Eels

might be worth getting the latest couple, i'd imagine the setlist will be real heavy on the trilogy soon as E hasn't toured any of these songs before.

I'll definitely take a listen. Hombre Lobo and End Times yeah? Maybe I should go and buy them

Yeah, I heard mediafile has a sale on.

They played a warm up gig in LA last week, lots of new stuff, the band was E, Kool G Murder, Knuckles (those 3 played on Hombre Lobo), The Chet (Long term, multi instrumentalist colaborater) and some new guitarist, pretty loud and no keys, but not as loud as the no strings attached tour.. this was the setlist (may not be fully complete)

Daisies of the Galaxy
Little Bird
End Times
Prizefighter
In My Younger Days
Gone Man
Summer in the City (Lovin’ Spoonful cover)
Tremendous Dynamite
In My Dreams
In My Younger Days
Paradise Blues
My Beloved Monster
Spectacular Girl
Fresh Blood
Dog Faced Boy
That Look You Gave That Guy
Souljacker Part I
Mr. E’s Beautiful Blues
Jungle Telegraph
Summertime (Gershwin standard, done a la Billy Stewart’s ’60s version)
Looking Up
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I’m Going to Stop Pretending That I Didn’t Break Your Heart
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A Magic World

Only a couple from Tomorrow Morning, nothing from ESB, heavy on Hombre Lobo and End Times stuff, bit that is an extremely short set for an Eels gig, they usually play at least 30 songs a night, but this was a small warm up in the Galaxy Theatre that they always play at the start of tours so could just be a rough idea, I like the band though and looking forward to the new takes on old songs they always do..

They also played summersonic festival in Japan but no reviews or setlist info yet but some pictures..
E


The Band (Minus Kool G..)


The Chet


New dude


Knuckles


Kool G Murder

some cracking beards there

That setlist is superb, exactly the kind of thing I was hoping for. Really excited about the gig.

they're the new zz top

E looks like Macho Man Randy Savage in the second picture

ohhhhhhhhh yeah

I'd be delighted if they played a set like that in Edinburgh, don't know a lot of the stuff on it but I can see myself getting into these guys a lot after seeing them live.

Check out some of these recently discovered old school photos of E..
1980


1981


hahaha

he looks about 55 there

Been listening to Meet the Eels for a few days, loads of great suff on there plus the cover of Get Ur Freak On Just given Hombre Lobo its first spin, what a record. Hope End Teems is as good.

Nice one glad you liked it Rod, End Times is alot more piano based, very depressing record. I've seen people slatting it on other sites, I fucking love it & I think it's slightly better than Hombre Lobo though it's a definite grower despite being so simplistic. probably my favourite record of the year though I am kloot's newie sounds better and better every time I put it on.

Not the best for an introduction but I think Blinking Lights is magnificent

What a fucking band, ashamed of myself for not letting E into my life any sooner. Blinking Lights is sounding like the most perfect Sunday night record ever right now.

that's the sex

haha

I'm writing a song now, its called 'inane interview'

How are you finding Electro Shock Blues Karl?

It was definitely the hardest to really get into, and I always like a lot of the songs from it, then one day it just seemed to click with me and all made sense and I think its an actual masterpiece now, definitely the best thing he has ever done, so interesting and heartbreaking and experimental but simple at the same time.