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by cantSpellSober 447 days ago
The live experience is something to be seen, it's not just the two Jons playing Birdhouse in Your Soul.

They have a very large band including a lot of wind instruments, and they really have fun with it. (Spoiler alert) they've taken to playing Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love in reverse, filming it live, then playing that recording in reverse for the audience (post-intermission).
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VyseofArcadia 447 days ago
They did the Sapphire Bullets trick in the show I saw. It was pretty dang impressive. I love that they tour with a horn section now, and hearing new arrangements of old favorites that make use of the horn section was great. (And of course new favorites written with the horn section in mind from the get go were also great.)

I also enjoyed that they introduced Birdhouse with "Please rise for the They Might Be Giants national anthem."

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tbyehl 447 days ago
> they really have fun with it.

Isn't that, like, everything? The first time I saw them it was because they were here, it was affordable, and I dug that Malcom in the Middle song, so why not? The second time was just because they're fun. There will be a next time and it will again be just because they're fun.

And I'm still not sure I could name another of their songs.

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timtas 446 days ago
I saw their Flood tour. Variety Playhouse Atlanta 1990.

No band, just the two of them. Plus the metronome, and some prerecorded backup here and there.

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