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Originally Posted by space_raven
^ I mainly concur with the "generally agree" point of view that mellow songs don't make the best openers. The Dreaming Tree and Big Eyed Fish make good ones. I saw Grace is Gone open WPB '12, it was a sing along but the "energy" wasn't there and went into Eh Hee so it took a while for DMB to get cookin'. I respect the fact that DMB (tries to) start(s) off slow and build(s) to a climax by the end. But they don't totally commit to that style of set listing. I like when Sweet opens or something unique like Loving Wings, Dreamgirl, Spaceman or #27. With that said, when songs like JTR, Warehouse, or What You Are open, right out of the gate it's grooving hard. I see both sides of it I guess. Still, just wish they were more adventurous with their set list choices.
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one of the worst openings i saw was bethel woods in 2009. Proudest Monkey opener > Satellite followed by The Maker and Shotgun. the band was on stage for 30 minutes before they finally got going with Shake Me, but they already lost most of the crowd by that point.
another bad one was also at bethel and was a grace opener. grace > eh hee, followed by if only. buhh
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Originally Posted by bowa36
The Dreaming Tree
Stay or Leave
Grace Is Gone
Beach Ball
Satellite
Big Eyed Fish
Captain
Crash into Me
These are all good 'mellow' openers to me...I don't necessarily think a song has to be super energetic to be a good opener.
Speaking of Beach Ball, I hope they release a Dave solo version from last year as a warm up video.
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i dont know if you can really count songs like Crash and Satellite. they are more mid-tempo and they were singles, so they have an extra energy about them because the entire crowd knows them.
im talking more like A Dream So Real, Proudest Monkey, and Spaceman
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Originally Posted by chadizzy1
I did a screencap of the beginning of the video and made it album art sized. I'm lazy.
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