Setlist at The Masonic Temple Detroit, MI on 10/1/2005
Set One
Encore
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Setlist at The Masonic Temple Detroit, MI on 10/1/2005
Set One
Encore
Show Notes
live sound by Matthew Kettle
mixed and mastered by Bill Skibbe at Third Man Mastering
Following the warmth and enthusiasm of the first night, the second night ups the energy, with the band delivering yet another career spanning set. After the opening of "Let’s Shake Hands", "Blue Orchid" is followed by the Stripes’ cover of Captain Beefheart’s "The Party Of Special Things To Do", an updated version featuring the POG effect. There is a brief pause during the opening chords in "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground", as Jack lets the guitar feedback ring out before excitedly asking the crowd “How you doing?!” and answering “Me too! Me too!”. The setlist is packed, with the band jumping between songs from each album, ensuring that each performance of the run gets something different. "Ball and Biscuit" features quotes from both "Smokestack Lightning" and "Cool Drink of Water Blues", with Jack ending the song with a wail of feedback before adding a reprise of the main riff and jokingly calling out “Harold, Harold, there’s something wrong with this guitar!”. This gets followed by "St James Infirmary", the first song they ever played at the open mic at the Gold Dollar, here played on the piano complete with the “Oh, Koko” introduction. A callback to a time over 8 years ago, and like so many other songs in the set, somehow not aged a day. Where the first night featured a performance of "Death Letter", here the crowd get a performance of "Little Bird", and an especially rare appearance of "Stones In My Passway." You can hear Jack using Meg’s kick drum while he plays the guitar during "In the Cold Cold Night", before a flawless version of "The Same Boy You’ve Always Known." A brief version of "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" sets up a reprise cycle of "Cannon", "Passive Manipulation", and "I Think I Smell A Rat", before the main set closes with another driving version of "The Hardest Button To Button." A stunning 12 song encore follows, a literal mixtape of songs across all five albums, practically a standalone concert in its own right. With the audience right there with them the whole way, listen as they take over the verses during "I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself", before Jack gets in one last burst of energy with a rare placement of "Hotel Yorba" before closing out with "Boll Weevil."
