6 Mar 2013: it's...1993

[urth]

UB40 "Higher Ground"

This set is taking on a very proto-AAA tone. DC's hand in this is apparent. ZZZZZZzzzzz.

[Here'sToYa!]

I like tracks 1 & 2, but both are snoozy.  Plus Renee is going a little overboard with the AIDS-related song/clips, this is like the 3rd in the last week on 10@10.

I've already mentioned this a few times, but the obligatory Springsteen track is driving me nuts. I see it as a symptom of the safe approach to 10@10 that has greatly compromised the show. "Everybody loves Bruce!" so they can't go wrong playing him. 10@10 was never edgy per se, but it did take risks relative to the commercial landscape in which it lived. Playing Bruce every time they hit a year in which he released a track is so predictable, it's boring regardless of the song picked.

[Davefish]

The Breeders "Cannonball"

Yay! BOS.

[CapnJack]

Tears For Fears "Break It Down Again"

[urth]

The Breeders "Cannonball"

Yay! BOS.

Brief respite there from the AAA stuff, but now we're right back in it.

[radical347]

Melissa Etheridge: I'm not the only LN

[CapnJack]

Melissa Etheridge "I'm The Only One"

[CapnJack]

Mick Jagger with Lenny Kravitz covering Bill Withers' "Use Me"

[RGMike]

Mick Jagger covering Bill Withers' "Use Me"

Wow, I remember KFOG playing that in '93 and not a whole lot since.  An interesting rarity.

[radical347]

Rarity wise this set was fine.  But it lacked a certain 'je ne sais quoi'.

[CapnJack]

Renee sez BOS goes to Tears For Fears.

[RGMike]

1. U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia
(News: Don't Ask, Don't Tell)
3. Bjork - Human Behavior
4. Big Head Todd & The Monsters - Bittersweet
(News: John Wayne Bobbit)
5. The Story - So Much Mine
6. UB40 - Higher Ground
7. The Breeders - Cannonball
8. Tears For Fears - Break It Down Again
(Movie: Short Cuts)
9. Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One
10. Mick Jagger - Use Me

[RGMike]

I like tracks 1 & 2, but both are snoozy.  Plus Renee is going a little overboard with the AIDS-related song/clips, this is like the 3rd in the last week on 10@10.

I've already mentioned this a few times, but the obligatory Springsteen track is driving me nuts. I see it as a symptom of the safe approach to 10@10 that has greatly compromised the show. "Everybody loves Bruce!" so they can't go wrong playing him. 10@10 was never edgy per se, but it did take risks relative to the commercial landscape in which it lived. Playing Bruce every time they hit a year in which he released a track is so predictable, it's boring regardless of the song picked.

Indeed, and also true of U2, I'd say.  It's like Beatles and/or Stones in '60s sets. Dave used to do it with ELO as well. 

[Big Fingers McGee]

I like tracks 1 & 2, but both are snoozy.  Plus Renee is going a little overboard with the AIDS-related song/clips, this is like the 3rd in the last week on 10@10.

I've already mentioned this a few times, but the obligatory Springsteen track is driving me nuts. I see it as a symptom of the safe approach to 10@10 that has greatly compromised the show. "Everybody loves Bruce!" so they can't go wrong playing him. 10@10 was never edgy per se, but it did take risks relative to the commercial landscape in which it lived. Playing Bruce every time they hit a year in which he released a track is so predictable, it's boring regardless of the song picked.

So, THAT's why you didn't join the G-snipes. BTW, I agree with you - He's great and all that yada yada yada but frankly I don't need to hear him for about five years.

Also, the "Play Springsteen whenever it applies" can be filed under "pandering".

[Big Fingers McGee]

Good/Necessary:
1. A/A-
2. B/F
3. B/C
4. D/F
5. B/A
6. B/B
7. A/C
8. B/D
9. C/D
10. B/B