Become A Robot
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| song name | Become a Robot |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | 1985 Promotional Demo Tape #7, 1985 Demo Tape, Dial-A-Song, Free When You Call From Work, Then: The Earlier Years, Selections From Then |
| year | 1985 |
| first played | July 10, 1983 (2 known performances) |
| run time | 1:18 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh; John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- This song uses the Fairlight CMI synthesizer, which was described in a 1996 interview with ICE Magazine by John Flansburgh as a "then a brand new invention, like a music sampler and computer". One of the stock samples from the Fairlight heard in the song is "ORCH2".
- In the same interview, John Flansburgh mentioned that this song and "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die" were both considered for inclusion on an Enigma Records polka compilation circa. 1984[1], but were both rejected. The potential inclusion of these two songs was also confirmed in a handwritten note given by the band alongside a flyer and a promotional demo tape to Bob Riedel, which Flansburgh referred to as "my little pitch that things were happening for us."[2] The note read:
"SORRY FOR THE DELAY. KEEP EARS PEELED FOR A POLKA COMPILATION ON ENIGMA RECORDS (S.F.) WITH TWO OF OUR SONGS INCLUDED (NOT ON CASSETTE). LOVE, TMBG"
- According to Bill Krauss in the Miscellaneous T Facebook group, "Become a Robot" was the first song he ever heard from the band, who performed it at a Dr. B's show he attended in 1983.[3]
- The lyrics for this song contained in the booklet for Then include the line "here's hoping you don't harbor a wishnik," even though that is clearly not what is being sung.
Song Themes
Accidents, Death, Funny But Sad, Numbers, Onomatopoeia, Problems With Liner Notes, Robots
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