Found Our Way Through The Lost Years & Now The Day Brings It All Here
20. Jul, 2018 
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Beck
Madison Square Garden
July 19
A lot can happen in a month. One could say, ‘I don’t really need to see Beck again for awhile‘ and then weeks later be like, um, I’m a fool, so can we re-define ‘awhile’ to mean ‘NOW’ and get on with it??? THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED!!!!Â
For some reason I was over Beck. Last saw him in 2013. Then time slipped. His last album was snoozy (and somehow won THE Grammy). I didn’t want snoozy, I wanted a Midnite Vulture redux!Â
Then right around July 4th, Live Nation, probably looking to shrug off sluggish ticket sales for Beck’s first ever MSG headlining show, offered ‘all in’ tickets for $25. How could I resist? You can barely get into anything at MSG for less than $50! I was in! Oh wait what, Beck released a new album last fall and I didn’t know about it or chose to ignore it? Well, I better get on this sh!t STAT, and to my surprise – IT WAS THE ANSWER TO ALL MY PRAYERS – MIDNITE VULTURES REDUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beck’s Colors album is FANTASTIC, and super fun, and I want it to be my BFFive-ever!! Â
And the show at MSG that he was having trouble filling? Enough fans filled the seats, and if there was any emptiness in the Garden, Beck overfilled it with the rock and pop circumstance I’ve always known and loved. And I still love it. He still gots it. And I still gots it for him!! (why do I keep forgetting these things?)
But seriously Beck, why do you got such hate-tations on Mutations? You haven’t played ‘Cold Brains’ live since 2006, and ‘Nobody’s Fault But My Own’ since 2005????!!! Enuff with the Snooze Changes and Snoozing Phases – and never forget your BEST quiet work!!! I’m not asking for Mutations 2, but juss for you to give some live love to the album that showed us your TRUE colors, but if we’re hear to ask for things, I’ll certainly take Midnite Vultures 3 – with all the pan flute you can flute at us!!!
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Setlist – Devils Haircut / The New Pollution / Mixed Bizness / Up All Night / Wow / Qué Onda Güero / Think I’m in Love > I Feel Love (Donna Summer cover) / l’m So Free / Dear Life (with Britt Daniel) / I Turn My Camera On (Spoon cover with Britt Daniel) / Girl Dreams (with Jenny Lewis) / Lost Cause / Blue Moon / Dreams / Girl /
Colors / Loser / E-Pro
Encore - Where It’s At > Can I Kick It > Good Times > See No Evil > I’m Waiting for the Man > Taking It to the Streets > Once In A Lifetime > In the Air (medley) / One Foot in the Grave / Where It’s At
