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Certain People I Could Name

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Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes
song nameCertain People I Could Name
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesLong Tall Weekend, They Got Lost, TMBG Clock Radio
year1999
first playedMar. 14, 1996 (6 known performances)
run time3:30
sung byJohn Linnell

Trivia/Info

  • From tmbg.com, "A piano driven song with subtle charm from the Factory Showroom era. Don't really know how this got put aside, but I suspect it was probably more due to its mid-tempo than its high quality."
  • John Linnell says this song was inspired by noticing the similarities between a friend of his and a Kurosawa film.
  • In early live versions, the line is "As a lizard eats a helpless creature on TV" instead of "stalks a helpless creature." Instead of the line "eyes with no expression watch the unsuspecting prey" Linnell would sing "as the camera moves a close up on the reptile's mouth" in concert.
  • The recording of this song on Long Tall Weekend was first present on the leaked cassette known as the The Complete Factory Showroom Sessions in 1996.

Song Themes

Addiction, Compulsion, Animals, Counting, Criminal Activities, Death, Heads, In Back, Kingdom Of Loathing Reference, Mathematics, Occupations, Problems With Liner Notes, Questions, Rhymes, Stories, Time, War, Military

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