MUSIC

Oddball pop band formed 1982, named after They Might Be Giants (1971).

Official Website:
http://www.tmbg.com/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Flansburgh	Musician	6-May-1960		They Might Be Giants
John Linnell	Musician	12-Jun-1959		They Might Be Giants

DISCOGRAPHY

They Might Be Giants (1986, Bar/None)

1		Everything Right Is Wrong Again
2		Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
3		Number Three
4		Don't Let's Start
5		Hide Away Folk Family
6		32 Footsteps
7		Toddler Hiway
8		Rabid Child
9		Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
10		(She Was A) Hotel Detective
11		She's An Angel
12		Youth Culture Killed My Dog
13		Boat Of Car
14		Absolutely Bill's Mood
15		Chess Piece Face
16		I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
17		Alienation's For The Rich
18		The Day
19		Rhythm Section Want Ad

Lincoln (1988, Bar/None)

1		Ana Ng
2		Cowtown
3		Lie Still, Little Bottle
4		Purple Toupee
5		Cage & Aquarium
6		Where Your Eyes Don't Go
7		Piece of Dirt
8		Mr. Me
9		Pencil Rain
10		World's Address
11		I've Got a Match
12		Santa's Beard
13		You'll Miss Me
14		They'll Need a Crane
15		Shoehorn With Teeth
16		Stand on Your Own Head
17		Snowball in Hell
18		Kiss Me, Son of God

Flood (1990, Elektra)

1		Theme From Flood
2		Birdhouse in Your Soul
3		Lucky Ball & Chain
4		Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (The Four Lads cover)
5		Dead
6		Your Racist Friend
7		Particle Man
8		Twisting
9		We Want A Rock
10		Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
11		Hearing Aid
12		Minimum Wage
13		Letterbox
14		Whistling In The Dark
15		Hot Cha
16		Women & Men
17		Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
18		They Might Be Giants
19		Road Movie To Berlin

Miscellaneous T (1991, Bar/None)

1		Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had a Deal
2		Lady is a Tramp
3		Birds Fly
4		The World's Address (Joshua Fried remix)
5		Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
6		I'll Sink Manhattan
7		It's Not My Birthday
8		Hello, Radio
9		Mr. Klaw
10		Kiss Me, Son of God (Alternate version)
11		The Biggest One
12		For Science
13		untitled
14		(She Was a) Hotel Detective (Single mix)
15		The Famous Polka
16		When It Rains It Snows
17		We're the Replacements
18		Don't Let's Start (Single mix)

Rarities collection.

Apollo 18 (1992, Elektra)

1		Dig My Grave
2		I Palindrome I
3		She's Actual Size
4		My Evil Twin
5		Mammal
6		The Statue Got Me High
7		Spider
8		The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (compare Solomon Linda's Mbube)
9		Dinner Bell
10		Narrow Your Eyes
11		Hall of Heads
12		Which Describes How You're Feeling
13		See the Constellation
14		If I Wasn't Shy
15		Turn Around
16		Hypnotist of Ladies
17		Fingertips
17a		(Everything is Catching on Fire)
17b		(Fingertips)
17c		(I Hear The Wind Blow)
17d		(Hey Now Everybody Now)
17e		(Who's That Standing Out The Window)
17f		(I Found A New Friend Underneath My Pillow)
17g		(C'mon And Wreck My Car)
17h		(Aren't You The Guy Who Hit Me In The Eye)
17i		(Please Pass The Milk Please)
17j		(Leave Me Alone)
17k		(Who's Knocking On The Walls)
17l		(All Alone All Alone All By Myself)
17m		(What's That Blue Thing Doing Here?)
17n		(Something Grabbed Ahold Of My Hand)
17o		(I Don't Understand You)
17p		(I Heard A Sound)
17q		(Mysterious Whisper)
17r		(The Day That Love Came To Play)
17s		(I'm Havin' A Heart Attack)
17t		(Fingertips)
17u		(I Walk Along Darkened Corridors)
18		Space Suit

John Henry (1994, Elektra)

1		Subliminal
2		Snail Shell
3		Sleeping in the Flowers
4		Unrelated Thing
5		AKA Driver
6		I Should Be Allowed To Think
7		Extra Savoir-Faire
8		Why Must I Be Sad?
9		Spy
10		O, Do Not Forsake Me
11		No One Knows My Plan
12		Dirt Bike
13		Destination Moon
14		A Self Called Nowhere
15		Meet James Ensor
16		Thermostat
17		Window
18		Out of Jail
19		Stomp Box
20		End of the Tour

First album with a live band.

Factory Showroom (1996, Elektra)

1		S-E-X-X-Y
2		Till My Head Falls Off
3		How Can I Sing Like a Girl?
4		Exquisite Dead Guy
5		Metal Detector
6		New York City (cub cover)
7		Your Own Worst Enemy
8		XTC vs. Adam Ant
9		Spiraling Shape
10		James K. Polk
11		Pet Name
12		I Can Hear You
13		The Bells are Ringing

Includes the hidden track "Token Back To Brooklyn", heard by rewinding from the beginning of the album.

Then: The Earlier Years (1997, Restless)

Disc 1 - They Might Be Giants
1		Everything Right Is Wrong Again
2		Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
3		Number Three
4		Don't Let's Start
5		Hide Away Folk Family
6		32 Footsteps
7		Toddler Hiway
8		Rabid Child
9		Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes
10		(She Was A) Hotel Detective
11		She's An Angel
12		Youth Culture Killed My Dog
13		Boat Of Car
14		Absolutely Bill's Mood
15		Chess Piece Face
16		I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
17		Alienation's For The Rich
18		The Day
19		Rhythm Section Want Ad
20		We're The Replacements
21		When It Rains It Snows
22		The Famous Polka
23		(untitled)
24		For Science
25		The Biggest One
26		Kiss Me, Son Of God
27		Mr. Klaw
28		Critic Intro
29		Now That I Have Everything
30		Mainstream U.S.A.
31		Fake Out In Buenos Aires
32		Greek #3
33		Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
34		I'm Def
35		Don't Let's Start
36		'85 Radio Special Thank You
Disc 2 - Lincoln
1		Ana Ng
2		Cowtown
3		Lie Still, Little Bottle
4		Purple Toupee
5		Cage & Aquarium
6		Where Your Eyes Don't Go
7		Piece of Dirt
8		Mr. Me
9		Pencil Rain
10		World's Address
11		I've Got a Match
12		Santa's Beard
13		You'll Miss Me
14		They'll Need a Crane
15		Shoehorn With Teeth
16		Stand on Your Own Head
17		Snowball in Hell
18		Kiss Me, Son of God
19		Hello Radio
20		It's Not My Birthday
21		I'll Sink Manhattan
22		Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon
23		The World's Address (Joshua Fried remix)
24		Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
25		Lady Is A Tramp
26		Birds Fly
27		Kitten Intro
28		Weep Day
29		The Big Big Whoredom
30		I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
31		Become A Robot
32		Which Describes How You're Feeling
33		Swing Is A Word
34		Doris Cunningham
35		Counterfeit Fake
36		Particle Man

Collects the band's first two albums, the rarities collection Miscellaneous T, and a score of other songs.

Severe Tire Damage (1998, Restless)

1		Doctor Worm
2		Severe Tire Damage Theme
3		They Got Lost
4		Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas)
5		Birdhouse in Your Soul
6		She's An Angel
7		XTC vs. Adam Ant
8		Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
9		Ana Ng
10		First Kiss
11		Spider
12		Particle Man
13		She's Actual Size
14		S-E-X-X-Y
15		Meet James Ensor
16		Till My Head Falls Off
17		About Me
18		Planet Of The Apes
19		Return From The Planet Of The Apes
20		Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes
21		Escape From The Planet Of The Apes
22		Battle For The Planet Of The Apes
23		Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
24		This Ape's For You

Live album.

Mink Car (2001, Restless)

1		Bangs
2		Cyclops Rock
3		Man, It's So Loud In Here
4		Mr. Xcitement
5		Another First Kiss
6		I've Got A Fang
7		Hovering Sombrero
8		Yeh Yeh (Mongo Santamaria cover)
9		Hopeless Bleak Despair
10		Drink!
11		My Man
12		Older
13		Mink Car
14		Wicked Little Critta
15		Finished With Lies
16		She Thinks She's Edith Head
17		Working Undercover For The Man

No! (2002, Idlewild/Rounder)

1		Fibber Island
2		Four Of Two
3		Robot Parade (Kid Version)
4		No!
5		Where Do They Make Balloons?
6		In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle
7		Violin
8		John Lee Supertaster
9		The Edison Museum
10		The House At The Top Of The Tree
11		Clap Your Hands
12		I Am Not Your Broom
13		Wake Up Call
14		I Am A Grocery Bag
15		Lazyhead And Sleepybones
16		Bed, Bed, Bed
17		Sleepwalkers

Children's album.

The Spine (2004, Idlewild/Rounder)

1		Experimental Film
2		Spine
3		Memo to Human Resources
4		Wearing a Raincoat
5		Prevenge
6		Thunderbird
7		Bastard Wants to Hit Me
8		The World Before Later On
9		Museum of Idiots
10		It's Kickin' In
11		Spines
12		Au Contraire
13		Damn Good Times
14		Broke in Two
15		Stalk of Wheat
16		I Can't Hide From My Mind

Here Come The ABCs: Original Songs About The Alphabet (2005, Disney)

1		Here Come the ABCs
2		Alphabet of Nations
3		E Eats Everything
4		Flying V
5		Q U
6		Go for G!
7		Pictures of Pandas Painting
8		D & W
9		Fake-Believe
10		Can You Find It?
11		The Vowel Family
12		Letter/Not a Letter
13		Alphabet Lost and Found
14		I C U
15		Letter Shapes
16		Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?
17		Rolling O
18		L M N O
19		C Is for Conifers
20		Fake-Believe (Type B)
21		D Is for Drums
22		Z Y X
23		Goodnight My Friends
24		Clap Your Hands
25		Here in Higglytown (Theme to Playhouse Disney's Higglytown Heroes)

Children's record.

A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005, Rhino)

1		Minimum Wage
2		Meet James Ensor
3		Particle Man
4		Don't Let's Start
5		She's An Angel
6		Cyclops Rock
7		Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
8		Purple Toupee
9		James K. Polk
10		Birdhouse In Your Soul
11		Ana Ng
12		Guitar
13		Bangs
14		Statue Got Me High
15		New York City
16		Doctor Worm
17		Boss of Me
18		Your Racist Friend
19		Why Does the Sun Shine?
20		They'll Need A Crane
21		I Palindrome I
22		Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
23		John Lee Supertaster
24		Older
25		We're the Replacements
26		Dr. Evil
27		No!
28		Clap Your Hands
29		Spider

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