Then And Now

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Then and Now is an unofficial They Might Be Giants 2CD bootleg from 1999, circulated among fans via the alt.music.tmbg newsgroup. It features 23 "then" tracks, from the band's pre-Elektra history, and 20 "now" tracks from 1989 forward.

Tracks were collected from recordings of the 1997 shows on February 14 and February 21 at Irving Plaza in New York, NY, which were performed with a drum machine and a full band, respectively.

Track listing

Then

1. I Might Be Giant, Too
2. Cowtown
3. Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
4. Number Three
5. Mr. Me
6. I'll Sink Manhattan
7. Shoehorn With Teeth
8. 32 Footsteps
9. You'll Miss Me
10. Hideaway Folk Family
11. (She Was A) Hotel Detective
12. Ana Ng
13. I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
14. Cage & Aquarium
15. She's An Angel
16. Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
17. The Famous Polka
18. Kitten Intro
19. Rhythm Section Want Ad
20. Where Your Eyes Don't Go
21. Lie Still, Little Bottle
22. We're The Replacements
23. Purple Toupee

Now

1. Older
2. S-E-X-X-Y
3. No One Knows My Plan
4. The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
5. Birdhouse In Your Soul
6. James K. Polk
7. Twisting
8. Till My Head Falls Off
9. Dig My Grave
10. Exquisite Dead Guy
11. Particle Man (with band introductions)
12. New York City
13. Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
14. Spy / I Am Not Your Broom
15. Rat Patrol
16. On The Drag
17. Certain People I Could Name
18. Counterfeit Faker
19. Reprehensible
20. They Got Lost