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From murmurs.com, contributed
experiences from the 9/20/03 Houston R.E.M. show.

Culled from these messages, I present an (unofficial) setlist: (my addenda
are emphasized thusly)

1. Begin The Begin
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? — Actually kind of rare on
   this tour. We were blessed. Tempo almost slower than on
   Monster, rather than the one-and-a-half-time version typically played
   live.

3. Maps And Legends
4. Drive
5. Animal — Another instant-classic Mike Mills chorus.
6. Get Up — I believe this order is incorrect. “Bad
   Day” followed “Animal” directly, so I think “Get
   Up” (for whose politically incendiary nature Stipe apologized
   beforehand) comes before both of these.

7. Bad Day
8. The One I Love
9. Beat A Drum — Played for the first time (this tour).
   Stipe blows the intro and calls for a do-over.

10. The Great Beyond
11. Sitting Still
12. Daysleeper — One of the few great songs on Up.
13. Electrolite — Best song on New Adventures In Hi-Fi
    (although, apparently, Stipe prefers “E-Bow the Letter”).

14. Losing My Religion
15. Find The River — Another rarity. Makes up for not having
    “Nightswimming,” I suppose.

16. She Just Wants To Be — Tour drummer Bill Rieflin nails the
    fills in a jam-band take on this recent masterpiece.

17. Walk Unafraid
18. Man On The Moon
    

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19. Everybody Hurts — We were worried that the inclusion of
    “Daysleeper” would deny us the opportunity to hear any other songs
    in ⁶⁄₈ time. Not so! [Update: Chris argues that this song is
    properly ¹²⁄₈ time, or possibly
    ⁴⁄₄ with triplets. I argue that Chris is
    overeducated.]

20. Country Feedback — Erin points out that, spoken over the first
    few bars of the song, is the second verse to Chorus
    and the Ring.

21. Final Straw
22. Galveston [Stipe acapella]
23. Imitation Of Life
24. End Of The World — Even better than shouting “people in
    every direction” at a concert: shouting “Leonard
    Bernstein”. Truly awesome.

Text message from Matt, at
the R.E.M. concert in Austin:

Michael just said that houston was the best show on tour! Playing she just
wants to be in honor of you guys!

R.E.M. followup: The
Houston Chronicle’s pre-concert article. Post-concert review and
official setlist forthcoming.