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Title: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 11, 2013, 12:14:20 AM
Sorry for the exhaustive list; these were all the songs posted in the two recent threads: Songs never played live & Songs that could be played.  Yes, I included both DS and MK songs.  Let's give this a try -- we can narrow the list later, if needed. 
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Post by: Pottel on March 11, 2013, 12:16:07 AM
thnx lis
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Post by: Pottel on March 11, 2013, 12:18:09 AM
done. not easy.
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Post by: Hophead on March 11, 2013, 12:50:08 AM
Not easy at all!  Thanks Lis
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 11, 2013, 04:36:56 AM
Sorry for getting to this late, but I just added Monteleone!  (I think that was one of the songs mentioned!)  :smack

If anyone who has previously voted needs to change their votes, this poll allows edits  :think
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: rudiger on March 11, 2013, 09:19:41 AM
Done. I've selected mainly never/hardly played songs.
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Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 10:30:48 AM
 Me too, rudiger! But, Fat chance! Some groups, like the Rolling stones, create a poll before a concert and play the winner song. Fingers crossed!  :)
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Jules on March 11, 2013, 11:34:18 AM
Despite I don
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Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 11:49:15 AM
Kingdom Come appears twice.
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Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 11:50:10 AM
Well there are two comings!
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 12:05:18 PM
Well there are two comings!
:lol
Is Danny one of them?
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Post by: JF on March 11, 2013, 12:13:29 PM
Monteleone has been played live : on 9/9/9
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 12:34:27 PM
Well there are two comings!
:lol
Is Danny one of them?
Well some short comings are not include.  ;D
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 12:54:43 PM
Well there are two comings!
:lol
Is Danny one of them?
Well some short comings are not include.  ;D

Ouch! :o
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 01:23:10 PM
No, don't mean a word, dmg! Love Danny.  Just like the word play produced! ;D
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 03:16:05 PM
not well done

imo the list should include only songs NEVER played in any MK tour since 1996

a lot of songs shouldn't be in the list

It does seem a bit pointless to have HFB there when it will most likely be played anyway and is a wasted vote.  Crows, Marbletown and some others too.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 03:23:16 PM
All my votes were on DS songs that were rarely played even during the DS days.  ;)
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: nababo on March 11, 2013, 03:34:51 PM
Not an easy task, indeed. Harder will be the dream coming true.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: nababo on March 11, 2013, 03:36:34 PM
Mmmm, and I voted for HFB. One of my all time favs, despite it has been played lately
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 04:13:33 PM
HFB was such a big surprise for me when I first heard it live! So it is OK by me!  :wave
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Rkd on March 11, 2013, 05:22:36 PM
Mmmm, and I voted for HFB. One of my all time favs, despite it has been played lately

yes but this was intended to request 1 new song, the most voted or at MK choice one of the 3 most voted

it doesn't make sense to request a song they always play

HFB was played at both of the concerts I attended this fall, unlike KOG and YTC which were rotated, so I think it is a good bet it will be on the setlist this time around too. Of course, we could all vote for HFB and report back to Guy our results and then when MK actually plays it, we can feel like he listened to us! ;)
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Post by: Rkd on March 11, 2013, 05:36:54 PM
And while we are on the topic of requests, this has been bothering me since I attended MK's concerts this fall. He said in both concerts I attended "Ah yes, the bequests." At first, I thought I had heard it wrong since he is such a master of the English language. But then, I heard it again clearly at the second concert. Well, if MK  begins to honor bequests rather than requests, then I am the first to put my order in for R & J.  ;D
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Post by: nababo on March 11, 2013, 05:45:35 PM
Mmmm, and I voted for HFB. One of my all time favs, despite it has been played lately

yes but this was intended to request 1 new song, the most voted or at MK choice one of the 3 most voted

it doesn't make sense to request a song they always play

Really it was this? Then I'm sorry, I didn't understand correctly. :smack I thought it was just as the poll stated, "What songs would you LOVE to hear?"  8) And if no one voted for HFB and MK decided to let it off the table because he thought the fans didn't like it?  ???

But if it doesn't make sense to vote for HFB, let's take it out of the poll ;)

Sad for me, I won't be able to listen to whatever he plays, not a chance to go to Europe or the US this time.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 11, 2013, 06:04:35 PM
Thanks for your feedback!  I was a bit torn up over the choices for the poll.  There was probably enough of a need for two separate polls (never-played, and our dream songs, regardless if played before).  Let's see how this works, and one option is to take the winnning choices and re-poll with a more narrow selection.  At that point, we can also identify the never-played, and see if that makes a difference.  In the meantime, please vote, if you haven't already. 

Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: vgonis on March 11, 2013, 06:08:18 PM
Mmmm, and I voted for HFB. One of my all time favs, despite it has been played lately

yes but this was intended to request 1 new song, the most voted or at MK choice one of the 3 most voted

it doesn't make sense to request a song they always play

HFB was played at both of the concerts I attended this fall, unlike KOG and YTC which were rotated, so I think it is a good bet it will be on the setlist this time around too. Of course, we could all vote for HFB and report back to Guy our results and then when MK actually plays it, we can feel like he listened to us! ;)

Fine thinking!  ;D  I can do without R&J though.

Nababo don't worry a bit. You thought correctly. jbaent came up with this fine idea later on  this thread, so it was more like an idea of "use it, since you have it". After all it is statistics and we can cook the results, anyway we please.  ;D   
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 06:28:42 PM
"all I do is keep the beat, the bad company" - click :thumbsup That's what he's got to get back into R&J to liven it back up a bit.  Play it a tad faster and with more powerful vocals too.  I was listening to Boston 23.04.01 last night and that version sounded so great compared to recent ones.  Chicago 05.05.01 is great too, the outro solo on that one is superb.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Pottel on March 11, 2013, 07:02:57 PM
No effing Romeo Dmg!!
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Pottel on March 11, 2013, 07:05:47 PM
Actually, I was wondering. From bob, with his gazillion shows under his belt, we know exactly which song was played, during which show etc..., I mean, it is awesome, do we not have someone on board that has the time to do a similar thing? Jeroen's site could be a starting point for the SETLIST details....anyone?
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 11, 2013, 07:22:41 PM
...to go with a second poll, for songs never been played? 
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: rudiger on March 11, 2013, 07:32:23 PM
...to go with a second poll, for songs never been played?

easy for the DS: only 3 songs have never been played  ;D
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 07:53:25 PM
...to go with a second poll, for songs never been played?

easy for the DS: only 3 songs have never been played  ;D

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Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Pottel on March 11, 2013, 07:59:11 PM
how long was played in 93
our very own superval was in tge audience
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: nababo on March 11, 2013, 08:15:18 PM
I was making another mental exercise and I thought it would be funny to try to think about the preferences of people who are not like the average commenters in this forum. And I think that a MK show would be filled up only with DS songs. OK, maybe WII... It would be something like the 1992/3 tour, with minor changes.
My attempt is:

Calling Elvis
Walk of life
Heavy fuel
Romeo and Juliet
Sultans of swing
Private investigations
Your latest trick
The bug
Why worry
Money for Nothing
What it is
So far away
Tunnel of Love
Solid rock
Brothers in Arms
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Hophead on March 11, 2013, 08:17:07 PM
"Hand in hand"..?
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 11, 2013, 08:36:49 PM
how long was played in 93
our very own superval was in tge audience

You can't believe anyone who likes Marbletown. ;)

So Hand In Hand's the third one then.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Fieneke2 on March 11, 2013, 10:34:42 PM

Lis Thank you very much for posting the Poll!  :clap ........Like the others, it was also for me hard to choose!  :think

Fieneke

Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: rudiger on March 11, 2013, 10:51:53 PM

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Post by: sweetsurrender on March 12, 2013, 04:38:03 AM
It looks like TOL and WDYTYAG are leading.  My 2 ultimate  songs  I dream to hear live :)  I mostly voted for DS songs. 
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Post by: JF on March 12, 2013, 08:00:49 AM

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Post by: vgonis on March 12, 2013, 08:06:06 AM
I know I will sound like a fan,  ;D  but MM is a nearly perfect pop/rock record, that never grows old. Even Les Boys has its charm, and its placement there last on side two, is more like a wink, a joke for the ones that understand and a closing cabaret number. (For those that still hate it, the Yugoslavian edition omits it,  while resuffling the rest of the songs)  The rest are just fantastic. Hand in hand is one of the songs I like best  and I was wondering why it remains in the shadows.  I would also like to listen  Skateaway, but i guess like TOL, with its iconography  is more suitable for younger ages and perhaps that is why MK doesn't play them anymore. 
Just an idea: Even though DS and MK never really recorded a "concept" album, it would be an exceptional idea, now with the years closing and always having a reason for an anniversary, to play a whole album, or two. Wouldn't be great to hear the whole two first albums, even with new arrangements?
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Pottel on March 12, 2013, 09:43:09 PM
so no one wants to pick up my idea?? i would love to, but simply have no time :-(
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Post by: superval99 on March 13, 2013, 09:43:21 AM
how long was played in 93
our very own superval was in tge audience

Yes, both "How Long" and also "Ticket to Heaven" were played for the first and only time at the gig at the Town & Country in Leeds '93! 
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Jules on March 13, 2013, 12:46:17 PM
So when it comes about to send Guy a list of songs to maybe get one or two, is this the very little we have?

 :hmm
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: vgonis on March 13, 2013, 02:18:13 PM
Pottel your idea is fine, but it takes too much time for research for just one person. And most of us here have only a fraction of your concert library. Do you have a database with what you have? I don't have. Maybe it would be better to start a thread and each one of us can contribute with what he/she has, always avoiding to list the already listed. As a nice reference we can even start with what Spanish city has.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: dmg on March 13, 2013, 02:45:18 PM
I know what you mean Pottel and I too have a vast collection.  Whenever I need to find a particular track I just log on to Jeroens' site and look it up.  His wonderful site is a database for so many of us I'm sure.  I only have a list of my bootlegs that I have archived onto CD, but no track lists.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 13, 2013, 06:57:30 PM
So when it comes about to send Guy a list of songs to maybe get one or two, is this the very little we have?

 :hmm
Not sure I follow, jbaent.  Do you mean too little responses from members, or two few options (or too few selected options)?
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: stratmad on March 13, 2013, 09:58:57 PM
Don't know if the poll is closed already - would it have made sense to include "In the Sky"? One of my all-time favourites, but hardly a classic live song  ???
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 14, 2013, 04:11:47 AM
'In the Sky' is added.  (Apparently, I am a rather accommodating pollster!)  ;) 
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Jules on March 14, 2013, 11:41:07 AM
45 votes is enough to be sent to Guy before they start rehearsing?
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Post by: vgonis on March 14, 2013, 01:21:49 PM
jbaent, you don't have to present the number of voters, just the percentage.  ;)
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Post by: ds1984 on March 14, 2013, 04:52:22 PM
"A vot
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Lis on March 14, 2013, 07:45:48 PM
We can keep the poll open longer, as long as the results don't change  ;)

Next step...  who can get this info into MK hands (either directly, or by some other roundabout way ... such as Guy? )???
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Post by: rudiger on March 15, 2013, 11:18:28 AM
TOL the most voted? What a surprise!  :lol
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Post by: tunnel85 on March 15, 2013, 11:50:49 AM
TOL the most voted? What a surprise!  :lol
I didn't vote for TOL !
Been my Holy Grail for years but I gave up in 2008.
Anyway, it's only the 1985 extended intro that makes it great and I doubt MK would play it again.  :'(
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Post by: rudiger on March 15, 2013, 12:00:57 PM
with TR and SOS it's in my Top 3 DS songs
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Post by: Jules on March 25, 2013, 03:45:04 PM
Just sent a summary of the votes to Guy, the last songs are the ones with a 2% of votes.
Title: Re: The songs we dream about (THE POLL)
Post by: Pottel on March 25, 2013, 07:44:43 PM
this site is what i was dreaming of:
http://hisbobness.info/
well made.