This whole "play the entire album as your set" meme? It was fun for a while, but aren't we tired of it? Hasn't this form of packaged nostalgia -- nostalgia not only for the band but for
the idea of the album -- run its course? Anyway, the cast for
All Tomorrow's Parties has been
announced and it looks like a lost CD changer from 1997: Built to Spill performing
Perfect From Now On, Thurston Moore performing
Psychic Hearts, Meat Puppets performing
Meat Puppets II, and Tortoise performing
Millions Now Living Will Never Die. Oh, and My Bloody Valentine is headlining. September 19-21, Monticello, New York (two hours from Manhattan).
I'd like to see the Led Zeppelin box set.
It's true that the concept does have a few problems, especially with the rap albums that have been selected (which rely a lot on guest spots and almost always have some dead weight in the track list). But like Garrison said, i think it's worth it just so you can see songs that aren't really played live. It took all those Daydream Nation shows to get the Youth to start playing "Total Trash" again so it's not all bad.
The idea of an album is dead? Except in the context of all your muxtapes? Album2.0? Two point oh!
What about when one band plays an entire album by another band? Gimmicky? Yes. Packaged nostalgia? Ok, yes again. Run it's course? I hope not.
Dav3, when has a band played an entire album of another band? That's an incredible idea that's blowing my mind at this point. There are so many bands that should just cut the crap and play their influence's record. Or the better idea: crap band covering other crap band's full record in entirety. Now that's hilarious.
I'm sure there are other examples, but one that's swell known - at least in the jamband circles - is the mid-90's Phish halloween show stuff. Velvets and Talking Heads and Beatles oh my.