25 O'Clock
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| song name | 25 O'Clock |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs Of XTC, TMBG Clock Radio, Stumpbox, Podcast 8A, Secret Music Vol. 2, TMBG Instant Fan Club 2024 |
| year | 1995 |
| run time | 4:04 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh, John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- Words and music by The Dukes of Stratosphear (the psychedelic alter-egos of XTC). Flansburgh expressed praise for the original song in a 2018 interview with Consequence of Sound.[1]
- According to Flansburgh in a 1995 appearance on Sound fX, TMBG was originally planning to cover XTC's "This Is Pop" for the same tribute album, but it "proved to be too difficult."
- The backwards part lists bands that were contemporary with XTC, including Adam Ant. This inspired the song "XTC Vs. Adam Ant".
- Three years prior to the release of the XTC tribute album, TMBG had been dared during a radio show's Stump The Band segment to play this song, but opted instead to play The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Fire".
- In the July-August 1996 edition of Music & Computers, in an article "Giant Step-Time -- Computers in the Life of They Might Be Giants", Linnell mentions that they used a Casio Digital Horn MIDI controller on this song.
Song Themes
Backwards, Denial, Falling, Love Gone Sour, Mind Control, Hypnotism, Time, TMBG Remakes
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