Shows/2007-09-15
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Setlist:
- "What Not"
- I'm Impressed
- Take Out The Trash
- Ana Ng
- Upside Down Frown
- Snail Shell
- Spider
- The Guitar
- Birdhouse In Your Soul
- The Shadow Government
- Why Does The Sun Shine?
- The Cap'm
- Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
- Alphabet Of Nations
- Phone Calls From The Dead (Buddy Ebsen)
- Older
- New York City
- Contrecoup
- It's Not My Birthday
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
- Memo To Human Resources
- Withered Hope
- Twisting
- Asbury Park (instrumental)
- The Mesopotamians
First Encore (reversed on setlist):
- Maybe I Know (a capella w/accordion)
- Dr. Worm
- Particle Man
Second Encore (reversed on setlist):
They Might Be Giants
— with Oppenheimer opening —
The Pageant in St. Louis, MO
September 15, 2007 at 8:00 AM
Fan Recaps and Comments:
This was a great show... they played a few great oldies and the best from their new album.
Highlights for me:
- Maybe I'll Know, as first encore song. It was just John and John, with accordian accompaniment. They sang harmony throughout... really beautiful. Reminded me of the Everly Brothers. So nice to hear them turn down the volume once in a while and just sing.
- Snail Shell - haven't heard that one played in years.
- Ana Ng - fantastic (I was hoping for a similar song as well, Experimental Film, but they didn't play it).
- Two of my favorites back to back: Contrecoup and It's Not My Birthday.
The music sounded great but John and John did not seem to be having fun tonight... they seemed to be just going through the motions. The audience was pretty low-key as well... usually I'm surrounded by people singing along as I am, but tonight it was more like an audience just watching a show from where I was in the balcony. We went down to the floor for a while, but it was hard to get close to the stage.
The Phone Calls from the Dead bit was pretty lame... sorry Johns. =)
After the show, we were first in line at the bus. John Linnell showed up out of nowhere, said hi to me, and went on the bus to get his bag (a nice black shoulder man bag) and walked off. We were later told he went back into the Pageant to hang out since the bus driver wouldn't be back for a couple hours. Flans went in the bus to change, and came out in saying "OK, let's do this quickly...". He didn't seem to be in a good mood for some reason. Of course he stayed and took pictures, signed autographs and shook hands with everyone in line. I asked him about when the songbook is going to come out and he laughed and said "Ha! Never!".
All in all it was another great show. Can't wait to see them again. I took lots of photo and video - check back here in a week to see them posted.
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I had tons of fun. Got down to the front row on the right side, down between the keyboard and bass - right in front of that accordion (sorta - there was an older guy taking notes in front of me, he seemed like a real veteran). :) I agree very much with the previous poster, that the Johns seemed a little grim - but the show was still great! They made my night when they played Ana Ng, and Damn Good Times was a great closer for their second encore. Also, It's Not My Birthday was a sweet choice for my birthday!
Also, I got a setlist! My friends kept yelling that it was my birthday, and one of the stagehands kindly peeled Dan Weinkauf's setlist off the back of his amp as the security guys were telling us to clear out. I'll post it up here shortly. Shame I didn't know that at least one John does autographs afterwards - the only other show I'd been to was at Lincoln Park Zoo, and so was kind of unorthodox. But walking back to the car with a setlist stayed the feeling of disappointment I usually get when a show's over. I had a great time! --Shellbelle 16:02, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
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Good stuff. I was a little dissapointed when Flans came out for autographs afterwords and was so... hurry-riffic... The show was great though. --Enterthewumpus 16:34, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
