i just recalled that when i last saw Yonce in concert for last year's Formation Tour she did NOT perform 'Single Ladies'.

fuck. that. shit.

the show as good for that it was but as i left Soldier Field that's the first thing i thought - 'She didn't do 'Single Ladies''. i remember thinking the show couldn't be OVER b/c she can't not do that song. but NOPE.

naw.

that ain't cool.

i don't give a shit what an entertainer personally feels about the song that made them who they are. that song will probably send one of Yonce's grandkids to community college. it's the song that made her YONCE. it's what forced the world to recognize her Pop dominance. if bitches 'bow down' to her that's the tune that made those last knees bend. she better do that damn song in concert the next time i see her.

i have no patience for acts who won't perform their money maker.

fuck you.

if he hated 'Billie Jean' or that Motown 25 performance he never let on.

fuck you.

I saw KRS-1 a year or 2 ago. He left without doing "My Philosophy."

We saw Snoop last year & he didn't do "Beautiful." OK, this one may be debatable because there are other songs that may be higher on Snoop's list of biggest hits. But I'd bet that it's top 10.

I took my girl to see Dave Matthew Band a few years back. Their encore closed with Talking Heads' "Burnin' Down the House," instead of one of their bigger hits. She still hasn't forgiven them for that.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

i want them to perform their money maker in whatever spirit is true to the song.

if they have bad feelings about the song they should vent them backstage. it's part of the gig - it's part of being a performer.

fuck you.

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so I can't link it up, but artists getting sick of performing their material wasn't something I thought of until the infamous time when Andre 3K sarcastically mentioned having to perform Hey Ya one more time before a live performance on an MTV awards show if memory serves me right.

It's a glamorous job to be a top level performing artist, but it is a job at the end of the day and I can understand an artist being sick and tired of performing an old song.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

>It's a glamorous job to be a top level performing artist, but
>it is a job at the end of the day and I can understand an
>artist being sick and tired of performing an old song.


They heard it a thousand times before WE ever did, so by the time it's a hit record, I'm SURE they get sick of it.

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They are entitled to their feelings. They can be aired off stage. On stage they'd better sing that song like their life depends on it.

fuck you.

"And for the millionth time...'Hey Ya', gatdammit."

Twenty-two, fam.

A lot of cats are leaving disappointed if they're gonna be mad if they don't hear one particular song.

If an artist TRULY owed their career to one song, understandable. But that is not the case here. And she would still be the biggest singer in the world without SL.

MJ knew he had to perform 'Billie Jean' at all of his shows.

Prince knew he had to give the ppl 'Purple Rain'.

Stevie knows ppl wanna hear 'Superstition' - even during the SITKOL anniversary shows he closes w/'Superstition'.

Yonce knows it's 'Single Ladies' for her. she needs to act like it.

btw...of Yonce's #1s (22? by who power?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_discography#Singles; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny\'s_Child_discography#Singles)...'Single Ladies' is the biggest hit. sold more copies than the others. more weeks at #1. even won a Grammy for Song of the Year. her only win in that category.

bow down. it's 'Single Ladies'.

fuck you.

Once you cross a certain threshold... where you got a locked-in fanbase? and people know you for a song (or five)? you better play that shit.

when i recently saw him in Richmond. He didn't half ass it, either.

hell, I'd be really disappointed if I went to see Joe Budden and he didn't do Pump It Up. I genuinely love/loved that song.

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Which makes sense, unless they have completely moved in a different direction and they are trying to start a completely new chapter.

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wanted to hear mood muzik stuff more than his only hit.

i was still glad he did it, but he didn't have to for it to still be a good show, imo.

The Beastie Boys never did "Fight For Your Right to Party" after the "License To Ill" tour. I saw them a couple of times, and their show never suffered because of it. They performed other stuff from the first album, but never that. If anything, performing "Fight For Your Right" would seemed out of place in the context of the show.

Beck also apparently hasn't done "Loser" in decades. Show didn't suffer because of it.

I've seen Bob Dylan do some shows where he performs "Like a Rolling Stone." I've seen some shows where he leaves it off the set-list. The show doesn't rise and fall on it.

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Which I actually think is the best method for playing a popular song that you might not want to actually play.

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I guess there's enough distance in time between when that song came out and now that may be he's more comfortable.

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Bc that's what I meant.

fuck you.

Dylan is a well known asshole toward his audiences. Ppl bitch about his shows all the time.

But the Stones....they play 'Satisfaction' at the close of every show. They do 'Jumpin Jack Flash'. They do 'Start Me Up'. They get it.

fuck you.

Should they still play the hit even if it doesn't fit?

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They'll do the album, and then work other stuff in during the encore.

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shows. That's typical - perform the album and then the hits and the signature song.

fuck you.

...i dont want to see Biz do "just a friend" or De La do "me myself & I"

chalked it up to knowing your audience, recognizing the thanks you give for even having a career that long, and being extra creative and having fun with their played out hits..

that was the biggest selling song out the whole native tongues camp (in terms of blllboard)

Which is why when he played in Oakland during his piano and mic tour it was extremely notable.

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I was at the San Jose show when he programmed the Linn LIVE..and then went into Doves Cry on some build up....I'm not even a Prince fan like that but i lost my shit that day.

He did like 3 encores for that show....sheesh


best $44 i ever spent, true life

fuck you.

And he performed it with glee. At least at his main shows. His after shows and small venue shows he used to stretch out and play covers and album cuts. But he knew that at his main shows he had to give the ppl what they wanted. To really appreciate him on stage you had to see him in both contexts.

fuck you.

turkeys ain't in there to hear you being all artsy, just drop them money cuts

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I'm having a hard time here. It's like she's totally overrated or something.


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and i want the whole routine from the video

and also love on top

it depends for most artists personally i would be ok as long as the overall show was good,

dude

I heard he really really really hate that and didn't like it the year it came out, don't know why but it's one of his biggest hits; I'm not sure if he still does live shows but I remember someone being really pissed that he didn't do that song.

But I can understand when an artist doesn't like one of their big hits but it's another thing to not perform it knowing it's one of the songs that people know that artist from.

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From what I heard Thom Yoke hates that song, so does the guitarist as well.

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