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Originally Posted by Magic Wheel Memory
Looking at Chris Lawrence's awesome concert chronology, I was considering why certain songs, despite appearing on LP's, were never played live or were played five times or less. For some, there seem to be obvious reasons, on which I speculate below. For others, does anyone have any ideas as to why? Did certain songs just not sound right when played live?
- I Dreamed I Dream (If you count that record as an LP)
- Protect Me You
- Justice is Might
- In the Kingdom #19 - This one might be difficult to reproduce live
- Disappearer - Hard to understand why. Wasn't this a single?
- Mildred Pierce
- Wish Fulfillment - Dirty was a pretty long record, with 15 songs. Hard to play all of them live. And Genetic, a Lee song not on that LP, got a lot of play during that tour.
- On the Strip - See #7
- Creme Brulee - See #7
- Winner's Blues - Not much touring for this record, after birth of Coco.
- Screaming Skull - See #10
- Androgynous Mind - Pearl Jam has probably played this more than Sonic Youth has.
- Quest for the Cup - See #10
- Doctor's Orders - See #10
- Sweet Shine - See #10
- Little Trouble Girl - Probably couldn't get Kim Deal to hit the tour trail just for that song.
- Contre Le Sexisme - Sounds more like an intro than a "song," per se. Still, I always loved it.
- Snare, Girl - I believe this song grew out of one of the tracks on SY2. Maybe they played that song live? Was it Stil?
- StreamXSonik Subway - Can't say I missed this one.
- The Dripping Dream - Must say I missed this one.
- Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn
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Disappearer wasn't played live much because the lyrics were a little too much for Thurston to remember, I believe. Same with Dripping Dream and StreamX.
Definitely wish they played Sweet Shine/Doctors Orders.