Date
Venue
City
State
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Sources
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
NY
Free show in a park.
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Do It Again [Beach Boys]
Big Day Coming
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Tiny Birds
Sugarcube
Little Bit of Rain [Fred Neil]*
I'm Going in a Field [Ivor Cutler]*
Chords of Fame [Phil Ochs]*
Dink's Song [traditional]
Barnaby, Hardly Working
Today is the Day
Tom Courtenay
I Heard You Looking
Tears Are In Your Eyes
encore:
Sheena is a Punk Rocker [Ramones]
Baby I Love You [Ronettes]#
Here Today Gone Tomorrow [Ramones]#
* David Grubbs guitar and vocals
# Ronnie Spector sings
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Cherry Chapstick
instrumental*
Saturday*
Damage*
Venus In Furs [Velvet Underground]*
Our Way To Fall*
Let's Be Still*
Artificial Heart*
Autumn Sweater*
Nuclear War*
encore:
Like a Rolling Stone [Bob Dylan]#
How Much I've Lied [Gram Parsons]
Head Held High [Velvet Underground]@
Holly Holy [Neil Diamond]@
Other Dimensions In Music opened. lower case letters are place holders until the real ones arrive.
* with Sabir Mateen, Roy Campbell Jr., and William Parker
# with Todd Barry, drums
@ with John Cameron Mitchell, vocals
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Everyday
Lewis
Little Eyes
Stockholm Syndrome
Double Dare
The Crying of Lot G
Shadows
Cara-Lin [The Strangeloves]*
In The Sun [Blondie]*
The Love Life of the Octopus
False Alarm
We're an American Band
Nuclear War [Sun Ra]#
encore:
This Is Where I Belong [Kinks]@
Animal Farm [Kinks]@
Till The End of the Day [Kinks]@
* Peter Zaremba of The Fleshtones
# Fred Armisen (as Ferecito) sings
@ Ray Davies
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Eight Days a Week (Beatles)
Green Arrow
From Black to Blue
Nuclear War#
Shaker
Styles of the Times
Tiny Birds
Did I Tell You
Nowhere Near
Drug Test
Tom Courtenay
Deeper Into Movies
I Heard You Looking
Speeding Motorcycle
Autumn Sweater
This Ain't the Summer of Love (Blue Oyster Cult)*
Walk Like an Egyptian (Bangles)*
Sun Ra Arkestra and Girl's Guitar Club of Greater Los Angeles opened.
# Three members of the Sun Ra Arkestra sing
* Girls Guitar Club sing
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Sugarcube
instrumental
Little Eyes
Swing For Life
Decora
The Crying of Lot G
Circus Strongman Runs for PTA President
Styles of the Times
Autumn Sweater
Sudden Organ
Little Honda
Mushroom Cloud of Hiss
Our Way to Fall
Ready For This World (David Byrne)
Tears Are In Your Eyes
The Man Who Loved Beer (Lambchop)
Love Comes In Spurts (Richard Hell)
Pulled Up (Talking Heads)
Encore features David Byrne on guitar and vocals
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
It's Christmas Time (Sun Ra, Alton Abraham)
Night Falls on Hoboken
Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
Flying Lesson
Today is the Day
Something To Do
Sea Urchins
I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan)*
Styles of the Times
Big Day Coming
From a Motel 6
Blue Line Swinger (cut)
My Heart's Reflection
encore intro
This Diamond Ring (Kooper, Brass, Levine, Gary Lewis)
Police on My Back (Eddy Grant, The Clash)
Heart of the City (Nick Lowe)
What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding
*Mary and Brad from Virginia Dare play
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
Santa Claus Goes Modern (Sven Swanson)
The Last Days of Disco *
Little Eyes *
She's My Best Friend (Velvet Underground, Schramm vocal) *
A House Is Not a Motel *
Can't Forget *
The Summer *
Yellow Sarong *
Tried So Hard *
The Way Some People Die *
Don't Say a Word *
The Kid With the Replaceable Head (Richard Hell) *
Today is the Day *
Sudden Organ *
From a Motel 6 *
Center of Gravity *
Encore:
Political Science (Randy Newman) **
Neutron Bomb (The Art Attacks) **
Calling Dr. Love (KISS) ***
Strutter (KISS) ***
* with Dave Schramm
** with Sue Garner/Rick Brown
*** with Todd Barry, Gaylord Fields, Brian Turner
Night 7 of Hannukah-Palooza 2002
Maxwell's
Hoboken
NJ
intro
One More Night (Bob Dylan)
Stockholm Syndrome
Walking Away From You
Today is the Day
Tired Hippo
Let's Be Still
Oh No, Not My Baby (Carole King)
Madeline
The Crying of Lot G
It's All Over Now (The Valentinos)
Autumn Sweater
Deeper Into Movies*
Tom Courtenay*
Blue Line Swinger*
Love Power*
encore intro
Rock 'n' Roll Santa (Jan Terri)
For Your Love (Graham Gouldman)
Funky Nassau (The Beginning of the End)
You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
As The Hour Grows Late
Mac McCaughan guests on all Yo La Tengo songs
*Matthew McCaughan on bongos
Maxwell's, Compilation: Best of Hanukkah
Hoboken
NJ
Do It Again (Beach Boys)
Styles of the Times
Animal Farm (Kinks)
Oh No, Not My Baby (Carole King)
The Last Days of Disco
Can't Forget
Baby I Love You (Ronettes)
Cara-Lin (The Strangeloves)
Decora
Deeper Into Movies
Tiny Birds
Don't Say a Word
It's Christmas Time (Sun Ra, Alton Abraham)
Police on My Back (Eddy Grant, The Clash)
Heart of the City (Nick Lowe)
False Alarm
Love Comes In Spurts (Richard Hell)
Political Science (Randy Newman)
Neutron Bomb (The Art Attacks)
How Much I've Lied (Gram Parsons)
You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
Yo La Tengo plays an annual Hanukkah festival at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey. They play all eight nights, with a different opening band and comedy act each night.
Which songs from which shows:
Nov. 29 = tracks 1, 7
Nov. 30 = track 20
Dec. 1 = tracks 3, 8, 16
Dec. 2 = track 11
Dec. 3 = tracks 2, 9, 17
Dec. 4 = tracks 13, 14, 15
Dec. 5 = tracks 5, 6, 12, 18, 19
Dec. 6 = tracks 4, 10, 21