The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix)
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| song name | The World's Address (Joshua Fried Remix) |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Don't Let's Start (Album), Miscellaneous T, Then: The Earlier Years |
| year | 1989 |
| run time | 5:42 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- This bizarre, partially unrecognizable version of "The World's Address" is the first official remix of a TMBG song.
- Contains what sound like collected samples, but in fact are spoken additions done specifically for this remix. Joshua Fried on these homemade samples: "At the time I was making lots of vocal collages, and it seemed natural. And this was before sampling had quite taken over in the way it did."[1]
- "You wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen?" is the spoken line sampled from the 1975 song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall. In addition, the word "convoy" is sung in the background at this point.
- The closing "Cha Cha Cha" was sung by Joshua Fried, as he revealed on the "Don't Let's Start" podcast[1].
Song Themes
Clothes, Criminal Activities, Hands, Lies And Deception, Music, People (Real), Puns, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Remixes, Science, Self-Reference, Spoken Word, Telecommunication, Titles And Honorifics
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