In celebration of all things Star Wars, funk band Pigeons Playing Ping Pong came out firing with a thematically appropriate “The Funk Awakens” show at the Ardmore Music Hall last Saturday, December 19th.
The band opened with “20th Century Fox,” a nod to the logo that appears before each Star Wars film. The band weaved through various Star Wars music, inserting the “Cantina Song” into their own song “Stay,” for example. The band also changed some of their own lyrics around, inserting references from a galaxy far, far away into their music.
Thanks to the band, we now have pro-shot footage of the performance. You can also download all of the audio right here!
Set One:
Set Two:
Setlist: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at Ardmore Music Hall, Ardmore, PA – 12/19/15
Set One: 20th Century Fox > Melting Lights > Poseidon* > Star Wars Theme > Poseidon*, Pop Off, Whoopie^, Ocean Flows, Stay > Cantina Song > Stay > Live It Up
Set Two: Walk Outside, Sunny Day, Funk E Zekiel > Drums > Funk E Zekiel > Kashmir > Lightning, Landing > Jam > E-Funk#, Horizon > Schwanthem > Imperial March > Schwanthem
Encore: Cliffs%
Notes:
* Lyric change to “Darth Vader took my throat, I need a Millennium Falcon”
^ Lyric change to “Wookie do that funk!”
# w/ “We Want The Funk” jam, led by audience
% Lyric change to “Smoking weed with the Sith