I've been a fan since around 1991, and saw them live in Syracuse in (IIRC) 1992. Finally saw them again last year in Durham. They were incredible. A bonus was that they made the MP3s of the show available about two weeks after the show for $10.

Plus, my kids love all "No!", "Here Come the ABCs," and "Here Come the 123s," so I let them listen to some of their older stuff. It's nice to be able to share something like that with your kids.

I still don't understand why they be hatin' on Triangle Man.

Also a fan - saw them live at Stanford University in 1992. My daughter learned many an interesting fact (the sun is a mass of incandescent gas...) from their songs as well.

The newer stuff is geared more towards children now isn't it?

Saw them at Liberty Lunch in 1990. You may get the hell off my lawn now.

Incidentally, they had the 10 foot saxamaphone thing, and at one point they chastised some exuberant concert goers with "Square dancing: yes; slam dancing: no."

My hubby and I are seeing them this Thursday... He has seen them before. I am excited

/my soul is a birdhouse

I came here to say

Istanbul is now Constantinople

/that is all

myownprison69: I came here to say

Istanbul is now Constantinople

/that is all


Istanbul is now Constantinople

Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

/sorry needed to fix that mind was elsewhere

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filth: Saw them at Liberty Lunch in 1990. You may get the hell off my lawn now.

Incidentally, they had the 10 foot saxamaphone thing, and at one point they chastised some exuberant concert goers with "Square dancing: yes; slam dancing: no."


I was at that show. John F. also asked us to pipe down so they could hear the click track at the start of each song.

filthSaw them at Liberty Lunch in 1990. You may get the hell off my lawn now.

Incidentally, they had the 10 foot saxamaphone thing, and at one point they chastised some exuberant concert goers with "Square dancing: yes; slam dancing: no."

I also attended that show, and I was one of the offenders but the square dancing was fun too.

/indeed

I am a grocery bag.

mafromhell: The newer stuff is geared more towards children now isn't it?

"Some Crazy Bastard Wants to Hit Me" is a kid's song, isn't it?

How small a world is it that three out of 14 commenters were at the same show?

myownprison69: Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

Not that TMBG's version doesn't rock, but the song goes back more than 50 years, and has been covered by, among others, Bette Midler.

/touched the puppet head

They were on of my favorite bands when i was a kid but i havent listened to them in years. If they should have got a grammy for anything it would have been Apollo 13. Glad to hear the john's and Dan's got one though. No they can stop with those Dunkin commercials maybe?

/Whats that blue thing doing here?

Gangway Fathead: How small a world is it that three out of 14 commenters were at the same show?

four out of sixteen. I, too, was at that show. Thinking of seeing them again tomorrow at Stubbs.

I interviewed John Linnell in about 1998 for a magazine I used to publish. Of the scads of famousy people I've interviewed over the years, he was hands-down the nicest. Immediately I felt like I was talking to an old pal...he was charming, smart and funny, just like you'd imagine. I hated to hang up the phone.

And I'll never stop mocking the Grammys.

Man, I miss seeing shows at the Liberty Lunch.

why did you grow a beard? can't i leave you alone for five minutes? what the christ, what the devil?

Turned my skeptical wife into a die hard fan by taking her to a show at a local college. And, yes, the kids think they're great, too.

/Hush, my darling...

The sun is hot...

1st show was in London in 89 I think. My cousin talked me into it and been a fan ever since. Seen them about 20 times in the Bay Area. Whenever I feel down, just slap on some giants and I am back to where I want to be.

/Fratalian!
//I dont want the world....

A friend lent me Flood on cassette in 1990. I immediately began dating her.

My love for TMBG far outlasted that relationship, but I still appreciate it.

/Everybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around

Control_this: mafromhell: The newer stuff is geared more towards children now isn't it?

"Some Crazy Bastard Wants to Hit Me" is a kid's song, isn't it?

Guess I sound like an old one eh (goodness is 40 that old - i'm still having the midlife crisis)....

Appears I need to get out of my hole and find some newer stuff - i honestly really liked them..

can i ask a stupid ?? why are they one of the few bands that you can't download off of youtube?

//yes old (40)
///yes play stupid you-tube dancing/drinking games still...
////yes need to go to bed w/ too many slathies....

I loved this:


And now my kid loves this:


Nothing better than having something in common with your four year old.

santatrout: I loved this:


And now my kid loves this:


Nothing better than having something in common with your four year old.

I've got a kid on the way, and I can't imagine anything cooler.

Saw them over the weekend after not listening to any of their stuff for the last five years or so, I thought I had forgotten it all. They start their first song and I hear: "They call me Doctor Worm... good morning, how are you, I'm Doctor Worm" and I was transported. Every single lyric for every song they ever wrote was suddenly back in my head. Particle Man, Istanbul, Cyclops Rock, Why Does The Sun Shine?, Birdhouse In Your Soul, Ana Ng, Meet James Ensor, they played all the classics. The show was amazing. The only complaint I had was that John L's keyboards were pretty much inaudible.

/Lou Dobbs
//I hate that guy.

Not to put too fine a point on it...


/say I'm the only bee in your bonnet

Why is the world n love again?
why are we marching hand-in-hand?
Why are the ocean levels rising-up?
It's a brand new record,
for nineteen-ninety,
They Might Be Giants,
Brand new album,
FLOOD!

I'm your only friend . . . .

I wore the hell out of that tape real quick, and a few cd copies of it too over the years.

I want a shoe horn, the kind with teeth.

mafromhell:
Guess I sound like an old one eh (goodness is 40 that old - i'm still having the midlife crisis)....

Well, you're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older.

/ 1,000 years old. Sure, I'd say that's old.

Gunny Highway: They were on of my favorite bands when i was a kid but i havent listened to them in years. If they should have got a grammy for anything it would have been Apollo 13. Glad to hear the john's and Dan's got one though. No they can stop with those Dunkin commercials maybe?

No keep the commercials coming.

First: it means they're getting paid well after years
of being struggling artists.

Second: they're the closest thing to 'subersive' marketing
we'll see in this age of over-focus-grouped faux viral
advertising. Yes, I'm sure that they were hired precisely
because they were a non-mainstream 'hip' group (that's been
making records for over 20 years, BTW), but they don't seem
to have checked their brains at the door.

That, and the Dunkacino is the greatest coffee-type
beverage God ever allowed on this earth......

Did anyone listen to the audio interview with John L. on that blog item? Just curious what you thought. (I did the interview, added the music, etc.)

Saw TMBG in Indianapolis in November; my brother took me for my birthday. Had a great time. I recommend them to everyone with functioning ears.

/It's not my birthday
/It's not today
/It's not my birthday
/So why do you lunge out at me?

Everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads


/They Might Be Legendary to me.

Gangway Fathead: Man, I miss seeing shows at the Liberty Lunch.

No doubt. Last show I saw there was Firehose in 1991 or 1992. Still one of the best live shows I've ever seen.

I don't want the whole world, I just want your half.

DjangoStonereaver:

The Dunkachino is dead man. Or at least where i live it is. But as a former employee i will agree it is a damn good drink.

Saw them in November after a 10+ year hiatus. It was fantastic. Also, their opening act, Oppenheimer, was excellent.



Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves his broomstick arms and does a parody of each unconscious thing you do.

I peed next to John F. at their documentary filming in New York.

Like, one urinal away.

I'm going to see them next Monday.

/Jannus Landing
/FTW

beergut666: I want a shoe horn, the kind with teeth.

People can get beat up for stating that belief.

All I know about James K. Polk I learned from TMBG.

/Napoleon of the Stump

I saw them in Providence in... 1990? A long time ago. Still, they're probably the only band I can listen to, regardless of my mood, and feel better.

/They say love is blind... I don't think you're blind.

Don't Let's Start is the greatest pop song ever written.

/no hyperbole.
//Seriously.

How does he make any money with this thing? "There Must Be Giants"?

Just saw em' last Thursday night in Bloomington, IN, and it was probably the best show I've ever seen. First off there were only 2 or 3 people between me and the stage, so I was within earshot of the band (Flanburgh told me to keep it "peaceful" after I yelled "wooo, yeah lets burn this mother down!" after a rousing version of The Mesopotamians). I was belting out every lyric, probably to the point of creeping out John Linnel, because I was looking right at him as I sung along. On top of it all I got to slap their hands as they left the stage after the first encore and nearly got a hand-written copy of the setlist at the end of the show. Oh, and they opened with my favorite song, "Hey Mr. DJ (I thought you said we had a deal)". It was at a bar, so I was also slightly drunk.

/will definitely see them many more times
//hopefully more small-venue, 21+ shows

Their music makes me want to bash my head against a wall, repeatedly.

viccellini: Their music makes me want to bash my head against a wall, repeatedly.

DO IT.

viccellini: Their music makes me want to bash my head against a wall, repeatedly.

That's because you're an anti-intellectual sub-human with no taste and even less of a sense of humor.

BRENDAN-FACE: viccellini: Their music makes me want to bash my head against a wall, repeatedly.

That's because you're an anti-intellectual sub-human with no taste and even less of a sense of humor.

I'm guessing he probably only knows Istanbul, Particle Man, the Malcolm theme, and none of the awesomeness of their first two records, everything else on Flood besides the hits, and their numerous completely ignored records of the past 15 years.