User:Giants Jubilee Mightathon/TMBG Songs Never Played Live
From This Might Be A Wiki
This is an ongoing list of all released songs that They Might Be Giants have never played live, ordered by album. Remixes are not included in this list.
Contents
- 1 Notable Unplayed Songs
- 2 They Might Be Giants
- 3 Lincoln
- 4 Flood
- 5 Apollo 18
- 6 John Henry
- 7 Factory Showroom
- 8 Long Tall Weekend
- 9 Mink Car
- 10 No!
- 11 The Spine
- 12 Here Come The ABCs
- 13 The Else
- 14 Here Come The 123s
- 15 Here Comes Science
- 16 Join Us
- 17 Nanobots
- 18 Glean
- 19 Why?
- 20 Phone Power
- 21 I Like Fun
- 22 My Murdered Remains
- 23 The Escape Team
- 24 BOOK
- 25 Other Released Songs
- 25.1 1985 Demo Tape
- 25.2 (She Was A) Hotel Detective
- 25.3 Miscellaneous T
- 25.4 I Palindrome I
- 25.5 The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
- 25.6 O Tannenbaum
- 25.7 Back To Skull
- 25.8 S-E-X-X-Y (EP)
- 25.9 Then: The Earlier Years
- 25.10 Severe Tire Damage
- 25.11 Working Undercover For The Man
- 25.12 TMBG Unlimited
- 25.13 They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's
- 25.14 They Got Lost
- 25.15 Direct From Brooklyn (DVD)
- 25.16 The Partly Cloudy Patriot
- 25.17 Bed, Bed, Bed
- 25.18 Indestructible Object
- 25.19 The Spine (iTunes and Vinyl)
- 25.20 The Spine Surfs Alone
- 25.21 Here Come The ABCs (DVD)
- 25.22 Here Come The ABCs (Amazon.com/Best Buy)
- 25.23 T-Shirt
- 25.24 Venue Songs
- 25.25 Cast Your Pod To The Wind
- 25.26 Here Come The 123s (Amazon.com)
- 25.27 Here Comes Science (Amazon.com)
- 25.28 Album Raises New And Troubling Questions
- 25.29 Four Covers From TMBG
- 25.30 The Avatars Of They
- 25.31 Songs For Chop
- 25.32 More Murdered Remains
- 25.33 The Pamphlet
- 25.34 Lazy
- 26 Solo Projects
- 27 John Linnell
- 28 John Flansburgh
Notable Unplayed Songs[edit]
They Might Be Giants[edit]
All songs from this album have been played at some point.
Lincoln[edit]
All songs from this album have been played at some point.
Flood[edit]
All songs from this album have been played at some point.
Apollo 18[edit]
All songs from this album have been played at some point.
John Henry[edit]
All songs from this album have been played at some point.
Factory Showroom[edit]
All songs from this album have been played at some point.
Long Tall Weekend[edit]
Mink Car[edit]
No![edit]
The Spine[edit]
Here Come The ABCs[edit]
- Here Come The ABCs
- Q U
- Go For G!
- D & W
- The Vowel Family
- Letter/Not A Letter
- I C U
- Letter Shapes
- Who Put The Alphabet In Alphabetical Order?
- Rolling O
- L M N O
- C Is For Conifers
- Fake-Believe (Type B)
- D Is For Drums
- Z Y X
- Goodnight My Friends
- Here In Higglytown
The Else[edit]
Here Come The 123s[edit]
- Here Come The 123s
- Zeroes
- One Everything
- Number Two
- Triops Has Three Eyes
- The Secret Life Of Six
- Nine Bowls Of Soup
- Ten Mississippi
- Infinity
- I Can Add
- Even Numbers
- Ooh La! Ooh La!
- Heart Of The Band
- Hot Dog!
- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme
Here Comes Science[edit]
- The Bloodmobile
- Put It To The Test
- Photosynthesis
- Cells
- Speed And Velocity
- Computer Assisted Design
- Solid Liquid Gas
- Here Comes Science
- The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space)
Join Us[edit]
Nanobots[edit]
- Sleep
- Stone Cold Coup D'État
- Sometimes A Lonely Way
- Destroy The Past
- Hive Mind
- Decision Makers
- Nouns
- There
- Tick
- Replicant
- Great
- Stuff Is Way
- Too Tall Girl
- Didn't Kill Me
Glean[edit]
Why?[edit]
- I Am Invisible
- Definition Of Good
- And Mom And Kid
- I Made A Mess
- Moles, Hounds, Bears, Bees And Hares
- Walking My Cat Named Dog
- Or So I Have Read
- Elephants
- Long White Beard
- I Just Want To Dance
- Thinking Machine
- So Crazy For Books
- I Haven't Seen You In Forever
- Out Of A Tree
- Hello Mrs. Wheelyke
- Then The Kids Took Over
Phone Power[edit]
- Apophenia
- To A Forest
- I Am Alone
- Say Nice Things About Detroit
- ECNALUBMA
- Sold My Mind To The Kremlin
- It Said Something
- I'll Be Haunting You
- Got Getting Up So Down
- What Did I Do To You?
- Shape Shifter
- Black Ops (Alt. Version)
- I Wasn't Listening
I Like Fun[edit]
- By The Time You Get This
- An Insult To The Fact Checkers
- Push Back The Hands
- Lake Monsters
- McCafferty's Bib
My Murdered Remains[edit]
- I've Been Seeing Things
- Gudetama's Busy Days (Though the muted music video has been shown during shows while the band transitioned out of The Quiet Storm in 2020)
- Dog
- Ampersand
- The Neck Rolls Aren't Working
- Selectionist
- I Haven't Been Right Yet
- Unctuous Robot
- The Bullies
- Tractor
- Rowboat Mayor
- Tick Tick Tick Tick
- Last Wave (Alternative Version) (Though the song synced with the Walk This Way music video has been shown before the band's second set during shows in 2018)
- Best Regrets
The Escape Team[edit]
- Jackie The Clipper
- Chip The CHiP
- Burnice
- Dr. Sy Fly
- Dunkin Of Course Of Course
- Mr. Mischief Night
- John Postal
- Flo Wheeler
- Corrupted Lyle
- Re-PETE Offender
- The Poisonousness
BOOK[edit]
- I Broke My Own Rule
- Lord Snowdon
- If Day For Winnipeg
- Darling, The Dose
- I Lost Thursday
- Part Of You Wants To Believe Me
- Super Cool
- Wait Actually Yeah No
- Quit The Circus
- Less Than One
Other Released Songs[edit]
1985 Demo Tape[edit]
- I'm Def (It is possible the song was played during a 1980s show with an undocumented setlist, a la Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon)
(She Was A) Hotel Detective[edit]
Miscellaneous T[edit]
- Lady Is A Tramp (Though the song was used as an intro played on tape in early 1990s shows)
I Palindrome I[edit]
The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)[edit]
O Tannenbaum[edit]
Back To Skull[edit]
S-E-X-X-Y (EP)[edit]
Then: The Earlier Years[edit]
- Mainstream U.S.A.
- Fake Out In Buenos Aires
- Greek Number Three
- '85 Radio Special Thank You
- I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
- Swing Is A Word
- Doris Cunningham
- Counterfeit Fake
Severe Tire Damage[edit]
Working Undercover For The Man[edit]
TMBG Unlimited[edit]
- Robert Lowell
- All Alone
- Lincoln, Washington, And That Jefferson Guy
- It's Getting Late
- Budnitz
- Theme From Unlimited
- Clowntown
- Monsters Of Mud
- Ram On
- Oranges Testimonial
- McGyver
- Tigerella
- Dollar For Dollar
- Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6 (Though the song has been played on tape to introduce McSweeney's-themed shows)
- Mosh Momken Abadon
- Even My T-Shirt
- Tender Is The Mind
- Concrete And Clay
- Outboard Part Of Man (It is possible the song was played during a 1980s show with an undocumented setlist)
- Somebody's Body (It is possible the song was played during a 1980s show with an undocumented setlist)
- 7-11 (It is possible the song was played during a 1980s show with an undocumented setlist)
- Hi Honey I'm Home (It is possible the song was played during a 1980s show with an undocumented setlist)
- Indian Ocean (It is possible the song was played during a 1980s show with an undocumented setlist)
- Rocket Ship
- Chaos By Design
- Save Your Life
- Headless
- Too + 3 R One
- Words Are Like
- Cut The Strings
- Blind
- Something You'd Like To See
- Kids Are Different Now
- WMOB ID
- To The Bubblecraft!
- Tiny Doctors
- The Bloodboat
- Too Cool Girls
They Might Be Giants Vs. McSweeney's[edit]
- Theme From McSweeney's Issue 6
- MOR
- Dollar For Dollar
- Oprah
- Garden Of Eden
- Koenigstein
- It's Getting Late
- Mr. And Mrs. Nuclear
- Faster Better Now
- Be Patient
- God's Sister Jessica
- Grassroots Internet Revolution
- Mosh Momken Abadon
- Even My T-Shirt
- Gazing Out Toward
- Robert Lowell
- Lincoln, Washington, And That Jefferson Guy
- Art Mover
- People Died Today
- C-Town
- Softly
- Slow
- Budnitz
- Candy Stripers
- Girls In Their Turning
- The Life Of Doug
- R U Together
- Mona Lisa
They Got Lost[edit]
- I'm Sick (Of This American Life) (Though an early version was performed live)
Direct From Brooklyn (DVD)[edit]
The Partly Cloudy Patriot[edit]
- Partly Cloudy Patriot Theme
- Epigraph
- What He Said There
- The First Thanksgiving
- Ike Was A Handsome Man
- It Could Be Worse
- Anqui
- The New German Cinema
- Democracy And Things Like That
- Pop-A-Shot
- California As An Island
- Dear Dead Congressman
- The Nerd Voice
- Rosa Parks, C'est Moi
- Tom Cruise Makes Me Nervous
- Underground Lunchroom
- Wonder Twins
- Canada Haunts Me
- State Of The Union
- Tom Landry, Existentialist, Dead At 75
Bed, Bed, Bed[edit]
Indestructible Object[edit]
The Spine (iTunes and Vinyl)[edit]
The Spine Surfs Alone[edit]
- Now Is Strange
- I'm All You Can Think About
- Skullivan
- The Other Side Of The World
- Canada Haunts Me
Here Come The ABCs (DVD)[edit]
Here Come The ABCs (Amazon.com/Best Buy)[edit]
T-Shirt[edit]
Venue Songs[edit]
- Love Is Eternity
- Renew My Subscription
- Taste The Fame
- The Bloodmobile
Cast Your Pod To The Wind[edit]
- I'm Your Boyfriend Now
- Brain Problem Situation
- Sketchy Galore
- Microphone
- Greasy Kid Stuff
- Employee Of The Month
- Homunculus
- Morgan In The Morning ID
- Kendra McCormick
- My Other Phone Is A Boom Car
- I Hear A New World
- (She Was A) Hotel Detective In The Future
- Haunted Floating Eye
- Scott Bower
- The Mexican Drill
- Cast Your Pod To The Wind
Here Come The 123s (Amazon.com)[edit]
Here Comes Science (Amazon.com)[edit]
Album Raises New And Troubling Questions[edit]
- O We
- Now I Know
- How Now Dark Cloud?
- The Fellowship Of Hell
- Mountain Flowers
- Doom Doom
- Money For Dope
- Read A Book
- Havalina
- Electronic Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
- 200 Sbemails
Four Covers From TMBG[edit]
The Avatars Of They[edit]
Songs For Chop[edit]
- Robot Design
- I Got My T-Shirt Back
- Prisoners Of Graphic Design
- Oranges Testimonial
More Murdered Remains[edit]
- This Is Only Going To Go One Way
- Prepare
- No Cops (Though it was played on tape to introduce two live shows, one in 2015 and one in 2016)
- Starry Eyes
- The Velvet Ape
- Whole Lot Of Glean
- Rock Club
- Thankful For Your Service
- The Summer Breeze
- Another Weirdo
- Door To Door Minotaur
- Christmas In The Big House
- The Power Of Dial-A-Song
The Pamphlet[edit]
Lazy[edit]
Solo Projects[edit]
John Linnell[edit]
House Of Mayors[edit]
- Preamble: Fernando Wood
- Processional 1
- DeWitt Clinton
- Processional 2
- John Purroy Mitchel
- Will You Love Me In December As You Do In May?
- Processional 3
- Fiorello LaGuardia
- David Dinkins
- House Of Mayors
Olive, The Other Reindeer[edit]
State Songs[edit]
Roman Songs[edit]
John Flansburgh[edit]
Hello The Band[edit]
John Flansburgh's Mono Puff[edit]
Unsupervised[edit]
- Hello Hello
- Don't I Have The Right?
The Devil Went Down To Newport[edit]
- Tryptophane
- Pretty Fly
