Wednesday, September 13, 2017

ACL 2017: Red Hot Chili Peppers Setlist Thoughts [EDIT]

Like the one I just did for Jay-Z, I have been curious to see if I can figure out what kind of show we'll be getting from the big headliners.  The last time the Chilis were here, I was personally disappointed in a set list that never once dove deeper that Blood Sugar Sex Magic, leaving out a bunch of the most fun shit that the Chilis had done on their first several albums.  I looked at their most recent shows, which were all at the end of July in Europe.  Maybe they'll give us different treatment than the Europeans, but I kind of doubt it.  What you'll see in this chart definitely surprised me.  The chart shows the three different shows, one show per column, sorted into alphabetical order and then a line given to each distinct song.



Aeroplane



Angeles

Around the World


Blood Sugar Sex Magik

By the Way
By the Way
By the Way
Californication
Californication
Californication
Can't Stop

Can't Stop

Dani California

Dark Necessities
Dark Necessities
Dark Necessities

Debaser

Don't Forget Me

Don't Forget Me



Give It Away
Give It Away
Give It Away
Go Robot
Go Robot
Go Robot
Goodbye Angels
Goodbye Angels
Goodbye Angels
Higher Ground

Higher Ground


I Could Have Lied


I Like Dirt
I Wanna Be Your Dog

I Wanna Be Your Dog

Me & My Friends



Mommy, Where's Daddy?


Red Hot Mama
Right on Time

Right on Time

Scar Tissue


Sick Love

Snow ((Hey Oh))

Snow ((Hey Oh))

Soul to Squeeze


Suck My Kiss

Tell Me Baby


The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie


The Getaway




The Power of Equality
The Zephyr Song

The Zephyr Song
Under the Bridge



Wet Sand


What Is Soul?


Interesting, right?  "Under the Bridge," which is legitimately one of their biggest hits, only once? Only one play for Rain Dance Maggie, Aeroplane, Around the World, Tell Me Baby, Dani California, Can't Stop, and Scar Tissue?  That is kind of wild to me.  If I don't hear "Can't Stop" and "Tell Me Baby," I'm going to be sad.  
So, the tunes that get played every night are By the Way, Californication, Dark Necessities, Give it Away, Go Robot, and Goodbye Angels.  Three from the new album, one from Blood Sugar Sex Magic, and then the title tracks from two other albums.  I can't believe they don't do some of the other ones every night.  But, you know what else you do get? Sweet shit from the early albums, like Higher Ground (hell yes! I might break something when that one comes on) and Me & My Friends. Interesting.  
Honestly, I'd love for them to just play Blood Sugar Sex Magic from start to finish and then play Higher Ground and I could die happy.

They have another festival show in two days, so I'll go check that out and come revise this with more information.

EDIT: Now they've played five more shows since the three I looked at up above, and they have a pretty common theme.  One of the four strayed from that theme, but the rest pretty well go with these songs: Can't Stop, Snow (Hey Oh), The Zephyr Song, Dark Necessities, Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie, Stooges Cover (either I Wanna Be Your Dog or Seek and Destroy), Go Robot, Californication, Tell Me Baby, and then a handful of different things (The Getaway, Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, Higher Ground, Power of Equality, By the Way, etc.) before ending with Goodbye Angels and Give it Away.  Pretty much any of these would sate my desire, but I really hope it is the one that has Sir Psycho Sexy and the Power of Equality.  Pumped to see this live!

In case you want the full chart from the past few shows:

1. Intro Jam
1. Intro Jam
1. Intro Jam
1. Intro Jam
1. Intro Jam
2. Can't Stop
2. Can't Stop
2. Around the World
2. Can't Stop
2. Can't Stop
3. Snow ((Hey Oh))
3. Dani California
3. Snow ((Hey Oh))
3. Dani California
3. Snow ((Hey Oh))
4. The Zephyr Song
4. Scar Tissue
4. The Zephyr Song
4. Scar Tissue
4. The Zephyr Song
5. Dark Necessities
5. Dark Necessities
5. Dark Necessities
5. Dark Necessities
5. Dark Necessities
6. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
6. I Wanna Be Your Dog
6. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
6. Hey
6. Did I Let You Know
7. Me & My Friends
7. Right on Time
7. Search and Destroy
7. I Wanna Be Your Dog
7. I Wanna Be Your Dog
8. Go Robot
8. Go Robot
8. Parallel Universe
8. Right on Time
8. Right on Time
9. Californication
9. Californication
9. Go Robot
9. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
9. Go Robot
10. Tell Me Baby
10. What Is Soul?
10. Californication
10. Go Robot
10. Californication
11. The Getaway
11. Aeroplane
11. Tell Me Baby
11. Californication
11. Tell Me Baby
12. Suck My Kiss
12. Don't Forget Me
12. Dreams of a Samurai
12. Get on Top
12. Sir Psycho Sexy
13. Soul to Squeeze
13. Sick Love
13. Suck My Kiss
13. The Getaway
13. They're Red Hot
14. By the Way
14. Higher Ground
14. I Could Have Lied
14. Higher Ground
14. The Power of Equality
15. Goodbye Angels
15. Under the Bridge
15. By the Way
15. Soul to Squeeze
15. Under the Bridge
16. Give It Away
16. By the Way
16. Drum Solo
16. By the Way
16. By the Way

17. Goodbye Angels
17. Goodbye Angels
17. This Is the Last Day of Our Acquaintance
17. Goodbye Angels

18. Give It Away
18. Give It Away
18. Goodbye Angels
18. Give It Away



19. Give It Away


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