Some past setlists

[DazedOblivion]

I came across this site that has some of the setlists from the Corrs' concerts in the past:

www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-corrs-73d6be3d.html

[magnficentfan]

Very cool site, Steve. I like the statistics portion, although it's not really accurate due to a small sampling of concerts listed.

Speaking of setlists...

Does anyone think that the setlists could have been changed more on previous tours? It seemed as though the band was playing the same exact (or almost exact) show night after night. Surely they were getting bored with playing the same thing every night, and I would imagine that if you really pressed some of the fans who went to a lot of the shows, they may reluctantly admit that the setlist got kind of stagnant after a while.

I whole-heartedly understand that certain songs needed to be played: Runaway, So Young, Breathless.... But some of the songs that were lesser hits could have been switched in and out with some other songs that hadn't been played in a long time. I'm sure most people realize that when you go and see a band in concert that has had a number of singles released, they're not going to play all of them all the time.

Any thoughts?

-- Marie :-)

[cw]

Whilst it is an interesting resource, I have to agree with Marie that it is let down by it's incompleteness.

To respond to Marie's questions.

Prior to the RAH concert, the Corrs WERE probably somewhat unadventurous in both their setlist & their live versions by sticking as close as possible to the album version. Conor Brady commented on this in his Hotpress interview from last year (if you haven't read this Marie, a copy can be found onsite).

It wasn't until the latter part of the TOC tour that they got braver ... and bigger. Numbers like No Frontiers entered the setlist, Runaway found it's optimum form & Anto was really let off the leash on songs like QOH rendering that one a setlist regular. They did also take notice of one key audience factor ... the Caro factor. It was pretty damned obvious that the punters wanted to see ...and hear more of her hence the greater number of "girls upfront" songs.

I do agree that some numbers more than ran their race on the setlist especially "The Right Time" & even Dreams could have been given a spell. As Sharon has intimated, there were some songs that they never could find a fit for on the setlist such as "Love Gives, Loves Takes". I can also see that some songs may have been hard to deliver live, especially those with very pronounced 3 women harmonies when Cazz was behind the kit.

As a counter, I will grant that they WERE very open to playing around with live arrangements. Runaway took several years to find it's optimum setting; WCID was a "take anywhere, play it anyway" option. TTF & Joy of Life were the perennials with regards to the instrumentals but they did tend to swap around with the others.

Sharon has intimated that they did tend to bring local factors into account when working out their setlists. A key case in point was their SE Asia tour in 01 where they played DSYLM live for the first time. This song was only ever released as a single in the Phils.

[magnficentfan]

Oh, yeah, the arrangements that the band have played through the years have differed and that's very welcome. But the choice of songs performed could have been switched up a bit more.

For example, here in the US, the Corrs really could have played with the setlists and made signficant changes. Breathless would have to be a staple, as would So Young, Runaway, and Stars Go Blue. I would also say that Dreams should have remained because the American audiences know the song. Also, since they were promoting Summer Sunshine and possibly Angel, those two songs deserved to be played every night. But why have OWIS, QOH, and INLYA during every show? I don't mean to sound callous, but American audiences wouldn't miss those songs because they weren't hits here. Swap them in and out with LTLY, Secret Life, AIAD... or any other song they weren't playing that would work well live.

And, for the life of me, I can't figure out why they dropped Ruby Tuesday! Even if they felt it wasn't going over so well on the European legs of the tour, that song was featured on the one US-only release and is a well-known song over here. I think it would have been fabulous live.

Alright, think I've ranted enough now. ;-)

-- Marie :-)

[DazedOblivion]

I stumbled across the site whilst searching for news on the most mysterious Corr these days: Caroline. I knew it wasn't complete. Whether it's accurate, I can't really say.

I think of Hank Williams words to describe my becoming a fan of the Corrs in mid-2004, literally just after their plane left the ground from the U.S. leg of the Borrowed Heaven tour: "just in time to be too late."

I won't venture any critique of the setlists, since I have never even seen the Corrs perform. Interesting to read, though, and I agree that variety is good.