The Big Band Will Be Soon In Japan...

I think it's probably the first time since a pretty long time the Brian Setzer Orchestra will be touring on a not Xmas moment. So it might be interesting to talk about the tracks we'd like to see on the setlist ( of course Brian's choice will be beyond all possible dispute).
A setlist without any Xmas songs (the tour will start in february), huge topic, no ?



Ignorant in english-a-Billy (sorry for the plagiary Rick)

I would imagine that the setlist would include a large selection of Wolfgang. Hopefully he'll revisit the entire BSO catalog. Man With the Magic Touch might be included given the recent exposure via tv commercials. What I'm really hoping for is a dvd! Film one of those shows Brian!!

Rick

I wouldn't at all be surprised to see a basic setlist for the tour very similar to what Enjay, Rickabilly and I saw last June in the backyard:

06-21-08 ~ The Brian Setzer Orchestra ~ 18th Annual Jazz Aspen-Snowmass June Festival ~ Rio Grande Park ~ Aspen, Colorado:
"Hawaii 5-0" Theme; This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof; Hoodoo Voodoo Doll; Let The Good Times Roll; The Dirty Boogie; Pennsylvania 6-5000; One More Night With You; Wolfgang's Big Night Out; Honey Man; Jump Jive An' Wail; Stray Cat Strut > "Pink Panther" Theme; Caravan; For Lisa (6-piece); Roll Over Beethoven (partial - Trio); Runaway Boys (Trio); Red Hot (Trio); Route 66 (Trio > Orchestra); Rock This Town; Encore: Gettin' In The Mood; Mack The Knife.

I would expect a longer trio segment, though. And no Roll Over Beethoven.

With the new 007 film out now, I'd love to see them go back to opening with the James Bond Theme (Spies In The Night).

Or how about a back-to-back James Bond Theme > Hawaii 5-0 Theme opening?

I'm not sure how well the show is known in Japan, but I'd also love to hear the BSO take on The Munster's Theme. The Cats' version from the Winter 83/84 tour is great.

I hope tracks like Hoodoo Voodoo Doll & Route 66 will be on the setlist like in last june.
To open the set ? Fly Juice, in my opinion.

The idea of playing old tracks, tracks from the time almost nobody knew the BSO is an attractive one.
The two first albums are very less known than the 5 others and there is no reason, they really swing & rock !
Hoodoo, Route 66, Honky Tonkin' (fro opening the set !), Straight Up...

Three days and... IGNITION !

Still hope for old tracks in place of Xmas songs... And hope Brian's site will give us some news about the tour (at less the setlist and a pic )

I'm waiting for Hoodoo Voodoo Doll and Route 66...

I'm so stupid, I should have ask Hatton if he would share some of the songs when I
spent some time listening to him demo the King double basses at the Namm show. I
was excited to introduce my son to him and all that rhetoric. He even told me he was
heading out to japan and I just kept talking about the Namm show... duhhh.

saw Bernie K. too, he's lost some weight and looks like he is in prime condition for
touring!

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

I'm so stupid, I should have ask Hatton if he would share some of the songs when I
spent some time listening to him demo the King double basses at the Namm show. I
was excited to introduce my son to him and all that rhetoric. He even told me he was
heading out to japan and I just kept talking about the Namm show... duhhh.

saw Bernie K. too, he's lost some weight and looks like he is in prime condition for
touring!

Nope...no duhhh. I think the right words for it are "star struck".
We've all been there at one time or another!

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

I'm so stupid, I should have ask Hatton if he would share some of the songs when I
spent some time listening to him demo the King double basses at the Namm show. I
was excited to introduce my son to him and all that rhetoric. He even told me he was
heading out to japan and I just kept talking about the Namm show... duhhh.

saw Bernie K. too, he's lost some weight and looks like he is in prime condition for
touring!

Nope...no duhhh. I think the right words for it are "star struck".
We've all been there at one time or another!

Well.. if it had been setzer, I'd be star struck... I was really just caught up in
the cool basses Spazz slaps so well.

I wonder if there will be some trio moments or only a whole BSO show like in the early years.

I personally think that Setzer will keep the trio section, as he has more space to change some songs during the different shows and also, to play more freely. It's not the same to make a mistake during the BSO part, where the whole band could be lost, than in the trio section, where it's easier to go back right on the track.

I'd love to hear something from 13, Nitro & Ignition.

I regret that Setzer had not included Rebelene during the Nashvillians tours, with the piano... it was the perfect time to include it, don't you think??

Ahhhh, "Rebelene" !!!

As luck would have it, the only time I witnessed a live performance of this song was when Setzer would sit in with the Paine Brothers here in the Los Angeles area back in 1988. Full band treatment, with two guitars, keyboard, etc.....c'est magnifique!


Those were the days.........
Scatman

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

I'm so stupid, I should have ask Hatton if he would share some of the songs when I
spent some time listening to him demo the King double basses at the Namm show. I
was excited to introduce my son to him and all that rhetoric. He even told me he was
heading out to japan and I just kept talking about the Namm show... duhhh.

saw Bernie K. too, he's lost some weight and looks like he is in prime condition for
touring!

Nope...no duhhh. I think the right words for it are "star struck".
We've all been there at one time or another!

Well.. if it had been setzer, I'd be star struck... I was really just caught up in
the cool basses Spazz slaps so well.

So you were, eh, bass struck then? Or could we even go as far to say...

...fish slapped?


hrg

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

I'm so stupid, I should have ask Hatton if he would share some of the songs when I
spent some time listening to him demo the King double basses at the Namm show. I
was excited to introduce my son to him and all that rhetoric. He even told me he was
heading out to japan and I just kept talking about the Namm show... duhhh.

saw Bernie K. too, he's lost some weight and looks like he is in prime condition for
touring!

Nope...no duhhh. I think the right words for it are "star struck".
We've all been there at one time or another!

Well.. if it had been setzer, I'd be star struck... I was really just caught up in
the cool basses Spazz slaps so well.

So you were, eh, bass struck then? Or could we even go as far to say...

...fish slapped?


hrg

spazzed...

Geez, with that many quotations I lost track of the topic!!!

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

I'm so stupid, I should have ask Hatton if he would share some of the songs when I
spent some time listening to him demo the King double basses at the Namm show. I
was excited to introduce my son to him and all that rhetoric. He even told me he was
heading out to japan and I just kept talking about the Namm show... duhhh.

saw Bernie K. too, he's lost some weight and looks like he is in prime condition for
touring!

Nope...no duhhh. I think the right words for it are "star struck".
We've all been there at one time or another!

Well.. if it had been setzer, I'd be star struck... I was really just caught up in
the cool basses Spazz slaps so well.

So you were, eh, bass struck then? Or could we even go as far to say...

...fish slapped?


hrg

oh I forget there was "star struckness" for my kid that was with me when he
got to see Lee Rocker performing up close and personal at the Fender stage.
They had the best sound I've heard since the hootenanny 2 yrs ago.

Tomorrow, we'll know...
It's a pity we have no japanese fans on the board to keep us informed quickly if the official Brian's site keep on being so "distant"...

No pictures, no set lists, nothing over on the official site. It's a ghost land, dead in the water, very impersonal site.

Wow. Things have really changed. At one time I actually had a little hope...but it's gone now.

Sad, really sad.
hrg

Hot Rod Girl wrote:

No pictures, no set lists, nothing over on the official site. It's a ghost land, dead in the water, very impersonal site.

Wow. Things have really changed. At one time I actually had a little hope...but it's gone now.

Sad, really sad.
hrg

WWYD?

I still have faith on the management to post the set lists on the website after the tour wraps up.

Niels mentioned that the sets are not going to be posted in order not to spoil the surprise to the concert-goers... now, I am wondering... why have the set list always posted when Tommy ran bs.com????

As a fan, I like to know what's more or less going to be performed. I also like suprises, but I enjoy keep tracking of the show, so that I can sing the songs and be ready for everything.

tvthewiredturtle wrote:

WWYD?

What would Yanni do??

Damn, you beat me to it! Although I had considered WWYD might mean What Would Yngwie Do?



Shred-a-billy

Rickabilly wrote:

Damn, you beat me to it! Although I had considered WWYD might mean What Would Yngwie Do?

Or what would YVONNE do??



Holy-Spandex-a-Budgie

I must be the only one here that doesn't really care about the setlists even if I was going to the concerts
I think it's because maybe Brian wants to bring out a few surprises for the fans or something, who knows?