of fuck, what pavement songs did he play?

Dag!

6 pavement songs!?#%$ he didnt play a single one at HIS own show in june at irving.. cunt

This is the first time that I've seen him play Pavement songs since 1999, and I've seen a LOT of Jicks shows. He doesn't do it often, only for special occasions and usually when he's by himself.

this was awesome.

How did you find out about this show, anyway?

My sincerest, sincerest thanks for the advance notice... It was such a good time.

fun show...i was surprised he played pavement songs right off the bat...these are the songs i know by name...or remember:

shoot the singer
frontwards
box elder
major leagues
we dance
gold soundz

church on white
ramp of death
vanessa from queens

it was weird being so close to this guy. my second concert ever was pavement/guided by voices/david kilgour at roseland in 1994 when i was 14 and he was just belting the songs out. he seemed really nice...some heckling behind me but everyone seemed to enjoy it.

now that im older, the lyrics to lots of pavement songs are pretty shit but it was definitely a good time.

The setlist was (in order):

Shoot The Singer
Church On White
We Dance
Box Elder
Ramp of Death
Frontwards
Witch Mountain Bridge
Freeze The Saints
Major Leagues
Vanessa From Queens
Gold Soundz

i think i was standing right next to you.

Hilarious show. If Malko ever gives up music, he's got a career as a stand-up comedian.

forgot to ask, anyone stay for rebecca? i saw her a few times as the spinanes but my girlfriend was feeling sick so we left...i felt bad...

might go next week for buckner...he's awesome and i liked the tap bar

Roughly 3/4 of the crowd pulled a ClapYourHands-National and took off after Malkmus. I stayed for a few songs before going upstairs to watch The Big Sleep play on the main stage.

I stayed for one song with Rebecca, but I had to get going cos I knew I had to wake up early this morning.

that sucks...expected but sucks...

im going next week.

No offense to Gates, but...I stayed for about 4 songs...she just kinda sang in the same low-key voice, and the songs were fairly boring melodically...she broke a string tuning after her second song, and that basically killed the mood...C'mon, Rebecca, have a 2nd guitar ready behind ya! I'm sure you have another....

Thought Rebecca played a great set. Wish more had stayed for her...But damn, Box Elder. That was crazy.

i enjoyed the show, but no one seems to want to mention how sloppy the whole set was. the only song he made it through without messing up was box elder (and it was precious!). and not just messing up by hitting a few wrong notes - i'm talking about dropping the beat of the song completely while he tried different chords until he found the right one and then starting again. my girlfriend thought he was wasted, but i think he was just very out of practice and didn't care about doing a sloppy set. everyone there were such fans that we cheered every song no matter how bad, but i can't imagine someone who doesn't already love his music thinking this show was anything but a train wreck. all that having been said - it was a blast!

agreed...when he played gold soundz, i felt that way the most. everyone was just smiling but he barely did the song...everything else was just a bit rough around the edges...and considering he rarely plays these songs anymore, it was expected.

i felt a little weird just yelling out songs to him like he's the alt-rock icon jukebox but he didnt seem to mind. he was really nice to that kid up in the front "im just playing this song for the two of us."

keith, thanks for your honest review. what's up with the sloppy jan 10th performances? ben gibbard was slipping up all over the place too.

I wish I could've been in two places at once. pavement songs, wowza.

does it really matter if he played well? it was malk and he was playing the tap bar. he was handsome and charming and clearly had no intentions of impressing anyone. major swoon.

mina, I don't think anyone would deny that the performance was sloppy.

Fluxblog's review reads "As you can imagine, the performance was a bit ragged as he attempted to play several songs that he clearly hasn't practiced in a while. 'Frontwards' was especially shambling, and the audience had to help him remember the words...".

I think that made the show somehow even better.

aw, well it's heartwarming that the crowd helped him out. I'm so envious that I had to miss it[right in my neighborhood too] when I obviously love s.m. more than gibbard. here's a pic from gibbard's show:
http://flickr.com/photos/minaka/85295490/

Damn Ben Gibbard for announcing his show before Malkmus. I wish I was at the Malkmus show, but it didn't work out that way. I enjoyed the Gibbard set, but Malkmus playing Pavement songs in the Tap Bar. Damn!

You guys are acting like Pavement broke up 20 years ago. Nostalgia sure comes quickly these days. This generation is worse than the Baby Boomers. While watching Malkmus perform broken versions of pavement songs sounds like a kick, I think I'm okay with having seen Malkmus play pavement songs with pavement on the crooked rain and wowee zowee tours instead.

The power of charisma:

Malkmus: playful but sloppy set; voice sometimes all over the place; unpracticed.

Gates: measured, careful set; in excellent voice; very practiced.

Full house for Malkmus; quickly empties out for Gates..

hey paul! go fuck yourself!

Hey, : at January 11, 2006 04:47PM, if that is your real name, me thinks you take music a little too seriously. Fall in love, worry about your death, learn geography, do something to fill the void. Were you one of those weirdos that went to the show and actually requested a song from the Jicks catalog so as not to make Malkmus feel bad for having not written a good song in years?

Paul is write ahn.

Hey, someone took in these pants!

I met Stephen Malkmus last night so I'm a very happy girl.
A wonderful, memorable trainwreck of a show. Wonderful and memorable because I got hear pavement songs live in a venue that fits 200 people--standing inches from the stage. beautiful.

"Face the Truth" is one of the finest albums of the decade so far. Anyone who thinks Malk hasn't written a good song in years is patently full of bullshit and bile. "Learn geography." Yeah, okay, Sting. You go worry about your death while the rest of us celebrate our life. The void is staring at you when you look in the mirror.

Did anyone else think he was screwing up Gold Soundz just to fuck with us die hard Pavement fans? I screamed out Range Life a bunch of times but he just looked to the front where people requested his solo stuff.

Did anyone else think he was screwing up Gold Soundz just to fuck with us?

Did anyone else think he was screwing up Gold Soundz just to fuck with us? If so, brilliant!

Where is the audio for the whole show? Anyone have it?

she broke a string tuning after her second song, and that basically killed the mood