Last night' They Might Be Giants at Houston's House of Blues. tmbg HOBHouston
that comes from seeing a band perform a variation of the same set it did seven years ago. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but considering the wealth of material they have to draw from, it's kind of an odd choice.
Other than that, the show was what you'd expect from TMBG. Both the Johns were garrulous as always, with Flansburgh expressing his appreciation for playing in an"acoustically correct venue" like the House of Blues, as opposed to the living rooms of recent history. Linnell riffed extensively during"Why Does the Sun Shine? " about Neil Sedaka. Specifically, how the sun is not as big a star as Sedaka, and actually owes him royalties.
Slightly off-topic, but why was this show age 16 and over? TMBG have released several kids albums, and their wordplay and absurdism often appeals to younger folks. But aside from Flansburgh dropping a few F-bombs and a song about traveling in time to murder your future self , I'm hard-pressed to think of a good reason to exclude kids. Fortunately, it seems that a lot of parents agreed with me, and plenty of children were sprinkled throughout the sold-out crowd.
"Birdhouse" closed out the first set, itself interrupted by a 10-minute PA related issue. And the intermission ended with what was admittedly a nifty trick from the band. Earlier in the show, they played a sonically reversed version of"Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love." The second set opened with a video of the performance played backwards, so as to sound — sort of — normal. Not entirely successful, but pretty fun nonetheless.
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