Super Furry Animals at Echoplex, February 9, 2008

The Super Furry Animals have amassed quite a collection of excellent songs. So many in fact that they felt comfortable with having fans vote online for which songs should be included in the set for this tour. But, like any band with an impressive collection of songs, how does one go about choosing, and who should one go to for advice? I’ve been historically bad at making mixtapes/CDs, tending to string way too many hit singles consecutively (like those boring ‘Best Of’ albums that just sit on your shelf) instead of spacing them out judiciously. Needless to say I didn’t get my act together in time for voting. The farthest I got was making the following outline:

Good Electrotechnic Openers:
1) Slow Life
2) A Touch Sensitive

The Sensitive Power Ballad:
1) The Turning Tide
2) Juxtaposed with U
3) Run-Away
4) Atomik Lust

Fast and Furious Rocker:
1) God! Show Me Magic
2) Do or Die
3) Calimero

The Epic Closer:
1) The Man Don’t Give a F*ck
2) Mountain People