Shows/2008-10-25
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Setlist:
Set 1 (Flood):
- Theme From Flood (horns)
- Birdhouse In Your Soul (horns)
- Lucky Ball And Chain
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (horns)
- Dead
- Your Racist Friend (horns)
- Particle Man (horns)
- We Want A Rock
- Twisting
- Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
- Hearing Aid (horns)
- Minimum Wage
- Letterbox
- Whistling In The Dark (horns)
- Hot Cha
- Women And Men
- Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love
- They Might Be Giants
- Road Movie To Berlin (horns)
Set 2:
- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal (horns)
- S-E-X-X-Y (horns)
- The Mesopotamians
- Memo To Human Resources
- Experimental Film
- New York City
- Why Does The Sun Shine?
- Why Does The Sun Really Shine? (The Sun Is A Miasma Of Incandescent Plasma)
- Drink!
- Spider
- Damn Good Times
- Dinner Bell
- Mink Car (with David Driver & horns)
- Withered Hope (horns)
- Seven (horns)
- Doctor Worm (horns)
- Clap Your Hands (horns)
- The Guitar (horns)
- Mr. Me (horns)
Encore 1:
Encore 2:
They Might Be Giants
(Le) Poisson Rouge in New York, NY
October 25, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Fan Recaps and Comments:
- First, to air my grievances: last month, TMBG started their set at about 9:30, after a 40 minute set by Les Chaud Lapins, a quaint little band that performs short 1940's-style ditties entirely in French and wears out its welcome in about 10 minutes. This month, my friend and I saw the line extending around the block, and decided to go to a bar and wait it out, so we wouldn't have to stand out in the rain. We went in at about five to nine, and much to our chagrin there was no opening act, and TMBG was already about 6 songs into their set. Sadly, I missed Lucky Ball And Chain, a song pretty much never played outside the context of the Flood album, which will be one of the great regrets of my life.
- That being said, the remainder of the show was sensational. When else am I going to hear a performance of Hearing Aid, or Someone Keeps Moving My Chair. The horn section was even involved, making each performance that much more incredible. Rarely heard tunes were brought out for the second set, including Experimental Film and Dinner Bell. Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal and Mr. Me were incredible as always and I hope they remain a fixture to the set for some time.
- Once again, I wish they had started their set later- more consistent with their usual NYC shows- or at least that they play Lucky Ball And Chain again soon! I am ridiculously bummed out to have missed it.
