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Monday, November 19, 2007
Let us be very thankful for Yo La Tengo. It would be easy to take them for granted: A 22-year career of releasing consistently solid albums and playing wide-ranging venues, relatively drama-free, hype-free, and falter-free. And for the past 16 years, the same three talented people writing songs that are often shifting in style, shining a light on usually-obscure cover songs, all the while making everything they perform just so perfectly, well, "Yo La Tengo"-sounding. If a visiting time-traveler had shown me each incredibly-varied setlist from the band's just finished "The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo" tour, and allowed me to pick just one show to attend, it would have been exactly the one I ended up at: The early installment of their two-show visit to the Museum of Fine Arts here in Boston this past Thursday. So many personal YLT faves were performed, it was as if it was tailor-made for my ears, but really, I owe that mostly to fellow fans and their requests during the free-form Q&A sessions that happened between many of the songs. "Stockholm Syndrome", "Decora", "Big Day Coming", "One PM Again", "Today Is The Day", "Pablo and Andrea", "Deeper Into Movies", "Detouring American With Horns": all songs that would end up on my own "best of Yo La Tengo" mix. Throw in both a Bob Dylan and a Neil Young cover, and I honestly couldn't imagine a better YLT show. I'm also pretty thankful that I was even able to be there in the first place, after missing out on tickets when I wasn't sure I'd be free that evening. Unsurprisingly, both shows sold out quickly, and there were more beggars than offerers on craigslist that day. I thought I'd struck a deal for a ticket that afternoon, but the impatient seller sold it out from under me after saying it was available and all mine. So in the end, I owe my attendance to a kind soul with an extra guestlist spot. Had I not made it in after coming so close, and then saw this setlist, well, I'll just say I'm thankful it worked out...  Yo La Tengo Live at The Museum of Fine Arts Boston in Boston, Massachusetts 6:30pm show on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 01. Beanbag Chair 02. Stockholm Syndrome 03. freewheeling banter 1 04. Decora 05. freewheeling banter 2 06. Be Thankful For What You've Got (William DeVaughn) 07. freewheeling banter 3 08. You Tore Me Down (Flaming Groovies) 09. freewheeling banter 4 10. Big Day Coming 11. freewheeling banter 5 12. Mr. Tough 13. freewheeling banter 6 14. Gentle Hour (Snapper) 15. freewheeling banter 7 16. One PM Again 17. freewheeling banter 8 18. Today Is The Day 19. freewheeling banter 9 20. No Water 21. freewheeling banter 10 22. 4th Time Around (Dylan) 23. freewheeling banter 11 24. Pablo and Andrea 25. freewheeling banter 12 26. Deeper Into Movies 27. Emulsified (Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers) encore... 28. Don't Cry No Tears (Neil Young) 29. Detouring America With Horns  Some Yo La linkage...
 the fine print... If anyone has an issue with these Mp3s being made available, just let me know (my contact info in the 'nac faq). Live sets recorded with a Sony ECM-719 mic and a Sony MZ-RH10 minidisc, converted to .wav, edited for leveling, then converted to 192kbps Mp3s w/Lame. Files are made available for a limited time, and are not reposted once removed. Labels: livemp3s  |
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