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Direct From Brooklyn

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Video Compilation
Video Collection by They Might Be Giants
First released February 18, 2003
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Tracks 15
Label WEA / Restless Length 42:18


Direct From Brooklyn is a collection of They Might Be Giants videos released in 1999 (VHS) and 2003 (DVD).

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The DVD for Direct From Brooklyn contains all the same videos as the VHS release; however, it also contains a live version of Why Does The Sun Shine?, a trailer for Gigantic, and also three audio tracks. It also features two versions of Complete Paranoia as easter eggs.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Length  Lyrics Downloads Guitar Tab
1 Doctor Worm 3:01 
2 Snail Shell (Complete Paranoia commentary track) 3:20 
3 The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) 3:49 
4 The Statue Got Me High 3:06 
5 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 2:38 
6 Birdhouse In Your Soul 3:20 
7 They'll Need A Crane 2:33 
8 Purple Toupee 2:40 
9 Ana Ng 3:23 
10 (She Was A) Hotel Detective 2:10 
11 Don't Let's Start 2:36 
12 Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head 2:12 
13 Particle Man (Tiny Toons) 1:59 
14 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Tiny Toons) 2:38 
15 Why Does The Sun Shine? (live from the 2002 tour) 2:53 

*Trailer for Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

[edit] Audio Tracks on the DVD

[edit] VHS Release

Video Compilation video collection cover
Video Compilation
Video Collection by They Might Be Giants
First released April 27, 1999
Full Release details / Collectors: Show / Hide
Tracks 14
Label Restless <01877 72994-3> Length 39:25


[edit] Track listing

# Title Length  Lyrics Downloads Guitar Tab
1 Doctor Worm 3:01 
2 Snail Shell 3:20 
3 The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) 3:49 
4 The Statue Got Me High 3:06 
5 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) 2:38 
6 Birdhouse In Your Soul 3:20 
7 They'll Need A Crane 2:33 
8 Purple Toupee 2:40 
9 Ana Ng 3:23 
10 (She Was A) Hotel Detective 2:10 
11 Don't Let's Start 2:36 
12 Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head 2:12 
13 Particle Man (Tiny Toons) 1:59 
14 Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Tiny Toons) 2:38 

[edit] Trivia

  • The video cassette slides out through the bottom of the box, so you would normally never open the top flaps. If you did, however, you would discover three phrases printed on the hidden, inside facings. They read, "They Might Be Fake", "They Might Be Lies", and "They Might Be Big Big, Fake Fake Lies". This is, of course, a reference to the self-titled song from Flood.