
"The viola is the saddest of all instruments, and no matter how fast you play you can't get away from the melancholy."
John Cale
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John Cale setlists 1981
New York 1981-10-24
Live at the Peppermint Lounge in New York, USA - October 24, 1981. He burned a copy of the right-wing pamphlet "West Watch" at the end of Flying Seagulls, a song about the death squads in El Salvador. Uncle Sam in Samoa is about the gunrunning business.
John Cale: vocals, guitar, keyboards
Jim Goodwin: keyboards, sax
Peter Muny: bass
Robert Medici: drums
Sturgis Nikides: guitar
Setlist
- Flying Seagulls (about the death squads in El Salvador)
- Uncle Sam in Samoa
- Don't Let Me Down
- Evidence
- Streets Of Laredo
- All on Board
- Dr. Mudd
- Guts
- Mercenaries (Ready For War)
- Fighter Pilot
- Wilson Joliet
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Pablo Picasso (with Get It On teases)