Talk:Shows/2007-11-23
They definitely played Withered Hope, but Dr. Worm was the last song before the encores. --liam (wtf?) 16:39, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey, they were recording the show, right? I saw two soundboard operators last night (as opposed to the one last year they skipped) and what looked like some ambience mics below that "mast" shape in the back. The cymbal mics were stereo, which I don't recall happening last time (and it would be a TOTAL waste of equipment in a nightclub unless you intended to record it)... god, I hope they did.
Also, the only setlist-related thing I recall is that Whistling came right out of Spy, which also featured part of the Batman theme. --Tenniru 01:25, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
A Monumental Show
This was a great show culminating a tour of great shows. First, the band has played a tremendous number of gigs since the late spring and they could not be tighter when called upon to do so. Special kudos to Dan Miller's acoustic intro to Istanbul, Danny Weinkauf's "fuzz bass" on Take Out The Trash and generally to Marty Beller's drumming the entire tour. John and John must know by now that they have a really special group and this tour produced some serious TMBG musical highlights.
We caught 3 shows this time around: Charlottesville, Richmond, and 9:30. We had to miss the Norfolk show due to "family strife" (argument over whether to let high school kids go to back to back rock shows on school nights!!) or it would have been 4 in one tour. And we are still holding tickets to the big Beacon Theater show in Feb!!! The 9:30 Club gig was one of the best of the 30 something shows I have seen!
Every tour is obviously different, but this one was unique in the way that by 9:30 show SO MANY fans had heard and were totally digging the songs from The Else. Include my family of 4 in that crowd: by the Richmond show those songs just sizzled--The Cap'n and Withered Hope in particular!! I remember seeing a show around the release of Factory Showroom and seeing the mixed looks on the crowd during S-E-X-X-Y and James K. Polk--still two of my favorite songs. Even way back for the first tours with the band, some fans were determined to act skeptical. On this night in the nations capital, I didn't see that kind of reaction at all.
Usually the Giants are getting close to home when they play 9:30, and that means a fine mix of songs (New York City) and the desire to get home. This show had what you need to make all of that come together into an evening of greatness: timing (night after Thanksgiving), the appearance of the Tricerachops Horns (what a great lift to Dr. Worm!), and enough post-turkey third-wind energy to play nearly 2 hours of actual music! F**King Great show!
My slightest disappointment (minimal at best) was they didn't play James K Polk in the nation's capital. I think a theremin solo would have been fitting?!?! But the phone call from Richard Milhous Sagan is as good as the one from Dick Cheyney--who may or may not be dead.
Finally, this was the first time my 16 year old daughter could make it to a show even though we had tickets at Toad's Place in Richmond. She was sick, in the hospital with Cystic Fibrosis related problems. Her health has deteriorated but she loves the Giants. Well, we couldn't spring her from the hospital, so my wife went down to the club that day and a very tired John and John wished Lucy a happy 16th birthday--which we projected on wall sized screen to the delight of many. Besides a great set of shows, you guys are truly thoughtful people. And we got her out in time to catch this Giant of a show.
Loyally since 1986, They Might Be Giants and Fat Elvis, Live at the Pyramid Club, Richmond Virginia: John Flansburgh to ChefSalad of Fat Elvis, "Thanks guys, that was, umm, really cute."
Chef Salad!!
