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It sounds to me like Flans is singing harmony. Can anyone comfirm this? - apfelbitsliam

Yeah, he definitely is singing in the background on the chorus. -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 21:05, 11 Mar 2006 (CST)

Who are the old men in the music video?

The old Q and A says...

Who were the old guys in your "They'll Need A Crane" video?

JL: They are professional old guys. The drummer worked for Frank Sinatra in the 50s. The bass player has retired from music and currently writes crosswords for the Daily News, and the keyboard guy is an actor.

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-Ecks

So are we documenting the filming locations of any of the videos on TMBW? Just thought seeing as its not hard to tell where they're all filmed: Bethesda Fountain, Crane; N 8th St, Williamsburg, Puppethead; Flushing Meadows, Dont Lets Start; etc --AnklePants 08:40, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

If you know where they were filmed, then sure, it would be good to put the info on their song pages.


[edit] Rarely Live

Does anybody know why They never seem to play this song live? Of all the concerts I've been to, They played it once- way back in 2000- and as far as I can tell haven't busted it out since then! I don't get it, this has to be one of their most popular songs, not to mention one of their coolest. Same goes for "Hotel Detective", or "Kiss Me Son of God", which I have also never seen/heard live.

I mean, don't you think most people would rather hear these songs than "John Lee Supertaster" for the ten billionth time?

To say the least... YES. But I can think of at least 25 songs I would have rather heard live than 'Memo to Human Resources', which they played at all three shows I went to last week.
To be fair, yes, I'm sure They'll Need a Crane would rock the house, especially if they played it in this tour. A nice throw back. But to be equally fair, TMBG puts loads of effort into every show everywhere. No venue isn't worth the best they can do, to them. I'd really hesitate to criticize them on the shows. Besides, have you ever heard "John Lee Supertaster" live? It's solid rock. A winner every time. --Luke 14:57, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
You are correct Luke, TMBG gives you very little to complain about at any show (especially if you go to three in one week like the guy above, you should expect to hear some repeats). But they do seem to favor some of their throwaway material in concert at times, for example "Robot Parade" which was clearly written in about 5 minutes and has been played quite often in recent years, whereas the "hits" (so to speak) are much more rare.
Don't get me wrong, every song they play is done to perfection. I guess I'm just one of those overzealous fans who always wants MORE! --Oddjob 16:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
It could be because of emotions attached to Crane, much like I've Got A Match (another sad relationship song written by Linnell at the same time, and not played live because of emotional reasons). -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 18:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Don't get me wrong, I was fully prepared to hear repeats of the songs from The Else (sell the new record), and Birdhouse In Your Soul (being their biggest hit). But like I said, why Memo To Human Resources, Mammal, and Meet James Ensor? Looking at the 20 highest-rated songs here, they only played 5 of them in SoCal last week. Perspixx 04:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
You got to see Mammal live? Jeez, what the hell are you complaining about? The band plays what they want to play that night. I'd love to see Mammal live! -CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 06:13, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
And I loved seeing it live... the first night. You got to see Purple Toupee and They Got Lost live; that would've been cool. Perspixx 07:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia that isn't really trivia

Um, do we really need "this could be about a divorce" in trivia/info? I think that's...um, not exactly a groundbreaking interpretation...--Self Called Nowhere 00:11, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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