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| − | |Album = [[Working Undercover For The Man (EP)]], [[Mink Car]] | + | |Album = [[Working Undercover For The Man (EP)]], [[Mink Car]] (except European releases) |
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| − | * | + | *John Flansburgh, from [https://web.archive.org/web/20050312050201/http://www.bandoppler.com/3_F_TMBG.htm bandoppler.com]: |
| − | + | <blockquote>It's more a meditation on the "{{wp|Mod Squad}}" than anything else. The idea of the narc just seems...Like, those episodes of ''{{wp|Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet}}'' where they have the young, undercover dress in a hippie suit. The whole thing about being in a band, you can almost think of everything as a costume. There's something artificial about it, but you've taken everything from street life, and then incorporated them into a stage show. There's nothing normal about being on stage. There's nothing true about being on stage. I guess the idea of rock music...people in the rock culture are so hung up on this notion of "authenticity" that it's painful. And I just thought that the idea of the guy in the band, you know, he's just a {{wp|informant|narc}}, was kind of exciting. It just revealed a larger potential lie. Like, maybe the guy in {{wp|Soundgarden}} isn't really on the verge of total emotional collapse. Maybe he just thinks his hair looks really good today.</blockquote> | |
| + | *Flansburgh in a [http://www.museumofidiots.com/tmbg/articles/jf/19981000popculturecorn.html1998 1998 interview with ''Pop Culture Corn'']: | ||
| + | <blockquote>I've always been infatuated with the expression "the man," because it's so vague and mysterious. It just has a certain {{wp|X-Files}} appeal to it. It's such a paranoid idea. It's sorta like an update on the "Mod Squad" concept, the idea that there's a band going around the country infiltrating youth culture.</blockquote> | ||
| + | *Prior to the release of the studio version, this song was performed live with a different arrangement that was more of a nod to 1960s pop. | ||
| + | *Flansburgh wrote the horn charts for this song.{{ref|url=http://tmbgareok.tumblr.com/post/169151665351/how-much-of-the-arrangements-do-each-of-you-do-on}} | ||
====Song Themes==== | ====Song Themes==== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Eyes]], [[Hair]], [[Intelligence, Espionage]], [[Lies And Deception]], [[Music]], [[Occupations]], [[Transportation]] |
====Videos==== | ====Videos==== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:00, 30 May 2024
| song name | Working Undercover for the Man |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Working Undercover For The Man (EP), Mink Car (except European releases) |
| year | 2000 |
| first played | September 8, 1998 (90 known performances) |
| run time | 2:19 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- John Flansburgh, from bandoppler.com:
It's more a meditation on the "Mod Squad" than anything else. The idea of the narc just seems...Like, those episodes of Dragnet where they have the young, undercover dress in a hippie suit. The whole thing about being in a band, you can almost think of everything as a costume. There's something artificial about it, but you've taken everything from street life, and then incorporated them into a stage show. There's nothing normal about being on stage. There's nothing true about being on stage. I guess the idea of rock music...people in the rock culture are so hung up on this notion of "authenticity" that it's painful. And I just thought that the idea of the guy in the band, you know, he's just a narc, was kind of exciting. It just revealed a larger potential lie. Like, maybe the guy in Soundgarden isn't really on the verge of total emotional collapse. Maybe he just thinks his hair looks really good today.
- Flansburgh in a 1998 interview with Pop Culture Corn:
I've always been infatuated with the expression "the man," because it's so vague and mysterious. It just has a certain X-Files appeal to it. It's such a paranoid idea. It's sorta like an update on the "Mod Squad" concept, the idea that there's a band going around the country infiltrating youth culture.
- Prior to the release of the studio version, this song was performed live with a different arrangement that was more of a nod to 1960s pop.
- Flansburgh wrote the horn charts for this song.[1]
Song Themes
Eyes, Hair, Intelligence, Espionage, Lies And Deception, Music, Occupations, Transportation
Videos
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