Here it is - comments required to confirm or dispute. "Should this be an interactive audience participation thing" asks Pete? Whaddaya think? I have my own (currently private) thoughts on the matter but I want to hear from you good bloggies out there.
Run time is 30 minutes which means keeping inter-song rambling to a minimum (oops just let out my private thoughts there).
To the baying chants of "Dads Dads Dads Dads" as the dry ice mists dissolve to reveal the Dads - pumped up and splendid in Stadium Rock attire.
Steve hits the first of many snare shots and John utters some incomprehensible Spanish as the Dads light up Tavistock with...
Vertigo (3 mins)
There is no time for snat chat because Mark hits the "power peddle", folds his fingers into an E chord and stutters straight into:
20th Century Boy (3 mins)
A wild and ecstatic crowd can't believe they are here to witness this; the Dads reach an option point YOUR VOTE COUNTS HERE:
Either Mark deselects the power peddle and strum-shuffles the opener for
Take your Mama Home (3 mins)
Or...
Rock takes hold of the band and they retro-pogo off to..
American Idiot (3 mins)
It's hot but they're happy - Pete bellows "Are you feelin Guuurde?" - "YEAAAAH!" comes the retort.
I Feel Good (3 mins)
As the last of the chords ballallang in their ears, there is no mercy - Steve Leads straight into:
Rocking in the Free World (4 mins)
A lightened up down-shifted run through the 3 chord sequence just before the 3rd verse gives Pete a chance to intro the band, the final chorus descends into a Dads "signature" power ending. Smoke is seen to be pouring from the nostrils of some small children standing near the PA
Mark hits the Southern Blues peddle to usher up
The Breeze (3 mins)
Pete gets 20 seconds to ask "are you warmed up yet?". Just enough time for Steve to ready his crazy tom roll into...
Peace love and understanding (4 mins)
The big guitar & drum finish (signature 2) drops to silence, John gets the "dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dee, dum, dum" riff straight in his head then leads the Dads into...
Be My Girl (4 mins)
Segue! Pete gargles out the last ghhuuuurrrrl only for Mark to crash the opening chords for
Teenage Kicks (3 mins)
The crowd erupt, large dogs defecate spontaneously, the Dads have left the stadium.
4 comments:
Truly inspirational, I feel humble and worthless in the presence of such creative genius………(although my original thought was to slot in the obligatory 20 minute drum solo distilled down to 30 seconds of pure stadium rock cheese at the end of ‘Rockin’ with a cow bell count of four into Mark’s intro to The Breeze).
My vote is for Take yer Mama – The kids say “Dad – DON’T do American Idiot” hey, but what do they know?
Talk or no talk…….I say get in, rock their socks off, and get out, assuming that they are wearing socks and not some kind of lightweight summer sandal which is designed to keep your feet feeling cool and fresh all day long whilst listening to entertaining music performed by many local artists.
Coiley family say NO to Vertigo. What do they know?
whhoooaaggghhh many variables to discuss me thinks we must have a brainstorm
er, can't use brainstorm I'm afraid.
Suggs says so - another case of madness gone politically correct (not my joke but I liked it).
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