Yo La Tengo - WFMU all-request session -
Recorded live in Hoboken, NJ, 03/08/97
Setlist information courtesy of Rob
- Slow Death (Flamin' Groovies)
- Paperback Writer (Beatles)
- Lust For Life (Iggy Pop)
- Tail Of A Star (Will Rigby)
- Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
- Oh Bondage Up Yours (The Germs)
- Big Sky (Kinks)
- Heaven Only Knows (?)
- Sea Cruise (Freddie Cannon)
- I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline)
- Next Big Thing (Dictators)
- Mendocino (Sir Douglas Quintet)
- I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (Jonathan Richman)
- Wanted Man (Bob Dylan)
- Femme Fatale (Velvet Underground)
- Goodnight Irene (Leadbelly)
- I Only Want To Be With You (Dusty Springfield)
- He's A Whore (Cheap Trick)
- Tom Courtenay
- Cynical Girl (Marshall Crenshaw)
- I'm In Love With A Girl (Big Star)
- Goldfinger (James Bond theme)
- In The City (The Jam)
- Sloop John B. (Beach Boys)
- California Sun (The Rivieras)
- Pulled Up (Talking Heads)
- One Million Kisses / Like A Virgin (Half Japanese / Madonna)
- Cast A Shadow (Beat Happening)
- Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum)
- Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones)
- The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace)
- I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
- Baby It's You (Shirelles)
- Pablo And Andrea
- Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley & Lee)
- Victoria (Kinks)
- I Like Food (The Descendents)
- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles)
Notes
Transferred from FM->hi-fi VHS master (thanks Rich!). 175 minutes
unedited! Fab sound, about a minute of minor static starting at end
of "Next Big Thing" (mostly affects fundraising chatter).
Some quotes:
Band pauses to adjust the mix during "Tail of a Star":
Ira: If this is what's going out over the radio...
Bruce [?]: This'll never make the box set.
After playing only part of "Cynical Girl":
Ira: We'dve done more of that, but within this band, we're morally opposed to singing too many songs about hating TV.
After "Goldfinger":
Ira: uhh...what else don't we know?
James sings "I Fall to Pieces" (!), "Wanted Man". "He's a Whore", "I'm
in Love With a Girl" (w/Georgia), "In the City", "Sloop John B", "One
Million Kisses", "The Night Chicago Died". "One Million Kisses" ->
"Like a Virgin" medley is inspired.
Nice more-or-less straight versions:
- Slow Death
- Big Sky
- Femme Fatale
- Tom Courtenay (Georgia singing)
- Cynical Girl
- I'm In Love With a Girl (Georgia/James)
- Pablo and Andrea
Particularly goofy:
- Oh Bondage Up Yours!
- Next Big Thing (Gaylord vox)
- California Sun (Todd-o-phonic Todd vox)
Hair-raising <g>:
- Paperback Writer
- Goldfinger
- Whiter Shade of Pale
- Ruby Tuesday
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Michael Edmonson (edmonson@sdf.lonestar.org)