Tom Gabel - Reinventing Axl Rose @ The Barbary 11/19/08

This is Tom Gabel playing "Reinventing Axl Rose" at The Barbary in Philadelphia, PA on November 19th, 2008. The opening act was Emilyn Brodsky (http://www.myspace.com/emilynbrodsky ).

Here's the setlist for the night:
1. Bob Dylan Dream #1235 (I Dreamed Bob Dylan Was A Friend Of Mine)
2. Random Hearts
3. Cowards Sing At Night
4. Walking Is Still Honest
5. Reinventing Axl Rose
6. Amputations
7. Harsh Realms
8. Joy
9. Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
10. Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious...
11. Anna Is A Stool Pigeon
12. Wagon Wheel
13. Jordan's First Choice
14. Tonight We're Gonna Give it 35%
15. 8 Full Hours of Sleep
16. What We Worked For
17. Sink, Florida, Sink
18. I Still Love You Julie

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tom
• Gabel
• Solo
• Acoustic
• Against
• Me
• The
• Barbary
• Philadelphia
• Philly
• Live
• Reinventing
• Axl
• Rose

[UncleMax27]

If anybody is curious about the end of this video, the camera got smacked out of my hand and fell to the floor. Gave me a brief heart attack, but it doesn't seem to have done any damage.

And apologies to whoever it fell on before hitting the floor.

[stupidtyonparade]

wow that setlist....

[Dinasourmaddog4]

shut the fuck up. it dosent matter. its not like toms a dick head or anything and these songs still did come out of his head at one point, and there new album is still good. its all in the same spirit just not as diy and more pissed off at things you may get pissed off at when your an adult and you've grown up. the bands still fucking good. there songs never gotten bad.

[joel2ksweet]

@Dinasourmaddog4 here fucking here



[Islandofbones]

@UncleMax27 thank god the footage was OK~!  Awesome vids man!! Kudos!

[eheraldez]

@GIMMEADOLLAR1

I kind of felt this way for a while. I honestly think Against Me! has gotten too big for the ideals it stood for. These solo shows Tom did felt like a true to form fresh breath of air. He has a totally different presence and vibe at these shows. I mean damn hes even playing Axl Rose the original way before the record.

[RHCPh4x]

@GIMMEADOLLAR1

i agree with this, i came across this because my band is covering it and we live by this, and IF we ever stop believing in it, we won't play it. I agree that tom should do the same.

[GIMMEADOLLAR1]

@xpogodom people do it all the time it's called DIY punk and it's cool that he isn't into DIY anymore, it just doesn't really make sense for him to sing about it like he was. This is completely fucking stupid, you're his biggest fan, you win.

[xpogodom]

@GIMMEADOLLAR1 I don't think he nescessarily no longer believes that he no long thinks "a scene where the music is free," but he may now know that such a scene where the artist makes no money isn't really possible in today's society.

[GIMMEADOLLAR1]

@xpogodom Listen to the fucking words of the song, "just give me a scene where the music is free and beer is not the life of the party..." all I'm saying is that if I used to believe something really strongly and then stopped believing the same thing I wouldn't sing about it just because my fans like it. It's hypocritical. That is all.

[xpogodom]

@GIMMEADOLLAR1 just because his ideals have changed doesn't mean that he's sold out, people change this is inevitable, so maybe a little less shit talking hmm?

[GIMMEADOLLAR1]

This actually makes me feel physically sick. When I used to see them back in the day, Tom really believed this, now he is just doing it for the crowd. Do somemore Toyota sponsored concerts, Tom. And before anyone attacks me for acting 'holier than thou" I'm honestly not trying to be. I read the AM! interview where Tom said his ideals changed and you shouldn't hold someone to what they said when they were 17 when they're in their 30s. It really just makes me sad he still plays this one.