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Title: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Master Ray on August 17, 2013, 08:03:08 PM
... who knows, if this thread gets enough responses, maybe the lads might go 'hey, I remember that one, its a good tune...' and they might throw it into the set on the November tour...  here's hoping.

For me, it's gotta be...

Modern Times
Courage
Knife

I've seen the first two tracks played live once and once only, the latter never.

One of the things I love about this band is how they usually throw a couple of rare tracks into any set they play...

What you guys hoping for in November?

 ???

Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on August 17, 2013, 08:38:29 PM
Think I've probably heard most songs I wanted to over the years but pretty sure I never heard Nothing Touches or Still Here and would like to hear Gigabyte Wars which was played on the Strange Brotherhood tour but never since as far as I can remember.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: dark horse on August 17, 2013, 08:55:31 PM
All of your songs were playing regularly on the 30th anniversary tour, Master Ray. ;)

Hm, only three songs?

Fireworks Night
Ballad of Bodmin Pill
Stoned, Fired, Full of Grace
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Master Ray on August 17, 2013, 09:35:12 PM
All of your songs were playing regularly on the 30th anniversary tour, Master Ray. ;)

Hm, only three songs?

Fireworks Night
Ballad of Bodmin Pill
Stoned, Fired, Full of Grace

I only saw one date on the 30th tour...

Three great choices, mate!  I seem to remember Mr Sullivan saying that FN is a song thats far too personal to ever play live... has it ever been played?  I love that song...

BOBP.... correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure the lads have played it quite a few times in recent tours..?

SFAFOG... another brilliant song, only ever heard it on the Justin and Friends shows... I'd love to hear a full-band version of that tune.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Shush on August 17, 2013, 09:40:47 PM
Think I've probably heard most songs I wanted to over the years but pretty sure I never heard Nothing Touches
Oh bless you. What a beautiful song. I would love to hear that, mid set, a refreshing rest from the pit. Nothing touches x3
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Rasi on August 17, 2013, 09:42:14 PM
Far better Thing
Refugee
Higher Wall
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: NickyG on August 17, 2013, 09:52:02 PM
I'm curious about what the split will be between old and new songs on the new tour, especially with it being the 1st new album since the 30th, and feeling a bit like 'dawn of a new era'. 

But if I were thinking about tracks I would like to hear but are a bit less likely then maybe Family Life (ie the tram across the city one), and the Price. And they can never play Bodmin Pill too often in my view  :)

Maybe a good idea limiting it to 3 otherwise we could go on forever !
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Master Ray on August 17, 2013, 10:03:01 PM
Far better Thing
Refugee
Higher Wall

LOVE Far Better Thing! But (again, I might have this wrong) weren't NMA unhappy about that and Higher Wall coming out on their unsanctioned EMI best Of album?  Dunno why, both terrific songs!

Refugee is also a cracker.

Yes, you are only allowed three songs on this thread!

 ;D
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Red on August 17, 2013, 10:16:12 PM
The Price

Trust

Smalltown England ( yes I know it gets played a bit but it's my favourite)

If I can't have this I'd like to hear 11 Years more often
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Bill B on August 17, 2013, 11:09:34 PM
Still only heard The Price just the once live so that's up there. And a couple I haven't heard for years - Lights Go Out & My Country would be good  :)
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Jibberish on August 17, 2013, 11:10:41 PM
PRISON  ;)
Far Better Thing
Fireworks Night
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Guy on August 17, 2013, 11:26:26 PM
Falling
My Country
Modern Times
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: dark horse on August 17, 2013, 11:54:02 PM
I only saw one date on the 30th tour...

Now that's a shame - that was a great opportunity to hear some of the more obscure songs live...

Three great choices, mate!  I seem to remember Mr Sullivan saying that FN is a song thats far too personal to ever play live... has it ever been played?  I love that song...

Thanks! That's probably my favourite NMA song (ironically, on my least favourite album), never been played live that I know of, but I live in hope... Probably more likely to happen at a solo show if it ever happens. (North Star has been played at a few solo shows, I suspect that one's just as personal.)

BOBP.... correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure the lads have played it quite a few times in recent tours..?

I'm sure it's been played a fair bit over the years, but I don't remember hearing it much lately. But hey, if it's not rare enough, I'll be happy to swap it for something else. ;)

Flying Through the Smoke made a rare appearance at Rebellion, I'd be quite happy to hear that more often.

SFAFOG... another brilliant song, only ever heard it on the Justin and Friends shows... I'd love to hear a full-band version of that tune.

Same here, only heard it solo, a full band version would be great. Or a recorded version, for that matter. ;)
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: lupus225 on August 18, 2013, 07:13:35 AM
My Country
My People
Archway Towers
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: dilla on August 18, 2013, 07:42:43 AM
The Price
Ambition
Belisha Beacon and the Accidents(only heard it live once,or was I dreaming :D)
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Rasi on August 18, 2013, 09:21:15 AM
The Price
Ambition
Belisha Beacon and the Accidents(only heard it live once,or was I dreaming :D)

never heard of that song O_o
I guess it's some kind of demo?
anyone has a mp3 of it available?
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Frank on August 18, 2013, 10:17:04 AM
The Price
The Price
The Price
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: JohnnyM on August 18, 2013, 02:49:41 PM
South West

I've never heard it played live - and i'm not sure if it ever has been played live, which is strange as its quite a straight ahead tune with no studio trickery
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Dipple on August 18, 2013, 06:39:49 PM
I have been listening to NMA since early nineties but I have only been to 3 gigs. My 1st was in 2011 so there are loads of songs I would like to here live that most people on here have probably heard. My 3 choices are These words, Brave New World II and Family.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: maggieloveshopey on August 18, 2013, 06:59:09 PM
Used to live it when gigs closed with 125mph, would like to hear that again.

Really like Sunset as well, not sure if it has ever been played live?

Vanity is a great and underplayed song.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Master Ray on August 18, 2013, 07:56:34 PM
Oh, some great choices coming up on this thread, choices that have had me running to my CD collection, thinking 'dammit, I ain't heard THAT in a while...'

Please, keep 'em coming!
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Scruff225 on August 18, 2013, 07:56:45 PM
Oh so many to choose from.... Would love to hear live;

Bittersweet
Big Blue
Understand U
or about 20 more...
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Guillaume on August 18, 2013, 08:36:25 PM
The Price
Nothing touches
Headlights
Leeds Road 3AM
Innocence
Bury the Hatchet
Eleven years
...
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Fatalist on August 18, 2013, 10:57:52 PM
Great Expectations
The Price
Vanity

That said would love to hear Nothing Touches and Sunset too

That's not much to ask, it's really not, etc etc etc lol
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Knievel on August 19, 2013, 01:29:16 AM
Hello folks - I'm new here 8) some great songs chosen in this thread - Stoned Fired, Big Blue, Eleven Years, BNW 2, Courage, The Price, My Country and Nothing Touches - I'd go for some of these but I really like
Betcha and
Waiting
and
No Greater Love
Perversely I prefer the recent Army stuff to the older stuff but I'm sure there's no point in creating another account just to add Bad Old World and Orange Tree Roads and Mambo Queen
x
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: comber on August 19, 2013, 02:01:53 PM
I'd go with My Country
                  Heroes(full band version)
                  London......Well I can live in hope!!!
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: sozbot on August 19, 2013, 05:51:12 PM
Family Life (I've never heard it live but it could be fairly common for all I know)
Nothing Touches
Ghost of your father
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Master Ray on August 19, 2013, 07:21:13 PM
Hello folks - I'm new here 8) some great songs chosen in this thread - Stoned Fired, Big Blue, Eleven Years, BNW 2, Courage, The Price, My Country and Nothing Touches - I'd go for some of these but I really like
Betcha and
Waiting
and
No Greater Love
Perversely I prefer the recent Army stuff to the older stuff but I'm sure there's no point in creating another account just to add Bad Old World and Orange Tree Roads and Mambo Queen
x

No shame in preferring the new stuff.  I think I've said before that, much as I like the first couple of albums, I'm a bit tired of them after listening to them a gazillion times.  High and TIAGD, on the other hand, still sound fresh and exciting and I expect BDAW to follow on...

That said, I found an original 7" single of Great Expectations a few years back at a record fayre, paid only a quid for it... I'd love to hear that tune again...
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Barty on August 19, 2013, 09:50:47 PM
Coming Up
Ambition
Bitter Sweet


Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Mister Triangle on August 20, 2013, 01:20:13 PM
South West
Mixam
Big Blue
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: mudgeek on August 20, 2013, 04:04:00 PM
I would be chuffed to hear:

Gigabyte Wars
Refugee
Archway Towers
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Brian-DC on August 20, 2013, 06:52:05 PM
The three that I hope to hear the most....

Far better Thing
Ghost of Your Father
Killing (This would be excellent with Marshall & Ceri)

Oh, and Heroin

Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: tfrommer on August 21, 2013, 09:08:14 PM
...hmm, seem to be in an Impurity state of mind...

Lurhstaap
11 Years
and one more night with Ed sitting in on "Vagabonds" and "Purity"
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: lfran on August 22, 2013, 09:17:00 AM
The Price
Killing
Brave New World

   I was delighted when BNW made an appearance during last years Xmas gigs, and gutted that it seems to have disappeared from the setlist again. I've never heard the other two performed live.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: dark horse on August 22, 2013, 10:00:48 PM
I was bored, so I thought I'd count up what songs people have been wishing for...

Based on posts so far, the rare song most people want to hear live is The Price (mentioned 8 times).

Runners-up are My Country (4 times), Nothing Touches (4 times), and Far Better Thing (3 times).
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Danny on August 23, 2013, 12:09:01 PM
I was bored, so I thought I'd count up what songs people have been wishing for...

Based on posts so far, the rare song most people want to hear live is The Price (mentioned 8 times).

Runners-up are My Country (4 times), Nothing Touches (4 times), and Far Better Thing (3 times).

I was too lazy to narrow it down to three and post (also because this question has come up quite a few times over the years) but you can add another vote for The Price - one of the very few songs by them I've never seen them do live
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: SF on August 23, 2013, 02:50:59 PM
The Price :o
Waiting 8)
I Wish :D
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: pjevac on August 23, 2013, 07:35:16 PM
I only once had a chance to see a J&D show, 'cause NMA don't play very often in my part of the world, so there's really plenty of songs I missed hearing live. I guess I'll list the songs I'd like to hear now, and maybe tomorrow I'd feel completely different... 
1. The Charge
2. Nothing Touches
3. Betcha
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Anna Woman von NRW on August 23, 2013, 08:13:09 PM
Can I have another go? Just to put in the mix the heavy version of Before I Get Old - but played later in the set cos the only time I've heard it was the first song on the High tour at Brighton and would like to have a proper freak out once the body has had a chance to warm up a bit .....
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: RedP on August 27, 2013, 03:58:02 AM
Anyone for 'The Cause'?
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: kabe on September 24, 2013, 12:16:02 PM
Waiting
Ghost of your father
Courage

These three, one after the other, loud as all hell, with everyone knowing the words and shouting on, would pretty much nail it for me....
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Stoney on September 24, 2013, 12:33:14 PM
HEROIN!!!!

Prison (good call Jason Jibberish)

Marrakes or Knife
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Bill B on September 24, 2013, 01:35:49 PM
Just the new album in its entirety twice please!!
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: dilla on September 24, 2013, 04:01:30 PM
I know I've already had my three but hey ho-would also love to hear No Mans Land.They used to play it regularly in the late 80's but I don't think I've heard it live since.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: jackroadkill on September 24, 2013, 06:04:08 PM
Heroin
Ghost of Your Father
Marry The Sea

B Sides And Abandoned Tracks was the first NMA album I ever bought, and it's still one of my favourite even now.  This limited to three songs thing is quite hard, and there were others that nearly made it.  Marrakesh, Rumour And Rapture, One Of The Chosen, Song To The Men Of England and My Country all come very close to the three I've chosen.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: lostockboy on September 24, 2013, 07:28:06 PM
Ballad 2 - Only ever heard a demo of this song and really like it but as far as I know Justin has only ever played it solo a couple of times
Brave New World 2 - This was played live years and years ago but again another one I'd love to hear
Trust - I'm digitizing some old live cassettes at the moment and came across this one but not quite sure where it's from.
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: patrick65 on September 24, 2013, 10:01:51 PM
Great expectations
Running in the rain
Betcha  (the absolute perfect ultimate encore !)
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Willard on September 25, 2013, 12:58:26 PM
Ambition

songs that I know have been played recently but I haven't heard

Master Race

Lust For Power

i guess those are my official three

close runners up

The Price

The Cause

125 mph

Brave New World
Title: Re: Three rare songs you'd love to hear live again...
Post by: Berko_kev on September 25, 2013, 10:49:40 PM
Smalltown England hasn't been played for ages - got missed out at the 30th Anniversary - Was one of the early NMA songs that really hooked and reeled me in  Would love to see that re appear in the setlilsts sometime soon.