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[elkokolores]

Ok, let us all imagine R.E.M. would become a lame sellout in 2013: They set a date for a huge farewell concert in Athens.
What kind of setlist would they pull off?
Remember: this would be the ultimate final time they would appear on stage together, so there are some must-haves. And of course R.E.M. would play around with songs they rarely ever played live. And: even if they never played CiN-songs live, this concert is no promotion for their last album, but a farewell concert!

Here's my take:

"R.E.M. & This Is What They Did"

(set)
Airportman (part intro)
Living Well is the Best Revenge
I Took Your Name
All the Best
Losing my Religion
Drive
Überlin
So. Central Rain
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
The Ascent of Man
Fall on me
Leaving New York
Every Day is Yours to Win
E-Bow the Letter (Patti Smith joins the Stage)
Be mine (Thom Yorke joins the Stage)
Country Feedback
The One I Love
Driver 8
The Great Beyond
How the West was Won and Where it Got to us
Imitation of Life
Harborcoat
Gardening at Night
So Fast, So Numb/Shiny Happy People/New Test Leper/Carnival of Sorts Medley
It's the End of the World as we Know it (and I Feel Fine)

(Encore)
Stand
Supernatural Superserious
Let me in
Falls to Climb
Nightswimming
Man on the Moon

(Encore II with Bill Berry Joining)
We All Go Back to Where We Belong
Perfect Circle
Radio Free Europe

(Outro on tape)
Endgame


(feel free to fictionalize other setlists from 2013 or other dates!)

[simonfox]

elkokolores, on 25 January 2012 - 08:54 AM, said:

So Fast, So Numb/Shiny Happy People/New Test Leper/Carnival of Sorts Medley

I love it. The weirdest medley ever

What about this one:

Mine Smells Like Honey/Superman/Try Not To Breathe/Pretty Persuasion

[RamblingRob]

If it was up to me, here is the set.  This would be the typical 18-song main set and 5-song encore:

Finest Worksong
So Fast So Numb
Pilgrimage
Alligator
Uberlin
Star 69
These Days
Leaving NY
AMMB
Tongue
One I Love
Pop Song 89
Fretless
Imitation of Life
Life and How to Live it
Living Well
WTFK

Set II
Rockville
Disturbance at Heron House
Perfect Circle
Blue
Man on Moon

[peterjones]

I think you'd mainly want the hits wouldn't you? Maybe one or two weirder choices:

Begin The Begin
Man-sized Wreath
So. Central Rain
Drive
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
Pop Song 89
Leaving New York
Uberlin
E-Bow The Letter (with Patti Smith, obvously!)
Imitation of Life
Fall On Me
Tongue
The One I Love
Perfect Circle
Bad Day
Driver 8
Everybody Hurts
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville
Losing My Religion
Life And How To Live It
-
Country Feedback
Radio Free Europe
Sweetness Follows
Ages Of You
Man On The Moon
Nightswimming
It's The End Of The World...


I think that would be fairly great. I realise that throwing in Tongue and Ages Of You is a bit unlikely, but they often seem to have a couple of those in there (Permanent Vacation or whatever).

[jwolpert]

Half a World Away
So Central Rain
Perfect Circle
Kenneth
Daysleeper
Fall on Me
Driver 8
Near Wild Heaven
EBow - with Patti Lee Smith
The one I love
It Happened Today
Gardening at Night
Leaving New York
The Lifting
She Just Wants to be
At my most Beautiful
Drive
The Outsiders
Country Feeback

Encore:
Lotus
Around the Sun
Imitation of Life
Radio Free Europe
Man on the Moon
It's the end of the World

[Mottje t.H.]

Who would sing "Tongue" then? ;-)

[Pilgrimager]

I'd wanna see a chronological main set with the encores being more freestyle but with a emphasis on the big singalong hits.


1.   Wolve’s lower
2.   Radio free Europe
3.   Pilgrimage
4.   Sitting still
5.   Harbourcoat
6.   7 Chinese bros
7.   Feeling graity’s pull
8.   Driver 8
9.   Begin the being
10.  These days
11.  Flowers of Guatmala
12.  Welcome to the occupation
13.  Disturbance at the heron house
14.  Oddsfellows local 151
15.  Stand
16.  World leader pretend
17.  I remember California
18.  Low
19.  Belong
20.  Sweetness follows
21.  Nightswimming
22.  I took your name
23.  New test leper
24.  Binky the doormat
25.  Sad professor
26.  She just want’s to be (with ext. guitar solo)
27.  The ascent of man
28.  Accleorate
29.  I’m gonna d.j
Encore 1
Finest worksong
Boxcars
Turn you inside out

Encore 2
The one I love
LMR
EH
Man on the moon
Perfect circle

[Bill Berrys Eyebrows]

Ive tried for a cross between what is likely and dream setlist

KENNETH
HARBORCOAT
SITTING STILL
MCCARTHY
HERON HOUSE
CUYAHOGA
GRAVITY
U R THE EVERYTHING
HAIRSHIRT
FIND THE RIVER
WHY NOT SMILE
WORLD LEADER
WORKSONG
7 CHINESE BROS
TALK ABOUT THE PASSION
KING OF BIRDS
COUNTRY FEEDBACK
LEAVING NY
IMITATION OF LIFE
RELIGION

SUPERNATURAL SUPERSERIOUS
SO CENTRAL RAIN
IT HAPPENED TODAY
EVERYBODY HURTS
MAN ON THE MOON

LET ME IN
LIFE AND HOW
GARDENING
R F EUROPE
ITEOTWAWKIAIFF