Brian Wilson - 2017 Tour Thread (Pet Sounds - The Final Performances)

[HeyJude]

Updated the top post with the most recent setlist from Colorado.

Anybody here have the 4/1 Prairie Band Casino setlist from Kansas? Missing that one so far.

[RubberSoul13]

Doesn't seem to be here, or any other reviews/forums, or setlist.fm

...but it does seem like the set has stabilized so I'd imagine it was the same as its two successors but we also shouldn't assume!

[Wirestone]

BW 4/1/17

CG
DDD
IGA
SD
LDC
SG
DWB
LHRW
Cali S
RRYB
FF
SOS

PS

GV
HMR
BA
SUSA
FFF
LM

[Debbie KL]

By the way he did "Row row row your boat" in the middle of "Pet Sounds" which I thought was kind of funny....

Only Brian.  How many times have we said that?

[Debbie KL]

BW 4/1/17

CG
DDD
IGA
SD
LDC
SG
DWB
LHRW
Cali S
RRYB
FF
SOS

PS

GV
HMR
BA
SUSA
FFF
LM

Thx for the setlist. 

[RubberSoul13]

No Wild Honey? Bummer!

[Wirestone]

No Wild Honey? Bummer!

Not at the casino shows, apparently.

[Ziggy Stardust]

BW 4/1/17

CG
DDD
IGA
SD
LDC
SG
DWB
LHRW
Cali S
RRYB
FF
SOS

PS

GV
HMR
BA
SUSA
FFF
LM

Gonna need to decode that setlist

[bringahorseinhere?]

i can de-code it for you if you wish..

[rab2591]

BW 4/1/17

CG
DDD
IGA
SD
LDC
SG
DWB
LHRW
Cali S
RRYB
FF
SOS

PS

GV
HMR
BA
SUSA
FFF
LM

Gonna need to decode that setlist

California Girls
Dance Dance Dance
I get around
Shut down
Little deuce coupe
Surfer Girl
Don't Worry Baby
Let Him Run Wild
California Saga; California
RRYB (??)
Sail On Sailor

Pet Sounds set list

Good vibrations
Help Me Rhonda
Barbara Ann
Surfin USA
Fun fun fun
Love and mercy



"RRYB", my decoder pin seems to be broken on this one. I'd chalk it up to tiredness but I wouldn't be able to guess this fully awake either.

[Ang Jones]

RRYB - Row, row your boat?

[SMiLE Brian]

Yes! My decoder ring worked!

[rab2591]

Thanks Ang and SB. Makes perfect sense to me!

[Wirestone]

Good work guys. I took notes on my phone at the show and just copied and pasted them over -- didn't mean to cause extra work!

[Rich Panteluk]

Anyone here going to the Vancouver show?  Drop me a line if you are interested in a meet up with a fellow Brian Wilson geek.  I also still have 4 extra centre orchestra row 14 (two seats together) and row 16 (another two seats together) if anyone wants great seats at face value.

Excited for the show!  Going to the Calgary show as well!
 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[baseball95]

Latest set from last night looks like Honkin has already been cut. Really hope that was a one night thing only.

[VanDykeParksAndRec]

What is the current line-up?  I saw him in Detroit last year without Darian and it was by far the weakest I had seen the line-up.  I saw Darian was back and now is gone again?  I'm seeing them again next month in Tulsa and a little worried.

[HeyJude]

Latest set from last night looks like Honkin has already been cut. Really hope that was a one night thing only.

It may be a short term anomaly, but it appears "Wake the World" and "Add Some Music" were added for last night in Seattle and "Honkin'" was still gone, so it may not come back. Or, it may be a sporadic inclusion.

It was only done a relatively small number of times last year. For whatever reason, they just don't seem to like to keep "Honkin'" in the setlist. Maybe they feel like the audience gives it a lackluster reaction, or maybe there's some other reason.

More of a bummer, "The Night Was So Young" was also dropped last night in Seattle.

On the plus side, the shows are continuing to get a little bit longer, coming back up to the 35-song level of last year with songs like "Salt Lake City" and "Do It Again" also being added.

But yeah, not the best sign in the world when the shows continue to get longer, but the "Love You" stuff is *still* dropped.

[HeyJude]

What is the current line-up?  I saw him in Detroit last year without Darian and it was by far the weakest I had seen the line-up.  I saw Darian was back and now is gone again?  I'm seeing them again next month in Tulsa and a little worried.

I think Darian is great and he'd be my first pick to be there. But I don't think he's *that* much of a make-or-break for the show. I've seen the band with Billy Hinsch filling in, as well as Billy's fill-in Debbie Shair last year, and the show is still great and any ups and downs are usually down to what kind of night Brian is having. Darian apparently leaves his keyboard and his programmed keyboard patches/sounds for whomever fills in for him, and Darian often "rehearses" his replacements as well. Billy has been playing his music for 40-50 years, including most of those deep cuts from the 70s, so he can handle it.

As for the lineup, it's otherwise unchanged from last year, with Billy filling for Darian. I'd guess it's likely you're not going to see Darian next month in Tulsa, though I don't know his exact schedule.

[Emdeeh]

According to the Atlanta newspaper, Darian was there last night playing with the Zombies.

[RubberSoul13]

Darian is on the Zombies tour which I think goes well into May.

[joe_blow]

I was at the Vancouver show and thought it was fantastic. It was my 6th time seeing Brian and the band sounded better than ever. I was really impressed with Feel Flows and Here Today. The vocal blend on The Night Was So Young was another highlight. Brian, however seemed to be talking his lyrics more than singing and lacking energy. He did more than a few yawns during songs and yes, checked his watch. Al was great as usual and Matt stepped up to the plate big time in Don't Worry Baby. All in all it was a great show.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Got back from my Seattle trip, tried to look for a boardie here who asked me in PM if i was attending the show, nothing, but got to meet amazing people, from young hipsters to parents, which the later were very excited about by enjoyment of the show, i got lot of compliments over my "passion" during the performance, i guess i was very expressif during the songs haha!

What can i say, i was on a cloud! number one on my bucketlist, a dream come true

Sad Darian is mussin', but still, the most surreal experience, spiritual, takes the album to a wole other level, very technical, i love how they push the harmonies in it and extend some outros of songs, setlist was great, was surprised Night Was So Young was already dropped of already but it's a win-win cause Wake & Add Some came back, add that to Feel Flows, which surprised many people i talked too (funny enough, while introducing that song Blondie said it was from So Tough, then realized he confused it while exchanging some words with some band members just said to correct himself "Surf's Up", leaving people to believe they'll play the song !!! i was in shock for seconds, before realizing he meant the album title hahaha)

Nothing i can add much more than i guess what everyone that attends these tours don't already know, just that i was bummed out byt he merch: some okay sutff, but the coolest thing was by far the boomer jacket picking from the Pet Sounds colors, but 90 dollars??? if anyone knows where i can find that on the internet or wants to get ride of it, i'll be very interested

Also i got to meet the percussionist dude, sorry forgot the name at top of my head, the guy with the long blonde hair! he came out in the audience after the show was done and people were leaving, and he was rockin' a Smithereens shirt to wich i complimented him to, only to realized he only came by to say hi to some people from the audience he seemed to already know, so i let him be by just shooking his hand saying how amazing the show was.

[The All Golden]

I attended the Boise show and I thought it was fantastic! So glad to have finally had the chance to see Brian perform live, was definitely the most memorable night of my life! The band sounded great and Brian was really into it for the first part but I suppose he was getting bored during Pet Sounds as he resorted to just talking through the lyrics, even yawning during some of it! LOL, I didn't care, I love the man and seeing him in person was enough for me. Also, I never truly appreciated the instrumentals of Pet Sounds until hearing them live, they are lovely pieces! Al and Blondie were really good, Blondie rocking out during FF, WH and SOS were definitely the highlights of the first part for me, what an experience that was!

Overall a great experience, very thankful I got to be there and I hope to have the chance to see him live again!