Gimme Shelter 7 - Sick of this song
Elvis Presley Blues 6 - Would love to hear it once
Crazy On You 6 - Sick of this song
Paint It Black 5 - Hate all rolling stones covers
White Rabbit 5 - Let me take out the razor blade
Black Hole Sun 3 -  Things you think are not what they seem.  You have to look deeper into every thing because people who abuse drugs, and their enablers, want others to think they don't do drugs.  
Why Don’t You Love Me 2 - ok but heard it once or twice and that is good enough
Pain In My Heart 2 - wouldn't mind hearing
All You Need Is Love 2 - Hate the Beatles by anyone other than the Beatles
Jolene 2 - Would love to hear this one

I wish you would do the same thing for the originals so I can tell you which songs I am sick of hearing.  I love a lot of Grace's material however, so much of the pop tunes are over played, I wonder if there are any more reasons to go see this band.  I can't go to another show and hear Paris, Nothing But the Water, Big White Gate, and every single song from the last cd except the only one I want to hear but never hear, Things I Never Needed.  I just can't do the shows anymore.  I've traveled to so many different locations and all I get are the same bland pop songs, over played songs and covers that make me think Grace is all about shaking her booty and encouraging clap-alongs, instead of performing.  I don't mind all the sexy stuff and all of it is fine, but not when it becomes the end to itself. I've been believing in Grace for a long time, long after most of the jam band crowd left her, but now I have to say a lot of unkind things because well, I've supported her and the guys for years and still care.  It's very difficult to please all the fans of course, but doing things like getting tweets and deciding set lists based on the a small sample of self-selecting fans means you aren't thinking things through.  When you come to NYC you need to put out your best material.  If you're doing 2 nights at the Beacon you need to make each night stand alone.  You can play a handful of the same songs, but each night has to be different enough.  Why would any fan go to two nights of shows unless they want to hear a wider and deeper look at the band's material?  Even if you're doing two three shows within a few hours of each other, the set lists need to be varied enough for people who are traveling to a few shows for the weekend.  I am not the only person who does that.  There are plenty of people who travel for shows.  I'm not the only one.   

Anyway, some of you will have no idea why I am writing some of what I am, I apologize.   

I saw Joe Bonamassa Friday night and found it to be an excellent show.  I wasn't thrilled after the last four five shows because there wasn't any variation in the set list.  GPN aren't the only ones who I have this criticism of.  Anyway, Joe started out with five acoustic songs.  Then played most of his own rock songs.  Songs I've heard before, but enjoyed again because they were played just a little differently, with just enough spontaneity in them that I wasn't feeling like, oh, this song again.  He added a few new covers.  And he ended with the usual mega ending he digs.  My only criticism, he needs to develop another variation on the ending.  Maybe even two. But because he created a totally different experience with the acoustic numbers and a few new covers, I can say, yeah, I want to see him at as many shows as I can get to next time he's around.  He is usually off playing the globe.  

If you're going to come to the NYC area few times a year you have be able to set the bar above the rest.  You have to be willing to expose yourself a little more and play things more extemporaneously.  You have to be creative and figure out what you can do that will make the show stand out. New Yorkers don't need the usual glitz and glamour.  Music heads who live in the New York area know music.  We see many many performers each year.  We download shows and listen to them.  We know what songs bands are playing. A lot of people just drink and yap at shows, but not people who know and go for the music.  And that is true outside of NYC too (of course, dahhhh Angela).  Artists should be developing set lists that satisfy both people who know the music and the more casual fan.  Not one in favor of the other.  And let's face it, wouldn't you rather play for the people who really know the music than the casual fan anyway?  If at every show you can impress the people who know your music, you've really accomplished something. It's then you've had a truly successful show.