01/17/89 - Auckland, NZ @ Power Station

Date: Tuesday, January 17th, 1989
City: Auckland, New Zealand
Venue: Power Station
SET LIST NOTES
Brother James 
The Wonder 
Hyperstation 
'Cross the Breeze 
Kissability 
Candle 
Teenage Riot 
Hey Joni
Eric's Trip 
The Sprawl 
I Love Her All The Time 
Eliminator Jr 
--
Silver Rocket 

[incomplete?]
  • None.

    QUOTES

    T: "What? So loud and proud. You ready at the soundboard desk?"
    L: "Are you ready?"
    T: "Gimme gimme gimme, I need some more. Gimme gimme gimme, don't ask what for."
    L: "This song is called 'Brother James'."
    - Brother James
    T: "Thanks! This next song is called 'The Wonder'. Ready?"
    - The Wonder [segue into "Hyperstation"]
    - Hyperstation
    - 'Cross the Breeze [no intro]
    T: "Thanks. We'd like to dedicate this song to some people we've never met. Uh, some people called the Gords. [??] Yeah, well we've got a Gord too."
    - Kissability [very brief false start]
    L: "Wrong song! Wrong song!"
    T: "I hope they like it."
    - Kissability
    - Candle
    ["Secret Girl" piano tape plays]
    - Teen Age Riot [no intro]
    L: "Is your guitar fucked?"
    T: "It's...the power's cut in half. Hey [??] this guitar [??]. This song is called 'Fucked Guitar'."
    L: "[laughs] This is called 'Hey Joni'."
    T: "Hey start it!"
    L: "Steve's gonna start it."
    - Hey Joni
    - Eric's Trip
    - The Sprawl [attempt to segue into "I Love Her All The Time" but something goes wrong and they basically start over]
    - I Love Her All The Time
    - Eliminator Jr.
    T: "Thanks! See you next year! Thanks for coming. Thanks a lot! Thanks to The Verlaines, the fucking Spud man!"
    [encore break not present on recording]
    T: "Yo [??] are you ready?"
    - Silver Rocket

    THE CIRCULATING TAPE CUTS DURING MIDDLE OF "SILVER ROCKET" - IT'S POSSIBLE MORE WAS PLAYED - DO YOU HAVE A COMPLETE RECORDING?

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • The Verlaines
  • Spud

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