What's the rarest song you've seen SY play live?
 

When I saw them in '04, they didn't play anything unusual, just some golden oldies, & stuff off "Sonic Nurse". & I was wondering if any of you have seen SY play anything rare that they usually don't play live?

the Mildred Pierce they did in Boston was a few and far between performance.
Date: Monday, April 23rd, 2001
City: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Venue: The Roxy
SET LIST
She Is Not Alone
Bull in the Heather
Free City Rhymes
Nevermind
Side2Side
Drunken Butterfly
Hoarfrost
Schizophrenia
Small Flowers Crack Concrete
Kool Thing
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
--
Mildred Pierce
Teenage Riot


the theatre has these gold lions bookending the stage.

"inhuman", irving plaza, 11/30/02...they don't bust that one out too much these days.

if you want REAL rare, though...11/24/02, at the recher theatre in baltimore, they ran through a brief rendition of the already-brief half japanese classic "calling all girls" ("maryland's finest", thurston proclaimed).

Well, rare for me in the 9 times I've seen them was Death Valley 69.

Holla. I was there:D. Good call jenn. Yeah CHOUT I was thinking Death Valley too....pretty rare I reckon.

Damn Kegmama, I would have killed to see that 95 set.

I thought that was the one.

kegmama you and I have been to the same shows pretty much. Did you see them when they play at the wilshire theatre?
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2001: the carpenter's piece for piano from george maciunas. They nailed that piano June 10th in Gent Belgium.
I don't know how many piano's they wrecked on their goodbye tour but I wreckon not a lot.

shaking hell, last time in paris @ le nouveau casino...

Man, I'm jealous! Especially of kegmama.

Seeing Bikini Kill & SY @ the same show must have been life changing. & I agree, SY is the best live band ever.

they did a real amazing version of "burning spear" as a set opener the last time they were in boston.

huh?

aren't these like two of the songs they play most often?
if not THE two they play most often???!

October 16th, 1988
The Astoria, London, England
Teenage Riot
Hey Joni
The Wonder
Hyperstation
'Cross the Breeze
Candle
Kissability
Eric's Trip
I Love Her All The Time
The Sprawl
Brother James
Eliminator Jr.
--
Silver Rocket
Tunafish is a Favorite Dish
Confusion is Next
Counting Song
(The two oddball encore tunes are the band jamming while Thurston makes up lyrics)


March 22nd, 1989
Kilburn National Ballroom, London, England

Set list unknown...


September 10th, 1990
Brixton Academy, London, England
Tom Violence
Eric's Trip
Cinderella's Big Score
Stereo Sanctity
Flower
Kill Yr Idols
Tunic
Dirty Boots
Mary Christ
Kool Thing
White Cross
Mote
My Friend Goo
The Bedroom
Silver Rocket
Confusion is Next


April 19th, 1996
Forum, London, England
Skink
Bull in the Heather
Starfield Road
Washing Machine
Junkie's Promise
Eric's Trip
Becuz
Panty Lies
100%
PCH
Skip Tracer
Diamond Sea
--
Unwind
Sugar Kane


June 29th, 1998
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
Anagrama
Sunday
Female Mechanic
Karen Koltrane
The Ineffable Me
Hits of Sunshine
French Tickler
Hoarfrost
Wildflower Soul
Heather Angel
--
Stil
Shadow of a Doubt
Death Valley 69


July 1st, 1998
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Anagrama
Sunday
Female Mechanic
Karen Koltrane
Wildflower Soul
French Tickler
Hits of Sunshine
Ineffable Me
Hoarfrost
Heather Angel


July 1st, 2000
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
Schizophrenia
Burning Spear
Free City Rhymes
Renegade Princess
Kool Thing
Hoarfrost
Nevermind
Side2Side
White Kross
Bull in the Heather
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
--
Lightnin'
100%


June 16th, 2001
Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Having Never Written a Note for Percussion
Voice Piece for Soprano (pt 1 - Against the Wind)
Six
Voice Piece for Soprano (pt 2 - Against the Wall)
Treatise
Voice Piece for Soprano (pt 3 - Against the Sky)
Burdocks
Clapping Music
Four6
She Is Not Alone
NYC Ghosts & Flowers
--
Piano Piece #13
Side2Side


June 24th, 2002
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England
Kotton Krown
Bull in the Heather
The Empty Page
Eric's Trip
Rain on Tin
Plastic Sun
Kissability
Karenology
Candle
Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
Drunken Butterfly
Sympathy for the Strawberry
--
Disconnection Notice
Kool Thing
--
Making The Nature Scene


2 September, 2004
Brixton Academy, London, England
I Love You Golden Blue
Stones
Pattern Recognition
Unmade Bed
Eric's Trip
Teenage Riot
New Hampshire
Mariah Carey
Paper Cup Exit
Dude Ranch Nurse
Brother James
--
PCH
Expressway


October 2005
Cite de la Musique, Paris, France

Set list: I can't remember, but it included the only-played-twice cover of John Lennon's "Isolation"


I guess that Tunafish is a Favorite Dish and Counting Song from my very first concert and Isolation from Paris laast year are my number one rarities.

^:
All 3 "Voice Piece For Soprano"'s had to be an absolute masterpiece.

Bow down to Toxic Johnny!

Stoopid fucken thing won't let me rep you. Says I've gotta rep some other people first.

making the nature scene

Wow fuck, those are cool. Idve liked to've seen them in 88' but i wasnt even born then.

Date: Wednesday, August 14th, 2002
City: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Venue: Le Medley

Candle
Bull in the Heather
The Empty Page
Skip Tracer
Plastic Sun
Rain on Tin
Kissability
Karenology
Shadow of a Doubt
Radical Adults Lick Godhead Style
Sympathy for the Strawberry
100%
--
Disconnection Notice
Silver Rocket
--
Kool Thing

Kissability and Skip Tracer on the same night... that was sweet (not to mention Rain on Tin live...)
Didn't post the show I saw on the Nurse tour, pretty dull setlist imo. There was this girl that flashed a sing saying "wish fulfilment please!" to Lee before the set, but no such luck.