Severe Tire Damage Theme
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| song name | Severe Tire Damage Theme |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Severe Tire Damage, They "Might Be" Giants, TMBG Clock Radio, The Spine Surfs Alone: Rarities 1998-2005 |
| year | 1998 |
| first played | August 29, 1998 (32 known performances) |
| run time | 0:39 |
| sung by |  Instrumental
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Trivia/Info
- This is one of three studio tracks on Severe Tire Damage, along with "About Me" and "Doctor Worm". It was recorded in 1993, during the same sessions as "About Me" and the Why Does The Sun Shine? EP.[1] The song presumably had a different title at the time of recording, and was later renamed to fit Severe Tire Damage.
- Official sheet music for the song was included in a 1998 issue of Button, a small independent magazine published by Sally Cragin, sister of Hal Cragin.[2] The score was supplied by John Linnell and featured an arrangement for piccolo, trumpets, tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone. It was accompanied with this description:
- Hum Along With They Might Be Giants
- The following pages contain sheet music by the captivating They Might Be Giants. "Severe Tire Damage" is the first track on their eponymous new record (Restless). This energetic, insinuating melody is redolent of the soundtrack to "Caper" TV shows of the '60s. But this is no accident, songwriter John Linnell explains. "We originally recorded that for a fake TV show that was called something like The King Variety Show." This entertainment would have been "a skull puppet in a hot rod that would do things like spin around and pop wheelies. Smoke would come out of its head and eyes." The proposal and music for the King Show stirred up some interest, but so far, sic transit gloria showbiz. Thus "Severe Tire Damage" became the title track of the giants' "happy we-love-touring" album. Get out the piccolos kids, and play nice, now.
- The song may be an instrumental adaptation of "About Me". Producer Pat Dillett reportedly told fans in 1998 that the two songs were variations of the same composition.[3] Both share a similar lead melody, though they are in different keys and time signatures.
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