Post by steve on Jun 9, 2015 19:49:07 GMT 1
I'd agree that to call the 86 shows a "greatest hits" tour is a bit off the mark.
I'll still fall back on the fact Boris had not been long in the band & Lol was still being propped up by Porl on keyboard duties, so they would have had to be quite strict with the sets & play what all members had learnt & what was possible.
In 95/96, they were in the fortunate position to have a very accomplished keyboardist in Roger & so it was easier to vary the sets.
As for the Want/ Plainsong point, if I was in the band, I would have started to get a bit fed up with opening with the same song for an entire tour & would have tried to mix it up a bit. They still went into Want after Plainsong, so double opener really. Win win
The only shows they really "shook up" that tour were Inglewood & Paris.
I'll still fall back on the fact Boris had not been long in the band & Lol was still being propped up by Porl on keyboard duties, so they would have had to be quite strict with the sets & play what all members had learnt & what was possible.
In 95/96, they were in the fortunate position to have a very accomplished keyboardist in Roger & so it was easier to vary the sets.
As for the Want/ Plainsong point, if I was in the band, I would have started to get a bit fed up with opening with the same song for an entire tour & would have tried to mix it up a bit. They still went into Want after Plainsong, so double opener really. Win win
The only shows they really "shook up" that tour were Inglewood & Paris.
