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*"When I listen to 'She's Actual Size', I would be lying if I said that it didn't make me a little disappointed, because the later performance versions of it have so much more spirit than the recorded version. It was very tentative at the (recording) time because it was just finished. [...] It's not so much the arrangement, but the confidence we have when we perform the song. It's frustrating to hear the "definitive" version of the song - I think it's a solid song - to be a timid performance. - [[John Flansburgh]] in an interview with [[Consumable Online John Flansburgh Interview|Consumable Online]], [[1994]] | *"When I listen to 'She's Actual Size', I would be lying if I said that it didn't make me a little disappointed, because the later performance versions of it have so much more spirit than the recorded version. It was very tentative at the (recording) time because it was just finished. [...] It's not so much the arrangement, but the confidence we have when we perform the song. It's frustrating to hear the "definitive" version of the song - I think it's a solid song - to be a timid performance. - [[John Flansburgh]] in an interview with [[Consumable Online John Flansburgh Interview|Consumable Online]], [[1994]] | ||
*During the band's later live performances of this song, Flansburgh and [[Dan Hickey]] would usually stop in the middle to perform the now-famous "[[Dan Hickey's Actual Drums|Dial-a-Drum-Solo]]" skit. You can hear a version of it on [[Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants| Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants]]. | *During the band's later live performances of this song, Flansburgh and [[Dan Hickey]] would usually stop in the middle to perform the now-famous "[[Dan Hickey's Actual Drums|Dial-a-Drum-Solo]]" skit. You can hear a version of it on [[Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants| Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants]]. | ||
| + | *The [[TMBG Clock Radio]] version is a dubstep-like remix, with a guest female vocalist and skat by her and Flans. | ||
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Revision as of 12:18, 14 February 2012
| song name | She's Actual Size |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Apollo 18 |
| year | 1992 |
| first played | February 1, 1992 (509 known performances) |
| run time | 2:05 |
| sung by | John Flansburgh, John Linnell |
Trivia/Info
- This song was apparently inspired by the band's 1990 Flood tour, during which they spent a lot of time driving around looking in rearview mirrors and at the phrase 'objects may appear larger than actual size' that appears on it. Flansburgh: "There's a country western song that talks about seeing someone going away in a rearview mirror. I thought that was a really succinct way of talking about leaving somebody behind. It turned into kind of a brag song about a woman who leaves everyone behind by the virtue for being super cool, so happening that they're intimidating." (XS Magazine, April 1, 1992)
- "This song is about scale, and sexuality, and, uh...relationships." - John Flansburgh, Feb. 10, 1992
- "When I listen to 'She's Actual Size', I would be lying if I said that it didn't make me a little disappointed, because the later performance versions of it have so much more spirit than the recorded version. It was very tentative at the (recording) time because it was just finished. [...] It's not so much the arrangement, but the confidence we have when we perform the song. It's frustrating to hear the "definitive" version of the song - I think it's a solid song - to be a timid performance. - John Flansburgh in an interview with Consumable Online, 1994
- During the band's later live performances of this song, Flansburgh and Dan Hickey would usually stop in the middle to perform the now-famous "Dial-a-Drum-Solo" skit. You can hear a version of it on Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants.
- The TMBG Clock Radio version is a dubstep-like remix, with a guest female vocalist and skat by her and Flans.
Song Themes
Cities, Language, Mind Control, Hypnotism, Money, New York City, Religion, Supernatural, Shapes, Size, Talking, Not Singing, Transportation
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