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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