Boat Race Set List Reviews Media

Details

Date
December 04, 1997
Venue
Boat Race Cambridge, England
Billed As
Robyn Hitchcock
Gig Type
Concert
Guests
Tim Keegan, Kimberly Rew, Jake Kyle

Set List

  1. Cheese Alarm
  2. Chinese Bones
  3. Balloon Man
  4. Trilobite
  5. Madonna of the Wasps with Tim Keegan
  6. Jewels for Sophia with Tim Keegan
  7. Queen Elvis with Tim Keegan
  8. I Feel Beautiful with Tim Keegan
  9. Raining Twilight Coast
  10. I Something You
  11. Raymond Chandler Evening
  12. Kingdom of Love with Kimberly Rew
  13. I Often Dream of Trains with Kimberly Rew
  14. Insanely Jealous with Kimberly Rew
Encore
  1. You Can't Judge A Book By the Cover Bo Diddley with Tim, Kim and Jake Kyle
  2. Queen of Eyes with Tim, Kim and Jake Kyle
  3. Adoration of the City with Tim, Kim and Jake Kyle
  4. Beautiful Queen with Tim, Kim and Jake Kyle

Media

Audio recording at archive.org

Reviews

Tim and Jake opened, joined by two of Tim's pals - on guitar (the guitarist from Drugstore) and precussion (from a band who's name I've forgotten). A very nice, low-key set, including a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song." Homer have put out a CD version of their "Grow Your Own" cassette, which was given away to Homerama members earlier this year. The CD consists of the 8 songs from the cassette ("Acoustic Homer" stuff recorded in 1994/95 and featuring Andy Metcalfe on bass), plus "Indestructible" from the Lucky 13 CD single. I have ordering information somewhere if anyone wants to know how to get one, though I guess it'll be on their web page soon if it's not there already.

Robyn's set list went something like this (though I've a suspicion that I've missed out something after RCE - it's a bit like that feeling where you think you've left the gas on when you've gone out).

(Robyn acoustic, b&w spots)
Cheese Alarm
Chinese Bones
Balloon Man ("Some people write songs about women or cars. I write about shapes. That's the Hitchcock schtick in a nutshell.")
Trilobite
(Tim joins on guitar, vocal and harmonica)
Madonna of the Wasps
Jewels For Sophia
Queen Elvis
I Feel Beautiful
(Tim leaves)
Raining Twilight Coast
I Something You ("As you get older, you write less poetry")
(Robyn goes electric)
Raymond Chandler Evening (with long narrative middle section)
(Kimberly joins on Very Loud Guitar and vocals)
Kingdom Of Love
I Often Dream Of Trains ("This is an encore song, but we're short of time.")
Insanely Jealous
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(encore, with Kim, Tim, Jake and the man from Drugstore; Robyn electric, big green apples)
You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover (Willie Dixon ?) (RH: "I played this in The Northern Star in 1975." Audience wag: "You did a lot of things in The Northern Star in 1975...")
Queen Of Eyes
Adoration Of The City (I may have got this and QoE transposed)
("We recorded this last Thursday in London. Near the Hogarth roundabout.")
Beautiful Queen

Robyn very chatty, playing well and seemed to be enjoying himself.
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Gary Sedgwick