Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - November 12, 2007 - The Middle East, Cambridge, MA

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What can I say about Clap Your Hands Say Yeah? My favorite band of all time, never disappointing me, pulled through with another high-energy classic concert this past Monday at the intimate Middle East Downstairs in Cambridge, MA. After seeing CYHSY 5 times previously in larger venues, I was absolutely thrilled to find out that they were going to play a short tour of small clubs. The audience treated the group well, and Robbie even commended the encore break chant.

Alec was in an excellent and playful mood for this show, which was a real treat as his personality shifts from show to show. Sometimes he won't say a word all concert, but there was plenty Alec-talk at this gig. Also of note, Alec is now sporting a mustache...

The setlist consisted of 10 songs from the eponymous debut, and 6 songs from 'Some Loud Thunder.' The choice of songs was what I expected, as I follow the setlists very closely from tour to tour. I must confess, I miss the days when CYHSY would play unreleased stuff like 'Me and You, Watson,' 'My Papa's Waltz,' and others. It seems as though the setlists nowadays stick with only cuts from the two LPs with the occasional cover, such as Neil Young 'Helpless' or Guided by Voices' 'Motor Away.' Despite the predictable setlist, the show was a blast and the performances were brilliant. I plan on attending MANY more shows by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in the future. *Fingers crossed for another New Year's Eve show*

Enjoy!

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Middle East Downstairs
Cambridge, MA
November 12, 2007

1. Heavy Metal >
2. Mama, Won't You Keep Them Castles in the Air & Burning?
3. Satan Said Dance
4. Some Loud Thunder >
5. Is This Love?
6. In This Home on Ice
7. The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
8. Details of the War
9. Yankee Go Home >
10. Gimmie Some Salt
11. Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)
12. Clap Your Hands! >
13. Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away
14. Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood

(encore)
15. Goodbye to Mother & the Cove
16. Underwater (You & Me)

Taping Rig: Sound Professionals SP-CMC-1 Cardioids > Sound Professionals SP-SPSB-10 Battery Module > iRiver h320 (Modified with Rockbox Firmware) Line-In [PCM WAV 44.1 / +12.5 db Gain] > Adobe Audition 2.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend > FLAC

192kbps mp3 [w/ ID3 tags] / 107 MB / .zip folder

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