Difference between revisions of "The World's Address"
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<blockquote>A forgivable pun, I hope. Because it's trying to be two things at once. It's the address of the planet Earth, which is a sort of peculiar concept — things have addresses on Earth, but what is the address of the world? Then the idea of the world as a dress... a place that's worn, but also a world that's worn out. That was the kind of wordplay that I was attracted to when I was that age. | <blockquote>A forgivable pun, I hope. Because it's trying to be two things at once. It's the address of the planet Earth, which is a sort of peculiar concept — things have addresses on Earth, but what is the address of the world? Then the idea of the world as a dress... a place that's worn, but also a world that's worn out. That was the kind of wordplay that I was attracted to when I was that age. | ||
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| − | *Despite being written by Linnell{{ref|url=https://i.imgur.com/IoIMknW.jpg}} and performed by him on the [[The World's Address (Demo)|demo]], the album version of this song is sung by [[John Flansburgh]] instead. A similar scenario also occurred with the song "[[Reprehensible]]"{{ref|url=https://issuu.com/wpiarchives/docs/1998_v26_i1}}. | + | *Despite being written by Linnell{{ref|url=https://i.imgur.com/IoIMknW.jpg}} and performed by him on the [[The World's Address (Demo)|demo]], the album version of this song is sung by [[John Flansburgh]] instead. A similar scenario also occurred with the song "[[Reprehensible]]"{{ref|url=https://issuu.com/wpiarchives/docs/1998_v26_i1/6}}. |
*{{wp|Albert Einstein}} developed the special and general theories of relativity, and {{wp|Nicolaus Copernicus}} provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system. | *{{wp|Albert Einstein}} developed the special and general theories of relativity, and {{wp|Nicolaus Copernicus}} provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 21 March 2025
| song name | The World's Address |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Lincoln, Then: The Earlier Years |
| year | 1988 |
| first played | February 3, 1987 (7 known performances) |
| run time | 2:24 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh, John Linnell harmonizes |
Trivia/Info
- John Linnell on the song's title in 2023 for Everything Sticks Like A Broken Record, a track-by-track breakdown of the Lincoln album featured in Bandbox Issue #103:
A forgivable pun, I hope. Because it's trying to be two things at once. It's the address of the planet Earth, which is a sort of peculiar concept — things have addresses on Earth, but what is the address of the world? Then the idea of the world as a dress... a place that's worn, but also a world that's worn out. That was the kind of wordplay that I was attracted to when I was that age.
- Despite being written by Linnell[1] and performed by him on the demo, the album version of this song is sung by John Flansburgh instead. A similar scenario also occurred with the song "Reprehensible"[2].
- Albert Einstein developed the special and general theories of relativity, and Nicolaus Copernicus provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the solar system.
Song Themes
Clothes, Criminal Activities, Lies And Deception, Mirrors And Reflections, People (Real), Puns, Recycled Material, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Science, Self-Reference, The Senses, Sleep, Traded Tracks
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