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Asheville

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song nameAsheville
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesVenue Songs, Venue Songs (DVD-CD), Podcast 3A, Podcast 34A
year2004
first playedSep. 28, 2004 (4 known performances)
run time1:30
sung byJohn Linnell

Trivia/Info

  • Also known as The Orange Peel (in the original concert setlist).
  • The Orange Peel is in Asheville, NC and somewhat close to the French Broad River mentioned in the song.
  • Besides the venue (and the fruit), a possible source of inspiration for the theme of the song could be playwright Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, in which Willy Loman pleads with his boss, "You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away—a man is not a piece of fruit!"
  • The day prior to the TMBG show at the Orange Peel where this song premiered, the French Broad River flooded horrifically, doing terrible damage to the city's art district.
  • Unlike all of the other regularly performed venue songs, this track doesn't have a studio version. The rendition on the DVD/CD is from the soundcheck.
  • Colourmovie designed and animated the video for this song.

Song Themes

Colors, Doors, Food, Love Gone Sour, Not In 4-4 Time, Venue Songs

Videos

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