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* RearrangeTheSong: "James K. Polk" was originally released as the BSide of [[Music/{{Flood}} "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"]] in 1990. They re-recorded it for this album, fleshing out the arrangement with the full band and adding a [[EverythingIsAnInstrument musical saw]].
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* RearrangeTheSong: "James K. Polk" was originally released as one of the BSide [[BSide B-Sides]] of [[Music/{{Flood}} "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"]] in 1990. They re-recorded it for this album, fleshing out the arrangement with the full band and adding a [[EverythingIsAnInstrument musical saw]].
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* AnachronismStew: While it was recorded on a wax cylinder and has a decidedly retro musical style as well, the lyrics of "I Can Hear You" reference modern devices like car alarms, drive-in restaurant intercoms, airplanes (and in-flight phone calls) and apartment buzzers.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: "James K. Polk" is fairly accurate, but has a couple of minor errors. UsefulNotes/MartinVanBuren wasn't really an abolitionist, since he favored limiting expansion of slavery rather than abolishing it, and the English didn't really "sell" the Oregon Territory; they gave the southern half of it to the US as part of the terms of a treaty.
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* SpecialGuest: Music/NeutralMilkHotel's Julian Koster plays the musical saw on "James K. Polk".
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* RearrangeTheSong: "James K. Polk" was originally released as the BSide of [[Music/{{Flood}} "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"]] in 1990. They re-recorded it for this album, fleshing out the arrangement with the full band and adding a [[EverythingIsAnInstrument musical saw]].
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* EvolvingMusic: "Spiraling Shape" is based on the chorus of an earlier song called "Rocket Ship" that never got past the demo stage.
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* ShoutOut: "The guy with the messed up face" from "Your Own Worst Enemy" is likely a reference to Sonny Geraci. He was lead singer of the band Climax, which did a song titled "Precious and Few".
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** "The guy with the messed up face" from "Your Own Worst Enemy" is likely a reference to Sonny Geraci. He was lead singer of the band Climax, which did a song titled "Precious andFew".Few".
** Besides the title figures in "Music/{{XTC}} vs. Music/AdamAnt", the song also mentions "the singer from Music/BowWowWow."
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The theme of "XTC vs. Adam Ant", with Music/{{XTC}} representing "content" and Music/AdamAnt representing "form".
** "The guy with the messed up face" from "Your Own Worst Enemy" is likely a reference to Sonny Geraci. He was lead singer of the band Climax, which did a song titled "Precious and
** Besides the title figures in "Music/{{XTC}} vs. Music/AdamAnt", the song also mentions "the singer from Music/BowWowWow."
* TechnicianVersusPerformer: The theme of "XTC vs. Adam Ant", with Music/{{XTC}} representing "content" and Music/AdamAnt representing "form".
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* QuestioningTitle: "How Can I Sing Like a Girl?"
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* CoverVersion: "New York City", originally written and recorded in 1995 by UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} all-female IndiePop band Cub.
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''Factory Showroom'' is the sixth studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, and the last one to be produced by Creator/ElektraRecords, released in 1996. The album was written during a series of shows at the Mercury Lounge in New York City and some short tours of the US east coast and midwest. It was their second album to feature a full band, with Brian Doherty on drums, Graham Maby on bass, and Eric Schermerhorn on lead guitar.
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''Factory Showroom'' is the sixth studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, and the last one to be produced by released on major label Creator/ElektraRecords, released in 1996. The album was written during a series of shows at the Mercury Lounge in New York City and some short tours of the US east coast and midwest. It was their second album to feature a full band, with Brian Doherty on drums, Graham Maby on bass, and Eric Schermerhorn on lead guitar.
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* IncrediblyLongNote: "Til My Head Falls Off" ends with the last "off" being held for ten seconds.
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* SanitySlippageSong: "Til My Head Falls Off" is about a man struggling with senility.
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* TrickDialogue: "Til My Head Falls Off" features a verse where it looks like the narrator is preparing to make a speech, but then reveals he's just rehearsing.
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#Til My Head Falls Off (2:53)
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* {{Retraux}}: "I Can Hear You" was recorded on a mechanical wax cylinder, which is about as lo-fi as you can get.
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* {{Retraux}}: "I Can Hear You" was recorded on a mechanical wax cylinder, cylinder with acoustic instruments, which is about as lo-fi as you can get.
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* HiddenTrack: The original CD has one at the ''beginning'' of the album, "Token Back to Brooklyn". It is accessible by hitting the rewind button at the beginning of the first track, "S-E-X-X-Y", and as such, wasn't playable on all CD players. They later released "Token Back to Brooklyn" on the online-only album ''Music/LongTallWeekend'' and physically on the rarities album ''They Got Lost''.
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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: "Exquisite Dead Guy" is a song about a man's obsession with a preserved corpse.
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** "New York City" is a more straightforward example.
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* BigApplesauce: "New York City", a wide-eyed celebration of the city from the POV of someone who's planning to move there.
-->''Everyone's your friend in New York City''
-->''Everyone's your friend in New York City''
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* AntiLoveSong: Played with in "Pet Name", where a couple's relationship seems to be struggling, but it just means they've gotten past the lovey-dovey superficial part of their relationship.
-->''You just forgot your one pet name for me\\
And all those promises you said you'd keep\\
And it's a lucky thing, because that sentimental stuff\\
Doesn't suit you at all''
-->''You just forgot your one pet name for me\\
And all those promises you said you'd keep\\
And it's a lucky thing, because that sentimental stuff\\
Doesn't suit you at all''
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* SillyLoveSongs: Played with in "Pet Name", where a couple's relationship seems to be struggling, but it just means they've gotten past the lovey-dovey superficial part of their relationship.
-->''You just forgot your one pet name for me\\
And all those promises you said you'd keep\\
And it's a lucky thing, because that sentimental stuff\\
Doesn't suit you at all''
-->''You just forgot your one pet name for me\\
And all those promises you said you'd keep\\
And it's a lucky thing, because that sentimental stuff\\
Doesn't suit you at all''
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* NotBad: From "Pet Name"
-->''You say I'm "okay, for a guy"\\
But I can tell that you are lying\\
And we've almost figured out how we'll get along''
-->''You say I'm "okay, for a guy"\\
But I can tell that you are lying\\
And we've almost figured out how we'll get along''
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* IncrediblyLongNote: "Til My Head Falls Off" ends with the last "off" being held for ten seconds.
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!!Tracklist
#S-E-X-X-Y (3:51)
#Til My Head Falls Off (2:53)
#How Can I Sing Like a Girl? (4:32)
#Exquisite Dead Guy (2:02)
#Metal Detector (3:50)
#New York City (3:02)
#Your Own Worst Enemy (1:45)
#XTC vs. Adam Ant (3:37)
#Spiraling Shape (4:24)
#James K. Polk (3:04)
#Pet Name (4:04)
#I Can Hear You (1:57)
#The Bells are Ringing (3:32)
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* DrowningMySorrows: "Your Own Worst Enemy" has a verse about the narrator turning to alcohol.
-->''Full bottle in front of me\\
Time to roll up my sleeves and get to work\\
And after many glasses of work\\
I get paid in the brain''
-->''Full bottle in front of me\\
Time to roll up my sleeves and get to work\\
And after many glasses of work\\
I get paid in the brain''
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* LongDistanceRelationship: "New York City", a cover of a song by the Vancouver band Cub, is about a couple who met at a rock show in New York reuniting after nearly a year apart from each other.
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* ShoutOut: "The guy with the messed up face" from "Your Own Worst Enemy" is likely a reference to Sonny Geraci. He was lead singer of the band Climax, which did a song titled "Precious and Few".
* TrickDialogue: "Til My Head Falls Off" features a verse where it looks like the narrator is preparing to make a speech, but then reveals he's just rehearsing.
-->''Clearing my throat and gripping the lectern, I smile and face my audience\\
Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink''
* TrickDialogue: "Til My Head Falls Off" features a verse where it looks like the narrator is preparing to make a speech, but then reveals he's just rehearsing.
-->''Clearing my throat and gripping the lectern, I smile and face my audience\\
Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink''
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/factoryshowroom_350.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:How can I sing like a girl\\
And not be stigmatized by the rest of the world?]]
->''There she is\\
Standing on the bed\\
Cookie in one hand, wig on her head\\
S-E-X-X-Y''
-->--'''S-E-X-X-Y'''
''Factory Showroom'' is the sixth studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, and the last one to be produced by Creator/ElektraRecords, released in 1996. The album was written during a series of shows at the Mercury Lounge in New York City and some short tours of the US east coast and midwest. It was their second album to feature a full band, with Brian Doherty on drums, Graham Maby on bass, and Eric Schermerhorn on lead guitar.
During this time, the band made a series of wax cylinder recordings at the Edison Laboratories in West Orange, NJ, one of which made it onto the album as "I Can Hear You".
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* AmbiguousGender: The subject of the song "S-E-X-X-Y"
-->''You gotta understand\\
She wants to be your man\\
She's got another plan''
* AntiLoveSong: Played with in "Pet Name", where a couple's relationship seems to be struggling, but it just means they've gotten past the lovey-dovey superficial part of their relationship.
-->''You just forgot your one pet name for me\\
And all those promises you said you'd keep\\
And it's a lucky thing, because that sentimental stuff\\
Doesn't suit you at all''
* AssimilationPlot: "The Bells Are Ringing" is about a town that falls under the sway of mind-controlling bells.
-->''The bells are pealing, and they're revealing\\
The simple key to happiness\\
It isn't evil, it isn't good\\
It's only what the people missed\\
The bells explain what they've been lacking all along\\
They were disorganized, and that was what was wrong''
* {{Beachcombing}}: "Metal Detector" is an ode to a man and his metal detector who seems to take his hobby a little too seriously.
-->''Look past the volleyball\\
Look past the squawking gull\\
Ignore the mountain\\
Of discarded folderol''
* CelebritySong:
** "James K. Polk" is a song about the election of the eleventh president of the United States, "James K. Polk, the Napoleon of the Stump".
** "XTC Vs. Adam Ant" is about an imaginary rivalry between two very different pop groups from TheEighties.
* FlashinthePanFad: "Spiraling Shape" is said by the band to largely be about people becoming obsessed with "the next big thing", then abandoning it when it doesn't live up to the hype.
-->''The spiraling shape will make you go insane\\
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing\\
And nobody knows what it's really like\\
But everyone says it's great\\
And they heard it from the spirals in their eyes''
* HopeSpot: One of the townsfolk in "The Bells Are Ringing" manages to avoid falling under the control of the bells, only for the others to overpower her.
-->''A girl with cotton in her ears\\
Is shielded from the bells' effect\\
As if by hidden signal\\
The people turn to face her\\
One thousand eyes are staring\\
They pull away her earplugs''
* LastNoteNightmare: "S-E-X-X-Y" ends with a series of vaguely-ominous strings.
* MagicMusic: "The Bells Are Ringing" is about a town put into a blissful trance by the ringing of bells.
* {{Retraux}}: "I Can Hear You" was recorded on a mechanical wax cylinder, which is about as lo-fi as you can get.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Til My Head Falls Off" is about a man struggling with senility.
* VersusTitle: "XTC Vs. Adam Ant"
[[caption-width-right:350:How can I sing like a girl\\
And not be stigmatized by the rest of the world?]]
->''There she is\\
Standing on the bed\\
Cookie in one hand, wig on her head\\
S-E-X-X-Y''
-->--'''S-E-X-X-Y'''
''Factory Showroom'' is the sixth studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, and the last one to be produced by Creator/ElektraRecords, released in 1996. The album was written during a series of shows at the Mercury Lounge in New York City and some short tours of the US east coast and midwest. It was their second album to feature a full band, with Brian Doherty on drums, Graham Maby on bass, and Eric Schermerhorn on lead guitar.
During this time, the band made a series of wax cylinder recordings at the Edison Laboratories in West Orange, NJ, one of which made it onto the album as "I Can Hear You".
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!!Tropes:
* AmbiguousGender: The subject of the song "S-E-X-X-Y"
-->''You gotta understand\\
She wants to be your man\\
She's got another plan''
* AntiLoveSong: Played with in "Pet Name", where a couple's relationship seems to be struggling, but it just means they've gotten past the lovey-dovey superficial part of their relationship.
-->''You just forgot your one pet name for me\\
And all those promises you said you'd keep\\
And it's a lucky thing, because that sentimental stuff\\
Doesn't suit you at all''
* AssimilationPlot: "The Bells Are Ringing" is about a town that falls under the sway of mind-controlling bells.
-->''The bells are pealing, and they're revealing\\
The simple key to happiness\\
It isn't evil, it isn't good\\
It's only what the people missed\\
The bells explain what they've been lacking all along\\
They were disorganized, and that was what was wrong''
* {{Beachcombing}}: "Metal Detector" is an ode to a man and his metal detector who seems to take his hobby a little too seriously.
-->''Look past the volleyball\\
Look past the squawking gull\\
Ignore the mountain\\
Of discarded folderol''
* CelebritySong:
** "James K. Polk" is a song about the election of the eleventh president of the United States, "James K. Polk, the Napoleon of the Stump".
** "XTC Vs. Adam Ant" is about an imaginary rivalry between two very different pop groups from TheEighties.
* FlashinthePanFad: "Spiraling Shape" is said by the band to largely be about people becoming obsessed with "the next big thing", then abandoning it when it doesn't live up to the hype.
-->''The spiraling shape will make you go insane\\
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing\\
And nobody knows what it's really like\\
But everyone says it's great\\
And they heard it from the spirals in their eyes''
* HopeSpot: One of the townsfolk in "The Bells Are Ringing" manages to avoid falling under the control of the bells, only for the others to overpower her.
-->''A girl with cotton in her ears\\
Is shielded from the bells' effect\\
As if by hidden signal\\
The people turn to face her\\
One thousand eyes are staring\\
They pull away her earplugs''
* LastNoteNightmare: "S-E-X-X-Y" ends with a series of vaguely-ominous strings.
* MagicMusic: "The Bells Are Ringing" is about a town put into a blissful trance by the ringing of bells.
* {{Retraux}}: "I Can Hear You" was recorded on a mechanical wax cylinder, which is about as lo-fi as you can get.
* SanitySlippageSong: "Til My Head Falls Off" is about a man struggling with senility.
* VersusTitle: "XTC Vs. Adam Ant"
