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Old 24-06-2023, 18:49
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What should the band's last live song be?

As much as we probably don't want to think about it eventually the band will at some point play their last live show.

If you were to choose the closing song of this set, what would it be?

Would it be one of the usual subjects (A Design For Life, Tolerate, You Love Us, Motown Junk) or something else?

I quite like the idea of maybe Cardiff Afterlife or Futurology.
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Old 24-06-2023, 19:18
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I'd they're playing stuff thought they'd never play again. . I'd love No Surface All Feeling to close.
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Old 24-06-2023, 19:18
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Old 25-06-2023, 00:13
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Old 25-06-2023, 06:41
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Old 25-06-2023, 14:20
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I went through a period in the early 2000s when every time I saw them live I was convinced it was the last time they'd tour and then when they played A Design for Life I couldn't imagine them finishing in a better way.

I'm not convinced they would split (unless of ill health or worse) and that they've found their happy balance of live commitments and enjoying what other things they fill their lives with.
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Old 25-06-2023, 17:37
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Old 26-06-2023, 00:22
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Think You Love Us should be their set closer anyway. It just jars a bit for me when it is alongside their later material.
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Old 26-06-2023, 07:42
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I think it should be Motown Junk, it's the song that paved the way for their entire career and has been criminally underplayed for the last 10 years.
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Old 26-06-2023, 11:29
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I think it should be Motown Junk, it's the song that paved the way for their entire career and has been criminally underplayed for the last 10 years.
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If I recall correctly, Nicky some time ago (when I started being a fan - 17 years ago, and it seems like yesterday) told that Motown Junk had to be played at every gig, because it was the song that made them what they are. "If we won't play it, we won't be the Manics anymore", or something like that.
Yet, they skipped it...
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Old 27-06-2023, 07:58
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If I recall correctly, Nicky some time ago (when I started being a fan - 17 years ago, and it seems like yesterday) told that Motown Junk had to be played at every gig, because it was the song that made them what they are. "If we won't play it, we won't be the Manics anymore", or something like that.
Yet, they skipped it...
They play "You Love Us" at almost every gig now, don't remember many times when they haven't.
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Old 27-06-2023, 08:50
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If a song title beings with the letters You, stands a good chance of becoming a permanent fixture.
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Old 28-06-2023, 20:59
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Happy Ending seems apt.
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Old 01-07-2023, 15:58
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Bloody Hell, just saw some of their recent set lists, wow for once they've mixed it up a bit & not ended on that song I can't stand anymore.

Personally end on either YLU (not that I want to hear it) or Motown Junk.
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Old 02-07-2023, 11:19
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If a song title beings with the letters You, stands a good chance of becoming a permanent fixture.
I've never seen them perform Yourself live :-(
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