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Road Movie To Berlin
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| song name | Road Movie to Berlin |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| album | Flood |
| year | 1990 |
| first played | Sep. 28, 1988 (34 known performances) |
| run time | 2:22 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- John Flansburgh on the song (during the February 2, 1997 Idiot's Delight radio show):
This song was actually written back when the Berlin Wall seemed like something that would actually never go down. It's weird. It's really a dated--I feel like it's actually sort of a topical--like, you know, pulling out my anti-Vietnam song. You know, it was written at a time when it was just obvious that the Berlin Wall was gonna be there forever. So, it's kind of strangely dated.
- "There were a bunch of alternate lyrics written, but it didn't seem like the song should be that long." - John Flansburgh on the additional lyrics in the liner notes, from the tmbg.com FAQ archives.
- Covered by Frank Black on the the TMBG tribute album Hello Radio: The Songs Of They Might Be Giants.
- The chord progression of the song uses every note of the chromatic scale.
Song Themes
Cities, Death, Drinking, Drinking Glasses, German, Movies, Problems with Liner Notes, Religion, Supernatural, Time, Transportation
Videos
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- Recorded live on October 25, 2008 by CapitalQ
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