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Absolutely Bill's Mood

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song nameAbsolutely Bill's Mood
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesThey Might Be Giants, Don't Let's Start (EP) [Elektra Re-issue], Then: The Earlier Years
year1986
first playedOct. 18, 1992 (15 known performances)
run time2:38
sung byJohn Flansburgh

Trivia/Info

  • Features the phoned-in guitar mastery of Eugene Chadbourne.
  • "For the guitar solo... we put in a special long distance call to Greensboro, NC where Eugene Chadbourne had just put his kids to bed. To avoid disturbing them, he gently played his acoustic guitar into Dubway's (Dubway Studios, where they were doing additional recording and mixing) answering machine, without musical accompaniment or guide." - John & John
  • The "Bill" mentioned in the title is Bill Krauss.
  • The "absolutely" in the title was inspired by Bob Dylan, who would occasionally add irrelevant, emphatic adverbs to his song titles (e.g., "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "Positively 4th Street", "Obviously 5 Believers").

Song Themes

Gratitude, Insanity, Loneliness, Me, Medical, Music, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Relatives, School, Sea, Size, Songs With Handclaps, Telephony, Telegraphy, Title Not In Lyrics, Tongue-Twisters, Weather

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