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Black Keys', Jake Bugg's setlists from Target Center

The Keys skipped their early favorites to play a cheesy '90s cover instead.

October 25, 2014 at 4:44AM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Dan Auerbach played to the crowd early in the Black Keys' performance Friday at Target Center. / Ann Heisenfelt, Special to the Star Tribune
Dan Auerbach played to the crowd early in the Black Keys' performance Friday at Target Center. / Ann Heisenfelt, Special to the Star Tribune (DML -/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

While I point out to few lulls in the full review of Friday's Black Keys concert – the organ-dulled rocker "Nova Baby" and overblown blowout "Too Afraid to Love You" also could've been mentioned – my least favorite song in the set was actually the cover of Edwyn Collins' '60s-flavored 1994 hit "A Girl Like You." Their version sounded formulaic and way too retro-cheeky, like they were pitching it for a new "Austin Powers" movie. To have that song instead of, say, "10 A.M. Automatic" or "Thickfreakness" was downright insulting to those of us who've been with the band since they were playing across the street at 7th Street Entry.

Still, there was plenty of old and new fans to dig into during the show. Here's the full set list, and young Mr. Bugg's list as well. For reasons we couldn't quite figure out, Bugg's handlers did not allow photographers to shoot during his performance. Maybe he had a bad zit or something?

BLACK KEYS

Dead and Gone / Next Girl / Run Right Back / Same Old Thing / Gold on the Ceiling / Strange Times / Nova Baby / Leavin' Trunk / Too Afraid to Love You / Howlin' for You / A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins cover) / Money Maker / Gotta Get Away / She's Long Gone / Fever / Your Touch / Lonely Boy ENCORE: Weight of Love / Turn Blue / Little Black Submarines

JAKE BUGG
There's a Beast and We All Feed It / Two Fingers / Seen It All / Storm Passes Away / Me and You / Simple Pleasures / Kingpin / Taste It / Slumville Sunrise / What Doesn't Kill You / Lightning Bolt

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Chris Riemenschneider

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Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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