Call You Mom
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| song name | Call You Mom |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Nanobots EP, Nanobots, 50,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be Wrong |
| year | 2012 |
| first played | December 29, 2012 (111 known performances) |
| run time | 3:07 |
| sung by | John Linnell, John Flansburgh backs |
Trivia/Info
- This was the first song from Nanobots to be publicly released. It was made available via SoundCloud[1], announced by Rolling Stone on December 12, 2012.
- In an interview[2] with The Weekly Feed, John Linnell described this as an "Oedipus Pan" song because of the narrator's childishness and maternal obsession.
- "Rolling a hoop" refers to the game of hoop rolling, often played by children through history. However, it was also considered a skilled sport and used as a targeting exercise in Ancient Greece and Rome.
- The sailor suit was originally designed for seafaring men in the 1850s, but later became a popular fashion style for children.
Song Themes
Bad English, Clothes, Doors, Dreams, Games, Relatives, Sailing
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