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Memo To Human Resources

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song nameMemo to Human Resources
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesIndestructible Object, The Spine, Experimental Film (Single), TMBG Clock Radio
year2004
first playedJan. 25, 2004 (140 known performances)
run time2:02
sung byJohn Flansburgh; John Linnell adds sympathetic harmony.

Trivia/Info

  • JF: This next song is about the guy who you work with at your job who doesn't like you at all. (Shows/2004-07-02)
  • JF: This song is called "Memo To Human Resources". It was gonna be called "I'm Down," but that title was taken by a group called The Beatles...OUR ARCH-NEMESIS. Scooped again! Damn you, Fab Four. All your good ideas. All your history. (Shows/2004-03-19)
  • "Nevermind the furthermore, the plea is self-defense" is a reference to "Zilch" and "No Time" by The Monkees. The line was originally from the Rodgers and Hammstein musical "Oklahoma!", and the Monkees quoted it in their songs. The "again" would seem to imply it's an intentional reference to that use.
  • In the Spine liner notes, the line "Talk you through the finer points..." instead is "Walk...", and in the liner notes for Indestructible Object, the written line is "With finer points..."
  • The bass on this track is played by John Flansburgh, not Danny Weinkauf. (If you notice, Danny's name is absent from the credits of Indestructible Object.)
  • On TMBG Clock Radio, this is one of a few songs that have glitches. It sounds as though it were being played backward, but it is doubtful that this was intentional.

Song Themes

Aversion To Work, Denial, Epistolary Songs, Forgetting, Remembering, I Am, Me, Misanthropy, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Problems With Liner Notes, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Size, Title Not In Lyrics, Transportation

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