Reel Big Fish @ The Ritz in Ybor (Tampa, FL) 7/22/09

[JimmyIymmiJ]

Such an awesome show. We arrived late unfortunately and only caught the last song of Supervillains. Next was The English Beat, and I'm not exactly up on their discography so the only songs I can say for sure they played were Twist and Crawl, covers of Tears of a Clown and Better Man, and I'm pretty sure I remember Mirror in the Bathroom. We were up front and surrounded by an older group of people who knew them from England. It was pretty cool. They played for about an hour and fifteen minutes, and were definitely fun, but I thought they drifted off a little in the middle. About two or three songs in the lead singer said something to the effect of, "This is the point in the show where all the Reel Big Fish fans uncross their arms and decide they don't hate us." Last was Reel Big Fish and it was an awesome show as usual for when I see them. My setlist is way out of order as usual, but I'm pretty sure this is every song they played. The first song is definitely right and I think the last two of the main set and the encore, although I'm pretty sure one of the other songs I listed in the set came on the encore in between Don't Start a Band and Sellout, I just don't remember which.

Take On Me
Everything Sucks
Brand New Song
Trendy
Your Guts (I Hate 'Em)
241
The New Version of You
Ban the Tube Top
Good Thing
Brown Eyed Girl
Another F.U. Song
What Are Friends For
Snoop Dog, Baby
In the Pit
The Bad Guy
She Has A Girlfriend Now
Nothin' But A Good Time
You Don't Know
Where Have You Been
Beer

ENCORE:
Don't Start A Band
Sellout

So many bands do contrived encores these days where the crowd just kind of stands there and cheers a little and they come right back out that it was nice to see a band do an encore because the crowd was literally going nuts chanting their names for a good 3 minutes or so. That kind of thing doesn't seem to happen enough anymore.

[ecpresto]

Glad to see Trendy making its way back into the setlists. Even better to see the 10 minute SR shitfest make its way OUT of the setlists. I was thinking about going to this show at Hard Rock tonight, but I'll probably save my money for some shit tomorrow at Warped. Nice review.

[voncorn]

Awesome set, although it's lacking in the Monkeys department (only 2 songs). And I actually love hearing the many versions of SR live, no matter how many times they've repeated the joke over the years.

[JimmyIymmiJ]

The SR thing is fun, but I'd honestly rather get 2-4 extra songs instead of hearing it. This was probably the happiest I've been with a setlist at any show in a long time. Great, great night and lots of fun.