Kings Of The Cave
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| song name | Kings of the Cave |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | TMBG Unlimited - July as ‘Kings Of The Caves’, DialASong.com (2000-2006), TMBG Clock Radio |
| year | 1985 |
| first played | March 1, 1985 (1 known performance) |
| run time | 2:10 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh, John Linnell sings very prominent harmony |
Trivia/Info
- "Kings Of The Cave" was written by former Mundanes member Jim Gillson, and was given to They Might Be Giants to perform. Gillson discussed the song in a 2026 email:
"Kings" existed: (1) in some long-lost recording I made in my Varick St. basement on a TEAC 4-track reel-to-reel and copied onto a few cassettes (also long-lost); (2) on a Dial-A-Song recording I made, maybe late '82/early '83, under the alias "Buddy Glass" (one of the Glass family siblings from Salinger's "Nine Stories"...God knows why); (3) in live performances (probably not recorded, probably '83) at an East Village pop-up called the Love Shack, at Dorinka [sic] and at 8 BC (I think).
- The recording of this song present on TMBG Unlimited - July is from an unidentified mid-1980s show potentially at either CBGB or the Pyramid Club[1].
- This song was also listed on a 1985 song list, dating to before the band's first album.
- The line "get a little help from Friday" refers to the character from Robinson Crusoe, Friday, Crusoe's loyal servant.
Song Themes
Animals, Food, Geography, Hair, People (Imaginary), Reading, Titles And Honorifics, Transportation
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