Photo by Dave DeCrescente, via tDB Facebook page
The Disco Biscuits wrapped up their Halloween drive-in run with a show at the LaFayette Apple Festival in Lafayette, N.Y. on Saturday Night, Oct. 31. The band honored the late Sean Connery's passing by teasing the "James Bond Theme." They also performed a fitting bust-out: Gary Numan's "Cars," for the first time since 2010.
The show began with a standalone "Rockafella." From there, the band didn't come to a complete stop again for the remainder of the set. They moved from an unfinished version of "Little Betty Boop" into "Morph Dusseldorf."
"Morph" contained the aforementioned tease of the "James Bond Theme," the legendary music that has been featured in each James Bond film since 1962's Dr. No. The tease was undoubtedly played in honor of Sean Connery, the legendary actor perhaps known best for his portrayal of the equally-iconic James Bond character. Connery passed away on Oct. 31 at age 90. (The original composer of the tune is disputed: the arranger, John Barry, claims he wrote the tune, but courts have ruled twice that it was actually Monty Norman.)
After an unfinished "Feeling Twisted," the band then moved into an inverted version of "Abraxas." "Abraxas" then moved back into "Morph Dusseldorf" to close out the set.
The second set was structured similarly to the first: after a standalone "Save the Robots," the band then moved seamlessly between the remainder of the songs. "Running into the Night" followed "Save the Robots," which went straight into "Orch Theme." Next came an inverted version of "Humuhumunukunukuapua'a," a song named for the state fish of Hawai'i, which went straight into an inverted version of "The Great Abyss." Finally, the set closed withe a return to "Running into the Night."
The encore featured more excitement, as the band opted for "Cars," a fitting choice considering the drive-in nature of the show. The Biscuits had played the Gary Numan cut four times prior to this, all in 2010, the last of which occurred on June 2, 2010 in Kansas City, Mo. They moved from "Cars" into an inverted version of "Naeba," before returning to "Cars" to close out the night.
Check out the full setlist below (via tDB Facebook)!
The Disco Biscuits
Oct. 31, 2020
LaFayette Apple Festival, Lafayette, NY
I: Rockafella, Little Betty Boop* -> Morph Dusseldorf# -> Feeling Twisted* -> Abraxas^ -> Morph Dusseldorf
II: Save the Robots, Running into the Night -> Orch Theme-> Humuhumunukunukuapua'a^ -> The Great Abyss^ -> Running into the Night
E: Cars-> Naeba^ -> Cars
*unfinished
#with James Bond Theme tease
^inverted version
