Batya, Merav, and I rehearsed as much as we could while I was in New York, and made our way to the con, where we took the stage for a surprisingly (dauntingly) large crowd. Our set list was as follows:
Sound check:
Theme from Banana In Pajamas
The shunning of Josh (ala Charlie the Unicorn)
Theme from Disney's The Gummi Bears
Theme from Disney's Rescue Rangers
Actual concert:
"The Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown" (Eddie From Ohio)
"Bottom of the River" (Delta Rae)
"Lorelei" (The Pogues)
"Flu Pandemic" (The Flying Fish Sailors)
"If I Had a Boat" (Lyle Lovett)
"Mordred's Lullaby" (Heather Dale)
"Lilo" (parody)
"All In Green" (e.e. cummings, music by Batya Wittenberg)
"Anything For You" (Ludo)
"Bedroom Eyes" (Uncle Bonsai)
"Reunion Hill" (Richard Shindell)
"This Side of the Knife" (Talis Kimberley)
"Don't Go Down to the Quarry" (Peter, Paul, and Mary)
"Leaving On a Jet Plane" (John Denver)
Post-concert:
"We are Wyld Stallions!"
"We are Sex B-Bomb!" (Quoth Batya: "I don't want to be Sex B-Bomb.")
"We are Mouse Rat!" (Cue me bouncing up and down singing "Sex Hair/Sex Bears.")
...all in all, not bad for our first show in years.
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Oh I wish I could have been there! How delightful!
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We are happy to have made you happy. :)
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2: I had to go digging around to see if I could find a Lady Mondegreen version. I did. Well, a sample, anyway.
3: I think I like it better than the Joan Baez version. And much better than my own pathetic attempts, years and years ago.
4: ...FAQ sez no CD yet. Darn.
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Mental note: show Joshua Rescue Rangers.
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And then I saw the actual set list under it and I was like ....DAMN that sounds like a good concert!
And good fun, too!
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And I am -slightly- sorry for scheduling it right after Shabbos (but alas, it really -was- the best time for it!)
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