Elusive Butterfly
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| song name | Elusive Butterfly |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Unreleased |
| year | 2001 |
| first played | September 24, 1999 (21 known performances) |
| run time |  This unreleased song has only been played live,and therefore has no definitive run time. |
| sung by | John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- A cover of the 1966 hit folk song by Bob Lind, featured on his album "Don't Be Concerned".
- In concert, John Linnell has occasionally inserted the song into his solo bridge of "Particle Man". In a 2025 IFC email, John Flansburgh would mention the song's effect on Linnell, and how his inserts of the song inspired the band to cover "I Love To Sing", another Bob Lind song:
Bob Lind recorded a song that was ubiquitous in its day called "Elusive Butterfly of Love". It had a bit of mystery about it that made it stand apart, and it definitely spoke to the zeitgeist of that moment. It seems the song stuck in John Linnell's brain for the rest of time, and in our live show he would even bust into it in the middle of "Particle Man". To our genuine surprise, this momentary cover came to the attention of Bob Lind himself. He even came out to our show, shook our hands, and gave us some CDs of his current jazz music. At some point after, I did a deeper dive into his catalog and found this startling gem, "I Love to Sing". A few years later as we were doing shows for families, it seemed like a great introduction to the Deeply Felt Puppet Theater’s set.
- A verse from "Elusive Butterfly" has also been inserted into "Doctor Worm" on at least two occasions: here and here.
Song Themes
Animals, Dreams, Love, TMBG Remakes
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