Withered Hope
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| song name | Withered Hope |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | The Else, They Might Be Highlights From The Else |
| year | 2007 |
| first played | May 3, 2007 (224 known performances) |
| run time | 2:54 |
| sung by | John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- Both this song and "Upside Down Frown" were written over a set of "delightful drum loops" provided by The Dust Brothers for The Else[1].
- The samples are from the introduction of the album Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. Sharon Jones herself would later offer backing vocals for "Crystal Fortress" in 2008.
- The "picture in a book of a beautiful crook" may be a reference to an idea for a book Flansburgh had when the Johns were offered a book deal prior to the recording of The Else, which never materialized. Flansburgh pitched a book about the history of crooks, while Linnell had a concept that eventually led to the song "The Mesopotamians."[2]
Song Themes
Body Parts, Cities, Eyes, Friendship, Funny But Sad, Heads, Love, Love Gone Sour, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, People (Imaginary), Personification, Questions, Reading, Recursion, Sadness, Shapes, Songs With Samples
Videos
- Watch it on
- Recorded live on May 16, 2007 - Watch it on - Recorded live on November 23, 2007
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