Modern Minstrels

Warm October Night

Last Sunday I went to the Yellowcard show at The Warfield in San Francisco. Yellowcard played, without a doubt, the best set I have ever heard. They played a 20 song, hour and a half set. They played lots of their old songs and quite a few songs they haven't done live before. The setlist was as follows (all the songs are right, but might be a little out of order):

• Piano/Violin Intro (Pete and Sean)
• Inside Out
• October Nights
• Breathing
• Believe
• Powder
• Finish Line
• One Year, Six Months
• Rough Draft
• Trembling
• View From Heaven
• Empty Apartment
• Back Home
• Life of a Salesman
• Only One
• A.W.O.L.
• For Pete's Sake
• Way Away

  Encore

• Rocket
• Gifts and Curses
• Ocean Avenue

I was most excited to hear Gifts and Curses, which is a song they wrote for the Spider-man 2 Soundtrack. It's a great song, and the piano and violin sound really good together. Sean also gave a shout out to his Dad who was at the show, before playing Life of a Salesman.

The opening bands were quite good. The Starting Line played about a 45 minute set right before Yellowcard. It included Best of Me, Up and Go, Cheek to Cheek, Leaving, Left Coast Envy, A Good Night's Sleep, Given the Chance, and about 4 new songs. Good stuff.

The other two openers were Reeve Oliver and The Matches. Reeve Oliver was your typical 3 person punk band. Not bad, but nothing exciting. The Matches had a bit more unique sound and I enjoyed their set. Even better though was after the show was over, The Matches were outside with acoustic guitars rocking out on the sidewalk. It was pretty entertaining.