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
- Written and recorded for a Restless polka compilation, but rejected (just like "I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die").
- John Flansburgh has said that the song "uses a Fairlight, which was then a brand new invention, like a music sampler and computer. Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel — every Brit art-rocker guy had a Fairlight in the '80s."
- 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.
- 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.[1]
Song Themes
Accidents, Death, Funny But Sad, Numbers, Onomatopoeia, Problems With Liner Notes, Robots
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