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Letterbox

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song nameLetterbox
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesFlood, Don't Let's Start (EP) [Elektra 7" Re-issue]
year1990
first playedSep. 28, 1988 (90 known performances)
run time1:25
sung byJohn Linnell & John Flansburgh

Trivia/Info

  • Elektra hoped for a hit, but TMBG's major-label debut is filled with songs like this spitfire folk tune, which features deft vocal interplay. Linnell says despite the complexity, it didn't require many takes.
    • Linnell: "I think this song was in our show for awhile before we recorded it. In general we try to learn the songs before the tape starts rolling to avoid embarrassment." -2009 RollingStone Interview
  • "I wrote this song about eight years ago, back when we were young and good." - John Linnell, 1988-09-28

Song Themes

Animals, Bodily Mutilation, Falsetto, Forgetting, Remembering, Friendship, Heads, Letters Of The Alphabet, Love, Not In 4-4 Time, Oblique Cliches, Problems With Liner Notes, Questions, Sadness, Size, Spines, Weather, Tongue-Twisters

Videos

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