Archive for December, 2018

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #8 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
9 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 8)*

comedians: Todd Barry, and Toddophonic Todd
opening act: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
mix CD: Dave Weckerman
benefiting: New York Civil Liberties Union

Tell Me When It’s Over (Dream Syndicate)
For You Too
The Evil That Men Do (Craig’s Version) (with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet)
She Cracked (Jonathan Richman) (with SMOSP)
You Don’t Own Me (Lesley Gore) (with SMOSP)
Pablo and Andrea
Polynesia #1 (Michael Hurley) (with Peter Stampfel on fiddle/vocals)
Lewis (with PS)
Is That Enough (with PS)
Walk Away Renee (The Left Banke) (with PS)
New Amphetamine Shriek (The Fugs) (with PS & Jeffrey Lewis on vocals)
Autumn Sweater
Tom Courtenay
Blue Line Swinger
Take Care (Alex Chilton)

*(encore)*
That’s What You Always Say (Dream Syndicate) (with Steve Wynn on guitar/vocals)
Glide (Dream Syndicate) (with SW)
Apple Suckling Tree (Bob Dylan) (with SW & Dallas Good of SMOSP on organ)
The Days of Wine and Roses (Dream Syndicate) (with SW)
Griselda (Antonia) (with PS & Marilyn Kaplan on vocals)
My Little Corner of the World (Bob Hillard & Lee Pockriss) (with MK)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #7 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
8 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 7)*

comedian: Joe Pera
opening act: Heron Oblivion
mix CD: Georgia
benefiting: Environmental Defense Fund

Dream Dream Away
Satellite
Here To Fall
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Green Arrow
Moby Octopad
The Weakest Part
Mr. Tough
Nowhere Near
Goin’ Back (Carole King & Gerry Goffin) (with Meg Baird of Heron Oblivion on vocals & Kevin Micka on drums )
I Should Have Known Better
Out the Window
Sudden Organ
Heroin (Velvet Underground) (Roky Erickson version) (with Charlie Saufley of Heron Oblivion on guitar)

*(encore)* with Steve Gunn on guitar
Puss ‘n’ Boots (New York Dolls)
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell)
Turning Time Around (Lou Reed) (with John Cameron Mitchell on vocals)
Let’s Call the Whole Thing (George & Ira Gershwin) (with JCM & Preservation Hall Jazz Band)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #6 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
7 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 6)*

comedians: David Cross (as Rabbi Alan Sugarman)
opening act: Oneida
mix CD: Ira
benefiting: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

James played bass with Oneida for their set. Georgia & Ira sat in on drums & organ for “Each One, Teach One” & “Sheets of Easter.”

whole set with Oneida (Baby Jane/guitar, Showtime/guitar, Kid Millions/drums, Bobby Matador/organ & bass, Snaps London/keyboards)

You Are Here
Night Falls on Hoboken
Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House
The Point of It
Little Eyes
Don’t Say A Word (Hot Chicken #2)
Damage
Big Day Coming (fast)
The Room Got Heavy
We’re An American Band
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss >
Dream Baby Dream (Suicide)

*(encore)*
To Sir, With Love (Don Black/Mark London) (with David Cross on vocals)
Swallow My Pride (The Ramones)
Pet Sematary (The Ramones) (with Clay Pigeon on vocals)
Don’t Come Close (The Ramones) (with Sharon Van Etten on vocals)
One Day (Sharon Van Etten) (with SVE on guitar/vocals)
The Dolphins (Fred Neil) (with SVE on vocals)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #5 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
6 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 5)*

comedians: Jon Benjamin & Jon Glaser (as Dave Franz & Dave Farina), and John Oliver
opening act: Bill Callahan with Jim White
mix CD: Yuka Honda
benefiting: Center For Constitutional Rights

Noise (Paul Simon, as Jerry Landis; Tico & The Triumphs)
Forever >
Stupid Things >
She May, She Might
Season of the Shark
I Found A Reason (Velvet Underground)
I Feel Like Going Home
I’ll Be Around
Shaker >
Styles of the Times
From A Motel 6 >
Drug Test
I Heard You Looking (with Joe Puleo on organ)
Our Way To Fall

*(encore)*
Touched By The Sun (Carly Simon) (with Bill Callahan on guitar/vocals)
Way Out West (Big Star) (with Jody Stephens of Big Star on vocals)
Baby Strange (T-Rex) (with JS on drums)
September Gurls (Big Star) (with JS on drums)
Blue Moon (Big Star) (with JS on vocals)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #4 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
5 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 4)*

comedian: Jim Gaffigan
opening act: Matmos
mix CD: Kid Congo Powers
benefiting: Union of Concerned Scientists

whole set (minus “Awhileaway”) with Matmos on electronics.

Everyday
Let’s Do it Wrong
Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1) >
Saturday
Above the Sound >
The Ballad of Red Buckets (with Dave Schramm on guitar)
Awhileaaway (with DS)
The Summer (with DS)
Cherry Chapstick >
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac) (with Dutch Worthington on bass)
Little Honda (The Hondells)
The Story of Yo La Tango

*(encore)* with Dave Schramm on guitar/vocals
The Way Some People Die
Wasn’t Born To Follow (Carole King/Gerry Goffin)
Then He Kissed Me (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) (with LaLa Brooks of the Crystals, Kevin Micka on acoustic guitar, & horn section)
I Wonder (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) (with LB, KM, & horns)
Da Doo Ron Ron (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) (with LB, KM, & horns)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #3 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
4 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 3)*

comedian: Jo Firestone
opening act: Nancy
mix CD: James
benefiting: Reproductive Health Access Project

Bridge Over Troubled Water > (Paul Simon) (drone)
Big Day Coming (quiet)
Before We Run
House Fall Down
Ashes
Black Flowers
What Can I Say (NRBQ)
Sorrow (The McCoys)
Artificial Heart
Some Kinda Fatigue
Nothing To Hide
Sugarcube
Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind

*(encore)* with the Strangeloves & Matt Fiveash (bass)
Cara-Lin (The Strangeloves)
Night Time (The Strangeloves)
Hang On Sloopy (The McCoys)
I’m On Fire (The Strangeloves)
I Want Candy (The Strangeloves)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #2 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
3 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 2)*

comedian: Roy Wood Jr.
opening act: Blind Boys of Alabama
mix CD: Perfume Genius
benefiting: Committee to Protect Journalism

Ohm (acoustic) (with the Blind Boys of Alabama)
Jesus (Velvet Underground) (with the Blind Boys of Alabama)
False Alarm
Stockholm Syndrome
The Last Days of Disco
Beanbag Chair
Shades of Blue
The Story of Jazz
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (Van Halen) (Minutemen arrangement)
Decora
Double Dare
Ohm (electric)
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven (boogie version) (with Blind Boys of Alabama)

*(encore)* with Jon Langford of the Mekons on guitar/vocals
The Plans We Made (Lonesome Bob)
Girl From the North Country (Bob Dylan) (Nashville Skyline version)
Where Were You (The Mekons)
Hard To Be Human Again (The Mekons)

yo la tengo, hanukkah 2018, night #1 setlist

Yo La Tengo at Bowery Ballroom
2 December 2018
*(Hanukkah, night 1)*

comedians: Bridey Elliot & Rebecca Robles
opening act: Sun Ra Arkestra
mix CD: Joe Belock
benefiting: HIAS

whole set & encore with Jim White on drums. members of the Sun Ra Arkestra enter during “Dreaming” and stay for rest of set.

From Me To You (The Beatles, sung as “From Me To Jews”)
Here You Are > (with Arkestra’s Danny Ray Thompson on voicemail greeting)
I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long >
Tears Are In Your Eyes
Out of the Pool >
Upside Down
Dreaming (Sun Ra)
My Heart’s Reflection
Deeper Into Movies
Emulsified (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers)
All the Glitter Is Gone
Nuclear War (Sun Ra)

*(encore)*
For Your Love (Graham Gouldman) (with Matt Clarke on keyboard)
Look Through Any Window (Graham Gouldman) (with Graham Nash on vocals & Matt Clarke on guitar)
Bus Stop (Graham Gouldman) (with Graham Nash on vocals/guitar & Matt Clarke on guitar)