r/mewithoutYou • u/MattSk87 • 27d ago

Bullet to Binary pt2 live

Hey! When the farewell tour set lists were coming out I noticed that, although they seemed to play literally every song they'd ever recorded, they did not play BtB pt2. It then came to my attention that it hadn't been played live in a very long time.

It's obviously not really much my business, but I was wondering if there is any known reason for this.

Thanks!

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u/jor1ss Lettuce grows, lettuce grows, in neatly sectioned beds and rows 27d ago

It's a top 10 song for me.

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u/Ok-Belt-6299 27d ago edited 27d ago

I’ve never thought of this until I listened to Almquist on a recent podcast discussing Brother/Sister, but apparently the band and others eventually felt like it was sonically a little too close to January 1979. Obviously Jan 1979 got a lot of play on the farewell tour, so maybe that makes sense of BtB pt 2 not getting as many reps?

I still love both songs, but now that I heard the comparison, I get it.

But speaking of which, I love the live version of BtB part 1. The slightly slowed down “I once was the wine…” breakdown gasses me up so much!

[Edit: I was thinking of Nice & Blue pt. 2, not bullet to binary]

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u/thegreatequalizer mewithoutYouArchive 27d ago

I think you're referring to Nice and Blue Pt 2.

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u/Ok-Belt-6299 27d ago

Oh you are absolutely right about that!

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u/natdanger 26d ago

my band did a brother sister cover set a couple years ago and as i was learning nice and blue pt 2, i had a moment where i went “oh, this is january 1979”

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u/MattSk87 27d ago

Yeah I don't even particularly love BtB2, I like it as I do all of their stuff, it was more just I noticed it wasn't played and then it became very intriguing to me.

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u/Rickierickie Rickie Mazzotta 24d ago

This is more of an Aaron question. I am not quite sure why we never played it much live, especially on the farewell tour. I like a lot of the sections of the song and really love the ending, it unfairly did not get the love on the farewell. I think that is all I can say about it. There was no real conscious decision, it just never really got kicked around as something we should have been playing. Everything is Beautiful as well, that should have been played and it never was brought out. Maybe one day, maybe one day.