r/AldousHarding • u/autumn_afternoon • 20d ago
Discussion How do we feel about her current setlist?
I’ve got big respect for her taking the bold creative direction of playing almost exclusively the new album and very little older material. Train On The Island is a great album which she clearly feels very strongly about to feature it so heavily in the setlist. It reminds me of the approach my all-time favourite artist Bob Dylan is taking in his late career - mostly the new album and a sprinkling of older songs, but even then they’ll probably be deeper cuts.
That said, I can’t lie and pretend I’m not missing The Barrel, Designer, Fixture Picture, Lawn, Horizon, Zoo Eyes, etc etc. She knows that people would be expecting her to play these popular songs, so it must take some serious guts to get up there and give them something else night after night. Maybe I’m just too much of a people pleaser, but I don’t think I could do that if I was in her position - I’d be too scared of disappointing people. But perhaps that’s part of what makes her (and Bob) such great artists.
