Build a setlist: MewithoutYou

With the announcement of their retirement as a full time band, I thought it'd be a good time to start doing threads like this.

What is your dream final set? Try and keep it around 20 songs.

 

sub'in. will be back later.

 

This is incredibly difficult, and I kinda just let myself throw this together quickly. I'm sure it would change or rotate tomorrow. I think I got most of my big-time necessities though. Picking a closer hurt.

Messes
Torches
Nice and Blue
Fox's Dream
Cattail Down
King Beetle
Mexican War Streets
Julia
Gentleman
Red Cow
Jan 79
Feb 78
Paper Hanger
A Glass Can
Another Head
Bear's Vision
O, Porcupine
Bethlehem, WV
Son of a Widow
Rainbow Signs

 

I already have issues with this.

 

For me, I think its something like three tracks off each album. I'm not married to the order or anything outside of the opener and closer. Would be cool to see them do one from each album in order. I think I've actually seen them do that encore. lol

Bullet to Binary
Paper Hanger
A Glass Can Only Spill What it Contains
Every Thought
Fox's Dream
Lilac Queen
Flee thou Matadors
Timothy Hay
Watermelon Ascot
Tortoises All the Way Down
Nice and Blue
Fiji Mermaid
O, Porcupine
Tie Me Up
doormouse sighs
Mexican War Streets
In a Sweater Poorly Knit

encore:
All Circles
Torches Together
Rainbow Signs

 

Bullet to Binary
The Ghost
Nice and Blue

Torches Together
Paper Hanger
Four Word Letter (Pt. Two)

Messes of Men
Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)
In a Market Dimly Lit

Timothy Hay
Cattail Down
The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate

East Enders Wives
Aubergine
Fox’s Dream of the Log Flume
Four Fires

Red Cow
Dorothy
Rainbow Signs

9:27 a.m., 7/29
Julia (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses)
2,459 Miles
Wendy & Betsy
Bethlehem, WV
August 6th

Encore:

January 1979
Chapelcross Towns
Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore
In a Sweater Poorly Knit

 

Messes of Men
Watermelon Ascot
Gentlemen
Tie Me Up! Untie Me!
Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)
Red Cow
Julia (or, 'Holy to the LORD' on the Bells of Horses)
Disaster Tourism
The Fox, the Crow and the Cookie
Fiji Mermaid
Paper Hanger
Mexican War Streets
Winter Solstice
Blue Hen
Wendy & Betsy
Fox's Dream of the Log Flume
Torches Together
O, Porcupine
January 1979
Rainbow Signs

 

They must end with In A Sweater Poorly Knit.

 

I had such a hard time choosing between this and Rainbow Signs but it's gotta be Rainbow Signs for me.

 

I think it works well as a closer or encore. That and Rainbow Signs are the two I'd toss up between.

 

There are some truly underrated songs on it's all crazy

 

9:27a.m.
Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)
Red Cow
Yellow Spider
O, Porcupine
Gentleman
Another Head for Hydra
2,459 Miles/ Wendy & Betsy
Orange Spider
Julia (or, 'Holy to the Lord' on the Bells of Horses)
Mexican War Streets
Fox's Dream of the Log Flume
Flee, Thou Matadors!
Brownish Spider
Paper Hanger
Nice and Blue (Pt. 2)
Timothy Hay
New Wine, New Skins

Encore:
January 1979
In a Sweater Poorly Knit

 

The best in orden
A Glass Can
Another Head
Bear's Vision

 

Messes of Men
Red Cow
Julia (or, 'Holy to the Lord' on the Bells of Horses)
Leaf
Nice and Blue (pt 2)
Grist for the Malady Mill
Winter Solstice
Mexican War Streets
A Glass Can Only Spill What it Contains
The Angel of Death Came to David's Room
Seven Sisters
Flee, Thou Matadors!
Bethlehem, WV
O, Porcupine
Fox's Dream of the Log Flume
January 1979
Silencer
- - - - - - - - -
Goodbye, I!
Rainbow Signs
In a Sweater Poorly Knit

 

Will do this later. This is a hard one because they have way too many songs that would be amazing closers and openers.

 

August 6th
Julia (or, Holy to the LORD on the Bells of Horses)
Another Head for Hydra
Grist for the Malady Mill
A Glass Can Only Spill What it Contains
Fox’s Dream of the Log Flume
Red Cow/Dorothy
Son of a Widow
The Sun & the Moon
Cattail Down
2,459 Miles/Wendy & Betsy
Watermelon Ascot
C-Minor
Paper Hanger
O, Porcupine!
January 1979
Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore

Encore:

Messes of Men
Carousels
In a Sweater Poorly Knit

 

A thread like this makes me really hope they film their final show like they did for the [A—>B] Life anniversary run.

 

Pale Horse
9:27a.m., 7/29
Watermelon Ascot
D-Minor
February 1878
Red Cow
Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)
The Dryness and the Rain
Goodbye, I!
Mexican War Streets
Nice and Blue Pt. II
Torches Together
Julia (or, ‘Holy to the LORD’ on the Bells of Horses)
O, Porcupine
Rainbow Signs
January 1979
Allah, Allah, Allah

Encore:
Bullet To Binary
In a Sweater Poorly Knit

 

honestly Brother, Sister in it's entirety followed by Gentlemen and Tie Me Up! Untie Me! would be perfect for me.

 

I hope to see Leaf at least once more.