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VAN MORRISON - LIVE - THE PERFORMANCES

2007-12-28
1h36m10s

Setlist

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0:05:22.00
0:04:28.00
0:06:16.00
0:04:39.00
0:05:09.00
0:06:26.00
0:07:35.00
0:05:29.00
0:04:41.00
0:06:16.00
0:09:37.00
0:04:44.00
0:04:28.00
0:07:13.00
0:10:01.00

Setlist Remarks

This Love Of Mine has now been played 71 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 10JUL2004

Magic Time has now been played 135 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 01APR2005

Have I Told You Lately has now been played 559 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 18MAY1989

Stranded has now been played 104 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 25AUG2003
New to the previous show.

Bright Side Of The Road has now been played 488 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 15MAY1979
New to the previous show.

Saint James Infirmary has now been played 150 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 22FEB2001
New to the previous show.

Moondance has now been played 803 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 08NOV1969
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Little Village has now been played 73 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 18APR2002
New to the previous show.

Whinin Boy Moan has now been played 166 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 01MAR2002
New to the previous show.

Beautiful Vision has now been played 170 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 22OCT1981
New to the previous show.

Playhouse has now been played 125 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 11DEC2005
Played at a different position from the previous show.

In The Afternoon > Ancient Highway > Joe Turner Sings > Raincheck > Common One has now been played 5 times as a medley in this combination of songs since its first appearance on 03NOV2007
New to the previous show.

Stop Drinking has now been played 242 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 01DEC2001
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Goin' Down Geneva > Brand New Cadillac has now been played 124 times as a medley in this combination of songs since its first appearance on 27JUL1999
New to the previous show.

Help Me has now been played 555 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 15FEB1973
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Celtic New Year > The Healing Game has now been played 22 times as a medley in this combination of songs since its first appearance on 13AUG2005
New to the previous show.Overall closing shows 13 times.

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It was a different show from Thursday from the start. The energy on stage, especially from the band, was palpable.
I had some trepidation as the setllist started out like the night before, but even HITYL sounded fresh (I can still do without it, thanks).
The crowd got into the show early to, with lots of applause at songs, good solos, all at the right time to feed a little energy back onstage.
The concert was staying at a pretty high level, and LIttle Village launched it ever higher.
Fabulous solos, including a knockout solo by Sarah Jory, who has been just great at every show. She is a consummate ensemble player. Every time she enters with a solo it's a little surprise and exactly what the song needs. Despite her virtuosity on steel guitar, dobro, bottleneck guitar, banjo, etc, her work is all about the song and not about her.
John Platania had his best night of the three I saw, fitting in to his role without standing out too far. Anyway, this song was where the band reached the "Good Body Music" stage, thinking back to Kingdom Hall.
Then Van capped it off with a long, fascinating sax solo, evoking all sorts of Celtic pipes over the band's groove. This was a top rendition of one of his greatest songs. The next highlight was Shana's entry for a duet. As others have said, she really stood her own on this and pushed the whole song higher each time she sang. Their harmony was so good it got a separate cheer.
Surprisingly, Playhouse was another highlight. This song gets played a lot, but not often with the energy and spirit of last night. In the Afternoon also went really well, with Van turning his back to audience and closing the song with a big, arms-up signal to the band. There was actually a pretty bad screwup on Geneva, as the band missed the quick cut to "Brand New Cadillac" , and had to play a bunch of meaningless bars to bring the song around again and do it over. Fortunately, that didn't seem to bring down the high spirits on stage. Celtic New Year > Healing Game.. drinkin' wine in the alley closed down the show.
As some pointed out, a lot of Thursday's crowd went home happy. They just didn't know how much more there was to see and hear.
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