Posted by terry on Feb 8, '08 11:57 AM for everyone
Category:Music
Genre: Childrens Music
Artist:They Might Be Giants
I love it. It's better than TMBG's first two children's albums: "No!" & "Here Come The ABCs". Most of the songs aren't overly simplistic. It truly sounds like a child-friendly album that adults can like. That's been said before but this is closer to the truth. I'd like it better without the Clubhouse Disney songs, but the kid's wouldn't.

Track breakdown:
01-HereComesThe123s : Another tiny intro melody
02-Zeros : The enormity and nothingness of zero.
03-OneEverything : Soft rock explanation of grouping.
04-NumberTwo : An old heart warming song.
05-TriopsHasThreeEyes : A happy song about a prehistoric critter.
06-ApartmentFour: TMBG fans will remember "Dr. Worm".
07-HighFive!: Hip disco song for celebrating kids.
08-TheSecretLifeOfSix: Repetition about things upside-down.
09-Seven: Kids crowding a parent's house during a party.
10-SevenDaysOfTheWeek: Every unemployed kid's theme song.
11-FigureEight: Rock illustration of handwriting.
12-PirateGirlsNine: Open-ended tune for silly stories.
13-NineBowlsOfSoup: Kids will like the woah-woah-woah.
14-TenMississippi: Flansburgh's wife's song.
15-OneDozenMonkeys: A very, very cute and fun song.
16-EightHundredAndThriteenMile: Road trip rock.
17-Infinity: Peaceful way to try to comprehend endlessness.
18-ICanAdd: A group sharing simple math.
19-Nonagon: Great electronic melody about shapes.
20-EvenNumbers: Tune goes from slow to silly to slow.
21-OhhLa!OhhLa!: Jump rope theme song.
22-HeartOfTheBand: Homage to the drummer.
23-HotDog!: The Clubhouse Disney closing song.
24-MickeyMountClubhouseTheme: Ditto


walter wrote on Feb 8
So when will you take Noah to his first TMBG show?
lyle wrote on Feb 8, edited on Feb 8
Thanks for the review. My wife and I just saw TMBG at the Beacon. We were going to bring our 9-month old son, but it was one of the few non-family shows.

They still sound great, even at close to 50! They brought along an entire horn section and played a little of everything. 2 full sets worth of songs!

Set 1:

* Damn Good Times
* The Mesopotamians
* Ana Ng
* Why Does The Sun Shine?
* Upside Down Frown
* Take Out The Trash
* Climbing The Walls
* Alphabet Of Nations
* Memo To Human Resources
* Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
* I'm Impressed
* Asbury Park
* Meet James Ensor
* Maybe I Know (John & John only)
* Older
* The Cap'm
* Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (with horn solo)

Set 2, with horn section:

* Mr. Me
* Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
* With The Dark
* Metal Detector
* Spy
* Birdhouse in Your Soul
* The Guitar
* Museum Of Idiots
* Cyclops Rock
* Withered Hope
* In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle
* Purple Toupee
* Bee Of The Bird Of The Moth
* Particle Man
* Doctor Worm
* Cowtown

Encore #1:

* Graveyard
* Fingertips
* Turn Around

Encore #2:

* New York City (John & John only)

walter wrote on Feb 8
Whoa great setlist!
walter wrote on Feb 8, edited on Feb 8
Take a look at what banner appeared at the top of my inbox.

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