Shows/2007-07-23

6 wikians attended: Ad Deejsylvis Drallo Koshka42 Negook Son of Bumpy

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Setlist:

• I'm Impressed
• Take Out The Trash
• Alphabet of Nations
• Damn Good Times
• Asbury Park
• The Cap'm
• Memo to Human Resources
• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Why Does The Sun Shine?
• Upside Down Frown
• Phone Calls From The Dead (Eleanor Roosevelt)
• We're The Replacements
• Experimental Film
• Minimum Wage
• Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head (with false start)
• They Got Lost (Fast version)
• Older
• New York City
• Withered Hope
• Fingertips
• Drink!
• The Mesopotamians

Encore 1:

• It's Not My Birthday
• Miller Time
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Encore 2:

• Particle Man
  • Elusive Butterfly interlude
• The Famous Polka
• Twisting

They Might Be Giants
— with Young Rival opening —
Mod Club Theatre in Toronto, ON
July 23, 2007 at 10:15 AM

Fan Recaps and Comments:

We were approaching this concert with some apprehension because of the preponderance of material from The Else but we needn't have worried. It had been such a long time - almost five years - since the Giants' last appearance in town that we'd forgotten what a great show they put on, whatever the content.

Some random notes:

• In "The Sun", John F. referred to failed policies - domestic and otherwise - as the elements.
• Eleanor Roosevelt was summoned in "Phone Calls From The Dead". Her questions for the band were "Why don't you play the old songs?" and "Why do the new songs suck?"
• "New York City" included the line "where King Kong lives"
• In "Fingertips", John F. provided the boy band version of "Having a Heart Attack".
• In what John F. termed the "intervention version" of "Drink!", the audience was engaged to yell out "NO! WAIT!" after each occurrence of the word "drink".
• An elaborate Dan Miller solo on acoustic guitar led in to "Istanbul".
• John L. inserted a verse from "Elusive Butterfly of Love" into "Particle Man", just like he'd done six years before at the show at The Guvernment.
• The confetti cannons were poised on stage but not used.

Young Rival, a foursome from Hamilton, Ontario, opened with a serviceable set on guitars and drums.

--Son of Bumpy 15:47, 11 November 2007 (UTC)