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I had better be impressed by this one. — User:ACupOfCoffee@ 09:10, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I was at the Newmarket show last night, and I'm pretty sure Flansburgh said the song was titled 'Unimpressed', not 'I'm Impressed'. That, and 'I'm Impressed' was only said once or twice, and 'Unimpressed' was said many times. 65.175.227.130

I really liked the sound of this song :) -Fwahobadagadz 02:53, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Reminds me a bit of the Grindhouse soudtrack for some reason. --Droffats 03:31, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm just putting this somewhere cause I don't know where it would fit, but on WMGK (Philadelphia) there is some kind of commercial thing, and at the end under the guy talking they play the opening drums to this song, and a second later, the last four chords and the bell. Pretty cool, since MGK is classic rock. Mr. 77

Woot for 102.9! I heard that commercial, yeah, most definitely I'm Impressed. I hope They got some royalties on that one.

The first time I heard this song was at a show back in September, and since then I've loved it! At the show, they opened with I'm Impressed, and I truly was impressed. Live, it sounds totally incredible!

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[edit] Marble Madness

So, does someone have a clip of the Marble Madness music that this supposedly resembles? I'd love to hear it! --Duke33 16:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Here ya go! Personally, I don't see the connection. If that link doesn't work, try this one. --WhatIsThatThing 18:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm. I don't hear it at all. I'm inclined to remove this trivia, unless someone can make a convincing argument. Can someone point to the points that sound similar? Has Linnell himself ever admitted that the Marble Madness song was an inspiration for this song??? --Duke33 14:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I hear the 'exits in back of me' in the hook of the Marble Madness tune, but that's about it. I feel it doesn't really bear a true relation to the music. -- MooseBlaster 08:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
I personally think it's a totally unfounded statement. The only reason someone put it on the trivia section was because a topic was made on a.m.tmbg about it. -CapitalQ / @ / 22:04, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I think its just an opinion, so it should be deleted--Goodtimes2

[edit] MP3?

Has anyone else noticed the blocking/FFT/banding distortion in the album version? It sounds exactly like the song, or at least the vocal track, was an MP3 at some point in its history. tgies 05:09, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

I did, but I blamed it on my crappy speakers. Made me think not one sound emitting device in my house could stand up to the sheer rock this song emits. Anyway, I think that it might just be distorted on purpose. - Whirrrlwind (Woosh!) 08:16, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
The emusician interview says the vocal track is actually low-bitrate MP3. tgies 06:01, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
I like it. I think it makes the song a bit more creepier. Quite creative. --Lemita 22:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Video

Who else thought the video is disgustingly cool? I wouldn't show it to a small child, though. Those are the robots from the Shadow Gov't's vid, I think. Mr. 77

I think the video syncs up unnaturally well to the song. I never would have thought of it like that! Much better than the recent Shadow Gov't vid which didn't really tie into the song...but these robots seemed a lot different than the Shadow vid... --WhatIsThatThing 01:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
oh. I saw the Shadow Gov't vid only once, so that's why I was wrong. Mr. 77

Well, I think that this video is far, far better than the video for The Shadow Government. Whilst it's icky beyond belief (ah, the wonders of the human psyche), I think it a wholly engrossing video and one which I'd be happy seeing a multitude of times. Don't think a video station would touch it though... On a side note, does anyone think a double-A side is coming out, or do you think these videos are purely to promote the album? -- MooseBlaster

[edit] Tuck rant

Easily the best song on The Else, I'm Impressed shows a less oblique Linnell than in the past. An anti war/anti US foreign policy song its obviously about Iraq. It's origins, of Unimpressed are more bitingly translated into "I'm Impressed" in the attractiveness of great power, even if one thinks it wrong. This clever twist on the protest song stops it being preachy (you have to wait for Take out the Trash for that sin) and enables one to muse on the old maxim that power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely. And I was pro the Iraq war! Linnell has toyed with mass delusion and indoctrination in the less explicit The Bells on Factory Showroom, but here its quite obvious about what he is talking about. Sounding ultra cool, in an alternate world where genius is rewarded this song would have been number 1 for about 7 weeks and Linnell would be dating Britney Spears. The only problem for the band is that there is nothing else on the album that even reaches the highs that this track hits. An awesome awesome song. (Mr Tuck)



This song reminds me of Am I Awake? for some reason. Anyone else think so? --ZippZapp 23:16, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Music Video Information

I found the credits for this video on Javan Ivey's homepage. If anyone wants to work it into the article somehow. 

Production Company: BENT Image Lab

Director: Rob Shaw
Executive Producers: Chel White, Ray Di Carlo
Senior Producer: Tsui Ling Toomer
Producer: Kara Place
Bent Creative Partner: Chel White

Director of Photography: Mark Eifert, James Birkett
Animators: Rob Shaw, Sarah Hulin
Assistant Animators: Brian Kinkley, Marty Easterday

Character Designer: Bartek Prusiewicz
Storyboard Artist: Monique Ligons

Art Department Director: Solomon Burbridge
Art Department: Diana Joy Parker, Marty Easterday

Digital Compositors: Orland Nutt, Brian Kinkley
Online Editor: Jon Weigand

Production Assistant: Chris Parkhurst
Interns: Javan Ivey, Alisa Stern, Jamie Edwards, Jesse Hollis
©2007 Bent Image Lab/They Might Be Giants
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