The National @ Central Park Summerstage pics & setlist

The National fucking rule

Those photos suck.
The national sucked.
Yeasayer was great.
Plants and Animals sounded great during soundcheck.

those photos do kind of suck actually. i'm pissed i missed it though, since they played geese of beverly road.

Setlist is wrong.

You're kidding about the pics, right?

Yeah man. Every band except for the most popular band SUCKED. Ride the train brah.

I'm just being an idiot. I thought The National were good, but seemed really, really tired. I wish they'd play Bowery again soon. Yeasayer sounded excellent.

they haven't played geese the last two times i saw them. all three bands are great live. wish i coulda been at this show.

It was a great show. The National were great, very into the show. Didn't seem tired at all.

the national blew away both modest mouse and r.e.m. at jones beach in june.

the national are an important band in these days of major crap.

im a huge national fan but was utterly disappointed by the show. the crowd was miserable and wouldn't shut up. the national sounded flat and tired. never a good thing when half way through a show they make an excuse, "were in chicago yesterday, new york today, and norway tomorrow"

too bad the national's lyrics suck.

Correct Setlist
Setlist:

[total time 1:31:11]
01 [Flume introduction]
02 Brainy
03 Secret Meeting
04 Baby We’ll Be Fine
05 Slow Show
06 Squalor Victoria
07 You’ve Done It Again, Virginia
08 Abel
09 The Geese Of Beverly Road
10 Ada
11 All The Wine
12 Daughters Of The SoHo Riots
13 Apartment Story
14 Green Gloves
15 Mistaken For Strangers
16 Fake Empire
17 [encore break]
18 Start A War
19 Karen
20 Mr. November
21 [band introductions]
22 About Today

Yeah, screw them for having sincere lyrics.

They are supposed to sound flat and tired. That's the point.

But yeah, the photos do kinda suck, even #2.

i was near middle of crowd, and i thought it was a very respectful very quiet crowd, especially during the slow songs like Green Gloves and About Today. you could hear the crickets from the park even. setlist is definitely wrong, missing Apartment Story. thought the show was pretty great.

off topic... (and I will surely get a sh*tstorm for asking) but has anyone heard what's up with Sufjan? New album??

I suck.

fucking incredible show.
the national are so good.
yeasayer were really good too.
plants and animals were okay, but paled in comparison to the other two.

not really off topic... Sufjan and National are buds.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

yeasayer just keep getting better. the live show is so good

3:00 pm, who do you consider good lyricists? nickleback?

as far as the National / Modest Mouse / REM gig, I thought the National definitely blew Modest Mouse right off the stage, no contest. I'm not sure about REM though, they were on fire that night. It could have easily been a two-band show (and I like Modest Mouse).

I don't think these photos suck.

yeasayer were incredible the national sucked thats my vote, his voice does not translate to a live setting

mr. november was the musical highlight of the night.

however, the mr. november/obama t-shirts were the worst part of the night.

Why does Matt insist on turning his back on the crowd when he has finished singing?

Numerous times the song would continue for another 30 seconds or a minute yet he'd be over by the drums , not having seen them live before I wasn't expecting that. I assume he does it all the time. Is it born out of some kind of insecurity?

uhm, yeah. was right in between the two light poles and thought the crowd was very quiet when they did the slow songs, no insecure too cool new york assholes chatting it up to ruin it. just a bunch of people having a good time. and this was my seventh time seeing the national and this rivaled their bowery shows. seriously. amazing. and on a perfect night. and was majorly impressed with yeasayer. if you didnt have a good time here, where can you?

I noticed Matt turn his back to the crowd quite often I saw them as well, but i was standing at the back of the stage and didn't mind. One thing you don't see in the audience when he's turned away is his ad-libbing. He would scream additional lyrics at the drummer (away from the mic) - pretty bizarre, but also really intense. I think they're great live.

Truth is. . .The National Suck, I left after their second song (and that was just so I could finish my beer)

Yeasayer were great . .

Hate to break to you like this

the national also trashed the dressing rooms, thanks assholes. They should have opened for yeasayer, deal with it.

It makes me SICK how good that first new yeasayer song was. SICK.
does anyone know what it was called?

Last night's show by (insert performer name here) was (insert "the best", "amazing", "the greatest"). They really (insert "killed" or "destroyed"). It was better than any other show that went on last night. The sound was (insert "great", "amazing", "unreal"). I have no idea what you whiners complain about. It was the (insert "best show of all time" or "show of the year")

those are the least funny mad libs I've ever seen.

Yesayer was(were?) excellant. I was happy to have been able to watch them in relative peace...as during The National I was subjected to the chatter of the frat boy fucks behind me. "blah blah that girl is hot" "yo, where is rock?" "dude!" "Dude...this song is great...so anyway on Friday night..."

and doveman was on the keyboards!

doveman was awesome. his show at le poisson rouge on the 23rd should also be awesome.

"those are the least funny mad libs I've ever seen."

Well good thing it was not an attempt to be funny.

The *funnier* thing to do (which I just did for the 2nd time) is to read/sing exaggerating idiot's post in melody and cadence like it's actually lyrics to a National song.

elvis rules.

I really enjoyed this show, however it seemed the audience could have livend up a bit. Many of them were just standing idol down front towards the left where I was. There was even a guy who had his fingers in his ears. That I will never understand afterall there is a back portion to the perimeter if it is too loud to handle.

they are amazing!

i kept thinking yeasayer sounded like an indie nickelback at that show

the national and yeasayer killed it

these pictures did not

these pictures are quite bad? these are the best ones you have to put up? geesh...

what a lame crowd

Thom Yorke wannabe

these pictures are great, actually. fuck everyone saying they suck, i don't see your pictures up here. if you're going to sip on some haterade, back it up.

^^ not leia, either. just for the record. just a person who thinks that's it's bullshit to diss someone else's work.

More pictures on this website: http://kanoshiro.blogspot.com

enjoy

PLANTS AND ANIMALS SUCK

I AM GLAD TO HAVE ENLIGHTENED YOU.

GOOD DAY

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