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Hell Hotel

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song nameHell Hotel
artistThey Might Be Giants
releases1984 Demo Tape, 1985 Demo Tape, Bill Krauss Demos
year1985
run time1:47
sung byJohn Flansburgh; John Linnell backing

Trivia/Info

  • The Early Years FAQ quotes Bill Krauss as saying, "I think Flans said that the song was based on a 'Twilight Zone' episode, but I can't remember which one. 'Sebastian C.' is Sebastian Cabot, who you may remember as the butler on the 60's sitcom 'Family Affair.'" The Twilight Zone episode being referred to is A Nice Place to Visit, which first aired in 1960.
  • Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos said of one of their hit songs in an interview with BBC's The Beat host Dean Jackson (April 2004), "'The Dark of the MatinĂ©e' was basically a rip off of this obscure song by They Might Be Giants called 'Hell Hotel'."

Song Themes

Falsetto, Hotels, Questions, Relatives, Religion, Supernatural, Robots, Screaming, Self-Reference

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