusions of Grandeur
9. Forever in Love
10. Always
11. Jack the Lad
12. A New Life
13. After the Event
14. I Didn’t Get Where I Am Today
15. The End of the World
16. The Way It Used to Be
17. Your Funny Uncle
18. One Thing Leads to Another
19. Up Against It
20. Fugitive
21. I Want a Lover
22. Tonight Is Forever

Encore:
23. This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave
24. I Want to Wake Up
25. Decide

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3p2VA ... RDrSOTQq0F

[NotInvisible]

Honestly? That would be the best concert I've ever been to. Just an incredible set list!

So of course, they'll go with something else.

[Lleonard Pler]

That'd be just about perfect. Covering most eras, with great album tracks with single potential and many songs that should have been album tracks instead of b-sides.

[VRIDD]

pretty pretty good!

[retrofuturist]

Greetings Dog,

Love it. Thanks the compilation.

Retro.

[DopeFiend]

I appreciate the research about previous setlists, but I can't say I agree with this one.
To me, the strongest PSB b-side to do live is Don Juan, and it's not even in this list!
Funny Uncle and Shameless are pretty mediocre, and have been done before. Fugitive is one of my least fave PSB songs, and they've obviously done it before. I Didn't Get Where I Am, could probably be swapped out for something stronger.
The slow songs, Always and Forever in Love don't to me seem like songs you'd want to see live. They'd practically be intermission songs.

Here are some stronger songs to replace the 6 I've mentioned:
A Man Could Get Arrested, New London Boy (Boy Harsher Remix), The Lost Room, New Boy, Hoping For A Miracle, One Night, In His Imagination, Vulnerable, Transfer, Bright Young Things, Blue On Blue, Indefinite Leave to Remain, Here, The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On, Too Many People, One and One Make Five, DJ Culture, Disco Potential, My October Symphony, I Want A Dog, You Know Where You Went Wrong, Hit Music.

My October Symphony is my personal favourite PSB song of all time. It's also a fan favourite being in the top 20? streamed PSB songs globally despite never being a single. They've done it live, but only with guest vocals. Don Juan is a really solid track that PSB themselves must love, having released 3 versions of it. I think the bassline would hit really hard in a live setting.
The rest of my suggestions are more optional. I have excluded personal favourites such as Searching For the Face Of Jesus, Clean Air Hybrid, We're all Criminals, and others.
How about Did You See Me Coming (Possibly More mix)? It has that whole unique verse about desirable relationship qualities on offer. I feel that's a pretty solid song. Others have suggested the In My House remix of Always On My Mind. I think one of these alternative remixes of a popular song would be welcomed, only one though.

Other than than, I largely agree with the list quite strongly. It has variety, different eras, different types of songs whether it's b-sides and album tracks.
Oh I'd swap out This Must Be The Place, it's one of my least favourite PSB tracks. I know it's a fan favourite but surely something else is more worthy, especially that they haven't done yet.

I guess it's impossible to pick a setlist that pleases everyone. So whatever set PSB choose I'll be okay with. If it has 4+ songs they've already done live that I don't even like, then I'll be surprised and disappointed but I'm sure the excitement of the other songs will triumph over it. Decide as a closing track is one I strongly agree with, since it has that big ending and is genuinely quite the obscure track.
Apologies in advance for my contrasting opinions, we're all just having fun here.

[dbaseboy]

Some of them have been performed before. Personal preference, but I’m hoping for Music for boys, That’s my impression, IGEYGET and Violence (Please version), plus as a bonus, Occupy your mind in full.

[Dog]

Some of them have been performed before. Personal preference, but I’m hoping for Music for boys, That’s my impression, IGEYGET and Violence (Please version), plus as a bonus, Occupy your mind in full.

There seems to be a misconception that they will only be performing songs they have never performed before.

[rashomon]

Some of them have been performed before. Personal preference, but I’m hoping for Music for boys, That’s my impression, IGEYGET and Violence (Please version), plus as a bonus, Occupy your mind in full.

There seems to be a misconception that they will only be performing songs they have never performed before.

Yep this keeps on coming up. The press release for the shows stated:

‘with many songs being performed live for the first time’ … I.e it didn’t say ‘ALL’ songs being performed live for the first time.

Anyways thanks for compiling and sharing the playlist Dog.

[dbaseboy]

Some of them have been performed before. Personal preference, but I’m hoping for Music for boys, That’s my impression, IGEYGET and Violence (Please version), plus as a bonus, Occupy your mind in full.

There seems to be a misconception that they will only be performing songs they have never performed before.

Not a misconception. It’s my opinion. Some have been played before. Ultimately it’s up to the boys. I just have my own wish list.

[PSB-90]

To pick on one in particular, fantastic as The way it used to be is, and much as I'd love to see it live again, it's been performed many times before throughout Pandemonium, and on that basis I don't think it's a likely choice.

I would just like to put a word in for I want a dog

[rashomon]

Random wild thought…

Imagine if we get to hear a truly obscure track at these shows. I’m thinking, a song from deep in the PSB vaults that was earmarked as a future B side or album track but never got to see the light of day.

[Dog]

To pick on one in particular, fantastic as The way it used to be is, and much as I'd love to see it live again, it's been performed many times before throughout Pandemonium, and on that basis I don't think it's a likely choice.

I would just like to put a word in for I want a dog

To be honest, I think it’s entirely likely that they’ll play a track like King’s Cross which they’ve played many times before. They love it, the fans love it, and it qualifies for inclusion.

[Dog]

Random wild thought…

Imagine if we get to hear a truly obscure track at these shows. I’m thinking, a song from deep in the PSB vaults that was earmarked as a future B side or album track but never got to see the light of day.

I’m sure there will be one or two tracks that definitely qualify as Obscure. Those suggesting In The Club Or In The Queue might find themselves rewarded. Equally a PSB version of Occupy Your Mind or Daydreaming or similar would hit the spot.

[PSB-90]

To be honest, I think it’s entirely likely that they’ll play a track like King’s Cross which they’ve played many times before. They love it, the fans love it, and it qualifies for inclusion.

Fair point I guess. I'd be over the moon if they did!