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TMBG - They might be giants!

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  • #32
    VictorRomeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭VictorRomeo


    delbertgrady wrote: »
    I suppose not everyone who got into them twenty-plus years ago would necessarily be still that interested in going to see them in 2013. The fools!

    I agree. I'm not one of them though. I saw them in 1990 in the Olympia right before my leaving cert if I remember correctly and then a few years later in Columbia Mills on the quays. Anyone remember that gig?! So it was an amazing night in Vicar Street. The Wonder Villians had such a great energy about them. Thought they were great...

    Ana Ng was always a favorite for me... Never thought I'd hear Fingertips live - magic stuff. Loved Don't Let's Start and quite enjoyed some of the later stuff. Great banter too. Sock puppets hilarious. So cool to see a band just be. Be what they are and enjoy what they do without any bull**** or faux artsy pretentiousness.

    Bought a signed poster and got handed a bunch of stickers from Flansy at the end..

    I just hope it's not left another 20 years!


  • #33
    delbertgrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,982 ✭✭✭delbertgrady


    Yeah, I neglected to mention Ana Ng in my original post. That was great. There were inevitably loads of songs I would have liked them to do (Destination Moon, Hey Mr. DJ, She Was a Hotel Detective, Meet James Ensor), but you're never going to get everything.
    They seemed to do more songs from Nanobots than they have been doing, which I thought was a bit surprising, given that they've not been here in so long, but they all worked really well, especially the garage punk-ish version of Call You Mom.
    I got a signed Nanobots LP, as well as a ton of stickers at the end. :D

    2026 Gigs and Events: An Evening with The Fast Show, Prima Facie, Stereolab (NCH), Foo Fighters, David Byrne (3Arena), Belle and Sebastian (x2), Kraftwerk, Paul Simon, David Byrne (St. Anne's Park), Keb' Mo', Metallica (x2), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Embrace, Sigur Rós with the Ulster Orchestra, Crash Test Dummies, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ben Folds, Jeff Tweedy, Nicko McBrain



  • #34
    dinneenp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,318 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    great gig, loved the amount of interaction, joking from them.
    A few friends came who don't know them that much but they left very happy.
    I didn't know that Fingertips was playable live. great to hear it.

    I got a drumstick signed and all.


  • #35
    horseburger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭horseburger


    I got a photo of the setlist, which is always good to get:)

    Istanbul (not Constantinople) isn't listed in the encore on the setlist in my photo, but they played it and it's listed here:

    http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/they-might-be-giants/2013/vicar-street-dublin-ireland-2bc4ecda.html


  • #36
    dinneenp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,318 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    They might be giants film is on More 4 tomorrow at 11:40am.


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  • #37
    dinneenp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,318 ✭✭✭dinneenp


    Everyone here should be interested to know that Dial A Song is back- http://www.theymightbegiants.com/dial-a-song-2015/


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