The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)
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| song name | The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix) |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Don't Let's Start (LP), Miscellaneous T, Then: The Earlier Years |
| year | 1989 |
| run time | 5:42 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- This bizarre, partially unrecognizable version of "The World's Address" is the first official remix of a TMBG song.
- Contains what sound like collected samples, but in fact are spoken additions done specifically for this remix. Joshua Fried on these homemade samples: "At the time I was making lots of vocal collages, and it seemed natural. And this was before sampling had quite taken over in the way it did."[1]
- "You wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen?" is the spoken line sampled from the 1975 song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall. In addition, the word "convoy" is sung in the background at this point.
- The closing "Cha Cha Cha" was sung by Joshua Fried, as he revealed on the "Don't Let's Start" podcast.
Song Themes
Clothes, Criminal Activities, Hands, Lies, Deception, Music, People (Real), Puns, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Remixes, Science, Self-Reference, Swapped Vocals, Talking, Not Singing, Telecommunication, Titles And Honorifics
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