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With The Dark
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| song name | With the Dark |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | The Else |
| year | 2007 |
| first played | May 31, 2007 (44 known performances) |
| run time | 3:17 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
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 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 are mounted in the video for "Whence That Wince."
- For the song's first three performances (at the 3LD Art & Technology Center in June 2007), 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. Later, however, the band moved to performing the song to mirror the studio version.
Song Themes
Accents, Animals, Artificial Body Parts, Dreams, Fire, Love, Problems With Liner Notes, Recycled Material, Sea
Videos
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- Official music video, by Hine Mizushima
- Watch it on - Recorded live on June 2, 2007 by TDK (acoustic version - with LEMUR)
- Watch it on - Recorded live on February 28, 2009 by CapitalQ
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