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Shoehorn With Teeth

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song nameShoehorn with Teeth
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesLincoln, Then: The Earlier Years
year1988
first playedMar. 4, 1987 (321 known performances)
run time1:13
sung byJohn Linnell, John Flansburgh

Trivia/Info

  • The glockenspiel was originally brought out for Brian Doherty to play during the slow version of "Why Does The Sun Shine?." After a while, the band decided to goof on the audience by making a big show of bringing out the glockenspiel and make them think that They were going to play one song and then actually playing another, unexpected song which was not previously in the live set. What made it even more comical is the fact that the replacement song only used the glockenspiel for three notes. The tradition was handed off to Dan Hickey, and the band continued to make a big show of introducing the song whenever it was played right up until the glockenspiel was retired and given away to a young fan at a show in 2002.
  • At recent shows, the part of the glockenspiel has been performed by Marty Beller using three desk bells affixed to a 2-by-4.
  • This song has been covered by Da Vinci's Notebook with Moxy Früvous.
  • The note hit on the glockenspiel is an A sharp, or a B flat.

Song Themes

Body Parts, Death, Furniture, Music, Questions, Title Not In Lyrics, Transportation

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