How do people feel about this? I don't mean an artist performing the album they just put out, but more the Slint and GZA and the Pitchfork thing, Brian Wilson's dealie...
Is this really justified? Certainly it's not much difference from, say, Frankie Valli, but isn't that disappointing in itself? Discuss.

I'm really excited to see Daydream Nation.

I think it has its place.

First example to come to mind is Pink Floyd performing either the entirety or big pieces of Dark Side or The Wall in concert because they naturally fit together.

And didn't The Who do a tour performing Quadrophenia a few years ago?

Don't diss Frankie Valli. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' stuff from the early 60s kicks ass.

One of the better concerts I recall seeing featured an album in its entirety. It was Lou Reed touring his New York album. He did the whole album from start to finish with appropriate stage setups. Then, he took an intermission while they stripped the stage down and he came back out adn performed like a greatest hits deal, starting with his most recent material and going back through his solo catalog. Then, he came out after that for an encore of Velvet Underground material.

I'm not so sure I'd want to just hear a single album and nothing else from too many people, unless its someone where I only like one of their records or something. but, if they do the album and then give you some other stuff as well, I'm all for it.

And Col. Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade covering Pink Floyd's Animals is probably one of the better shows I've seen. I know this is getting a tad off course of what Cotton is saying, but still. It was pretty damn good.

The Fuzzy Sprouts doing Abby Road was damned incredible.

yeah, but PF did that when the album was released. or else they did like 2-3 songs together on that last tour I guess, but let's face it that was pretty ramshackle anyway. Roger Waters touring performing Dark Side as I type this, fits the bill here.

and yeah, the Who did do that and it pissed me off, despite loving it.

I saw Love do "Forever Changes" in its entirity twice and do "Da Capo" in its entirity once. I like the concept. I'm an album guy not a song guy so I like hearing the songs as a cohesive set if they are intended that way or work best that way. Also at least you know what you are in store for....hate going and being really disappointed with the set list.

ditto.

for those of you who have seen slint perform spiderland, how was it? been hearing mixed reviews but i want to see them when they come here next month...

I'd shit my pants if I went to a Stones show and they played Let It Bleed or Exile in its entirety...shit, if they had the balls to do Dirty Work I'd jump up onstage and hug them, taking a beating notwithstanding.

You know Tim and Dave are still touring this show? I saw it back in February and it was still amazing. They just put together a Sgt. Peppers show to celebrate its 40th Anniversary. I didn't catch that one.

i was at a record release show last year that sounded like the lou reed show from above. it was for the new bobby conn album. he played the whole album, sans the spoken word track, pretty close to how it really is. then he came out a few minutes later and did another set of just covers. good show.

I did not know that.

I also saw them do Ziggy Stardust once but I was REALLY messed up so I'm not sure how great it was. I "remember" it as great though.

Ziggy Stardust is always great...bartender put it on a couple weeks back around closing time and ended up stuck with a little group of us nursing beers until it was over.

yeah, but that's exactly it. Isn't that just sort of a bullshit nostalgia grab? I guess that's what going to a Stones show is to begin with, but I feel like this is for an entirely new audience to say they were there when whatever band played this seminal album in its entirety. Which, in addition to bringing out all the scenester retards that will sit in the back of the club and brag about how much better it was in '89 or whatever, it also is just sort of artistically backpeddling.
I'm sure I'd be psyched to see the Stones play Exile, but without Mick Taylor there confused as fuck, Mick with visible coke-mouth, incoherent Keith... Wyman with a 13 year old girl...without these things I think I'd ultimately feel patronized. Wouldn't that sort of negate the entire '72 tour?

I mean, I'd rather see a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic setup* perform that album than those leather muppets.



*mental note. set up "living displays" of animatronic animals performing classic albums. patent pending.

I can see it both ways, but let me say it was pretty cool to see Girls Against Boys play Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby in it's entirety last year.

holy fuck that would rule

I'm pretty sure I heard Beagles versions of many Beatles songs before hearing the originals. "Hard Day's Night" in particular. Working like a dog, get it?

There is a group of studio musicians here in Nashville that call themselves the Long Players. A different singer sings each song from the record. NPR's All Things Considered has profiled them. They've played live the following albums:

#1 - ROLLING STONES "LET IT BLEED"

12TH & PORTER
MARCH 26, 2004 @ 9 PM

Gimme Shelter : Ashley Cleveland
Love In Vain : Gary Nicholson and Colin Linden
Country Honk : Rosie Flores
Live With Me : Billy Burnette
Let It Bleed : Tommy Womack
Midnight Rambler : Webb Wilder
You Got the Silver : Southside Johnny
Monkey Man : Dan Baird
You Can’t Always Get What You Want : Jimmy Hall

Proceeds in Part Will Be Donated to The Second Harvest Food Bank

#2 - NEIL YOUNG "AFTER THE GOLDRUSH"

12TH AND PORTER
MAY 7, 2004 @ 10 PM

additional help from Peter Hyrka and Neil Rosengaren

Tell Me Why : Jason White
After The Goldrush : Jonell Mosser
Only Love Can Break Your Heart : Mack Starks
Southern Man : John Cowan
Till The Morning Comes : The Long Players
Oh, Lonesome Me : Allison Moorer
Don't Let It Bring You Down : Joy Lynn White
Birds : Allison Moorer
When You Dance I Can Really Love : John Davis
I Believe In You : Amy Rigby
Cripple Creek Ferry : Greg Trooper

Proceeds in Part Go To Avon Walk For Breast Cancer


#3 - BOB DYLAN "BLONDE ON BLONDE"

12th & PORTER
JULY 22, 2004 @ 9 PM

additional help from Al Kooper, Charlie McCoy, and Jim Hoke

Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 : Warren Pash
Pledging My Time : Phil Lee
Visions Of Johanna : Bobby Bare Jr.
One of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) : Newton Dominy
I Want You : Mark Germino Memphis Blues Again : Chuck Mead
Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat : Al Kooper
Just Like A Woman : Adrian Belew
Most Likely You Go Your Way... : Jason Ringenberg
Temporary Like Achilles : Will Kimbrough
Absolutely Sweet Marie : Bob Develante
4Th Time Around : Richard Ferriera
Obviously Five Believers : Tracy Nelson
Sad-Eyed Lady.. : Everyone..It’s The Whole Hee-Haw Gang

A portion of the evening's proceeds will go to Kenny Buttrey, drummer on "Blonde On Blonde"; for medical expenses.

#4 - THE BAND “THE BAND" (2nd Album)

12TH & PORTER
SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 @ 9 PM

addltional help from Jim Hoke, Peter Hyrka, Jack Irwin and Randy Leago

Across the Great Divide : Michael Kelsh
Rag Mama Rag : Pat McLaughlin
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down : Beth Nielsen Chapman
When You Awake : J. Fred Knobloch
Up On Cripple Creek : Mark Horn
Whispering Pines : Jesse Alexander & Jon Randall
Jemima Surrender : Tim Krekel
Rockin' Chair : Eric Brace
Look Out, Cleveland : Brad Jones
Jawbone : Matt King
The Unfaithful Servant : Jim Photoglo
King Harvest [Has Surely Come] : Jason White

Proceeds in Part will be donated to the Salvation Army for Hurricane Relief


#5 - THE BEATLES "SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

THE BELCOURT THEATER
OCTOBER 16, 2004 @ 9 PM


Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band : Mark Hudson
A Little Help From My Friends : Henry Gross
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds : Al Kooper
Getting Better : Robert Reynolds from The Mavericks
Fixing a Hole : Gary Burr
She's Leaving Home : Kim Richey
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite : Michael Snow
Within You, Without You : George & Dave Daeger from The Early Evening
When I'm Sixty-Four : Barry and Holly Tashian
Lovely Rita : Hans Rotenbury from The Shazam
Good Morning, Good Morning : Jamie Hoover from The Spongetones
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) : Mark Hudson
A Day in the Life : Steve Allen / Bill Lloyd

#6 - CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL "COSMO’S FACTORY"

THE MERCY LOUNGE
FEBRUARY 5TH, 2005 @ 9PM

additional help from Jim Hoke

Ramble Tamble : The Long Players
Before You Accuse Me : Mike Henderson
Travellin’ Band : Bob Delevante
Ooby Dooby: Rosie Flores
Lookin’ Out My Back Door : George and Dave Daeger
Run Through the Jungle : Steve Forbert
Up Around the Bend : Kevin Welch
My Baby Left Me : Walter Egan
Who’ll Stop the Rain : Pat Buchanan
I Heard It Through the Grapevine : Gary Nicholson
Long As I Can See the Light : Greg Trooper

Proceeds in part will be donated to The Red Cross Tsunami Relief

#7 - THE WHO "WHO'S NEXT"

THE MERCY LOUNGE
APRIL 28, 2005 @ 9PM

Baba O'Riley : Dan Baird
Bargain : Rick Schell from Pin Monkey
Love Ain't For Keeping : Brad Jones
My Wife : Tommy Womack
The Song Is Over : Julian Dawson
Getting In Tune : Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam (subbing for a sick Sam Powers from Superdrag)
Going Mobile : Pat Buchanan
Behind Blue Eyes : Maura O’Connell
Won't Get Fooled Again : Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam

#8 - THE BEATLES "REVOLVER"

TENNESSEE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
JULY 9th, 2005 @ 9PM

Taxman : Steve Allen from 2020 & The Long Players
Eleanor Rigby : Maura O’Connell
I’m Only Sleeping : Jim Photoglo
Love You Too : Marshall Crenshaw
Here, There and Everywhere : Henry Gross
Yellow Submarine : Graham Elvis & Marc Clayton
She Said She Said : Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam
Good Day Sunshine : Robert Reynolds from The Mavericks
And Your Bird Can Sing : Marshall Crenshaw
For No One : Maura O’Connell
Doctor Robert : Bill Lloyd from The Long Players
I Want to Tell You : Joey Molland from Badfinger
Got to Get You Into My Life : Mark Hudson
Tomorrow Never Knows : Walter Egan

#9 - THE PRETENDERS "THE PRETENDERS"

THE MERCY LOUNGE
AUGUST 26th, 2005 @ 9:30pm

1. Precious : Sherry Rich
2. Phone Call : Kristin Whittlesey
3. Up The Neck : Carmella Ramsey
4. Tattooed Love Boys : Kat Martin
5. Space Invader : instrumental
6. Wait : Pru Clearwater
7. Stop Your Sobbing : Wendy Newcomer
8. Kid : Kim Davis
9. Private Life : Siobahn Kennedy
10. Brass In Pocket : Joy Lynn White
11. Lovers of Today : Kim Richey
12. Mystery Achievement : Britt Savage

To Benefit The Magdeline House

#10 - TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS “DAMN THE TORPEDOES ”

THE MERCY LOUNGE
SEPTEMBER 25th, 2005 @ 9PM

1. Refugee : Radney Foster
2. Here Comes My Girl : Neilson Hubbard
3. Even The Losers : Pat Buchanan
4. Shadow Of A Doubt (A Complex Kid) : Dave Coleman
5. Century City : Don Dixon
6. Don't Do Me Like That : Matthew Ryan
7. You Tell Me : Daniel Tashian
8. What Are You Doin' In My Life? : Bill Lloyd /Steve Allen
9. Louisiana Rain : Chuck Mead

To Benefit The Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund

#11. - ELVIS COSTELLO "MY AIM IS TRUE"

1.Welcome To The Working Week: Sam Powers of Superdrag
2. Miracle Man - Tom Hambridge
3. No Dancing - Tommy Lee James
4. Blame It On Cain - Doug Powell from Swag
5. Alison - Bobby Bare Jr.
6. Sneaky Feelings - Jonell Mosser
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Alex Call-from Clover
8. Less Than Zero - Sam Baylor of Will & the Bushmen
9. Mystery Dance - Bill Lloyd
10. Pay It Back - Danny Flowers
11. I'm Not Angry - Steve Allen
12. Waiting For The End Of The World - Amelia White
13. Watching The Detectives - Kent Agee

#12 THE CARS - "DEBUT ALBUM"

THE MERCY LOUNGE
April 14th ,2006 , 2005 @ 9PM

1. Good Times Roll - Chris Rodriguez
2. My Best Friend's Girl - Bill Davis from Dash Riprock
3. Just What I Needed - Jerry Flowers from Pinch
4. I'm in Touch with Your World - Bill Lloyd
5. Don't Cha Stop - Mike Grimes from Bare Jr.
6. You're All I've Got Tonight - Tim Buppert
7. Bye Bye Love - Tom Hambridge
8. Moving in Stereo - Mark Volman from The Turtles
9. All Mixed Up - Lisa Oliver Gray from Tommy Womack Band

Encores
Drive - Lisa Oliver Gray
Magic - Chris Rodriguez
Let’s Go - Mark Volman
Shake It Up - Bill Davis

#13 THE KINKS - "LOLA VS. POWERMAN" and "THE MERRY GO ROUND"

THE MERCY LOUNGE
June 2nd, 2006 @ 9PM

1. Introduction - Bill Lloyd & Steve Allen
2. The Contenders - Zach Lindsey from The Secret
3. Strangers - George & Dave Daeger from The Early Evening
3. Denmark Street - Supe Granda from Ozark Mountain Daredevils
4. Top Of The Pops - Daniel Tashian from The BeeS
5. Get Back In Line - Steve Forbert
6. Lola - Dave Paulson from The Privates
7. The Moneygoround - Bill DeMain from Swan Dive
8. This Time Tomorrow - Webb Wilder
9. A Long Way From Home - James Wold from The Wheels
10. Rats - Chris James
11. Apeman - Tommy Womack
12. Powerman - Warren Pash from Plastic Rulers
13. Got To Be Free - Bill Lloyd & Steve Allen

#14 THE LONG PLAYERS - "PRIVATE PARTY"
June 24th, 2006

Soul Deep & Neon Rainbow - Gary Talley with Wayne Jackson / The Long Players
Baby Blue & Day After Day - Joe Molland with The Long Players

ELVIS COSTELLO’S MY AIM IS TRUE

1. Welcome To The Working Week - Bill Lloyd
2. Miracle Man - Greg Trooper
3. No Dancing - Alex Call
4. Blame It On Cain - Greg Trooper
5. Allison - Alex and Greg
6. Sneaky Feelings - Bill Lloyd
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Alex Call
8. Less Than Zero - Alex Call
9. Mystery Dance - Bill Lloyd
10. Pay It Back - Greg Trooper
11. I'm Not Angry - Steve Allen
12. Waiting For The End Of The World - Steve Allen
13. Watching The Detectives - Alex Call

Cry Like a Baby & The Letter - Gary Talley with Wayne Jackson / The Long Players

Come and Get It, No Matter What, Money, Flying,Without You - Joe Molland with The Long Players

#15 THE LONG PLAYERS - MEET THE BEATLES
THE MERCY LOUNGE
October 13, 2006 @ 9 PM

I Want To Hold Your Hand - Bill Lloyd and Steve Allen
I Saw Her Standing There - Gary Burr from The Roundheads / etc..
This Boy - Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam
It Won’t Be Long - Chuck Mead from BR549
All I’ve Got To Do - John Jorgenson fromThe Hellecasters/Desert Rose Band/etc.
All My Loving - Brad Jones
Don’t Bother Me - Mark Volman from The Turtles / Flo & Eddie
Little Child - Chris Church
Till There Was You - Beth Nielsen Chapman
Hold Me Tight - Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam
I Wanna Be Your Man - Dave Coleman
Not a Second Time - Heath Haynes

Proceeds in part donated to Doctors Without Borders

#16 BOB DYLAN - HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
THE MERCY LOUNGE
March 15, 2007 @ 9 PM

1. Like A Rolling Stone - Dan Baird
2. Tombstone Blues - Chuck Mead from BR 549
3. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Al Kooper/The Blues Project/Blood, Sweat & Tears
4. From A Buick 6 - Jason Ringenberg from The Nashville Scorchers
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man - Mark Volman / Turtle / Mother/Flo
6. Queen Jane Approximately - Dan Baird from The Georgia Satellites & The Yahoos
7. Highway 61 Revisited - John Cowan and Pat Flynn from New Grass Revival
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Tracy Nelson
9. Desolation Row - Heath Haynes

#17 - DAVID BOWIE - ZIGGY STARDUST
THE MERCY LOUNGE
June 15, 2007 @ 9pm

The Long Players perform David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust"
Five Years : Melissa Mathes
Soul Love : Jordan Lehning & Buddy Hughen (Eureaka Gold)
Moonage Daydream: Joel J. Dahl (De Novo Dahl)
Starman: Adrian Belew (King Crimson/The Bears/etc..)
It Aint’ Easy: Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs/etc..)
Lady Stardust: Britt Savage ]
Star: Mike Grimes ( Guilty Pleasures/The bis~Quits/etc..)
Hang On To Yourself: Hans Rotenberry (The Shazam)
Ziggy Stardust : Zac Lindsey (The Secret)*

*Suffragette** City**: Will Kimbrough (Daddy/Bushman/etc..)*

*Rock’n’Roll Suicide : Ed Peterson

#18 - DEREK & THE DOMINOS - LAYLA & OTHER ASSORTED LOVE SONGS
THE MERCY LOUNGE
July 27, 2007 @ 9pm
TBD

Dark Side Of the Moon was pretty fucking incredible live.

nofx the decline is excellent live

i wish i could have seen the mag fields do 69 Love Songs live

I wouldn't mind seeing a band do an entire album live, as long as I knew that's what I was in for.

This is my feeling as well. Like, I wouldn't mind going and seeing Sonic Youth perform Daydream Nation. Even though it is far from my favorite SY album.

However, if the show isn't billed that way I'd be kind of pissed.

In a similar vein, it drives me crazy when an artist only plays new songs live. Sure, I realize that there are a number of good, valid reasons for doing that, but that doesn't mean I never want to hear the old stuff live. Shuffle it up, for crying out loud.

oh, good call. this was awesome, especially because no one knew ahead of time they were going to do it. they walked out and said "we're going to play venus luxure" and then dominated that evening. i still say that was one of the three best sets of that festival.