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With The Dark

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Official video for the song, by Hine Mizushima.
TMBG Puppets - from Hine's video
TMBG Puppets - from Hine's video
TMBG's heads turn to taxidermy - from Hine's video
TMBG's heads turn to taxidermy - from Hine's video
song nameWith the Dark
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumThe Else
year2007
first playedMay 31, 2007 (42 known performances)
run time3:17
sung byJohn Flansburgh

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • John Linnell mentioned in an interview with Spare The Rock, Spoil The Child that, at the time of the interview (May 5th, 2007), this was his favorite song from The Else.
  • The stanza beginning with "I'm getting tired of all my nautical dreams" was adapted from the 2003 unreleased, live-only song, Puppets Gonna Fuck You Up, and slightly rewritten for this song.
  • Hine Mizushima, author of the fan blog "A Piece of They Might Be Giants" and creator of wonderful They Might Be Giants fan art, videos and projects such as the "TMBG Puppets Shoot 'Ana Ng'" stop-motion video, was commissioned by the band to create the video for With The Dark. The final video incorporates lots of traditional TMBG imagery, such as the squid and spaceship from the front cover of Apollo 18, as well as John and John's heads mounted on plaques, similar to how the animal heads were mounted in the video for Whence That Wince.
  • For the song's first three performances (at the 3LD Art & Technology Center), TMBG expanded the song's acoustic introduction into a full song, instead of performing the track as on the album. A new verse was also added.

[edit] Song Themes

Accents, Animals, Artificial Body Parts, Dreams, Fire, Love, Problems With Liner Notes, Recycled Material, Sea

[edit] Videos

 
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