I Saw They Might Be Giants last night

[ggavinmoss]

I've seen TMBG in concert three or four times and once again they did not disappoint. They played a good mix of old and new stuff and, as usual, were great with the fans. I'm not sure how many people were in attendance, but The House of Blues in Anaheim was pretty packed.

And as the topic summary implies, I think their music is often much better live than their studio recordings... casual listeners will walk away as fans.

-geoff

 

[Bryophyte]

Saw them last friday in Portland at the Bite of Oregon. It was great. I've been listening to them for almost 15 years, and they're just as good as ever. I've always liked their studio recordings.

 

[Orsorum]

Make a little birdhouse in your soul...

 

[nakedfrog]

Yeah, I saw them a few weeks back here in Omaha. Great show. It was pretty funny, both openers had people in the crowd yell out "Free Bird"
The first band (Common Rotation) played half of a verse. Corn Mo played pretty much the whole thing-by himself, with his accordion. People held up lighters. I was LMAO

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
I've seen TMBG in concert three or four times and once again they did not disappoint.

Agreed.

Also one of the very few child-friendly concerts.

 

[ggavinmoss]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Yeah, I saw them a few weeks back here in Omaha. Great show. It was pretty funny, both openers had people in the crowd yell out "Free Bird"
The first band (Common Rotation) played half of a verse. Corn Mo played pretty much the whole thing-by himself, with his accordion. People held up lighters. I was LMAO

Man, Corn Mo was pretty out there... but everyone loved him.

-geoff

 

[rocadelpunk]

they didn't play ana ng when i saw them.

of course it was for 4th of july and it was free

so i guess i can't stay angry.

they did play dr.worm hah.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Saw them last friday in Portland at the Bite of Oregon. It was great. I've been listening to them for almost 15 years, and they're just as good as ever. I've always liked their studio recordings.

They were at The Bite?!

<-- *Bangs head against wall*

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Saw them last friday in Portland at the Bite of Oregon. It was great. I've been listening to them for almost 15 years, and they're just as good as ever. I've always liked their studio recordings.

They were at The Bite?!

<-- *Bangs head against wall*

Yep. Friday night from 9:30 to 11pm. Five bucks "donation" at the gate.

 

[Ogg]

:thumbsup:

 

I've seen them play for free in Buffalo many times.
Good band but I wouldn't pay over $10usd for them.

 

[new2AMD]

They played here years ago and the floor caved in at the club.

 

[iamwiz82]

Istanbul was Constantinople...

 

[Doboji]

I saw em about a month ago in DC... they roooock....

even New york was once new amsterdaam!!!:music:

 

[Bryophyte]

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace...

 

[Modeps]

I've been listening to them since Flood came out and have seen them... uh, I think twice.

 

[mobobuff]

Someone keeps moving my chair...

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: ggavinmoss
I've seen TMBG in concert three or four times and once again they did not disappoint.

Agreed.

Also one of the very few child-friendly concerts.

Yeah, there were probably about 4-5 kids under the age of 10 at this show. I was actually a little bit surprised, but not overly so. Crowd therefore consisted of people between the ages of ~6-7 to mid-60s I'd say. A slight amount of cursing from the first two bands, especially when Corn Mo went into his working-the-same-sh*t-job-forever-quit-and-play-music speech.
I took a friend who's only recently started listening to them, and we both plan on bringing our kids next time they're in Omaha/Lincoln.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Piece of Dirt!