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rodentdog wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:29 pm

Clones- was a minor hit here in the states. I've only seen it on the Special Forces tour and on one other tour. Can't recall which one.

It was played on the No More Mr Nice Guy Tour in 2011.

SickThings wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:01 pm

rodentdog wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:29 pm

Clones- was a minor hit here in the states. I've only seen it on the Special Forces tour and on one other tour. Can't recall which one.

It was played on the No More Mr Nice Guy Tour in 2011.

Also a couple of times in Europe on the BP tour, certainly the first UK date if I recall, but was dropped the following night

It was also played on the fistful show, although it is not a tour.

I thought Caffeine was great live. One of my favourites off W2MN.

Alice opened with "It's Hot Tonight" back in '08 and I thought that was a great opener for a summer tour. It went over well.

In '17 he did "Pain." I think that's a real gem from the blackout period and it played well.

Agree that "Fantasy Man" and "Grim Facts" went over well when he did those.

He did "Serious" in '17 and it didn't seem to go over so well but he may have just strung together too many deep tracks in that set.

I think the key to a deep track going over is that has to have a hook that the audience can catch onto quickly.

i genuinely think nothings free and wind up toy are songs that need to be brought out of retirement.
I love nothings free in and of itself but live was so good (the whole bit on the pre chorus where Alice elevates his voice for the "sign upon the blooded line" bit is pure genius)

I have a great memory of him playing 'Cleansed by Fire' at the Astoria in '97.

Saint&Sinner wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:12 am

i genuinely think nothings free and wind up toy are songs that need to be brought out of retirement.
I love nothings free in and of itself but live was so good (the whole bit on the pre chorus where Alice elevates his voice for the "sign upon the blooded line" bit is pure genius)

Totally agree, particularly loved Nothing’s Free.

I have a great memory of him playing 'Cleansed by Fire' at the Astoria in '97.

my first ever Alice gig. Absolutely brilliant! those two Astoria shows have never been beaten.

Wind Up Toy is one of my faves and would love to see it live.

Generally anything live off Trash/Hey Stoopid/RYFAY that he's done live recently seems to go down well. Hard rock albums with catchy lyrics. Hopefully Snakebite stays on the set. Bed of Nails/Hey Stoopid/Roses on White Lace/House of Fire/Feed My Frankenstein/Poison all go down well.

Clones is another track that I thought was amazing live and got a great reaction.

I think it has to be respected that a lot of tracks don't work live and some that Alice wouldn't be able to pull off.

Caffeine has been mentioned - love the track but didn't go down well live. Congregation though was an awesome live track.

‘The world needs guts’ got a great response and really picked up the energy.

‘It’s hot tonight’ was a great opener, especially complimented with the theatrical bit to kick off the show. It was clever, simple and effective. I think you can get away with a lesser know song to start off the show as the excitement is already there.

Saint&Sinner wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:41 am

I have a great memory of him playing 'Cleansed by Fire' at the Astoria in '97.

my first ever Alice gig. Absolutely brilliant! those two Astoria shows have never been beaten.

Ditto! Great memories of both of the gigs in 97 and 98