Implausible Beauty setlist

[inkinthewell]

this site should be for all Sylvian fans regardless of what period of his work they favour, if Japanfan doesn't like the Manafon/Died in the Wool period then he/she? has the right to voice that

[missouriman]

People have every right to be stuck in the early 80s... Sad.

[Blemished]

Each to their own I guess, but it does seem a bit daft to be hoping for a concert that avoids Blemish & Manafon material given just how explicit David has been that he left the old stuff behind in 2007.

And it is getting old. We are as far away from Tin Drum now as 1951 was on it's release! Thankfully, much of it (and the solo work especially) has been proven timeless, but personally I hate the whole nostalgia / reformation / re-playing classic albums live thing.

David is probably one of the few artists who could still bring something new to old material but why bother when he is still so creatively alive?

[natsume]

personally I hate the whole nostalgia / reformation / re-playing classic albums live thing.

It can be a good thing. I have seen Gary Numan, Sonic Youth, and Cheap Trick do nostalgia/classic album shows, and they were fantastic. I would have gone to see Ultravox if I had had the chance.

Seeing the great YMO play a summer nostalgia show outside in Tokyo this year was a highlight of my time in Japan. In my mind, YMO can pull this off with particular grace in that each member has had such a solidly successful and prolific solo career since that bands demise, so the kind of creeping feeling that it is just a sellout is not there, and they smartly only play a few shows each this past number of years. Besides, I was pleasantly surprised at how good they are now.

But, I am firmly in the camp that think this would be horrible with Sylvian, and frankly will never happen. It is not always a good idea, and often a very bad one.

[tulipmania]

I think he should perform some of these;

Died in the wool
Snow white in appalachia
Adolescent sex
Darshan (on acoustic guitar)
The beekeepers apprentice
Life in Tokyo
Firepower (with Fripp guesting)

[japanfan]

Very well said!

Though it's not impossible he might show us the old stuff, it's just defeatist and disturbing to see the same old ghosts of this community rattle the cage with hopes that things will go back to the days of Jurassic Park! That David will came unto the people of Milan next March, glittered with hair fabulously flaxen!

You lot should emigrate to Ebay with its ancient treasures and just have done with your disappointment and turn away from David Sylvian as he confidently moves forward, don't look at any new headlines or scan any recent videos of the upcoming tour, for it would seem to anger you.

I don't have to go that far back, i loved the nine horses stuff and the songs he did with Steve on Slope.

[japanfan]

I think he should perform some of these;

Died in the wool
Snow white in appalachia
Adolescent sex
Darshan (on acoustic guitar)
The beekeepers apprentice
Life in Tokyo
Firepower (with Fripp guesting)

If he did any Japan or Sylvian/Fripp stuff and i didnt buy a ticket id be major gutted!

[Chet]

...so let's hope the visitors of the first Italian show will post a set list, so you can decide if you gonna buy a ticket or not...

[japanfan]

...so let's hope the visitors of the first Italian show will post a set list, so you can decide if you gonna buy a ticket or not...

Yeah that would be cool.

[shesgotmedals]

Seriously, you want to know the setlist before purchase..... I'd buy a ticket to see Mr S even if was going to sing Boyzone songs....

[Stoobie]

Seriously, you want to know the setlist before purchase..... I'd buy a ticket to see Mr S even if was going to sing Boyzone songs....

SAME HERE !

Stuart

[sakurafleur]

I was quite surprised to see that he is playing the Royal Albert Hall. It seems like a huge venue to fill now that he has gone the more 'Avant-garde' route. I felt he lost quite a few people in the last tour. I actually saw people walking out of the Royal Festival Hall.

The Albert Hall is such a huge space to fill... musically I mean. I really find it a tricky venue for certain kinds of music.

I guess we'll see though - well, I won't. I won't be able to go, but I am interested to hear reports.

[baht habit]

I was quite surprised to see that he is playing the Royal Albert Hall. It seems like a huge venue to fill now that he has gone the more 'Avant-garde' route. I felt he lost quite a few people in the last tour. I actually saw people walking out of the Royal Festival Hall.

Wow, I have to make mention that I am very surprised that any fan would walk out on a concert during The World Is Everything tour in 2007. I would think that most of the song choices for that particular set list would have kept the audience quite content due to the relatively conservative presentation of the material, past and present....Now I could envision Sylvian himself coming to the point of walking out during a performance on that tour,...

Are you perhaps referring to the 2003 tour, where the first half was dedicated to performing Blemish in its entirety?

[Simonp]

Okay I'm getting a bit impatient...when will David be announcing who will be performing with him on the forthcoming tour?????

[sakurafleur]

Baht - no it was the 2007 concert. Someone even heckled.

I think it's because they thought he was going to play songs from Japan days and obviously it was nothing like that.

Talking of that concert - I do remember not enjoying it as much as others because it felt to me like David was just not into it. Maybe it was just that particular night...