Shows/1997-03-13

3 wikians attended: Andersonic1970 JMightBeGiants Tisher

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Setlist:

• Critic Intro
• Rhythm Section Want Ad
• How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
• Spider
• S-E-X-X-Y
• Older
• Meet James Ensor
• Where Your Eyes Don't Go
• James K. Polk
• Pet Name
• Spiraling Shape
• Spy (Brian Dewan on accordion)
• I Am Not Your Broom (concluded Spy)
• They Got Lost
• Number Three (Duo with Backing Tape)
• 32 Footsteps (Duo with Backing Tape)
• XTC Vs. Adam Ant
• Exquisite Dead Guy
• She's Actual Size
• Everybody Conga
• No One Knows My Plan
• The Guitar
• I Can Hear You
• Particle Man
• New York City
• Twisting
• Till My Head Falls Off

Encore #1:

• Shoehorn With Teeth
• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Dig My Grave

Encore #2:

• We're The Replacements
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

They Might Be Giants
— with Brian Dewan opening —
The Edge in Palo Alto, CA
March 13, 1997

Fan Recaps and Comments:

Tisher:

April 9, 2005 - The setlist was reconstructed by me from old TMBG mailing list entries and the listing at tmbg.net. The listing at tmbg.net looks like it was transcribed from a bootleg but ends after Twisting, the other songs were listed according to my memory and other contemporary setlists, I believe it must be accurate, but it is conjecture.

The band was in high spirits as this was the last U.S. show on this tour before they went to Australia. Then was about to be released and John and John performed some songs as a duo with a backing tape in honor of this. This was done as a discrete set in the middle of the show while the rest of the band left the stage.

There was a decorative backdrop on stage. There were smallish white (cardboard?) panels hung on monofiliment line with various images: The halftone closeup of Pearl (from inside the Why Does The Sun Shine? EP), the current TMBG logo (TMBG in four blue speech bubbles as inside the Factory Showroom packaging), or just a backing of reflective foil.