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Operators Are Standing By

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Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes
Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes
song nameOperators Are Standing By
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumLong Tall Weekend
year1999
first playedOct. 23, 1999 (1 known performance)
run time1:24
sung byJohn Flansburgh

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • From the Summer 1999 Info Club newsletter: "Sung by Flansburgh with Linnell at the mighty Hammond B3 electric organ, this meditation on the torments of office work carries on in the grumbling tradition of Minimum Wage."

[edit] Song Themes

Addiction, Compulsion, Aversion To Work, Clothes, Coffee, Occupations, Telephony

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