History Music / FloodTheyMightBeGiants

--> ''It's a brand new record for 1990''
--> ''They Might Be Giants' brand new album "Flood"!''
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Mr. Horrible of "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair" undergoes many humiliations, starting with - presumably - his nickname and also including things being spilled on his brain and a "visiting friend" being killed. Still, the only thing he thinks to complain about is the inconvenience in the song title.

* CoverVersion: "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", a cover of the 1953 Four Lads song.

--> ''Particle Man, Particle Man''
--> ''Doing the things a particle can''

--> ''I'm your only friend''
--> ''I'm not your only friend, but I'm a little glowing friend''
--> ''But really, I'm not actually your friend, but I am''

--> ''This is where the party ends''
--> ''I can't sit here listening to you and your racist friend''

--> ''You have to try on these pants so the Ugliness Men''
--> ''Can decide if they're just as embarrassing as we think''
--> ''We have to be sure about this.''

---> ''Though I respect that a lot, I'd be fired if that were my job''
---> ''After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts''
** As different as the songs sound, "We Want a Rock" takes both its title and theme from Music/TwistedSister's "I Wanna Rock".
** "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", despite being a cover, and "Particle Man" became more famous in pop culture after being used in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
** "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" was used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Mobile Homer".

--> ''It's a brand new record for 1990''
--> ''They Might Be Giants' brand new album "Flood"!''

Cause they might be giants \\

* MinisculeRocking: Many tracks are less than three or two minutes long. "Birdhouse In Your Soul," "Hearing Aid," and "Whistling in the Dark" are the only songs longer than three minutes. "Theme From Flood" and "Minimum Wage" are less than a minute long, while "Twisting" is almost two minutes.

--> ''You have to try on these pants so the Ugliness Man''

--> ''Though I respect that a lot, I'd be fired if that were my job''
--> ''After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts''

They Might Be Giants' brand new album: [[TitleDrop Flood]]"''

'''''Flood''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, released in 1990 by Elektra Records, marking the band's major-label debut. It was their most commercially successful album, thanks to the cult hit singles "Birdhouse in Your Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)". It remains considered one of the band's best, and many people pointed it as their gateway to the band.

* MinisculeRocking: Many tracks are less than three or two minutes long. "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and "Hearing Aid" are the only songs longer than three minutes. "Theme From Flood" and "Minimum Wage" are less than a minute long, while "Twisting" is almost two minutes.

'''''Flood''''' is the third studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, released in 1990 under ElektraRecords. To date, it was their most commercially successful album, thanks to the cult hit singles "Birdhouse in Your Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", especially the latter and "Particle Man"'s appearances on ''Series/TinyToonAdventures''. It remains considered one of the band's best, and many people pointed it as their gateway to the band.

-->--'''[[TitleTrack Theme From Flood]]'''

'''Flood''' is the third studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, released in 1990. It was their most commercially successful album, thanks to the minor hit singles "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)".

# "Theme From Flood" (0:28)
# "Birdhouse In Your Soul" (3:20)

# "We Want A Rock" (2:47) [[note]] Originally the final track of side 1 on the LP [[/note]]

# "Whistling In The Dark" (3:25)

# "Sapphire Bullets Of Pure Love" (1:26)

# "Road Movie To Berlin" (2:22)

* AlbumTitleDrop / AlbumIntroTrack: "Theme From Flood"

* IWantSong: "We Want A Rock".
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: "Istanbul Not Constantinople".
* MindScrew: "Birdhouse In Your Soul"

* MinisculeRocking: Many tracks are less than three or two minutes long. "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and "Hearing Aid" are the only songs longer than three minutes. "Theme From Flood" and "Minimum Wage" are less than a minute long.

* ThePowerOfLove: "Birdhouse In Your Soul"

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is in green and white, except for the Flood logo.
** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: The album cover is taken from a Great Depression-era photo.

* TheWalrusWasPaul: "Particle Man" seems like a very cryptic song, and it isn't clear who the four "men" are supposed to represent, if anyone. John Flansburgh described it as "just a song about characters in the most obvious sense" and claims that the lyrics are not intended to invoke real people, though Linnell later said that "Triangle Man was based on a friend's observation that Robert Mitchum looked like an evil triangle when he took his shirt off in ''Film/NightOfTheHunter''.

* BerserkButton: "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair": Whatever you do don't move his chair!

** "Birdhouse In Your Soul" refers to the UsefulNotes/GreekMythology tale Jason and the Argonauts.

* SeriousBusiness: in "Mr Horrible"

* AlbumTitleDrop/AlbumIntroTrack: "Theme From Flood"

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Theme From Flood"

* BluebirdOfHappiness: "Birdhouse in Your Soul", by John Linnell, include the phrase "blue bird of friendliness.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The album cover is in black and white.

--> ''Person Man, Person Man''
--> ''Doing all the things a person can''

* BeYourself: "Whistling In The Dark"
--> ''There's only one thing that I know how do to well''
--> ''And I've often been told that you only can do what you do well''
--> ''And that's be you, be what you're like, be like yourself''

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Your Racist Friend"

[[caption-width-right:350:Make a little birdhouse in your soul!]]

'''Flood''' is the third studio album by Music/TheyMightBeGiants, released in 1990. It was their most commercially succesful album, thanks to the minor hit singles "Birdhouse In Your Soul" and "Istanul (Not Constantinople)".

--> ''They Might Be Giants' brand new record "Flood"!''

** ShoutOut: As different as the songs sound, "We Want a Rock" takes both its title and theme from Music/TwistedSister's "I Wanna Rock".

** "Istanbul Not Constantinople" was used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Mobile Homer".

--> ''They Might Be Giants' brand new record "Flood"!''

--> ''And that's be you, be what you like, be like yourself''

* BeYourself:

* WhoWritesThisCrap: "Who came up with Person Man?"