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* In "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
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* In "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics in his backing vocals right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
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* The song "ECNALUBMA" relates to accidents. The song title is a reference to the way "AMBULANCE" is spelled backwards on the front of ambulances in the United States, so that it can be clearly read in the rear-view mirror of cars that need to get out of the way. Since the accident prone protagonist would usually be seeing the ambulance heading towards him, it would read "ECNALUMBA" from his perspective.
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* The song "ECNALUBMA" relates to accidents. The song title is a reference to the way "AMBULANCE" is spelled backwards on the front of ambulances in the United States, so that it can be clearly read in the rear-view mirror of cars that need to get out of the way. Since the accident prone protagonist would usually be seeing the ambulance heading towards him, and not in a mirror, it would read "ECNALUMBA" from his perspective.
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* The song "ECNALUBMA" relates to accidents. The song title is a reference to the way "AMBULANCE" is spelled backwards on the front of ambulances in the United States so that it can be clearly read in the rear-view mirror of cars that need to get out of the way.
* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live [=MP3=], where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche. It's possible they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.
* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live [=MP3=], where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche. It's possible they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.
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* The song "ECNALUBMA" relates to accidents. The song title is a reference to the way "AMBULANCE" is spelled backwards on the front of ambulances in the United States States, so that it can be clearly read in the rear-view mirror of cars that need to get out of the way.
way. Since the accident prone protagonist would usually be seeing the ambulance heading towards him, it would read "ECNALUMBA" from his perspective.
* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live [=MP3=], where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche.It's possible WordOfGod is the RecordProducer suggested that they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of to fit with the lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.
* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live [=MP3=], where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche.
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* In "Ana Ng" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants there is the line "I saw this painted on a BRIDGE, "I don't want the world I just want your half." Guess what section of the song it happens in? Here's a hint, it's not in the verse, chorus, intro, or outro... also the answer is in caps.
* In Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
* In Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
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* In "Ana Ng" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants Ng", there is the line "I saw this painted on a BRIDGE, "I don't want the world I just want your half." Guess what section of the song it happens in? Here's a hint, it's not in the verse, chorus, intro, or outro... also the answer is in caps.
* InMusic/TheyMightBeGiants' "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
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* "The Statue Got Me High":
** It may sound like TMBG at their worst, with lyrics that sounded vaguely meaningful without it actually meaning much, but after listening to it a bit more ([[GenreSavvy due to having lived this trope before]]), a realization hits where it was ''very deliberately'' meaningless - unlike most of their songs, it's just a song about a guy whose head blows up because of a statue.
** "Statue" could also be seen as a warning against following the latest trends and/or letting other people make decisions for you. The statue stands in for whatever the latest thing is and/or authority. Similar in theme to "Spiraling Shape."
** It gets better with "Apollo 18" where its songs are all references to bad SF/Fantasy movie tropes. ''The Statue Got Me High'' is all about the black monolith at the start of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', and referenced in other Creator/ArthurCClarke's works.
* In "Ana Ng" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants there is the line "I saw this painted on a BRIDGE, "I don't want the world I just want your half." Guess what section of the song it happens in? Here's a hint, it's not in the verse, chorus, intro, or outro... also the answer is in caps.
* In Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
** It may sound like TMBG at their worst, with lyrics that sounded vaguely meaningful without it actually meaning much, but after listening to it a bit more ([[GenreSavvy due to having lived this trope before]]), a realization hits where it was ''very deliberately'' meaningless - unlike most of their songs, it's just a song about a guy whose head blows up because of a statue.
** "Statue" could also be seen as a warning against following the latest trends and/or letting other people make decisions for you. The statue stands in for whatever the latest thing is and/or authority. Similar in theme to "Spiraling Shape."
** It gets better with "Apollo 18" where its songs are all references to bad SF/Fantasy movie tropes. ''The Statue Got Me High'' is all about the black monolith at the start of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', and referenced in other Creator/ArthurCClarke's works.
* In "Ana Ng" by Music/TheyMightBeGiants there is the line "I saw this painted on a BRIDGE, "I don't want the world I just want your half." Guess what section of the song it happens in? Here's a hint, it's not in the verse, chorus, intro, or outro... also the answer is in caps.
* In Music/TheyMightBeGiants' "Weep Day", there are the lines "I didn't write the words you hear me singing \ I didn't sing the line before this one", which fits in perfectly with the MindScrew self-contradiction of the rest of the lyrics. But John Flansburgh repeats those lyrics right after John Linnell sings them, and when ''he'' sings them, they're both true: Flansburgh didn't write the lyrics and didn't sing the previous line.
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* It took way too long for the significance of the song title "ECNALUBMA" to come to me. "ECNALUBMA" is "ambulance" spelled backwards, which relates to the lyrics about accidents. Furthermore, ambulance vehicles have mirrored text on the front of them, so that other drivers can more quickly recognize them in rear view mirrors; If an ambulance was heading towards you, you would read the word on the front of the vehicle as "ECNALUBMA".
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* It took way too long for the significance of the The song title "ECNALUBMA" to come to me. "ECNALUBMA" is "ambulance" spelled backwards, which relates to the lyrics about accidents. Furthermore, ambulance vehicles have mirrored text The song title is a reference to the way "AMBULANCE" is spelled backwards on the front of them, ambulances in the United States so that other drivers it can more quickly recognize them in rear view mirrors; If an ambulance was heading towards you, you would be clearly read in the word on the front rear-view mirror of cars that need to get out of the vehicle as "ECNALUBMA".way.
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* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live MP3, where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche. It's possible they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.
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* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live MP3, [=MP3=], where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche. It's possible they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.makeover.
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* It took way too long for the significance of the song title "ECNALUBMA" to come to me. "ECNALUBMA" is "ambulance" spelled backwards, which relates to the lyrics about accidents. Furthermore, ambulance vehicles have mirrored text on the front of them, so that other drivers can more quickly recognize them in rear view mirrors; If an ambulance was heading towards you, you would read the word on the front of the vehicle as "ECNALUBMA".
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* It took way too long for the significance of the song title "ECNALUBMA" to come to me. "ECNALUBMA" is "ambulance" spelled backwards, which relates to the lyrics about accidents. Furthermore, ambulance vehicles have mirrored text on the front of them, so that other drivers can more quickly recognize them in rear view mirrors; If an ambulance was heading towards you, you would read the word on the front of the vehicle as "ECNALUBMA"."ECNALUBMA".
* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live MP3, where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche. It's possible they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.
* "Man It's So Loud In Here" first surfaced in a live MP3, where it was performed in a guitar-based, AlternativeRock-ish style. When it appeared on ''Mink Car'', it became a disco/SynthPop pastiche. It's possible they just decided to RearrangeTheSong this way because of lyrical references to loud dance music... But more than that, the verses were about a corner store and an airport getting gratuitous disco makeovers, and then the song itself got a gratuitous disco makeover.
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* Like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady,_or_the_Tiger%3F the famous story it's based on]], "The Lady And The Tiger" has NoEnding: Not only does it not give a conclusion to the plot, but the music ends in a somewhat jarringly abrupt manner the moment the last lines are sung.
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* Like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady,_or_the_Tiger%3F the famous story it's based on]], "The Lady And The Tiger" has NoEnding: Not only does it not give a conclusion to the plot, but the music ends in a somewhat jarringly abrupt manner the moment the last lines are sung.sung.
* It took way too long for the significance of the song title "ECNALUBMA" to come to me. "ECNALUBMA" is "ambulance" spelled backwards, which relates to the lyrics about accidents. Furthermore, ambulance vehicles have mirrored text on the front of them, so that other drivers can more quickly recognize them in rear view mirrors; If an ambulance was heading towards you, you would read the word on the front of the vehicle as "ECNALUBMA".
* It took way too long for the significance of the song title "ECNALUBMA" to come to me. "ECNALUBMA" is "ambulance" spelled backwards, which relates to the lyrics about accidents. Furthermore, ambulance vehicles have mirrored text on the front of them, so that other drivers can more quickly recognize them in rear view mirrors; If an ambulance was heading towards you, you would read the word on the front of the vehicle as "ECNALUBMA".
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* A minor one: "They Got Lost" is literally about They Might Be Giants ("They" for short) getting lost.
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* A minor one: "They Got Lost" is literally about They Might Be Giants ("They" for short) getting lost.lost.
* Like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady,_or_the_Tiger%3F the famous story it's based on]], "The Lady And The Tiger" has NoEnding: Not only does it not give a conclusion to the plot, but the music ends in a somewhat jarringly abrupt manner the moment the last lines are sung.
* Like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady,_or_the_Tiger%3F the famous story it's based on]], "The Lady And The Tiger" has NoEnding: Not only does it not give a conclusion to the plot, but the music ends in a somewhat jarringly abrupt manner the moment the last lines are sung.
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* "Violin" has the section where George Washington's head is divided into quarters ("One quarter of George Washington's head / Half of George Washington's head" etc). It fits in with the general WordSaladLyrics and just seems like another example of the band's seeming AuthorAppeal relationship with historical figures and disembodied heads. But more than that, it's sort of a skewed reference to U.S. currency - George Washington's head is on quarters, and of course four quarters make a dollar, which George Washington is also on.
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* "Violin" has the section where George Washington's head is divided into quarters ("One quarter of George Washington's head / Half of George Washington's head" etc). It fits in with the general WordSaladLyrics and just seems like another example of the band's seeming AuthorAppeal relationship with historical figures and disembodied heads. But more than that, it's sort of a skewed reference to U.S. currency - George Washington's head is on quarters, and of course four quarters make a dollar, which George Washington is also on.on.
* A minor one: "They Got Lost" is literally about They Might Be Giants ("They" for short) getting lost.
* A minor one: "They Got Lost" is literally about They Might Be Giants ("They" for short) getting lost.
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* "Violin" has the section where George Washington's head is divided into quarters ("One quarter of George Washington's head / Half of George Washington's head" etc). It fits in with the general WordSaladLyrics and just seems like another example of the band's seeming AuthorAppeal relationship with historical figures and disembodied heads. But more than that, it's sort of a skewed reference to U.S. currency - George Washington's head is on quarters, and of course four quarters make a dollar, which George Washington is also on.
* "Violin" has the section where George Washington's head is divided into quarters ("One quarter of George Washington's head / Half of George Washington's head" etc). It fits in with the general WordSaladLyrics and just seems like another example of the band's seeming AuthorAppeal relationship with historical figures and disembodied heads. But more than that, it's sort of a skewed reference to U.S. currency - George Washington's head is on quarters, and of course four quarters make a dollar, which George Washington is also on.
