Dial-A-Song Tribute

On alt.music.tmbg, Asa Pillsbury came up with the suggestion to create a fan-made tribute to the unreleased songs of Dial-A-Song. TMBW.Net was organizing and hosting the tribute album tracks as they were submitted.

After several discussions with the band's management, they have asked us not to move forward with the DAS Fan Tribute. While we are very disappointed, we understand that this is the band's intellectual property, and we want to keep good relations between TMBG and TMBW.Net.

Thank you to everyone that contributed tracks and artwork. We will continue to host them here, in the hopes that we can find a time in the future in which the band will let us resume this project. If you have already started a track, you can feel free to upload it here.

Again, we're sorry about this. Believe us, we were just as excited as several of you, who were contributing tracks.

Song eligibility

The concept was to pick a TMBG song that was on Dial-A-Song, but had never later been officially re-recorded by the band.

Eligible songs should not have an official re-recorded release by the band. As an example, "Cabbagetown" (once a Dial-A-Song demo) is not eligible because of its later studio recording on the I Palindrome I EP. However, a song like "Somebody's Body," a Dial-A-Song track later re-released in higher fidelity on TMBG Unlimited (but not re-recorded) is acceptable.

Also, songs could not have been registered by John Flansburgh or John Linnell on BMI.

Songs that were to be covered

• No Answer --Mucket 21:57, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
• Tumbleweed --Mandaliet 22:54, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
• Feel Good Sublet --User:Nationalparksign 23:00, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
• The Summer Breeze--Unmutual 01:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Cupid --MagicTurtle643 03:28, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Sally Boy Candy Bar --Masonstein 17:46, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• What Is Everyone Staring At? --JasonDeLima 04:45, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Wreck It Apart --MrSketchyGalore 04:49, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Mrs. Cinderella --DominEl 22:19, 21 June 2008
• Half A Boy --TVsKyle 06:40, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Brainwashing Our Fighting Boys --DrWorm 08:45, 22 June 2008
• When Tornadoes Take Over The World --Bryce 08:54, 22 June 2008
• Free Bird's Rebirth --Teddyleevin 16:35, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Hi Honey I'm Home --Goodtimes2 19:54, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Somebody's Body --Self Called Nowhere 20:21, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Bread Hair --Thunderbird 02:32, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• No Answer --Samuel 21:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
• Tiny Doctors --Yamfox 00:29, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Instrumental (Name Unknown) --Tedadore2 04:57, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• I Need Some Lovin' --CapitalQ ♫ talk ♪ 09:37, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Tiny Doctors/What Is Everyone Staring At? --tgies 10:18, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• No Answer --Self Called Nowhere 18:25, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• How Much Cake Can You Eat? --Richegreen 21:00, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
• Cupid --Oreosarecrack 03:59, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
• Hiya --J2 02:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
• Too Real --JumbledPileofPerson 05:01, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
• We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime --Ana 16:52, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
• No Answer --MartysSoloCareer 18:41, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
• Confusing The Mind --Bryce 00:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
• The King Of Wingo --Chris Stangl 22:53, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
• No Answer --Cronny 22:25, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
• Dial-A-Song Promo --ant 05:53, 28 June 2008 (UTC) (+a possible additional contributor who at this time prefers to remain anonymous)
• No Answer, How Much Cake Can You Eat?, maybe something else. --1000oclock 22:53, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
• Rock Club --Eaglefire 01:02, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
• Outboard Part Of Man, Wreck It Apart --Aaroneoustruths 02:35, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Covers that have been submitted

Songs available to choose from

This list contains all the songs we believe are eligible for the tribute album. These songs originated on Dial-A-Song and were not re-recorded for a studio release at a later point, unless they were changed drastically enough to be incomparable to the final version. Some songs such as "Mainstream U.S.A." and "Swing Is A Word" could not be included because they are registered on BMI under TMBG Music (see above on the page for BMI links).

• A TMBG Song
• Brainwashing Our Fighting Boys
• Bread Hair
• Coffee Table Of Love
• Confusing The Mind
• Cupid
• Don't Know Why It Takes That Long
• Feel Good Sublet
• Free Bird's Rebirth / Free Bird's Rebirth (Version 2)
• Hi
• Hi Honey I'm Home
• How Much Cake Can You Eat?
• I Find It Hard To Believe
• I Need Some Lovin'
• I Palindrome I (Dial-A-Song) / I Palindrome I (Dial-A-Song Version 2)
• Instrumental
• Mrs. Cinderella
• No Answer
• Not Too Clear, Not Too Long
• Outboard Part Of Man
• Reminder
• Rock Club
• Side 2
• Somebody's Body
• Stooge
• The King Of Wingo
• The Power Of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song / The Power Of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song (Version 2)
• The Summer Breeze
• The Sun Is On Fire
• The Writing's On The Wall
• There's A New Song Every Hour
• Titanic Fog
• To The Bubblecraft!
• Trucker's Coffee
• Tumbleweed
• We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime
• Welcome To The World
• What Is Everyone Staring At?
• When Tornadoes Take Over The World
• Wreck It Apart
• You're Watching...