Then And Now

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Then And Now
Bootleg by They Might Be Giants
First released 1999 Tracks 43
Label N/A Length 2:8:33

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. The show on the 14th was performed with a full band all the way through, though the show on the 21st was performed with a drum machine during the first set and a full band during the second set.

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Then[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 I Might Be Giant, Too 2:16 
2 Cowtown 2:57 
3 Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head 2:37 
4 Number Three 1:52 
5 Mr. Me 2:21 
6 I'll Sink Manhattan 3:05 
7 Shoehorn With Teeth 2:37 
8 32 Footsteps 2:23 
9 You'll Miss Me 2:09 
10 Hide Away Folk Family 4:24 
11 (She Was A) Hotel Detective 2:24 
12 Ana Ng 4:09 
13 I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die 1:46 
14 Cage And Aquarium 1:21 
15 She's An Angel 3:30 
16 Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes 2:10 
17 The Famous Polka 1:47 
18 Kitten Intro 1:41  N/A
19 Rhythm Section Want Ad 2:41 
20 Where Your Eyes Don't Go 3:00 
21 Lie Still, Little Bottle 3:46 
22 We're The Replacements 2:12 
23 Purple Toupee 2:46 

Now[edit]

# Title Length  Lyrics Guitar Tab
1 Older 2:12 
2 S-E-X-X-Y 3:17 
3 No One Knows My Plan 3:15 
4 The Guitar 4:34 
5 Birdhouse In Your Soul 3:20 
6 James K. Polk 3:38 
7 Twisting 2:43 
8 Until My Head Falls Off 2:57 
9 Dig My Grave 1:47 
10 Exquisite Dead Guy 2:26 
11 Particle Man
With band introductions
3:30 
12 New York City 3:23 
13 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 3:42 
14 Spy
With I Am Not Your Broom
6:34 
15 Rat Patrol 2:06 
16 On The Drag 3:17 
17 Certain People I Could Name 3:41 
18 Counterfeit Faker 2:46 
19 Reprehensible 3:56 
20 They Got Lost 5:35 

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