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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>It's good I managed to get a setlist yesterday
evening, if I had to rely on my beer-socked memory I couldn't have given you the
details of the Amsterdam concert.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>It was busier than I had expected, not sold out
though. There was no opening act announced, but when we arrived at the Paradiso
(around nine pm) the Lucksmiths were already playing. Quite nice, a bit Jonathan
Richman-ish by way of Sarah (the label) and I'll always have a fondness for
Aussie bands with songs about librarians ("She has the brains of Sharon
Stone, and the heart of Danielle Steel).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Anyway, around ten B&S ambled onto the stage
- Stuart wearing an orange Adidas T-shirt, probably in tribute to our glorious
national football team, and corduroy flares (???). Isobel looked quite fetching
in her Japanese schoolgirl uniform, but I guess you don't want to be bored with
irrelevant details (although Mick's chequered trousers deserve a mention too),
so on to the setlist:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Dog On Wheels</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Dirty Dream #2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Loneliness Of The Middle Distance
Runner</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Poupee De Son, Poupee De Cire</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The State I Am In</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Lazy Line Painter Jane (2nd vocal done by
Stevie)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Seymour Stein</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brilliant Career</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>She's Losing It</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Slow Graffiti (live premiere?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Chick Factor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Belle And Sebastian</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Photo Jenny</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Sleep The Clock Around</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>As usual, no encore.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>According to the setlist, Rollercoaster Ride should have been
the last song, but was replaced with Sleep...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Seymour Stein was introduced by Stevie and Stuart showing the
drummer how the song went, they did a few lines in a country style with special
lyrics, ie. "promises of pain, promises of torture" and a line about a
vicar's daughter.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I hope more details will emerge from my foggy memory, all I
can remember is that it was very special. If I had the time and money, I would
go to see them in Brussels next week.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Koen</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>