11/24/83 - Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera

Date: Thursday, November 24th, 1983
City: Groningen, Netherlands
Venue: Vera
SET LIST NOTES
Brother James
Kill Yr Idols
Early American
The Burning Spear
Confusion is Next
Shaking Hell
Making the Nature Scene 
Inhuman
--
I Don't Want To Push It
--
I Wanna Be Yr Dog
  • "Shaking Hell" appears on a 7"/CD that comes with the "Sonic Life" book.
  • "Kill Yr Idols" and part of "Confusion is Next" appear on the Sonic Death album.
  • Last known performance of "I Don't Want To Push It".
  • Lee says "the next song is called Brother James" -- meaning there's probably some songs (likely "WORLD LOOKS RED" and "SHE'S IN A BAD MOOD") missing.

    QUOTES

    L: "The next song is called "Brother James"."
    T: "1 2 3 4!"
    - Brother James
    - Kill Yr Idols
    K: "Check check [??]"
    - Early American [w. really wild chorus effect on vocals]
    The "Scream Tape" is played to segue between "Early American" and "The Burning Spear".
    - The Burning Spear
    - Confusion is Next
    T: [over intro of "Confusion is Next"] "This song is about stimulation of the [???]. This is the next question! After "Are you a fool for Christ?" Are you a fool for Christ? Confusion..is next!"
    K: "John could you put more vocal in the monitor?"
    T: "1 2 3 4!"
    - Shaking Hell
    [brief tape cut]
    - Making the Nature Scene
    K: "Thanks a lot."
    L: "This is "Inhuman" and this is it!"
    - Inhuman
    L: "Alright, the war is over, thanks a lot for coming!"
    [encore break]
    T: "Yo! We're gonna do a song...[coughs]. This mic stand is fucked! Hey, buy this record by Vacuum! We're gonna do a song, this is for...hey what's this group called Rebel Yell? You want that back? We gotta tune up, you gotta wait. Hey John, you see what's happening up here?"
    - I Don't Want To Push It
    T: "That's it, we forgot how to play."
    [encore break]
    L: "Thanks a lot."
    T: "Iggy and the Stooges!"
    - I Wanna Be Yr Dog

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • unknown...

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