Radiohead had a great show at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ just across the river from Philadelphia on August 12. This was my second time seeing Radiohead after seeing them at the Nissan Post Pavilion during some pretty rained out conditions. This time the weather was much more cooperative.

Here’s the setlist via MTV News whose correspondent referred to it as “the second-best show I’ve ever attended”:

“15 Step�
“There There�
“Morning Bell�
“All I Need�
“The National Anthem�
“Videotape�
“Weird Fishes/Arpeggi�
“The Gloaming�
“Where I End and You Begin�
“Faust Arp�
“No Surprises�
“Jigsaw Falling Into Place�
“The Bends�
“Idioteque�
“Climbing Up the Walls�
“Nude�
“Bodysnatchers�

First Encore:
“House of Cards�
“Lucky�
“Go Slowly�
“Just, Street Spirit�

Second Encore:
“Reckoner�
“Planet Telex�
“Everything in its Right Place�

In a followup to the Nissan Post Pavilion story, I’m happy to report that the I had a much greener experience more inline with the bands ecological message. They encouraged carpooling before the event and every car I saw had 2-4 people in it. Getting in was a bit delayed which seemed to caused by directing people to each spot individually, but leaving we had no problem and zipped right out of the parking lot.

You might also want to check out what some others in the blogosphere:

Radiohead: August 12th 2008 (Camden, NJ) (“Last night’s Radiohead setlist included none of their major radio hits; no High and Dry, no Karma Police, no Paranoid Android, no Creep. But then again, if you’re just a casual radio fan, you have no place at a Radiohead concert.”)

YOU BOTH LOOK INCREDIBLY HEALTHY – Radiohead Live, August 9th and 12th (“The National Anthem was great as always. I still can’t get over how amazing the light show for that song is. That awesome candy apple red lighting with the red scribbles on the screen that dance and jump around like hairs stuck on the projector lens.”)

Radiohead Comes Like A Comet In Camden (“The set list I expected to see was turned completely upside down. Radiohead weaved through a performance that showed no mercy and kept the crowd standing and dancing all night long.”)

Radiohead Shares Meaning of Life with Camden Crowd (“And while I was taking a piss, they supposedly shared the meaning of life with the couple thousand fans in attendance.”) No idea what he’s talking about.

What it means to be Alive (“The set list itself was immaculately constructed and while personal highlights are too numerous to number my most vivid memory was their performance of No Surprises. Ironically enough, a song about ending your life in a carbon monoxide filled garage, by a band that specializes in feelings of alienation and depression, brings about a greater understanding of what it means to be alive.”)

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