Werchter 2008

Rock Werchter 2008 was a dream list of musicians. The 3 days I was there all blend into one unimaginable whole. The highlights in this dream were:

• Day1: Lenny Kravitz taking you higher with "Fly Away"
  
• Day 1: R.E.M performing "Electrolite", "Supernatural Superserious" & "What's the Frequency Kenneth" and in their Encore of course the two eternal gems
  
• Day 2: Jay Z was pretty good...kept us hopping and clapping "I say Jigga who you say Jigga whaaat?" :-)
  
• Day 2: Neil Young at 62 rocks it better than anyone dead or alive. "Love and only love, Spirit Road and Heart of Gold"
  
• Day 3: Ben Harper with "Better Way"... gooseflesh
• Day 3: Hidden surprise of RW 2008! Sigur Ros! He was simply awesome with his guitar and violin bow! Wow!
  
• Day 3: The festival headline act Radiohead. I can't point any one song. The entire 2 1/2 hours and 22 songs torpedoed me out of Werchter. Prod me and I would say that "There there", "Idioteque" and "Just"
  

Here's the set lists
Radiohead

01 Arpeggi
02 The National Anthem
03 Lucky
04 All I Need
05 There There
06 Nude
07 Climbing Up The Walls
08 The Gloaming
09 15 Step (Thom not being too strict on the lyrics)

10 Faust Arp (Thom: “Is it true Neil Young played here last night? Should be enough for anyones lifetime to be on the same stage as Neil Young”)

11 How To Disappear Completely
12 Jigsaw Falling Into Place
13 Optimistic
14 Just
15 Reckoner
16 Idioteque
17 Bodysnatchers

Encore:

18 Videotape
19 You and Whose Army?
20 2+2=5
21 Paranoid Android
22 Everything In Its Right Place

Neil Young

1. Love And Only Love
2. Hey Hey, My My
3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. Spirit Road
5. When You Dance, I Can Really Love
6. Fuckin' Up
7. All Along The Watchtower
8. Oh, Lonesome Me
9. Mother Earth
10. The Needle And The Damage Done
11. Unknown Legend
12. Heart Of Gold
13. Old Man
14. Get Back To The Country
15. Words
16. No Hidden Path
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17. A Day In The Life

R.E.M

1. Orange Crush
2. Living Well Is the Best Revenge
3. What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
4. Ignoreland
5. Drive
6. Man-Sized Wreath
7. Imitation Of Life
8. Hollow Man
9. Walk Unafraid
10. Houston
11. Electrolite
12. The One I Love
13. Begin The Begin
14. Fall On Me
15. Let Me In
16. Horse To Water
17. Bad Day
18. I'm Gonna DJ

Encore

19. Losing My Religion
20. Supernatural Superserious
21. Driver 8
22. Pretty Persuasion
23. Man On The Moon

Ben Harper

1. Dressed In Black
2. Please Bleed
3. Whipping Boy
4. Fool For A Lonesome Train
5. Diamonds On The Inside
6. Use Me
7. Burn One Down
8. Black Rain
9. With My Own Two Hands
10. Better Way
11. Faithfully Remain