""The Great Walled City"" lyrics - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
[From the Venue Songs DVD:]
Leaving Anaheim swiftly at dawn, They Might Be Giants drives north to Canada, and the great walled city of Vancouver. The venue is Richard's on Richards, so named for its location on Richards Street, and presumably for the fact that it is owned by someone named Richard. But They Might Be Giants doesn't care. Instead, they empty their minds, and create a song entirely unrelated to the venue itself.
[Alternate version:]
They Might Be Giants drives north to Vancouver to a cinema-turned-rock club called [http://www.richardsonrichards.com/ Richard's on Richards]. As they arrive at the venue, nestled in the heart of the red light district, they cannot help but wonder, "Is this all a grand mistake?" Were the proprietors expecting the band or a 16mm print of an old George C. Scott film? Or perhaps they were expecting a 16mm print of something more nefarious? Hoping to quell yet another George C. Scott-fuelled riot, the band attempts to pacify the crowd with a song fixed on the venue's hypnotically redundant name, Richard's on Richards on Richards on Richards...
Venue Songs (2005)
- Greeting From The Deranged Millionaire
- "The Experiment Begins"
- Dallas (Studio) (Trees)
- "A Concrete Shrine"
- Albany (Studio) (The Egg)
- "Paradoxically"
- Los Angeles (Studio) (West Hollywood House of Blues, or Hollywood)
- "An Oasis Of Hooch"
- Anaheim (Studio) (Anaheim House of Blues)
- "The Great Walled City"
- Vancouver (Studio) (Richard's on Richards)
- "Monongahela"
- Pittsburgh (Studio) (Mr. Small's)
- "You Can't Go Home Again"
- Asheville (The Orange Peel)
- "And So"
- Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, or The Garage)
- "Returning To The U.S."
- Charlottesville (Studio) (Starr Hill Music Hall)
- "Skee-ball And Saltwater Taffy"
- Asbury Park (Studio) (Stone Pony)
- "The Tour Nearly Over"
- Brooklyn (Studio) (Celebrate Brooklyn)
- Goodbye From The Deranged Millionaire
- Damn Good Times
- Experimental Film
- Bastard Wants To Hit Me
- I'm All You Can Think About
- Dallas (Studio) (Trees)
- Albany (Studio) (The Egg)
- Los Angeles (Studio) (West Hollywood House of Blues, or Hollywood)
- Anaheim (Studio) (Anaheim House of Blues)
- Vancouver (Studio) (Richard's on Richards)
- Pittsburgh (Studio) (Mr. Small's)
- Asheville (The Orange Peel)
- Glasgow (Studio) (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, or The Garage)
- Charlottesville (Studio) (Starr Hill Music Hall)
- Asbury Park (Studio) (Stone Pony)
- Brooklyn (Studio) (Celebrate Brooklyn)
- Love Is Eternity
- Renew My Subscription
- Taste The Fame
- Tippecanoe And Tyler Too
- The Bloodmobile
- Omaha (Sokol Auditorium)
- Houston (Meridian)
- Leeds (Leeds Irish Center)
- New Orleans (New Orleans House of Blues)
- Columbia (The Blue Note)
- Santa Cruz (The Catalyst)
- Minneapolis (First Avenue Stage)
- Tucson (City Limits)
- San Francisco (Fillmore)
- Memphis (Gibson Lounge, or Gibson Beale Theme)
- Charleston (The Music Farm)
- Atlanta (Variety Playhouse, or Variety Playhouse Freak-In)
- Farmingdale (The Downtown)
- New Haven (Toad's Place, a.k.a. Toad's Place (A-))
- London (The Astoria, or At The As-tore-eye-yea)
- Raleigh (Lincoln Theatre)
- Towson (Recher Theatre)
- St. Louis (Mississippi Nights)
- Philadelphia (T.L.A.)
- Austin (Stubbs, or Stubb's)
- Dallas (Trees)
- Albany (The Egg)
- Los Angeles (West Hollywood House of Blues)
- Anaheim (Anaheim House of Blues)
- Vancouver (Richard's on Richards)
- Pittsburgh (Mr. Small's)
- Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, or The Garage)
- Charlottesville (Starr Hill Music Hall)
- Asbury Park (Stone Pony)
- Brooklyn (Celebrate Brooklyn)