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** "Untitled", a B-side to "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" sampled an entire conversation between two people after they called Dial-A-Song.
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* SceneryGorn: "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head" was shot in a vacant next to a power plant, off the East River in Brooklyn.
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* {{Undercrank}}: Most of the video of "Don't Let's Start" is shot at half-speed.
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* GutturalGrowler: Both Johns go way below their normal voice ranges on at least one song: Linnell on "32 Footsteps" and Flans on "Absolutely Bill's Mood".
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* PlungerDetonator: In the "Don't Let's Start" video, Linnell uses one to blow up his accordion.
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* RuleOfThree: "Number Three" is all about this:
** The song itself is about itself being the third song the speaker wrote.
** It contains all three three-line rhyme schemes.
** The vocals are a three-part harmony.
** It's the third song.
** The band claims it's the third song they learned to play.
** At the end of the song, the saxophone hook (taken from a 45 rpm record played at 33 1/3 rpm) repeats three times.
** The song itself is about itself being the third song the speaker wrote.
** It contains all three three-line rhyme schemes.
** The vocals are a three-part harmony.
** It's the third song.
** The band claims it's the third song they learned to play.
** At the end of the song, the saxophone hook (taken from a 45 rpm record played at 33 1/3 rpm) repeats three times.
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* MotorMouth: On the first pre-chorus, the following takes up only two lines:
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* MotorMouth: On the first pre-chorus, pre-chorus of "Rhythm Section Want Ad," the following takes up only two lines:
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* BitingTheHandHumor: "Rhythm Section Want Ad" takes some pretty broad shots at the music industry. According to notes from ''Then: The Earlier Years'', one specific example is the Johns hearing one exec say "You guys must be into The Eurythmics" when trying to get signed.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: "Rhythm Section Want Ad" takes some pretty broad shots at the music industry. According to notes from ''Then: The Earlier Years'', one specific example is the Johns hearing one exec well-meaning but clueless would-be manager say "You guys must be into The Eurythmics" when trying to get signed.Eurythmics."
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And here's the reason why \\"''
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And here's the reason why \\"'' why"''
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* MotorMouth: On the first pre-chorus, the following takes up only two lines:
--> So if you like a band with a chick singer, say your cup of tea is a wall full of trombones\\
If you dig Music/{{Menudo}} or Music/{{MDC}}, we salute you the way you know
--> So if you like a band with a chick singer, say your cup of tea is a wall full of trombones\\
If you dig Music/{{Menudo}} or Music/{{MDC}}, we salute you the way you know
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->''"Everything right is wrong again \\
Just like in [[ShoutOut The Long Long Trailer]] \\
All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving \\
And nobody would stop to save her"''
-->--'''Everything Right Is Wrong Again'''
''They Might Be Giants'' is the official debut album of Music/TheyMightBeGiants - [[SarcasmMode funny how that works]] - and was released in 1986 on the Brooklyn label Bar/None A number of the songs have remained among the band's most popular. These include "Don't Let's Start" and "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head". The album spawned two singles: the aforementioned "Don't Let's Start" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective".
Just like in [[ShoutOut The Long Long Trailer]] \\
All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving \\
And nobody would stop to save her"''
-->--'''Everything Right Is Wrong Again'''
''They Might Be Giants'' is the official debut album of Music/TheyMightBeGiants - [[SarcasmMode funny how that works]] - and was released in 1986 on the Brooklyn label Bar/None A number of the songs have remained among the band's most popular. These include "Don't Let's Start" and "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head". The album spawned two singles: the aforementioned "Don't Let's Start" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective".
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-->--'''Everything Right Is Wrong Again'''
-->--'''Rhythm Section Want Ad'''
''They Might Be Giants'' is the official debut album of Music/TheyMightBeGiants
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* BadassBoast[=/=]TakeThatCritics: "Rhythm Section Want Ad" mocks some of the pettier criticisms the band recieved--not least of which that they were incomplete without a drummer or a bassist.
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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Flansburgh lets out a loud scream at the end of "No One's Gonna Change My Clothes".
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* {{Conlang}}: "Alienation's for the Rich" complains that "The TV is in [[UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage Esperanto]], you know that that's a bitch."
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* BadBoss: Played with on "Put Your Hands Inside the Puppet Head":
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* NightmareFace: "Chess Piece Face" is about severely deformed man that Flansburgh used to work with at a publishing company.
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* NightmareFace: "Chess Piece Face" is about severely deformed disfigured man that Flansburgh used to work with at a publishing company.
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* NightmareFace: "Chess Piece Face" is about severely deformed man that Flansburgh used to work with at a publishing company.
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** "Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" is an inversion of the line "hope I die before I grow old" from Music/TheWho's "My Generation".
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** "Hope "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" is an inversion of the line "hope I die before I grow old" from Music/TheWho's "My Generation".
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** "Rabid Child" is sort of a surreal satire of Red Sovine's 1976 CountryMusic {{Glurge}} recitation "Teddy Bear" (about a wheelchair-bound boy who talks to truckers on his CB radio).
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** "Rabid Child" is sort of a surreal satire of Red Sovine's 1976 CountryMusic {{Glurge}} recitation tune "Teddy Bear" (about a wheelchair-bound boy who talks to truckers on his CB radio).
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* SelfReferentialTrackPlacement: The third track is titled "Number Three", which lampshades the number by claiming to be the third song written by the narrator.
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** "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" is a bouncy song with wacky, discordant instrumentals that's about struggling with the fear of one's mortality.
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** "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" is a bouncy polka song with wacky, discordant instrumentals that's about struggling with the fear of one's mortality.
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* RapidFireNo: In "Rhythm Section Want Ad", as Linnel sings the pre-chorus segment, Flansburgh repeatedly chants "No, no, no no!" in the background.
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* RapidFireNo: In "Rhythm Section Want Ad", as Linnel Linnell sings the pre-chorus segment, Flansburgh repeatedly chants "No, no, no no!" in the background.
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* MinisculeRocking: Several songs are between one and two minutes. "Toddler Hiway" is only about half a minute.
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* MinisculeRocking: Several songs are between one and two minutes. "Toddler Hiway" is only about under half a minute.minute (though later live performances of it have added an extra introductory verse).
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The marvelous cover, illustrated by Rodney Greenblatt of VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper fame {{in the style of}} Little Golden Books. It depicts a parade of animals and (usually) inanimate objects (with the Johns featured riding the giant blue dog).
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* DesignStudentsOrgasm: The marvelous cover, illustrated by Rodney Greenblatt Greenblat of VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper fame {{in the style of}} Little Golden Books. It depicts a parade of animals and (usually) inanimate objects (with the Johns featured riding the giant blue dog).
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* {{Sampling}}: "Number Three" samples a sped up loop of "Skinny Lena" by Lou Monte in between verses. "Boat of Car" samples Johnny Cash's "Daddy Sang Bass" during the intro.
** "Untitled", a B-side to "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" sampled an entire conversation between two people after they called Dial-A-Song.
** "Untitled", a B-side to "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" sampled an entire conversation between two people after they called Dial-A-Song.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: "Rhythm Section Want Ad" takes some pretty broad shots at the music industry. According to notes from ''Then: The Earlier Years'', one specific example is the Johns hearing one exec say "You guys must be into The Eurythmics" when trying to get signed.
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* SelfDeprecation: "Rhythm Section Want Ad" is a bit of self ribbing, as it described the "two guys and a drum machine" setup that John and John had back then. That said, much more of the song is [[BitingTheHandHumor about how much the behind-the-scenes people in the music industry suck.]]
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** "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" reference Burt Bacharach and his frequent songwriting collaborator Hal David.
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* NonAppearingTitle: "Absolutely Bill's Mood", which parodies Music/BobDylan's use of this trope, including his habit of placing adverbs at the beginnings of titles.
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** The chipper "Don't Let's Start" includes these lines:
--->''No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful\\
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful''
--->''No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful\\
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful''
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* StopAndGo: "The Day" briefly pauses before the verse is repeated.
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** "Hide Away Folk Family", a ([[LastNoteNightmare mostly]]) serene country-esque ballad about a family trying to escape from someone plotting against them ("Hide away, folk family / Or else someone's gonna get ya").
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** "Hide Away Folk Family", a ([[LastNoteNightmare mostly]]) serene country-esque ballad with a gorgeous synth-line about a family trying to escape from someone plotting against them ("Hide away, folk family / Or else someone's gonna get ya").
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** "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" is likely a reference to Music/TheBeatles song "[[Music/LetItBe Across The Universe]]".
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** "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" is likely a reference to "Nothin's gonna change my world" from Music/TheBeatles song "[[Music/LetItBe Across The Universe]]".
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* WordSaladLyrics: "32 Footsteps"
-->32 lies my ears never saw when the floorboards gave way\\
32 walls come tumbling down and the night turns to day\\
32 infantrymen running in place\\
32 boxcars, all of them have your face
-->32 lies my ears never saw when the floorboards gave way\\
32 walls come tumbling down and the night turns to day\\
32 infantrymen running in place\\
32 boxcars, all of them have your face
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--->''Oh, it's a long, long rope\\
They use to hang you soon, I hope\\
And I wonder why this hasn't happened\\
Why, why, why\\
And I think about the dirt\\
That I'll be wearing for a shirt\\
And I hope that I get old before I die''
They use to hang you soon, I hope\\
And I wonder why this hasn't happened\\
Why, why, why\\
And I think about the dirt\\
That I'll be wearing for a shirt\\
And I hope that I get old before I die''
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* LyricalDissonance: "Hide Away Folk Family", a ([[LastNoteNightmare mostly]]) serene country-esque ballad about a family who are about to be gassed alive.
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* LyricalDissonance: LastNoteNightmare:
** "Hide Away Folk Family" ends with ominous-sounding "fake backwards singing".
** "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" ends with a deranged scream.
* LyricalDissonance:
** "Hide Away Folk Family", a ([[LastNoteNightmare mostly]]) serene country-esque ballad about a familywho are trying to escape from someone plotting against them ("Hide away, folk family / Or else someone's gonna get ya").
** "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" is a bouncy song with wacky, discordant instrumentals that's aboutto be gassed alive.struggling with the fear of one's mortality.
** "Hide Away Folk Family" ends with ominous-sounding "fake backwards singing".
** "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" ends with a deranged scream.
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** "Hide Away Folk Family", a ([[LastNoteNightmare mostly]]) serene country-esque ballad about a family
** "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" is a bouncy song with wacky, discordant instrumentals that's about
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* NewMediaIsEvil: "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" can be interpreted as this.
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* NewMediaIsEvil: NewMediaAreEvil: "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" can be interpreted as being about this.
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* NewMediaIsEvil: "Youth Culture Killed My Dog" can be interpreted as this.
