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September 1987 - The Library, Knoxville, TN notes: A local Grateful Dead cover band were playing at a bar and R.E.M. jumped on the stage and played a few songs (R.E.M. songs that is)
1 October 1987 - Stokley Athletic Center, Knoxville, TN support: 10,000 Maniacs set: Finest Worksong / These Days / Welcome To The Occupation / Exhuming McCarthy / Cuyahoga / Orange Crush / Feeling Gravitys Pull / I Believe / The One I Love / Title / Driver 8 / Fall On Me / Fireplace / Superman / Oddfellows Local 151 / Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / Begin The Begin encore 1: Midnight Blue / Disturbance At The Heron House / See No Evil encore 2: Just A Touch / The Flowers Of Guatemala / Little America encore 3: Ain't No Sunshine / Angel / Sitting Still / 1,000,000
"Back in the 1980s Steed earned some national attention and some gigs with REM and The Replacements while playing with Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes. Over time the band split up."
Replacements?? as in maybe the band is the ABB Replacement?
smokin dave and the primo dopes opened for REM in Knoxville in 1982. this is the solution to the first anagram.
the second anagram seems to mean that a warmup band (opening band) for REM will be part of the announcement. the answer isn't REM themselves. it's someone who opened for them.
in one of my posts yesterday i listed bands that have opened for REM in the past and pointed out that Modest Mouse will be opening for them on their upcoming tour.
check it out and see what you think.
i could see "lukewarm" being synonymous with "modest," but people have said it'd be hard for REM to make it to bonnaroo given their tour schedule. modest mouse are playing those same dates, so it'd be equally hard for them to make it i would think.
"Steed, coordinator for Programs Abroad at The University of Tennessee, and his band Sons of Phere will serve as the opening act Thursday night for Blues Traveler"
hmmmmmm.
"Steed was a member of Apelife but gained most of his notoriety by joining The Smokin’ Daves and the Premo Dopes, touring with the band for 11 years and earning gigs with REM and The Replacements"
Post by themeyersman on Apr 16, 2008 11:23:21 GMT -5
im still not sold on REM and even if the anagram leads to REM that means REM is NOT the band we're searching for. the 1st anagram simply leads the the 2nd one. smokin dave and the primo dopes absolutely has to be right though....it fits to perfectly. are we sure sphereville is knoxville? i think we need another clue djjd.
im still not sold on REM and even if the anagram leads to REM that means REM is NOT the band we're searching for. the 1st anagram simply leads the the 2nd one. smokin dave and the primo dopes absolutely has to be right though....it fits to perfectly. are we sure sphereville is knoxville? i think we need another clue djjd.
agreed. REM is just one part of the never ending clue.
Post by spmirish03 on Apr 16, 2008 11:27:13 GMT -5
well if its somebody REM opened for check out who played after them at Live 8. theres a number of previously mentioned bands included. In order of their appearance. So concentrate on who comes after REM. Bob Geldof (Host) Overture: Paul McCartney with U2 - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" U2- "Beautiful Day"/"Blackbird", "Vertigo", "One"/"Unchained Melody" Coldplay - "In My Place/"Rockin' All Over The World(chorus)", "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (with Richard Ashcroft), "Fix You" David Walliams and Matt Lucas (presenters) as their Little Britain characters Lou and Andy. Elton John - "The Bitch Is Back", "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting", "Children Of The Revolution" (with Pete Doherty) Bob Geldof (Host) Bill Gates (presenter) Dido¹ - "White Flag" (Solo), "Thank You" and "Seven Seconds" (both with Youssou N'Dour¹ ²) Stereophonics - "The Bartender and the Thief/Ace Of Spades(chorus)", "Dakota", "Maybe Tomorrow", "Local Boy in the Photograph" Ricky Gervais (presenter) R.E.M. - "Imitation of Life", "Everybody Hurts", "Man on the Moon" Kofi Annan (presenter)-last name Annan was a clue Ms. Dynamite - "Dy-na-mi-tee", "Redemption Song" Keane - "Somewhere Only We Know", "Bedshaped" Will Smith (presenter) in Philadelphia, USA Travis ² - "Sing", "Side"/"Stayin' Alive", "Why Does It Always Rain On Me?" Bob Geldof ² - "I Don't Like Mondays" Brad Pitt (presenter) Annie Lennox ² - "Why", "Little Bird", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" UB40 - "Food For Thought", "Who You Fighting For?", "Reasons" (with Hunterz & The Dhol Blasters), "Red Red Wine", "Can't Help Falling in Love" Snoop Dogg - "Ups & Downs", "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Signs", "The Next Episode", "Who Am I (What's My Name?)" Razorlight - "Somewhere Else", "Golden Touch", "In The City" Bob Geldof introduced 24-year-old Birhan Woldu, an Ethiopian student who was shown as a starving child in a video at Live Aid. Madonna - "Like a Prayer", "Ray of Light", "Music" Snow Patrol ² - "Chocolate", "Run" The Killers - "All These Things That I've Done" Joss Stone - "Super Duper Love", "I Had a Dream", "Some Kind of Wonderful" Scissor Sisters - "Laura", "Take Your Mama", "Everybody Wants the Same Thing" Velvet Revolver - "Do It For The Kids", "Fall To Pieces", "Slither" Lenny Henry (presenter) Sting - "Message In A Bottle", "Driven To Tears", "Every Breath You Take" (with alternate lyrics) Dawn French (presenter) Mariah Carey - "Make It Happen", "Hero" (both with African Children's Choir), "We Belong Together" David Beckham (presenter) Robbie Williams - "We Will Rock You", "Let Me Entertain You/All These Things That I've Done (bridge)", "Feel", "Angels" Peter Kay - presenter, comedy, and a cappella excerpt of "Is This the Way to Amarillo" The Who - "Who Are You", "Won't Get Fooled Again" Pink Floyd³ - "Speak to Me"/"Breathe" segued with "Breathe (reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb" Paul McCartney - "Get Back", "Drive My Car" (with George Michael), "Helter Skelter", "The Long and Winding Road"/"Hey Jude [refrain]" (joined by many of the above for "Hey Jude")
Post by themeyersman on Apr 16, 2008 11:33:44 GMT -5
all i know is that the addition is related to a band that smokin dave and the primo dopes have opened for. ppl have said sdpd has opened for a lot of groups in knoxville but REM seems to keep coming up. so if REM is the answer to the first anagram then we need to find a band that REM has opened for. i thing im going crosseyed. watching the "okonoko" dvd by mmj is really helping me pass the time though.
I thought the moon and sleeping references were meant to point to REM. But I also thought the Kofi Annan clue was a small one to get us to the cafe acts in 05 and 07. I think my money is on REM as one of the potential additions. But I think there will be a more jam/classic rock/dance in your sandals kind of band, too. I think that's what is BIG for bonnaroo.
Post by themeyersman on Apr 16, 2008 11:35:37 GMT -5
could djjd really have done all of this insane research when he was giving us clues? i mean we have sdpd opening for rem in knoxvile who then opened for a bunch of bands at live 8. should this be so intricate? are we over thinking things?
i remember the first the first set of clues. one of them was like "the chairman after the birthday party" or something like that and it led to Ben Folds because you fold chairs after a party... that was jd's reasoning... so these clues could be really obscure.
Post by spmirish03 on Apr 16, 2008 11:38:35 GMT -5
we may be, but its weird how we can take 3 clues, tie it to one event and have so many bands that we have been discussing involved.
i mean one clue gives us a band that opened for REM. the next clue tells us they opened for the band we are looking for. and another mentions Annan, who was a presenter at the same event.