Shows/1997-11-22a

1 wikians attended: Son of Bumpy

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Links:

• Watch the partial performance on YouTube

Setlist:

• S-E-X-X-Y
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
• James K. Polk
• How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
• Birdhouse In Your Soul
• Shoehorn With Teeth
• Shoehorn With Teeth (CD Skip Version)
• Doctor Worm
• Don't Let's Start
• Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
• Letterbox
• She's Actual Size
• Particle Man
  • The Sign
• XTC Vs. Adam Ant
• Exquisite Dead Guy
• Spy
• Spiraling Shape
• Meet James Ensor
• Ana Ng
• Twisting
• Pet Name
• Spider
• The Guitar
• No One Knows My Plan
• Dig My Grave

Encore:

• Lie Still, Little Bottle
• New York City
• Till My Head Falls Off

They Might Be Giants
— with Lincoln opening —
Lee's Palace in Toronto, ON
November 22, 1997

Fan Recaps and Comments:

Son of Bumpy:

Excellent performance by the Giants. Great to see and hear them in a small club again. They gave a full show with full effort despite having to repeat at 10:45.

My set list agrees with yours except for the addition of "Your Racist Friend". Opened with "S-E-X-X-Y". Highlight from a theatrical standpoint was "Exquisite Dead Guy" delivered by articulated doll heads mounted on tall poles held up into red spotlights by the Johns who worked the controls as they sang. Two consecutive versions of "Shoehorn With Teeth" - regular and sped-up ("CD search") - featuring the drummer at centre stage striking a single note on a glockenspiel at long intervals. Audience called on during the "Planet of the Apes" jam to chant "Apes! Apes!" when the drummer and bassist played then "People! People!" when the Johns took over. John F. asked what the French for "apes" was then we did it in French: "Singes! Singes!".

"Pet Name" was strangely truncated before its big finish. Quick three-song encore then we were out at 10. Hard to resist joining the rather short lineup for the second show.

Opening act was Lincoln, a tolerable guitar band who did a great version of "Stepping Stone".