Distant Antenna

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song name Distant Antenna
artist Mono Puff
releases Unsupervised, TMBG Clock Radio
year 1996
first played June 25, 1996 (13 known performances)
run time 2:14
sung by Elina Löwensohn


Trivia/Info

  • This song was inspired by a woman who called a radio station complaining that "the mountains are in the way". The Orange Mountains mentioned in the song are located in New Jersey.
  • Flansburgh said, "This recording was cooked up quite spontaneously at the end of the marathon tracking session at Unique Studio in Times Square. Romanian-born actress Elina Löwensohn, star of Nadja, a number of Hal Hartley films, and the upcoming 'The Devil When Down To Newport' video, did the voice-over. There are no samples or loops, just real records scratching along, and live radios being tuned."

Song Themes

Hearing, New York City, Non-John Vocals, Relatives, Self-Reference, Spoken Word, Telecommunication, Title Not In Lyrics, Weather

Videos

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