II hands II god is easily one of her best songs and the first half is this album's blow. deal with it. 

 

Its funny how all she had to do was to sit down in her huge ass garden, have a guitarist accompany her and serve a live Set hosted by Apple where she performed like 4 songs, and this era would look entirely different already.

No crazy setup, just a simple backyard setup with her being in casual jeans and a hat - literally not even having to leave her house

1 minute ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

Its funny how all she had to do was to sit down in her huge ass garden, have a guitarist accompany her and serve a live Set hosted by Apple where she performed like 4 songs, and this era would look entirely different already.

No crazy setup, just a simple backyard setup with her being in casual jeans and a hat - literally not even having to leave her house

Moreso than visuals, I'm most sad the days of her performances are over. You can either pay for a ticket or know a billionaire. 

 

I truly don't think she'll ever give a free performance again unless maybe, maybe it's for a charity.

2 minutes ago, Kristie Kuwa said:

Its funny how all she had to do was to sit down in her huge ass garden, have a guitarist accompany her and serve a live Set hosted by Apple where she performed like 4 songs, and this era would look entirely different already.

No crazy setup, just a simple backyard setup with her being in casual jeans and a hat - literally not even having to leave her house

what an ungrateful thing to ask from a struggling mother of 3 ? 

Well what do we have here…

It's sad to see that most of what I love about Beyoncé, she doesnt do lately.

Live performances and music videos are her bread and butter, and without them it just makes the whole era hollow

 

I also hope we get some behind the scenes looks at her making the three acts, not gonna lie that clip of her recording heated on the couch looks like it was staged and filmed during the tour

3 minutes ago, Space&Time said:

Well what do we have here…

Love to see talent winning

9 minutes ago, ShouldersSideways said:

Moreso than visuals, I'm most sad the days of her performances are over. You can either pay for a ticket or know a billionaire. 

 

I truly don't think she'll ever give a free performance again unless maybe, maybe it's for a charity.

Its kind of ironic how she, as BEYONCE, receives so so many things for free (from designer clothes to brand deal to probably all kinds of things), yet shed rather die than do something FOR free 

II Hands II Heaven is more comparable to Love Drought (sonically) than Virgos Groove. That comparison makes 0 sense. 

 

what we will not do is disrespect virgo's groove in this b*tch. virgo's groove clears ii hands ii hell swiftly and easily. 

it IS annoying that she's ghosting again and we don't have any live performances.

 

but did we really expect things to go differently this time?

 

 

I hope the IRS audits your ass once more, Giselle 

1 minute ago, kimberly said:

it IS annoying that she's ghosting again and we don't have any live performances.

 

but did we really expect things to go differently this time?

 

 

I hope the IRS audits your ass once more, Giselle 

Its no surprise, yet just as disappointing as the last 4 times she pulled these shenanigans

I don't think the album is bad or too long in the way of not being listenable. I think there's too many preludes and too many duds for the album to feel complete. I wouldn't mind if the would took a transition into rock & roll after "YA YA" instead of trying to transition into RENI. I had to move the album to a playlist and rearrange the tracks but it still feels off. There's so many styles and my favorites don't fit. 
 

American Requiem

The Linda Martell Show

Ya Ya

Oh Louisiana 

Dessert Eagle

TXH 

Dolly P

Jolene 

Bodyguard

II Most Wanted

Leviis Jean

Riiverdance

II Hands

Tyrant

16 Carriages

Aliigator Tears

Amen

 

This just works for me somewhat, I'll miss Blackbird and Flamenco. There isn't a heavy hitter combo like ITG/C/AS+CI/E/BMS and I think that's why the end of the album flows better that then the album as a whole. 

You can tell she made this album after The Gift considering she's still on her "interlude for lols" mindset. Literally only one of them was necessary: the interlude to Ya Ya.

i've accepted that she will abandon a project once it's out. such a beyonce thing to do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, TizTiz said:

I don't think the album is bad or too long in the way of not being listenable. I think there's too many preludes and too many duds for the album to feel complete. I wouldn't mind if the would took a transition into rock & roll after "YA YA" instead of trying to transition into RENI. I had to move the album to a playlist and rearrange the tracks but it still feels off. There's so many styles and my favorites don't fit. 
 

American Requiem

The Linda Martell Show

Ya Ya

Oh Louisiana 

Dessert Eagle

TXH 

Dolly P

Jolene 

Bodyguard

II Most Wanted

Leviis Jean

Riiverdance

II Hands

Tyrant

16 Carriages

Aliigator Tears

Amen

 

This just works for me somewhat, I'll miss Blackbird and Flamenco. There isn't a heavy hitter combo like ITG/C/AS+CI/E/BMS and I think that's why the end of the album flows better that then the album as a whole. 

Plus the transitional intros/outros are BOTCHED. Why are they cut while sound is playing? Instead of finding a point where each song still feels complete even on their own. Like the Renaissance transitions.

 

For example, why does Oh Louisiana end in the middle of the eagle call? Couldn't they have cut it before or after? Desert Eagle starts where that eagle cut off ends, so it's f**king weird.

Since the girls are in the mood again, I'm sharing my setlist. It's not a dream one or one I would like to see the most, but it's the one I can see being a bit realistic.  

 

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THE COWBOY CARTER AND THE RODEO CHITLIN CIRCUIT WORLD TOUR 

 

INTRO: COWBOY CARTER 
AMERICAN REQUIEM
INTERMISSION: Speech I 
BLACKBIRD
16 CARRIAGES 
INTERMISSION: Choir I (with elements of Heaven)
OTHERSIDE (shortened, with the choir) 
PROTECTOR (shortened) / MY ROSE (with elements of Blue, with the choir)
BROWN SKIN GIRL (with Blue Ivy Carter)

 

INTERLUDE: KNTRY RADIO TEXAS (with elements of SMOKE HOUR WILLIE NELSON, TEXAS HOLD 'EM and SMOKE HOUR II) 
TEXAS HOLD 'EM (with elements of TEXAS HOLD 'EM (PONY UP REMIX)) 
CUFF IT 
Love On Top (with elements of Ring Off) 
BODYGUARD

 

INTERLUDE: BECKY WITH THE GOOD HAIR (with elements of SORRY, PRAY YOU CATCH ME, Kitty Kat - Homecoming Live, and Jolene by Dolly Parton) 
HOLD UP
DADDY LESSONS

Irreplaceable
INTERMISSION: DOLLY P
JOLENE (with the choir) 
DAUGHTER 
INTERMISSION: Band (with elements of Jealous) 

 

INTERLUDE: GENRES ARE A FUNNY LITTLE CONCEPT (with elements of I'M THAT GIRL, AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM, Yoncé and SPAGHETTII) 
SPAGHETTII 
MY HOUSE (with elements of COZY) 
CHURCH GIRL
HEATED (shortened) 
INTERMISSION: Les Twins (with elements of ENERGY) 

 

INTERLUDE: LOVE IS DANGEROUS (with elements of Mine, No Angel and Superpower) 
ALLIGATOR TEARS 
JUST FOR FUN 
II MOST WANTED 
XO (acoustic, with the choir) 
Halo (with the choir) 
INTERMISSION: Choir II (with elements of Dance For You and Rocket) 
LEVII'S JEANS 
Drunk In Love / ALL NIGHT (acoustic) 
FLAMENCO 

 

INTERLUDE: HERSTORY (with elements of Bills, Bills, Bills, Independent Women pt. 1, Get Me Bodied and BLACK PARADE) 
Crazy In Love (with elements of Work It Out)
Deja Vu (with elements of Green Light and Freakum Dress) 
Single Ladies (Put the Ring On It) 
Run The World (Girls) (with elements of Diva and End of Time) 
INTERMISSION: We Should All Be Feminists (with elements of Bow Down) 
7/11 (with elements of ***Flawless) 
FORMATION 
BREAK MY SOUL

 

INTERLUDE: THE RODEO CHILTIN CIRCUIT (with elements of Work It Out, Put It In The Love Song, SUMMER RENAISSANCE and THE LINDA MARTELL SHOW) 
YA YA (with elements of Fingertips by Stevie Wonder) 
Suga Mama (with elements of OH LOUISIANA) 
DESERT EAGLE 
RIIVERDANCE (with elements of FIND YOUR WAY BACK) 
INTERMISSION: VIRGO'S GROOVE 
II HANDS II HEAVEN (with the elements of PLASTIC OFF THE SOFA and Cater 2 U) 
TYRANT (with elements of 6 INCH) 
SWEET HONEY BUCKIN' (with elements of Savage Remix and PURE/HONEY) 

 

INTERLUDE: LEGACY (with elements of I Was Here) 
BIGGER (with the choir) 
SPIRIT (shortened, a cappella, with the choir) 
INTERMISSION: Speech II 
AMEN (with the choir)

Some things to have in mind: 

• I went with a RENAISSANCE-type of a setlist where every song is included, since it seems she likes to perform every song from the album at least once, but she won't be doing any other performances besides the tour. 
• I haven't worked that much on this, so there are parts that I haven't paid much attention to. Overall, it's just a thing I did for fun and I'm not thinking about details. 
• I imagined her having a choir for a couple of songs. I think it fits nicely and it would be something she never had on one of her tours. 
• The setlist is really long. It uses 44 songs (not including the ones that would be used in the background or during the interludes), so there should be parts that I would need to cut. I'm not the biggest fan of the SPAGHETTII section, so it could be cut like the big three.  However, it should be noted that I don't imagine most of the songs being performed in full and many of them are already shorter than 2 minutes, so the runtime could be similar to the RWT one. 
• The songs I used for the interludes are not random, but I don't have a clear idea why I've put much of them there. Most of them fit there in my mind. 
• Don't come for me cause of Ring Off. The outro would not only fit there, but it sounds really good (unlike the rest of the song), so that's why it's there with Love On Top as a transition to BODYGUARD. 
• There are probably more things, but I forgot. 

Can't believe we went from this to nothing She was performing her 1st singles everywhere

 

 

 

I'm sorry. Why is the standard edition CC not on sale today? TF?!

7 minutes ago, CécredSpaces said:

You can tell she made this album after The Gift considering she's still on her "interlude for lols" mindset. Literally only one of them was necessary: the interlude to Ya Ya.

The interludes were for the co-signs. I think they were necessary.

i refuse to buy the vinyl until she puts the full tracklist on it. giselle you aren't getting a dime out of me this time until it is done right

 

Edited April 12, 20242 yr by Allopatry

4 minutes ago, CécredSpaces said:

Plus the transitional intros/outros are BOTCHED. Why are they cut while sound is playing? Instead of finding a point where each song still feels complete even on their own. Like the Renaissance transitions.

 

For example, why does Oh Louisiana end in the middle of the eagle call? Couldn't they have cut it before or after? Desert Eagle starts where that eagle cut off ends, so it's f**king weird.

I was listening to that a few hours ago and said to "THAT **** IS NOT KUNTY" in the whitest voice ever 🤣🤣🤣❗️

4 minutes ago, Space&Time said:

I'm sorry. Why is the standard edition CC not on sale today? TF?!

Swiss will for sure have an explanation for that mess

Just now, TizTiz said:

I was listening to that a few hours ago and said to "THAT **** IS NOT KUNTY" in the whitest voice ever 🤣🤣🤣❗️

Even Ya Ya is botched. She's still doing runs when the song gets cut off, so Oh Louisiana starts in the middle of her doing her runs. WHY IS IT SO MESSY?!?!!

11 minutes ago, Allopatry said:

i've accepted that she will abandon a project once it's out. such a DUMB thing to do