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Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes

song name Older
artist They Might Be Giants
releases Long Tall Weekend, What We Did This Summer, Music From Malcolm In The Middle, Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants, A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity, Podcast 55
year 1999
first played March 14, 1996 (653 known performances)
run time 1:56
sung by John Linnell; John Flansburgh sings the bridge

Trivia/Info

  • A video of this song was made for the ABC TV special Brave New World in 1999. The video was filmed at the "ClockTower Building" in Brooklyn. In 2009, the apartment in which the video was shot went on the market for an asking price of $25 million [1].
  • Different from the horn-filled version that later appeared on Mink Car.

Song Themes

Age, Death, Funny But Sad, Kingdom Of Loathing Reference, Time

Videos

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Previews

TMBG Podcast 55 (Starts at 18:57)
TMBG Clock Radio (FM band)


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