Persians 2006 Setlists

 

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern (tonight, Ex-Supermodel = John + Todd on his new congas; opening for the Millicents) - Starkville, MS 1/06/06: A Host in Heresy / Daguerreotype / The Front Steps in Summer / So Help Me Something / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Mashed-Potato Sky / Mallory-Free / Allison / Are You Wearing Argyle? / That Kind of Funny / Accidental Physics / Going to California / Whatsername / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / U.V.A.

The Boar's Head (Ex-Supermodel) - Starkville, MS 1/26/06: We are fuzzy on what we played this night.

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern (Ex-Supermodel) - Starkville, MS 2/07/06: We are also fuzzy on what we played this night.

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern - Starkville, MS - Benefit Concert & Kickoff Event for the Del Rendon Foundation - 2/10/06: Whatsername / I Have Followed You / Spasmatron / The Bends / Tomorrow Wants To Extend / The Front Steps in Summer / Until The End Of The World / Goat Is Got / Accidental Physics / Houses Of The Holy / U.V.A. / Mullet Boy Enumerates / I Will Survive / Innard Yank / War Pigs

Note: Also playing this event were Mark Goldbeck, Jim Tomlinson, Bill Cooke, and Hogleg.

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern - Starkville, MS - 2/25/06: SET 1 – Swimming Herward / viii / Sometimes / Daguerreotype / Hey, Johnny Park! / Krakatoa / The Front Steps in Summer / Mallory-Free / I Am the Highway / U.V.A. / Mexican Wine / Tomorrow Wants to Extend / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / So Help Me Something / War Pigs; SET 2 – Everlong / Houses of the Holy / Breathing in Vain / Via the Migration / Say It Ain't So / Spasmatron / Until the End of the World / Whatsername / The Bends / I Will Survive / Cold Gin / Fell on Black Days / Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love / …Peace, Love & Understanding? / Jessie's Girl / Mountain Song / Mullet Boy Enumerates

Note: Steve was out of town for this show.

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern - Starkville, MS - 3/17/06: SET 1 – Tomorrow Wants To Extend / Spasmatron / The Bends / Mallory-Free / Via The Migration / Sometimes / Beneficial Neglect / Arbor Day / The Front Steps In Summer / Houses Of The Holy / Accidental Physics / Bulldog Skin / Everlong; SET 2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday / Until The End Of The World / One / Orange Is For Eyebrows / I Have Followed You / War Pigs / Goat Is Got; SET 3 – U.V.A. / I Will Survive / Cold Gin / Stop / (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding? / Mountain Song / Mullet Boy Enumerates

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern (Ex-Supermodel) - Starkville, MS 4/14/06: SET 1 – Everyday I Write the Book / Mashed-Potato Sky / California Stars / The Front Steps in Summer / Until the End of the World / The Same Boy You’ve Always Known / Daguerreotype / Going to California / Whatsername / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / So Help Me Something / The Bends / Vienna / Arbor Day / Sometimes / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / U.V.A. / Swimming Herward / There is a Light That Never Goes Out / Say It Ain’t So; SET 2 – I Am the Highway / Fell on Black Days / Everlong / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Don’t Look Back in Anger / Jessie’s Girl / High & Dry / War Pigs / One

Cotton District Arts Festival - Starkville, MS 4/22/06: I Have Followed You / Via the Migration / Krakatoa / Houses of the Holy / Mallory-Free / U.V.A. / viii / Bulldog Skin / Goat is Got / Are You Wearing Argyle? / Cold Gin

Market Street Festival (Ex-Supermodel) - Columbus, MS 5/6/06: So Help Me Something / Lawyers, Guns & Money / The Front Steps in Summer / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / Whatsername / Going to California / U.V.A. / Vienna / Mallory-Free / Sometimes / High & Dry

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern - Starkville, MS - 5/13/06: SET 1 – The Bends / Goat is Got / No One Else / Arbor Day / Hey, Johnny Park! / That Kind of Funny / Until the End of the World / Sometimes / Accidental Physics / Vienna / Whatsername / Krakatoa / So Help Me Something / U.V.A. / (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding? / Cold Gin; SET 2 – I Want You (She's So Heavy) / Everlong / Mallory-Free / Mexican Wine / Register 5 / Mullet  Boy Enumerates / I Am the Highway / Me & My Baby / Rock You Like a Hurricane / Sweet Emotion / War Pigs / Stop / Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

MSU School of Architecture Design Discovery Camp* - Architecture Amphitheatre - 6/22/06: SET 1 – Mashed-Potato Sky / Houses of the Holy / Spasmatron / The Bends / No One Else / So Help Me Something / Until the End of the World / Going to California** / Swimming Herward / I Am the Highway / Whatsername / Everlong / (What’s Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?; SET 2 – Cold Gin / Bulldog Skin / Sweet Emotion / Daguerreotype / Mexican Wine / Innard Yank / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / Rock You Like a Hurricane / Register 5 / War Pigs

* Because Todd was out of town for this show, Scott Thomas (Scooter) played drums with us.
**Crowd request – John, Lee, & Scooter only

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern (with Joe Whaley & the Benders) - Starkville, MS - 7/1/06: Welcome* / Mountain Song / Via the Migration / Arbor Day / Hey, Johnny Park! / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Accidental Physics / Goat is Got / Tomorrow Wants to Extend / Cold Gin / Until the End of the World / Mullet Boy Enumerates / Mallory-Free / Spasmatron / Sometimes / Beneficial Neglect / Orange is for Eyebrows / The Bends / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / I Have Followed You / War Pigs

*Brand-new song

Zachary’s (Ex-Supermodel) – Columbus, MS 7/21/06: I actually did have a setlist for this show, but in the drunken swirl that this night became, I seem to have lost it. I know we opened with Elvis Costello’s “Everyday I Write the Book,” and I know we played Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So” twice because two different people asked for it. We also played a brand-new song, “Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got,” along with non-electric versions of “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” and “War Pigs.” Beyond that, I just don’t know.

The Boar’s Head – Starkville, MS – 7/28/06: SET 1 – Sometimes / Via the Migration / The Bends / Until the End of the World / Spasmatron / Hey, Johnny Park! / Whatsername / So Help Me Something / U.V.A.  / Mountain Song / Houses of the Holy / I Want You (She's So…) / Football Blood* / I Am the Highway / Cold Gin; SET 2 – Welcome / Sweet Emotion / Goat is Got / Bulldog Skin / Mexican Wine / Me & My Baby / Everlong / Jane Says / Innard Yank / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / Rock You Like a Hurricane / Mullet Boy Enumerates / Stop / …Peace, Love &…? / Register 5 / War Pigs

 

*Brand-new song

 

Dave's Darkhorse Tavern - Starkville, MS - 8/18/06: SET 1 – Welcome / Being A Saint / Spasmatron / Mexican Wine / Krakatoa / The Front Steps in Summer / Houses of the Holy / Hey, Johnny Park! / I Have Followed You / Arbor Day / Mallory-Free / Bulldog Skin / Until the End of the World / Accidental Physics / Football Blood; SET 2 – Via the Migration / Cold Gin / So Help Me Something / At Five in the Morning / No One Else / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Whatsername / U.V.A. / Tomorrow Wants to Extend / Swing On By / I Am The Highway / War Pigs / Ain't Talkin' ‘Bout Love / Mountain Song / Sweet Emotion / Rock You Like A Hurricane / (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?

 

The Boar’s Head – Starkville, MS – 8/24/06: SET 1 – Everlong / Whatsername / Mashed-Potato Sky / The Front Steps in Summer / Sometimes / Being a Saint / Until the End of the World / So Help Me Something / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Houses of the Holy / Mullet Boy Enumerates / Sometimes a Ghost Is All You’ve Got / I Am the Highway / At Five in the Morning / Cold Gin / Bulldog Skin / Mountain Song; SET 2 – Beneficial Neglect / Sweet Emotion / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / I Will Survive / No One Else

 

MSU Music Makers’ Back-to-School Special* – MSU Amphitheatre – Starkville, MS – 8/26/06: Welcome / Being a Saint / Spasmatron / The Bends / Football Blood / At Five in the Morning / U.V.A. / Accidental Physics / Swing On By / Cold Gin / Bulldog Skin

 

*The full list of performers, in order, was The Cemetery Surfers, Big Blue Truck, Joe Whaley & the Benders, the Mississippi Blue Bloods, the Persians, Darkness Ends, & Enursha.

 

Cullis Wade Depot/Barnes & Noble Grand Opening – MSU Campus – Starkville, MS – 8/30/06: So Help Me Something / Goat is Got / The Front Steps in Summer / Sometimes / Welcome / Being a Saint / The Bends / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / Mallory-Free / Football Blood / Until the End of the World / U.V.A. / Tomorrow Wants to Extend / At Five in the Morning / Swing on By

 

Zachary’s (Ex-Supermodel) – Columbus, MS 9/8/06: [No setlist, but we definitely played the following.] Mashed-Potato Sky / California Stars / The Front Steps in Summer / Until the End of the World / The Same Boy You’ve Always Known / Going to California / Whatsername / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / So Help Me Something / Everyday I Write the Book / The Bends / Sometimes / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / U.V.A. / Say It Ain’t So / I Am the Highway / Everlong / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Don’t Look Back in Anger / Jessie’s Girl / High & Dry / War Pigs / One / Welcome / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / Careless Whisper / Strange Condition / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

 

Big Spring Jam – Huntsville, AL 9/23/06: Welcome / Being a Saint / Goat Is Got / Sometimes a Ghost Is All You’ve Got / Mallory-Free / Football Blood / At Five in the Morning / Swing on By / Cold Gin

 

Function at the Junction (Ex-Supermodel) – MSU/Starkville, MS – 10/13/06: Mashed-Potato Sky / So Help Me Something / Mallory-Free / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / Same Boy You’ve Always Known / Going to California / Whatsername / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / The Bends / High & Dry / Sometimes / Say It Ain’t So / I Am the Highway / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Don’t Look Back in Anger / Strange Condition / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / Come as You Are / Ziggy Stardust / Vienna [not in the correct order, obviously…]

 

Rick’s (opening for Law of Nature) – Starkville, MS – 10/14/06: Welcome / Being a Saint / Goat is Got / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / U.V.A. / So Help Me Something / Until the End of the World / Football Blood / Swing on By / Mallory-Free / The Bends / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

 

Zachary’s (Ex-Supermodel) – Columbus, MS 10/20/06: [As always, we picked and chose as we went, but I know we played these.] U.V.A. / The Front Steps in Summer / So Help Me Something / Mallory-Free / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / Swing on By / Register 5 / California Stars / Going to California / Whatsername / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / Everyday I Write the Book / The Bends / High & Dry / Sometimes / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / Wish You Were Here / One / No One Else / Say It Ain’t So / I Am the Highway / Everlong / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Jessie’s Girl / Careless Whisper / Strange Condition / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / Burn One Down / Come as You Are / Ride On / Three Little Birds / Ziggy Stardust / Jane Says / Vienna / Sweet Emotion / One Headlight

 

Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern (w/ the Tuffskinz) – Starkville, MS 10/31/06: TUFFSKINZ: Detroit Rock City / Ace of Spades / Mr. Brownstone / Love Buzz / The Number of the Beast / Two Minutes to Midnight / Ride On / Unchained / Atomic Punk / You’ve Got Another Thing Coming / Fairies Wear Boots / The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret / Seek and Destroy; PERSIANS: Smells Like Teen Spirit / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Breed / Lithium / Polly / Territorial Pissings / Drain You / Lounge Act / Stay Away / On a Plain / Something in the Way / Ziggy Stardust [costume contest] Careless Whisper / Freebird

 

NOTE: the Tuffskinz are John and Lee from the Persians (on guitar and vocals) along with Paul Graham on bass and Scooter on drums.

 

Zachary’s (Ex-Supermodel) – Columbus, MS 11/11/06: [Though certainly not in order, these are definitely the songs we played.] The Same Boy You’ve Always Known / Until the End of the World / Burn One Down / Come as You Are / Ride On / Three Little Birds / Ziggy Stardust / Vienna / One Headlight / Mashed-Potato Sky / At Five in the Morning / She’s Got a New Spell / U.V.A. / The Front Steps in Summer / So Help Me Something / Mallory-Free / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / Swing on By / Register 5 / California Stars / Going to California / Whatsername / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / Everyday I Write the Book / The Bends / High & Dry / Sometimes / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / Wish You Were Here / One / Say It Ain’t So / I Am the Highway / Everlong / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Jessie’s Girl / Strange Condition / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

 

Bin 612 (Ex-Supermodel) – Starkville, MS 11/16/06: [Order? Nah. Songs? Yar.] Lawyers, Guns & Money / Front Steps in Summer / Same Boy You’ve Always Known  / Until the End of the World  / Come as You Are / Going to California / Swing on By / Sometimes / Everyday I Write the Book / Strange Condition / Mallory-Free / High & Dry / So Help Me Something / Ziggy Stardust / Whatsername / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / I Am the Highway / Burn One Down / The Bends / At Five in the Morning / Everlong / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

 

Armstrong’s – Columbus, MS 11/17/06: Hey, Johnny Park! / Spasmatron / The Bends / Daguerreotype / In Bloom / Welcome / Houses of the Holy / So Help Me Something / Until the End of the World / Accidental Physics / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / I Have Followed You / Whatsername; SET 2 – Mexican Wine / Goat is Got / Drain You / Being a Saint / Sometimes / Mallory-Free / Sometimes a Ghost Is All You’ve Got / I Am the Highway / Bulldog Skin / Football Blood / Careless Whisper / Ziggy Stardust; SET 3 – Cold Gin / At Five in the Morning / Swing on By / …Peace, Love & Understanding? / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / War Pigs

 

Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern – Starkville, MS 12/9/06: Sometimes / Via the Migration / Being a Saint / Offend in Every Way / Krakatoa / No One Else / Welcome / Whatsername / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Mashed-Potato Sky / The Bends / Are You Wearing Argyle? / Sweet Emotion / Fell on Black Days / Careless Whisper / Father Christmas / Ziggy Stardust; SET 2 – Bulldog Skin / Tomorrow Wants to Extend / On a Plain / Everlong / Mallory-Free / Sometimes a Ghost Is All You’ve Got / I Will Survive / Football Blood / Cold Gin / Until the End of the World / Me & My Baby / At Five in the Morning / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / War Pigs / (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?

 

Armstrong’s – Columbus, MS 12/22/06: SET 1 – Offend in Every Way / So Help Me Something / Being a Saint / Fell on Black Days / Mexican Wine / Innard Yank / Houses of the Holy / The Bends / I Want You (She’s So… / Whatsername / Ziggy Stardust / Father Xmas / Jessie’s Girl; SET 2 – Sweet Emotion / Say It Ain’t So / Welcome / Sometimes / On a Plain / Mallory-Free / I Am the Highway / Cold Gin / Bulldog Skin / Football Blood / Careless Whisper / Stop; SET 3 – At Five in the Morning / Until the End of the World / (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding? / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love / War Pigs [We also played “Father Xmas” and “Jessie’s Girl” again somewhere in the third set, largely because we played them to three people in the first set.]

 

Zachary’s (Ex-Supermodel) – Columbus, MS 12/23/06: SET 1 – Vienna / The Front Steps in Summer / Lawyers, Guns & Money / Mashed-Potato Sky / One Headlight / So Help Me Something / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / Same Boy You’ve Always Known / Sometimes a Ghost is All You’ve Got / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / Come As You Are / Outfit / High & Dry / Sometimes / Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits / Wish You Were Here; SET 2 – Father Xmas / Whatsername / Everlong / Mallory-Free / Until the End of the World / Ride On / At Five in the Morning / Ziggy Stardust / The Bends / Say It Ain’t So / Strange Condition / Everyday I Write the Book / Jessie’s Girl / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love

 

Dave’s Darkhorse Tavern – Starkville, MS 12/29/06: SET 1 – Swimming Herward / Spasmatron / Welcome / Being a Saint / Fell on Black Days / Mexican Wine / Houses of the Holy / The Bends / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Whatsername / U.V.A. / Sometimes a Ghost Is All You’ve Got / Jessie’s Girl / Careless Whisper / At Five in the Morning / Orange is for Eyebrows / Ziggy Stardust; SET 2 – In Bloom / Until the End of the World / Everlong / Say It Ain’t So / Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Love / War Pigs / Innard Yank / Sometimes / Mallory-Free / Cold Gin / Bulldog Skin / Father Xmas / Hey, Johnny Park! / (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?

 

 

Thanks for a fantastic year, rock fans!