The Wonder Years Band • Page 154

I'd be happy with WSP, Came Out Swinging, and one other pre-TGG song every set. Holding out hope that they'll play You're Not Salinger at some point when I see them but I don't see that happening any time soon

 

They dropped Salinger after Suburbia tour I believe. Maybe the played it on a few TGG shows. They’ve moved Came Out Swinging to the pre-encore song. I’d imagine it stays there but I really liked when Ocean Grew Hands was in that slot. Then open encore with Came Out Swinging if they are keeping it.

 

Nah how good is the bridge on Oldest Daughter. Peak TWY!

 

I saw them play on the Sister Cities tour in London and they played Came Out Swinging in the middle of the set and it felt so weird and out of place. Definitely only works as an opener or a closer

 

it ignites the room whenever it's played but yeah I'm glad they moved it to the encore when I saw them in Madrid in 2019

 

Came Out Swinging no longer in the setlist would be so weird. I always thought of it as the Wonder Years song. Like every band has that one quintessential song and for The Wonder Years that is it lol

 

I remember when I went to the Suburbia album release show in Philly and they didn't play Came Out Swinging I was so mad lol

Then I drove out to see them in Grand Rapids a few months later and they played it for the first time and opened the set with it and it ruled hard

But yeah it wouldn't feel like a TWY set without that song

 

I hope Swinging stays as the closer forever. It’s good as the opener as well, especially when they did it for the boot & saddle show, but elite as a closer. Definitely felt wrong in the middle of the set.

Hoping they keep a few other upsides and suburbia songs going forward as well. They’re just so much fun live.

 

Best album is Suburbia IMO.

 

Came Out Swinging closer forever except random one-offs (like Boot and Saddle)

 

For me, the song is literally called "Came Out Swinging". It's an opener, not a closer. Cigarettes and Saints and The Ocean Grew Hands to Hold Me are both way better closers imo.

 

yeah i havent seen them close with that one before but it really does not strike me as the kinda song that would work as a set ender

 

I prefer it as an opener but it works well as a closer too.

 

It's their anthem pretty much.... how is it not an appropriate closer?

I think it can go anywhere in their set but I don't see how it's not appropriate closing a show and the whole crowd pretty much leaving pumped up.

 

it makes sense to me in terms of, like, we the audience come out swinging from the philly venue back into the world (presumably caked in stale beer and sweat, which was how I left the upsides/suburbia show basically)

 

I think literally it makes more sense as an opener too but it's also a great closer in my book. also like that ^^ logic too tbf

 

Cigs & Saints is actually an awesome closer

 

I remember the Boot and Saddle show in 2018 being their first show in a while and the first since they had done a Burst and Decay tour so nobody really knew what to expect. I turned to my friend right before they came on and said something like "I wonder if this is going to be relatively tame." Then they launched into Came Out Swinging and it was one of the sweatiest nights of my life.

 

Seeing people talk about that Boot & Saddle show almost brings a tear to my eye. Might have been my favorite Wonder Years show, at a tiiiny venue, right before the Eagles won the Super Bowl a few days later :')

 

Boot & Saddle is easily one of my favorite TWY shows I’ve been to

 

I've seen them close with Came Out Swinging and Cigarettes & Saints a bunch, and as much as I like the latter as part of the set, it should always be Came Out Swinging if you ask me.

When I saw them in Providence just before Christmas, they did Saints last and while it was great, it just doesn't have the energy that Swinging does.

 

New song Thursday apparently

 

Just hook it to my veins

 

Hopefully an album announcement too this time around

 

earlier than expected

sounds about right that we get an album announcement Thursday