The Three Terrors - Annotated Set Lists
The Three Terrors
at the Tonic, New York, New York
May 9, 1999
SM: voice, ukulele, keyboard
LD: voice, baritone ukulele, acoustic guitar
DK: voice
JJ: cello, recorder, bass recorder
 
Set I:
The Night You Can't Remember - piano, SM on lead vox, LD on choruses
"Like" Is a Very Strong Word [Flare] - uke, cello, LD on lead vox, SM and DK on choruses
Le Tourbillion [Bassiak] - piano, acoustic guitar, DK on lead vox - performed by Jeanne Moreau in Jules et Jim
Underwear - piano, SM on lead vox, LD and DK on choruses
Don't Look Now [Mark Dumais/Crash] - LD on lead vox - Kurt Ralske, a guitarist in Crash, covered this song with his band Ultra Vivid Scene
The End of the World - DK on lead vox - originally performed by Skeeter Davis
Je Hais Ma Vie [Moth Wranglers] - uke, trio on lead vox - performed once in English and once in French - translation: "I hate my life, and I want to die!"
Norma Jean Baker [Gainsbourg] - SM and DK on lead vox - sung in French
Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring - baritone uke, cello, LD on lead vox, DK on choruses
 
Set II:
C'est Ma Chanson [Chaplin] - uke, DK on lead vox - sung in French and English - performed by Dusty Springfield
Love Is Blue - uke, SM on lead vox - sung in French and English
Famous - uke, cello, piano - LD and DK on lead vox, trio on choruses
Guitare d'amour - uke, DK on lead vox - originally performed by Tino Rossi
Tres Amusant  - piano, SM on lead vox - "Very Funny" sung in French
So Afraid [Flare] - cello, uke, LD on lead vox with DK
Anywhere (Like the Moon) [Kid Montana] - uke, cello, DK on lead vox - DK was a member of Kid Montana
I Have a Dream [Abba] - piano, SM and DK on lead vox, LD on choruses
Je Hais Ma Vie [Moth Wranglers] - as above
Le Tourbillion [Bassiak] - as above
(thanks to ld beghtol for this list)
 
 
The Three Terrors
...sing the saddest songs they know
at the Knitting Factory, New York, New York
February 9, 2000
SM: voice, ukulele, mandolin, piano, synth, toy piano
DK: voice, percussion
LD: voice, baritone ukulele
JJ: cello, pennywhistle, recorder
DH: accordion, piano, synth
 
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles [Kenbrovin/Kellette] - uke, alto recorder, LD on lead vox - 1920s waltz, sung in Women in Love by Glenda Jackson
Seasons in the Sun [Brell/McKuen] - mandolin, cello, accordion, SM on lead vox, LD and DK on backing vox
I Live off You [X-Ray Spex] - baritone uke, piano, cello, synth, DK on lead vox
He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) [Goffin/King] - baritone uke, toy piano, cello, accordion, rainstick, LD on lead vox - original version by the Crystals
My Man [Yvain/Willmetz/Charles/Pollock] - piano, SM on lead vox - Fanny Brice/Billie Holiday version
The Winner Takes It All [Abba] - baritone uke, piano, cello, synth, DK on lead vox, SM on backing vox
Big Red Balloon [Lee Hazelwood] - uke, SM and LD on lead vox, DK on backing vox
Anywhere (Like the Moon) [Kid Montana] - baritone uke, uke, cello, synth, DK on lead vox - DK was a member of Kid Montana
The Silver Swan [based on a 16th century madrigal by Orlando Gibbons] - cello, LD on lead vox
Oh, Danny Boy [trad. Irish] - accordion, pennywhistle, SM on lead vox
If You Go Away [Brell/McKuen] - piano, DK on lead vox
Pretty in Pink [The Psychedelic Furs] - baritone uke, uke, cello, synth, tambourine, LD on lead vox, DK on backing vox
Maria, Maria [Merritt] - mandolin, accordion, SM on lead vox, LD and DK on backing vox
Some Small Hope [Astley/Sakamoto] - baritone uke, uke, cello, piano, DK and LD on lead vox - recorded by David Sylvian and Virginia Astley
Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Duke Ellington] - piano, SM on lead vox
In My Room [Pocktiss/Vance] - baritone uke, uke, cello, DK on lead vox - Nancy Sinatra version
Measure of a Man [ld beghtol] - baritone uke, mandolin, cello, accordion, LD on lead vox
The Slave's Lament [Robert Burns] - baritone uke, uke, cello, SM on lead vox
Big Louise [Scott Walker] - piano, DK on lead vox
An Hour Too Late - piano, LD on lead vox - 1890s parlour ballad
As Soon As I Hang up the Phone [Conway Twitty] - baritone uke, cello, piano, SM and DK on lead vox - recorded by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
The Butch Boy [trad. Irish] - baritone uke, cello, accordion, LD on lead vox, SM on backing vox
Send in the Clowns [Stephen Sondheim] - uke, SM on lead vox - sung by Glynnis Johns in A Little Night Music
'Tis the Last Rose of Summer [trad. Irish; lyrics by Sir Thomas More] - baritone uke, DK on lead vox - Mary O'Hara version
Is That All There Is? [Leiber/Stoller; extra lyrics by Christina] - cello, synth, trio on lead vox - recorded by Peggy Lee
(thanks to ld beghtol for this list)
 
SM = Stephin Merritt; LD = ld beghtol; DK = Dudley Klute; JJ = James Jacobs; DH = Daniel Handler
 

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