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...tween Elektra and the Johns, which took a while to heal. [[Flansburgh]], [[Linnell]], and [[Susan Drew]] of Elektra discuss this subject at length in bonus fo ...nding ''Apollo 18'' tended to have a space theme, and was designed by John Flansburgh under the pseudonym "[[Rolf Conant]]". While searching the NASA archives fo

|Sung By = [[John Linnell]]; [[Lisa Klapp]] recites the final line of the bridge ...ber of people with the surname {{wp|Ng (name)|Ng}} listed in a phone book. Linnell in ''Pitchfork Magazine'', 1996:

|Sung By = [[John Flansburgh]]; [[John Linnell]] harmonizes during chorus ...notes (though they were included in the 2013 LP issue). According to John Flansburgh in the [[tmbg.com]] archives:

|Sung By = [[John Linnell]], backed by [[John Flansburgh]] ...d of radio static. However, this version replaces that with an overdub of Flansburgh yelling the "I don't want the world..." line through his guitar pickup. Wh

They dont need me here and I know your there (After he looses his job, or it is no longer needed, he thinks about here again) ...res this song with what a band like REM were producing at the time "Stand" or "End of the World as we know it" one wonders if there is any justice in the

|Sung By = John Flansburgh ...we are very happy with the results here." - [[John Flansburgh]] and [[John Linnell]] in "[[A Song-By-Song Drive-Through Of Mink Car]]"

[[File:CBGB1986.png|thumb|John Linnell playing the accordion at CBGB, 1986.]] ...ion while playing. Up to the late 90s, it was also the instrument on which Linnell most commonly wrote songs.

:If you want to learn how to play TMBG songs on the guitar, but have little or no experience, check out the new [[TMBG In 4 Chords]] page. ...s series. Listen to the [http://www.kexp.org/podcast_instudio.xml podcast] or [http://kexp.org/aspnet_client/KEXPViewMediaGroup.aspx?rID=2797&pID=528&fI

|Sung By = [[John Flansburgh]], [[John Linnell]] ...Bonus Extended Version)|extended version]] of the song with a bridge where Linnell lists more countries in this order: ''"Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Canada / Austra

|Sung By = John Linnell *[[John Linnell]] on the song's meaning in a [[The Bradley Scout John Linnell Interview|1994 interview]]:

|Sung By = John Linnell *"{{wp|Bangs (hair)|Bangs}}" is a North American English term for strands or locks of hair that fall over the scalp's front hairline to cover the forehe

Or, any argument, for that matter. ...bee in your bonnett. The bee is the thought, the bonnett your head (brain or mind). He wants the person he's addressing to allow him access to the mind

|Sung By = [[John Flansburgh]]; [[John Linnell]] sings backup ...[[Jail And Imprisonment]], [[No (Theme)|No]], [[References To Other Songs Or Musicians]], [[Science]], [[Size]], [[Writing]]

..., the fact that not everyone should live by the same standards isn't fair or equal, so therefore, life is unfair. ...once again rejecting the ideals of society. The singer refuses to change, or do what he is told. Society is the boss, and we're not going take it anymo

...= [[John Flansburgh]] (sings first refrain and second verse alone); [[John Linnell]] (sings first verse alone) *John Flansburgh ([https://web.archive.org/web/19970511151921fw_/http://www.live-wire.com/is

|Sung By = [[John Flansburgh]], [[John Linnell]] harmonizes near the end ...verence]], [[Mind Control, Hypnotism]], [[Misanthropy]], [[Oblique Cliches Or Idiom]], [[Paranoia]], [[Puns]], [[Songs With Samples]], [[Swear Words]], [

|Sung By = [[John Flansburgh]], [[John Linnell]] sings backup. *According to John Flansburgh in a Dial-A-Song outro message from around 1989, this was on the band's "ve

...for the song to be political commentary, so those who see Donald Rumsfeld (or other political figures) in the song are merely imposing their own politica ...ning to this song, so I'm not saying whether it references Donald Rumsfeld or not, but I want to correct the individual who said that Donald Rumsfeld did

...cing the famous, addictive brown liquid. Both Johns, [[Flansburgh]] and [[Linnell]] are rumored to drink massive quantities of coffee. In [[Gigantic (A Tale *[[John Lee Supertaster]] - ''"Can't drink coffee or beer"''

...l-A-Song''' is a telephone service operated by [[John Linnell]] and [[John Flansburgh]] of [[They Might Be Giants]] that originally ran from [[1983]] to [[2006]] ...es, or even previews of studio tracks (often with a spoken message by John Flansburgh at the end) onto cassettes and then queue them into the machine. Dial-A-Son