Shows/1992-11-07
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They Might Be Giants
— with Jonathan Gregg & The Lonesome Debonaires opening —
Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI
November 7, 1992
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A review of the show by Sean Lewis
The Messenger, Nov. 10, 1992:
Last Saturday, students at RWU were treated to the first major concert since 10,000 Maniacs played on campus during the Fall 1990 semester when Campus Entertainment Network's Concert/Major Events Committee presented They Might Be Giants, touring in support of their latest effort Apollo 18, along with special guests Johnathan Gregg and The Lonesome Debonaires to about four hundred people in the Paolino Recreation Center. The Lonesome Debonaires, from the five or six songs I heard, were a band that lacked character and originality. They looked as if they were going through a choreographed set, ending with a plug for the crowd to "check out their new CD set on Thayer St."
After a short wait, during which I eyed the $15 t-shirt in the lobby that escaped my collegiate budget. They Might Be Giants took the stage. Although on their recordings, They Might Be Giants consists of singer/accordionist/jack of all trades John Linnell and singer/guitarist John Flansburgh, they brought a full band with them that featured the likes of Tony Miamone of Pere Ubu/Bob Mould fame on bass. The band was greeted by an anxious crowd who let them know that they were ready to be entertained. After a brief introduction, the band catapulted into their most recent single "The Guitar." From there, they wasted no time getting into the "hits" off their previous three offerings: Flood, Lincoln and 1986's self-titled album. Songs such as "Ana Ng" and "The Statue Got Me High" got the audience into the spirit of the show. There was even a friendly pit throughout the show. Also pleasing was the band's decision to play some of the more obscure cuts from their records such as "Hide Away Folk Family," "Narrow Your Eyes," and "Toddler Hiway." The one complaint I had was that the group neglected to play much of Lincoln, choosing to play only four out of the eighteen tracks on it and neglecting the entire second side. This caused the notable absence of songs like "They'll Need A Crane" and "Snowball In Hell."
They made up for this neglect, however, in the form of an audience participation segment entitled "Brooklyn Car Alarm," during which everyone under two hundred pounds were the car alarms and everyone over two hundred pounds were the owners, who got to yell "Hey, get away from my car." The show ended after almost two hours of music from They Might Be Giants, who ended their set with an instrumental cover of Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein". It was a show worth seeing, if for the encore alone.
