Awesome Music / They Might Be Giants

• "Everything Right Is Wrong Again", the first track of their self-titled debut album, is a great way to kick it off with its awesome synth riffs, Linnell's energy-filled vocals and in the middle of the song, it slows down and becomes psychedelic.
• "Don't Let's Start", which was their first single. Although it didn't chart, the accompanying music video gained a ton of air time on MTV and is a prime example of the channel's early appeal to oddball acts such as them.
• "Hide Away Folk Family" features John Flansburgh's haunting vocals backed by John Linnell's equally haunting accordion work.
• "32 Footsteps" and its awesome harmonica solo and Flansburgh's scatting.
• Flood has multiple examples:
  • "Birdhouse In Your Soul", the band's biggest hit, is both musically complex and incredibly catchy.
  • "Particle Man". Good luck getting it out of your head.
  • The song "Whistling In The Dark", which is about ignorance but sounds like the epic soundtrack to a pirate movie.
  • One of the overlooked songs from that album, "Women and Men", is infectiously catchy but also remarkably uplifting.
• "Doctor Worm", their studio single off of their live album Severe Tire Damage, is one of their best post-Duo songs.
• The entirety of the album Here Comes Science, especially to any passionate scientists in the field and anyone looking for some good edutainment.
• Boat of Car is a short but catchy track from their debut album. The original has Margaret Seiler's powerful vocals, and the redone one has an excellent performance from the brass band Other Thing.

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