WHICH SONGS U WANNA HEAR AT THE FAREWELL TOUR???

Well i just posted this topic because i have never ever heard the "How long you wanna live anyway" live! I dont even know if the Cats ever played this great song live? I think it will be just "wild and crazy" if they play it on their farewell concerts!

If i had to pick- choose five songs that i would like to hear live (quite difficult decission...) i guess that will be:
1. How long you wanna live anyway
2. Wild saxophone
3. Built for speed
4. Rockabilly rules ok
5. Elvis on velvet

What about you?

PS. Looking forward for Summer Jamboree!!!

1. Rockabilly Rules
2. Somethin' Else
3. Mystery Train
4. Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie
5. How Long You Wanna Live ?
STRAT CATS FOEVER

Mystery train live..? Fantastic!!!

The train Kept a rollin...there last? studio cut.

Would like to hear live versions of

- Little Miss Prissy

and

- Broken Man.

BB

This is my Top Five from Carbon Cat UK

1. Rev it up and go
2. Built for speed
3. Gene and Eddie
4. Jeanie,Jeanie,Jeanie
5. Somethin Else!

Since I won't be there, pick the most suitable venue for filming, and then invite some supporting musicians - a doo wop group, a sax player, a keyboard wiz, Dave Edmunds, might as well see if Robert Plant has a free weekend... and film that show for a DVD!

With the harmonies in place, proper versions of the following could be showcased:

I Won't Stand In Your Way - even with the doo-wop singers - it would be awfully taxing on Brian's 49-year-old vocal range, but I'd bet a suitable arrangement could be done where one of the harmony singers could take the higher notes.

Mystery Train Kept a-Rollin' - this song simply couldn't be performed without those Jordanaire-type harmonies. And Brian would have to invest some time into re-learning the lyrics.

Lookin' Better Every Beer

Sax-n-Keys could make the following show-stoppers a reality:

Lonely Summer Nights
Wild Saxophone
Lucky Charm
Look at That Cadillac

Obviously, none of the above will happen, as it would require a significant amount of rehearsal time, especially for a one-off show with guests. Hopefully they would consider inviting Dave Edmunds along for some of the UK dates. Shoot, Brussels and Holland sold out already. Why not reward them with some killer extras?

But with Rant-n-Rave in the player this week, I can't help but think the all-time best song to do on a "Farewell" tour would be:

How Long You Wanna Live Anyway?

Whatever happens this summer, somebody document the darn thing! It's gonna be wild!


Gonna Ball-a-billy

Wanderer wrote:

Well i just posted this topic because i have never ever heard the "How long you wanna live anyway" live! I dont even know if the Cats ever played this great song live? I think it will be just "wild and crazy" if they play it on their farewell concerts!

If i had to pick- choose five songs that i would like to hear live (quite difficult decission...) i guess that will be:
1. How long you wanna live anyway
2. Wild saxophone
3. Built for speed
4. Rockabilly rules ok
5. Elvis on velvet

What about you?

PS. Looking forward for Summer Jamboree!!!

Wild Sax may be difficult with no sax player, but wouldn't it be wicked if Mel Collins turned up (with Geraint Watkins, Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe )... Hmmm.

here are my 5 songs in no particular order

1, Runaway Boys
2, Runaway Boys
3, Runaway Boys
4, Runaway Boys
5, Runaway Boys

Ahhh come on. I'm a product of the 80's..

Mikey xx

My all time favorite song Sexy & 17
My One Desire
How Long You Wanna Live, Anyway
Something's Wrong With my Radio
Baby Blue Eyes

Wild card: something totally unexpected and out of genre that we've never heard from the guys before, like when BSO covered Wings, Queen, etc. and made it rock.

All of them! 15 min intermission between 1 hr sets plus Dave Edmunds as a guest, heh heh!

All Of Them Including Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie Which Is Wicked

I would love to hear:

Bring it back again
18 miles from Memphis
Ubangi Stomp (Can't get enough of that scream!!)
Stray Cat Strut
Sexy & 17
Lonely summer nights
My baby left me (fav on the Rumble in Brixton dvd)
Hot rod gang
Fishnet stockings (a tad bit slower though)
Built for speed

I can't wait to see them at the Fair here in the OC!!!!!

the songs that i would most like to hear live...in no order...
1-the race is on
2-storm the embassey
3-gonna ball
4-you cant hurry love
5-lookin through my back door
6-little miss prissey
7-how long d'you wanna live.....anyway
8-........oh man......and just every other god damn cat song!!!!

i got my tickets for the brixton show...saw them last time they were in the uk...the time they were over before that in 1992, my mum wouldnt let me go because i was doing my mock gcse exams!!!! i cried!!!!!!!!!!

Brooklyn Bomber wrote:

Would like to hear live versions of

- Broken Man.

BB

Yeah I will back up on the guitar!!

Crawl Up & Die
How Long You Wanna Live, Anyway ?
Little Miss Prissy
Tight Black Leather
Can't Go Back To Memphis

Its gotta be these for me:

Drink that bottle down! - it started off on the set list in 2004 but got dropped half way through. Best song EVER! - Please play in Glasgow or Dublin.

Lookin' better every beer

Little Miss Prissy - oh my god, how good is this song?

Crawl up and Die!

Nine Lives

Crazy Mixed Up Kid

No one can choose only five... its impossible!!!

Someone said "Crawl up and die"... another said "Gonna ball"... "Little miss prissy" ... "Drink that bottle down"... "Rockabilly rules ok"... and almost EVERYONE said "HOW LONG YOU WANNA LIVE ANYWAY"!!!

Well i guess they will have to play more than 3 hours per show to leave everyone happy... are they sponcored by Gatorade Powerade Lucozade or something..?

Hey, what about... "Rebels rule" or "Rockabilly rebel"... revolution!


PS. Cant wait for SUMMER JAMBOREE!

Red hot, Cant hurry love, Beautiful blues, Elvis on velvet, Mystery train,

As far as Brussels is concerned -and apart from the obvious ones- :

- Ubangi stomp
- Crawl up & die
- Blast off
- Slip slip slippin' in
- Nine lives
- Can't go back to Memphis

Oh and you know what? Bring on a string section and play the amazing Jade Idol! Heaven!

D

you don't believe me

something else - done like on the single b side where it sounds like jim joining in on vocals near the end!

hot rod lincoln as on the music player clip a few weeks ago

Dare I suggest this, but how about...

A break in the regular set, and have a short acoustic set (3-4 songs) with Brian on an acoustic guitar, Lee on a smaller bass/2nd acoustic guitar, and Jim on maroccas/tambourine/brushes.

Some songs that would work well in this format:

Sammy Davis City (not technically a Cats song)
I Won't Stand in Your Way
My Heart is a Liar

AND/OR Any of the tunes off of Rockin By Myself

Davy Jones wrote:

Dare I suggest this, but how about...

A break in the regular set, and have a short acoustic set (3-4 songs) with Brian on an acoustic guitar, Lee on a smaller bass/2nd acoustic guitar, and Jim on maroccas/tambourine/brushes.

Some songs that would work well in this format:

Sammy Davis City (not technically a Cats song)
I Won't Stand in Your Way
My Heart is a Liar

AND/OR Any of the tunes off of Rockin By Myself

You may well suggest it, seen as they already did that! During the 1990 euro tour and they played Eddie Cochran's 'cut accross shorty' and Buddy Holly's 'well... all right'. Awesome, it was too.

To me i dont matter.
But i would like "mystery train kept a rollin"

Was listening to Rock therapy and Broken Man,change of heart, were just tugging away at me.
I would like Lee to sing us a few more songs too.

The room's gettin' smoky
I feel my head its a buzzing
And the way that you move girl
Its better than nothing at all.

Mark.

I have read these posts back to front. Daft.

I agree with Rick (Again)

Allways fancied a Stray Cats and friends type show.

Back in 2004,i really thought we were gonna get a few guests up on stage,i saw Robert Plant enjoy himself, at the shepards pie empire.
Having been crushed,for 2 nights prior,and worried my ileostomy bag would burst! (you gotta be near the action!) I watched in comfort (with Dave) from the Balcony.

Dave and i were thinking.................No Brian,dont waste your gee-tar,on that idiot!



Mark.