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Cowtown

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song nameCowtown
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesLincoln, Then: The Earlier Years, Best Of The Early Years, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants
year1988
first playedDec. 31, 1969 (93 known performances)
run time2:21
sung byJohn Flansburgh (sings first refrain and second verse alone); John Linnell (sings first verse alone)

Trivia/Info

  • This was one of the songs played by TMBG at their very first live show. It was supposedly written by Linnell in the '70s, when he was in Boston.
  • Flansburgh: "Linnell wrote the song 'Cowtown' when I was in a sort of pre-They Might Be Giants project with him and this other guy, who's a writer in New York. His name is Dave Lindsey. [...] Dave Lindsey played bass and I played guitar and Linnell played keyboards. We had this project that we rehearsed for like a month and had a bunch of songs including 'Cowtown' and then it just didn't come together for what reason, I'm not really sure." (Pitchfork Magazine, 1996)
  • Introduced at the February 2008 Beacon Theatre show as being the first song that John and John learned how to play together as a band.

Song Themes

Animals, Cities, Colors, Friendship, I Am, Me, Sea, Streets

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