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Originally Posted by Becky
Other fans, mostly. Sorry, not sorry. It’s the truth.
Sometimes I find a lyric annoying because I think it could have been improved.
Not being able to expect major surprises in the set list.
The insistence on playing certain songs at every show when there’s so much material, often better, that could be rotated. Is there anyone who prefers WWBTF & BTBMB to Blaze of Glory, These Days, Always, Wild Is the Wind, or Living in Sin?
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The setlist choices are probably at least 75% due to Jon's vocals in each show. Whenever his voice is in decent shape (for this period, Porto Alegre, Sao Paulo and Prudential night #2 have been these kinds of examples), he'll put more of the harder-to-sing fan favorites (BOR, ITA, BOB, SIBSN, Always, TD etc.) in the setlist. Then again, whenever he thinks he won't be able to sing those songs, he leaves them out.
BUT:
Why can't he replace those songs with ones that are less difficult to sing, but still rare - or even good overall? Letting You Go, Diamond Ring, Love For Sale, FFS even Radio or acoustic NSG? WHY?????
Oh, of course. In Jon's mind those songs probably sound dated and don't fit his "we're not a nostalgia band" attitude (which is an even bigger indication of him desperately living in denial). No casual goes to the band's concert to hear the new songs. They want to hear Prayer, Bad Name, Wanted, IML, BOR, IBTFY, ITA, Always, LYHOM, HAND and BM (plus maybe BOG). All the other songs are "new" for them - FFS, even KTF and TD seem to be relatively unknown for the casuals (in the USA - in Europe those songs are big hits all around; for example, here in Finland both songs are very often played on the rock radio stations).