Archive for December, 2017

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #8 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
19 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 8)*

comedian: Jon Glaser (as Beer Joe)
opening act: Sun Ra Arkestra
mix CD: Derrick Carter

members of the Sun Ra Arkestra enter during “I Feel Like Going Home” outro and stay through rest of set: Michael Ray, Knoel Scott, Vincent Chancey, Danny Ray Thompson, Dave Davis

Big Day Coming (quiet)
Five-Cornered Drone (Crispy Duck)
Today Is The Day (fast)
Upside Down
Is That Enough
The Weakest Part
I’ll Be Around
I Feel Like Going Home
Dreaming (Sun Ra)
Sudden Organ
Emulsified (electric) (Rex Garvin & the Might Cravers)
Clumsy Grandmother Serves Delicious Desert By Mistake >
And the Glitter Is Gone >
Nuclear War (Sun Ra)

*(encore)*
Rock and Roll Santa (Jan Terri)
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hilliard & Lee Pockriss) (with Marilyn Kaplan on vocals)

(Hey ho ho ho, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #7 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
18 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 7)*

comedians: Josh Gondelman, Chris Gethard
opening act: 75 Dollar Bill
mix CD: Georgia

whole show with Fred Armisen on drums.

Here To Fall
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)
Satellite
Let’s Compromise (Information) (with Rick Brown on drums/vocals & Che Chen on guitar of 75 Dollar Bill)
The Ballad of Red Buckets (with RB & CC)
Barnaby, Hardly Working (with RB & CC)
Nowhere Near
Wonderful Again (Hypnolovewheel) (with Stephen Hunking of the XL Kings on guitar/vocals)
Autumn Sweater
The Story of Jazz >
Nothing To Hide
Heroin (Velvet Underground) (Roky Erickson arrangement) (with Tara Key of Antietam on guitar)

*(encore)*
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (Van Halen) (Minutemen arrangement)
Walk Away Renee (The Left Banke)
Ghost Rider (Suicide) (with Michael Shannon on vocals)
Griselda (Antonia/Peter Stampfel)

(Hey ho ho ho, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #6 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
17 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 6)*

comedian: Eugene Mirman
opening act: Tweedy
mix CD: James

whole show with Jeff Tweedy on guitar/vocals/bass and Spencer Tweedy on drums.

Eight Days A Week (The Beatles)
Little Eyes
The Point Of It
Season of the Shark
Mr. Tough
Did I Tell You
If I Ever Was A Child (Wilco) (JT on vocals)
When It’s Dark
My Heart’s Not In It (Russ Titelman/Gerry Goffin)
My Back Pages (Bob Dylan) (JT on vocals)
I Should Have Known Better
Drug Test (minus JT & ST)
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss (minus JT & ST)

*(encore)*
I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) (minus JT & ST)
Jeepster (T-Rex) (with Todd Barry on drums)
Just What I Needed (The Cars)
Take Care (Alex Chilton)

(Hey ho ho ho, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #5 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
16 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 5)*

comedian: Aparna Nancherla
opening act: Superchunk
mix CD: Antietam

whole set with Amy Garapic on vibraphone/drums and Mac McCaughan on keyboard/guitar/drums/vocals.

Our Way to Fall
My Heart’s Reflection
Stockholm Syndrome
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Damage
The Summer
Oh No Not My Baby (Carole King/Gerry Goffin) (MM on vocals)
False Alarm >
Styles of the Times
Deeper Into Movies
Double Dare
Blue Line Swinger (minus MM)

*(encore)*
Paul Is Dead
I Can’t Make It On Time (The Ramones) (with Jon Wurster as Marky Ramone)
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (The Ramones) (with JW/MR)
Detouring America With Horns (acoustic)

(Possibly, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #4 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
15 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 4)*

comedian: John Hodgman
opening act: Half Japanese
mix CD: John McEntire

Cherry Chapstick
Beanbag Chair
Shades of Blue (debut)
Black Flowers
Don’t Have To Be So Sad
Attack on Love (with Jad Fair on guitar)
Circus Strongman Runs For PTA President (with JF on vocals)
Principal Punishes Students With Bad Impressions and Tired Jokes (with JF on vocals)
Velvet Monkey Theme Song (Velvet Monkeys) (with Don Fleming on guitar/vocals and Jay Spiegel on floor tom/snare)
Run Run Run (Velvet Underground) (with DF & JS)
Decora
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind

*(encore)*
with Marshall Crenshaw on guitar/vocals
You’re My Favorite Waste of Time (Marshall Crenshaw)
Take Me For What I’m Worth (P.F. Sloan)
A Must To Avoid (P.F. Sloan/Steve Barri)
Don’t Dream It’s Over (Neil Finn)
Whenever You’re On My Mind (Marshall Crenshaw)

(Like, wow, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #3 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
14 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 3)*

comedians: Jon Benjamin & Jon Glaser as the Brothers Italiano
opening act: The Sadies
mix CD: Ira

Sugarcube
Seven Day Weekend (Doc Pomus) (sung as “Eight Day Weekend”)
Awhileaway
Song For Mahlia
Ashes (debut)
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams) (with SQÜRL: Jim Jarmusch on guitar/vocals & Carter Logan on electronics)
Two Trains (with JJ & CL)
Shaker (with JJ & CL)
Out the Window > (with JJ & CL)
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry > (Hank Williams) (drone version) (with JJ & CL)
Ohm (with JJ & CL)
Little Honda (The Hondells) (with JJ & CL)

*(encore)*
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Bob Dylan) (with Travis & Dallas Good of the Sadies on guitars/vocals)
A House is Not A Motel (Love) (with TG & DG)
Tom Courtenay (Georgia version)

(Hey, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #2 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
13 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*

comedian: Neil Hamburger
opening act: Los Straitjackets
mix CD: Dave the Spazz

whole set (after 1st 3 songs) with Mary Lattimore on concert harp.

The Evil That Men Do (Craig’s Version)
Run Run Run (Velvet Underground) (surf instrumental version) (with Los Straitjackets)
For You Too (debut)
Green Arrow
Today Is The Day
Gentle Hour (Snapper)
Pablo and Andrea
The Sea Horse
Stupid Things
Big Day Coming (fast)
We’re An American Band
The Story of Yo La Tango

*(encore)*
with John Doe of X on vocals/guitar/bass
The New World (X)
My Darling, Blue Skies (John Doe)
Pressing On (Bob Dylan)
Let’s Get Rid of New York (The Randoms)
Adult Books (X)

(Hey, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2017, night #1 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
12 December 2017
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*

Todd Barry, Bob Odenkirk, and Miriam & Nobody’s Babies opened
mix disc by Mike Watt
benefit for New York Stem Cell Foundation & the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

whole set with Mary Halvorson (guitar) and Zeena Parkins (harp), entering during “Before We Run” outro jam.

Back in the New York Groove (KISS) (sung “Back With the New York Jews”)
Before We Run >
Everyday
From A Motel 6
Walking Away From You
Last Days of Disco
Saturday
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Moby Octopad
Artificial Heart
Tom Courtenay
I Heard You Looking

*(encore)*
So Easy Baby (The Zantees) (with Miriam Linna on percussion/vocals & Bruce Bennett on guitar/vocals)
Cruel To Be Kind (Nick Lowe) (with Nick Lowe on guitar/vocals)
Baby, It’s You (Burt Bacharach/Luther Dixon/Mack David) (with NL)
Here Comes the Night (Bert Berns) (with NL)
Shake That Rat (Nick Lowe) (NL on bass)
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding? (Nick Lowe) (with NL)

(Hey, you might also dig my book: Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo & the Rise of Indie Rock.)