32 Footsteps
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They Might Be Giants performing "32 Footsteps" at Darinka, 1987
| song name | 32 Footsteps |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | 1985 Demo Tape, They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years |
| year | 1985 |
| first played | September 13, 1985 (102 known performances) |
| run time | 1:36 |
| sung by | John Linnell; John Flansburgh joins in for the bridge and outro. |
Trivia/Info
- According to the liner notes for Then: The Earlier Years, the count-up at the end of this song is the result of a spontaneous improvisation by John Flansburgh during recording sessions for the 1985 Demo Tape[1]. It starts at 1:28 with the number 28 and ends at 1:31 with the number 31.
- The "bing-bang-bingalong" part is simply the syllables "-ing -ang -ingalong" attached to successive consonants in the alphabet, from B to P. Every third set also has "-ay" after the "-ing -ang -ingalong," and each one of these -ay words all turn out to be real words ("day," "hay," "lay," and "pay").
- The harmonica used by Flansburgh on this recording is a Hohner Special 20.[2]
- The mix heard on all versions of the 1985 Demo Tape is slightly different, lacking the electronic hand claps on the left channel of the album mix. Due to a mixing error, the mix heard on Example #1 of the tape is also missing cowbell fills at 0:34 and 0:41.
Song Themes
Clothes, Counting, Letters Of The Alphabet, Lies And Deception, Love Gone Sour, No!, Nonsense Words, Numbers, Oxymorons, Paradoxes, And Contradictory Statements, Questions, The Senses, Spoken Word, Transportation
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