Tripod have been doing their thing for 20 years now and to celebrate they released a music book of 101 of their favourite songs. "Like, song books are even more hipster than vinyl and we've always been at the cutting edge… (cough)," says third leg Steven Gates. Hipster or not it's the 101-track songbook that makes up their new act.
"On stage we have a bingo barrel with 101 numbered ping pong balls and we generate a random playlist every night. It's nail-biting but so much fun. Reminds me of our first few years where we had no idea what we were doing but the difference is we know who we are now.
"Some songs were written for video games or cartoons with an emphasis on story rather than comedy."
"We wanted to have a party really. Doing a show that celebrates the entire spectrum of the work we've done, not just 12 of the audience's 'favourites'. We didn't want to sing the same songs every night. We wanted to challenge ourselves and also challenge our audience. Some songs were written for video games or cartoons with an emphasis on story rather than comedy so when they turn up, the show does turn like a light cycle in a Tron sequence.
Of course the risk in light cycle-esque swerving is the chance you might hit a wall, but it's a challenge the trio obviously relish."We sang a song full of Melbourne references to an audience in Brisbane during this show because it came up on a ping pong ball. Now there is no way would ever choose to sing that song to a Brisbane crowd, but after explaining they wouldn't get any of the jokes, they laughed because they weren't getting any of the jokes. That's a perfect audience.
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"We're proud of the songs we've written over the years and although we found ourselves in the comedy world, with good reason, we believe there's more to it than that."
