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Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants

Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants

thumb Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants is a 2002 (see 2002 in music) double album by They Might Be Giants. Despite the name, it is not a compilation of tracks from the band's "Dial-A-Song" service (some such tracks do appear on the rarities album They Got Lost). It is instead a compilation of various album and live tracks from the band's history, spanning their full career up to the time of its release. It was issued by Rhino Records and compiled by singer/songwriter/guitarist John Flansburgh. The first disc focuses mainly on the group's singles and better-known album tracks. Disc two delves into more obscure fan favorites and live cuts.

Track listing

Disc one

# "Birdhouse in Your Soul" # "Ana Ng" # "Don't Let's Start" # "Boss Of Me" (theme from Malcolm in the Middle) # "Older" # "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" # "Dr. Worm" # "The Guitar" # "Dr. Evil" (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) # "New York City" # "Particle Man" # "Cyclops Rock" # "Minimum Wage" # "Man, It's So Loud In Here" # "We're The Replacements" # "Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandescent Gas)" (Live) # "Your Racist Friend" # "Bangs" # "Snail Shell" # "Twisting" # "Another First Kiss" # "They'll Need A Crane" # "Statue Got Me High" # "(She Was A) Hotel Detective" # "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head" # "I Palindrome I"

Disc two

# "She's An Angel" # "How Can I Sing Like A Girl?" # "James K. Polk" # "Meet James Ensor" # "Mammal" # "Pet Name" # "No!" # "I Can Hear You" # "Spider" # "I Should Be Allowed To Think" # "Fingertips" # "She's Actual Size" (new live version) # "Spy" (new live version) # "Stormy Pinkness" (live in Berlin 1989) # "Exquisite Dead Guy" # "Robot Parade" (adult version) # "Boat of Car" # "S-E-X-X-Y" # "Number Three" # "End Of The Tour" # "They Might Be Giants" # "Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought you Said we Had a Deal" # "Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon" # "Snowball In Hell" # "Purple Toupee" # "Cowtown" Though unmentioned in the liner notes, the version of "James K. Polk" on this compilation has a different vocal track than the one from the Factory Showroom album. Whether it was re-recorded specifically for this release, or from the original session, is unknown.

External links

- [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Dial-A-Song_20_Years_Of_They_Might_Be_Giants Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants] page at This Might Be A Wiki Category:They Might Be Giants albums Category:2002 albums Category:Double albums

2002 in music

Events

2002 was marked by significant trends in Rock Music. Two music genres were focused on in this year both gained major popularity. The continued trend of pop music leaning to R&B and hiphop, and Rock gradualy changing its face from the underground. Rock which had for the past years been dominated by corporate nu-metal bands such as Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and pop-punk acts such as Blink-182, and Green Day, began sharing the scene with other genres such as emo which saw increase in interest in record sales which would pick up in the coming years, with bands such as Taking Back Sunday releasing the album Tell All Your Friends , and Brand New. Indie also saw a slight rise in sales, with increasing awareness in indie bands from the Omaha, Nebraska indie scene. Nirvana also made a dramatic comeback with the song You Know You're Right quickly becoming a chart topper, briefly. Rap continued to have mainstream success in the pop world, with Eminem's The Eminem Show becoming one of the fastest selling rap albums, alongside with Nelly for the year of 2002.
- April 23, 2002: Wilco's critically acclaimed fourth album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", is released, debuting at #13.
- June 5 - U.S. soul and R&B singer R. Kelly, was charged with 21 counts of child pornography after a videotape allegedly shows him having sex with an underage girl is broadcast on the Internet.
- June 15 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 10th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Hoobastank, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Eat World, Moby, New Found Glory, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, The Strokes, System of a Down, Unwritten Law, The Vines, The Violent Femmes and Rob Zombie.
- July 16 - Simon & Garfunkel release the album Live In New York City, 1967, a recording of their live performance at Lincoln Center on 22 January 1967.
- 11–13 October - The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston.
- November to December - Die Trying records their self-titled debut album, which was released on June 10, 2003.
- November 29 - The Concert For George is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death, under the musical direction of friend Eric Clapton. Performers included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ravi Shankar, Billy Preston and others. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation
- December 2 - Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.
- Glastonbury Festival, June 28 to 30. Headline acts: Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, Air
- Area 2 Festival, Headline acts: Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, Blue Man Group
- Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True on March 24 [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fm20020403sm.htm]
- U2 and Paul McCartney perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI. U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack.
- Velvet Revolver forms
- Fear Factory disbands
- Megadeth disbands
- Stabbing Westward disbands
- Godflesh disbands
- Apollo Sunshine's musical career begins
- Audioslave's musical career begins
- Rose Falcon's musical career begins
- Beyoncé Knowles' solo career begins
- Zwan's musical career begins

Albums released

- Da Capo (Released in Europe) - Ace of Base
- O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits - Aerosmith
- Stripped - Christina Aguilera
- The All-American Rejects - The All-American Rejects
- Mon Chi Chi - All Systems Go!
- Pop 'til You drop(US released) - A-Teens
- Audioslave - Audioslave
- The Metal Opera: Part II - Tobias Sammet's Avantasia
- The Process of Belief - Bad Religion (released in Europe in 2001)
- Nordland I - Bathory
- Sea Change - Beck
- Greatest Hits - Björk
- Family Tree - Björk
- Level II - BLACKstreet
- A Night at the Opera - Blind Guardian
- Bounce - Bon Jovi
- Corporate America - Boston
- Lifted, or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground - Bright Eyes
- You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
- The Naked Ride Home - Jackson Browne
- Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years - Camper Van Beethoven
- Tusk - Camper Van Beethoven
- Degradation Trip - Jerry Cantrell
- Charmbracelet - Mariah Carey
- Blacklisted - Neko Case
- Let It Rain - Tracy Chapman
- Wonder What's Next - Chevelle
- Come With Us - Chemical Brothers
- Shake It Off - Jarvis Church
- Purple Onion - Les Claypool
- Dark Days - Coal Chamber
- A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
- 10 - LL Cool J
- Testify - Phil Collins
- Go Me - Cory P
- Hard Candy - Counting Crows
- Darkhorse - Crazy Town
- C'mon C'mon - Sheryl Crow
- Folk-Lore - Cruachan
- Damage Done - Dark Tranquillity
- Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band
- X - Def Leppard
- Shawn Desman - Shawn Desman
- Killing the Dragon - Dio
- A New Day Has Come - Céline Dion
- Believe - The Disturbed
- Home - Dixie Chicks
- Pied Piper - Donovan
- Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow - Down
- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater
- El Cielo - dredg
- The Mytotyc Exyt - Dryft
- The Eminem Show - Eminem
- New Beat - The Exit
- Fuck The System - The Exploited
- What it is to Burn - Finch
- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
- One by One - Foo Fighters
- Up - Peter Gabriel
- Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- The Young and the Hopeless - Good Charlotte
- Up All Night - Gore Gore Girls
- Superstarved - Gravity Kills (final album)
- Gusto! - Guttermouth
- Crucible - Rob Halford
- Crimson Thunder - Hammerfall
- Cherry Marmalade - Kay Hanley
- Faith In My Heart And Soul - Holli
- Kings of Pop - Home Grown
- Lemon Tongue - Honeymoon Suite
- Make Up the Breakdown - Hot Hot Heat
- Sons of Northern Darkness - Immortal
- Reroute to Remain - In Flames
- The Wraith: Shangri-La - Insane Clown Posse
- Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
- Oceanic - Isis
- Living with the Past - Jethro Tull
- Come Away With Me - Norah Jones and The Handsome Band
- Red 13 - Journey
- Live in London - Judas Priest
- Untouchables - KoЯn
- The Ragpicker's Dream - Mark Knopfler
- Waking the Dead - L.A. Guns
- Comalies - Lacuna Coil
- Let Go - Avril Lavigne
- Lost Horizons - Lemon Jelly
- This is Me...Then - Jennifer Lopez
- Warriors of the World - Manowar
- Songs about Jane - Maroon 5 (debut)
- More Than You Think You Are - Matchbox Twenty
- Room for Squares - John Mayer
- Destination Unknown - Mest
- Fever - Kylie Minogue
- Statues - Moloko
- Gateways to Annihilation - Morbid Angel
- Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morissette
- Hammered - Motörhead
- The End of All Things To Come - Mudvayne
- Nellyville - Nelly
- Century Child - Nightwish
- In Their Darkened Shrines - Nile
- No Secrets - No Secrets
- Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
- Deliverance - Opeth
- Shut Up - Kelly Osbourne
- lovehatetragedy - Papa Roach
- Dutty Rock - Sean Paul
- Riot Act - Pearl Jam
- Round Room - Phish
- Black Sun - Primal Fear
- Jinx - Quarashi
- Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
- By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Cheer Up - Reel Big Fish
- Power of the Dragonflame - Rhapsody
- Forty Licks - The Rolling Stones
- Simply Deep - Kelly Rowland
- The Brotherhood - Running Wild
- Vapor Trails - Rush
- ( ) - Sigur Rós
- The Way I Feel - Remy Shand
- The Art of Balance - Shadows Fall
- Grandes Éxitos - Shakira
- Suicide By My Side - Sinergy
- At Sixes and Sevens - Sirenia
- One Beat - Sleater-Kinney
- Lust in Phaze - Soul Coughing
- 8 Mile - Soundtrack
- Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams - Soundtrack
- Space Metal - (Arjen Anthony Lucassen's) Star One
- Start Static - Sugarcult
- Does This Look Infected? - Sum 41
- Monsters in the Closet - Swollen Members
- The Odyssey - Symphony X
- Steal This Album! - System of a Down
- 200 Km/H in the Wrong Lane - t.A.T.u.
- Rampton - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
- No! - They Might Be Giants
- They Got Lost - They Might Be Giants
- Away from the Sun - 3 Doors Down
- Justified - Justin Timberlake
- The Radio Tisdas Sessions - Tinariwen
- 3D - TLC
- The Last DJ - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Up! - Shania Twain
- Erase The Past - UP SyNDROME
- Maladroit - Weezer
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Broken Hearted - Revolution
- Confession of Love - Revolution
- Dying For the World - W.A.S.P.
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
- FZ:OZ - Frank Zappa

Top hits on record

- "All I Have" - Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J
- "All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u.
- "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte
- "Are You In?" - Incubus
- "Breath" - Swollen Members featuring Nelly Furtado
- "Broken Hearted" - Revolution
- "Brother Down" - Sam Roberts
- "Butterflies" - Michael Jackson
- "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" - Kylie Minogue, Minogue's first American Top 10 single in 14 years.
- "Can't help stop falling in love" - A-Teens
- "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
- "Cleaning Out My Closet" - Eminem
- "Come Into My World" - Kylie Minogue
- "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
- "Confession Of Love" - Revolution
- "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" - The White Stripes
- "Defy You" - The Offspring
- "Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
- "Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
- "Disease" - Matchbox Twenty
- "Don't Cry For Us" - Justincase (debut single)
- "Don't Walk Away Eileen" - Sam Roberts
- "Everyday" - Bon Jovi
- "Faith In My Heart And Soul" - Holli
- "First Date" - Blink-182
- "Get Ready" - Shawn Desman
- "Get the Party Started" - Pink
- "Gimme the Light" - Sean Paul
- "Girl Talk" - TLC
- "Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" - Las Ketchup
- "Hella Good" - No Doubt
- "Hands Clean" - Alanis Morissette
- "Hey Ma" - Cam'ron
- "Hot in Herre" - Nelly
- "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
- "I'm Alive" - Céline Dion
- "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain
- "In My Place" - Coldplay
- "In the End" - Linkin Park
- "Isle Of Dreams" (featuring Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) - Spy Kids
- "Jenny From The Block" - Jennifer Lopez
- "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks
- "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" - Good Charlotte
- "Like I Love You" - Justin Timberlake
- "Little By Little" - Oasis
- "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
- "Love to See You Cry" - Enrique Iglesias
- "Lovely" - Bubba Sparxxx
- "My Sacrifice" - Creed
- "A New Day Has Come" - Céline Dion
- "Opinions" - Mest
- "Rock Steady" - Remy Shand
- "Roll Out (My Business)" - Ludacris
- "The Scientist" - Coldplay
- "Shake It Off" - Jarvis Church
- "She Loves Me Not" - Papa Roach
- "Shut Up" - Kelly Osbourne
- "Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne
- "Soak Up The Sun" - Sheryl Crow
- "Steppin' Thru" - Swollen Members
- "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow
- "Stole" - Kelly Rowland
- "Take a Message" - Remy Shand
- "Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
- "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey
- "Underneath It All" - No Doubt
- "The Way I Feel" - Remy Shand
- "Without Me" - Eminem
- "Your Body is a Wonderland" - John Mayer See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2002 (USA)

Top 10 selling albums of the year

#The Eminem Show - Eminem #Nellyville - Nelly #Let Go - Avril Lavigne #Home - Dixie Chicks #A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion #Missundaztood - Pink #Ashanti - Ashanti #Drive - Alan Jackson #Up! - Shania Twain #O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack

Classical music

- Leonardo Balada - Passacaglia for Orchestra
- George Crumb - Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano
- Patrick Hawes - Blue in Blue
- John Kinsella - Cello Concerto
- Theo Loevendie - Clarinet Concerto

Opera

- Friedrich Cerha - Der Riese vom Steinfeld
- Mark-Anthony Turnage - The Silver Tassie

Musical theater

- Bombay Dreams     London production
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang     London production
- Hairspray     Broadway production
- Movin' Out     Broadway production
- Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical     Broadway production opened on March 14 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 109 performances and 18 previews.
- Taboo London production opened January 29
- Thoroughly Modern Millie     Broadway production

Musical films

- Chicago

Births

Deaths

- January 7 - Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer, suicide.
- January 21 - Peggy Lee, Jazz performer, most famous for song Fever ("You give me fever...")
- February 1 - Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
- February 13 - Waylon Jennings
- February 24 - Leo Ornstein, composer, 109
- February 27 - Dudley Moore, English composer, pianist and actor
- March 1 - Doreen Waddell, vocalist of bands Soul II Soul and KLF
- March 4 - Mark Vann (39), Leftover Salmon, melanoma
- March 23 - Eileen Farrell (82), operatic soprano
- March 24 - Dorothy Delay, Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori
- April 5 - Layne Staley, member of Alice in Chains
- April 25 - Lisa Lopes, member of TLC
- April 27 - Hillous Butrum, country musician
- March 26 - Randy Castillo (41), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe
- May 7 - Xavier Montsalvatge, composer
- June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone, 49, The Ramones
- June 27 - John Entwistle (57), bassist for The Who
- June 29 - Rosemary Clooney, US singer and actress
- July 2 - Ray Brown (75), jazz bassist
- July 2 - Earle Brown, composer
- August 2 - Joe Allison, songwriter
- August 14 - Dave Williams, member of Drowning Pool
- August 31 - Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso
- September 20 - Joan Littlewood, impresario
- September 29 - Mickey Newbury, singer, songwriter
- October 24 - Adolph Green, lyricist
- October 30 - Jam Master Jay, member of Run DMC
- November 3 - Lonnie Donegan, musician
- November 21 - Hadda Brooks, U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer, 86
- December 9 - Mary Hansen, member of Stereolab
- December 22 - Joe Strummer, member of The Clash

Awards

- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Isaac Hayes, Brenda Lee, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Gene Pitney, Ramones and the Talking Heads
- Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Pat Boone, and Amy Grant

Grammy Awards

- Grammy Awards of 2002

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

- Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Mercury Music Prize

- A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite wins.

Charts

KROQ

- KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2002

Triple J Hottest 100

- Triple J Hottest 100, 2002
- Category:Years in music

They Might Be Giants

: They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as "the two Johns" or "John and John". Known for their experimental / pop music, they have been popular on college campuses and earned a reputation as "intellectual rock" or "nerd rock." The band has maintained a loyal following over its 20+ years of existence, enough that fans rushed an online poll and got John Linnell voted one of People Magazine's "Most Beautiful People" in 1998 [http://www.tmbg.org/cool/linnell/]. TMBG's most famous songs are probably one single from each of their first three albums, "Don't Let's Start" (from They Might Be Giants), "Ana Ng" (from Lincoln), and "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (from Flood). Their appearance on the show Tiny Toon Adventures also gained recognition for their song "Particle Man" and cover of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)". They are also known for their version of the Bob Mould song "Dog on Fire" (the theme song to The Daily Show), and "Boss of Me", the theme to the hit television comedy Malcolm in the Middle, for which they won a Grammy Award. They also provide the theme song for The Travel Channel's "Amazing Vacation Homes", and Teletoon's The Wrong Coast.

History

The two Johns first met as children in Lincoln, Massachusetts. They began writing songs together in high school, but they never officially formed a band. Eventually the two went to separate colleges after high school, and Linnell joined The Mundanes, a New Wave group from Rhode Island. The two finally reunited after moving to Brooklyn (in the same apartment building on the same day) to continue their career.

Then: The Earlier Years (1982–1989)

BrooklynThe band began performing their own music accompanied by a drum machine, and soon became fixtures on the Manhattan underground. Their early work has been described as a type of performance art, in which they used many innovative stage props, including giant cardboard cutout heads of William Allen White. Many of these props would later turn up in their first music videos. Although they had a strong local following, they had a hard time getting a record deal. They did many live performances in New York, but when Linnell broke his wrist in a biking accident and Flansburgh's apartment was broken into and all his guitars were stolen, they set up the Dial-A-Song system with an answering machine hooked up to a tape of them playing popular songs. It soon caught the eye of Bar/None Records and earned them a review in People magazine. The duo released their self-titled debut album in 1986, and it became a college radio hit. The video for "Don't Let's Start" became a hit on MTV, earning them a broader following. In 1988, they released their second album, Lincoln. The album's artwork, featuring the famous podiums on the cover, marked a high point of the band's regular collaboration with Brooklyn musical inventor Brian Dewan. Beyond artwork, Dewan also performed and sang on many of their songs, both on their albums and live. Lincoln caused a major shock within the US music industry when, in its first week of release, it knocked U2's The Joshua Tree off the top of the Billboard College Charts (the US music industry's equivalent to the "Alternative/Independent" charts elsewhere in the world) after only a one-week stay at the top. (Most were expecting U2 to be on top for the remainder of the year.) The first single from Lincoln, "Ana Ng", reached number 89 on the UK Billboard charts and was #1 in the College Charts, garnering the attention of major labels.

Elektra Period (1990–1998)

In 1989, they signed with Elektra Records, and released their third album Flood the following year. Flood earned them a gold album, largely thanks to singles for "Birdhouse in Your Soul", which reached number 6 in the UK charts, and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)". Further interest in the band was generated when two cartoon music videos were created by Warner Brothers for Tiny Toon Adventures: "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man". The videos reflected the high "kid appeal" that TMBG had, resulting from their often silly or absurd songs and poppy melodies. Following those successes, Bar/None Records released the B-sides and rarities compilation Miscellaneous T in 1991. Following the 1992 release of Apollo 18, Flansburgh and Linnell decided to move away from the two-guys-with-samples nature of their live show, and recruited a supporting band that consisted of former Pere Ubu bassist Tony Maimone and drummer Brian Doherty. Through subsequent touring, the new "band" began to function as a collective unit, encouraging the Johns to record new albums in the band format. Several albums followed, including John Henry (1994) and their last for Elektra, Factory Showroom (1996). They left Elektra after Factory Showroom failed due to a lack of exposure.

Beyond Elektra (1999–Present)

In 1999, the ever-changing backing band lineup settled on "The Band of Dans", forming a full house line-up of Johns and Dans for almost five years. The Band of Dans was a trio of guys named Dan: guitarist Dan Miller, bassist Danny Weinkauf (both formerly of the band Lincoln) and drummer Dan Hickey. In 2004, however, Dan Hickey left the band and was subsequently replaced by Marty Beller, who had already played with TMBG for kids' shows and other projects. For most of their career, TMBG have been on the forefront of activity on the Internet. As early as 1992, the band was sending news updates to their fans via Usenet newsgroups. In 1999, They Might Be Giants became the first band to release an entire album exclusively on the Internet with Long Tall Weekend, available through Emusic's "TMBG Unlimited" service. Five years later, the band started one of the first artist-owned online music stores, at which customers could buy MP3 copies of their music for US$10 an album. By creating their own store, the band could keep money that would otherwise go to record companies. ([http://www.theymightbedownloads.com/ TMBG MP3 Music Store]) In 1999, the band contributed the song "Dr. Evil" to the motion picture Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Over their career, the band performed on numerous movie and television soundtracks, including The Oblongs, the ABC News miniseries Brave New World, and Ed and His Dead Mother. They also performed the theme music "Dog on Fire", composed by Bob Mould, for the Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. More recently, they composed and performed the music for the TLC series Resident Life, the theme song for the Disney Channel program Higglytown Heroes, and a song about the cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog. Contributing the TMBG single "Boss of Me" as the theme song to the hit television series Malcolm in the Middle, as well as to the show's compilation CD, brought a new audience to the band. Not only did the band contribute the theme, songs from all of the Giants' previous albums were used on the show: for example, the infamous punching-the-kid-in-the-wheelchair scene from the first MITM episode was done to the strains of "Pencil Rain" from Lincoln. "Boss of Me" became the band's second top-40 hit in the UK. On September 11 2001, they released the album Mink Car. The making of that album, including a record signing event at a Manhattan Tower Records, was included in a 2003 documentary directed by AJ Schnack titled Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns). The film, released in 2003, won rave reviews and several awards, and was featured in dozens of film festivals. The film was released on DVD in 2003. In 2002, the band released their first album "for the entire family," No!. They followed it up in 2003 with their first book, an illustrated children's book with an included EP, Bed, Bed, Bed. Bed, Bed, Bed 2005.]] In 2004, the band released their first new rock work in years, the EP Indestructible Object. They followed that up with a new album, The Spine, and an associated EP, The Spine Surfs Alone. For the album's first single, "Experimental Film", TMBG teamed up with Homestar Runner creators Matt and Mike Chapman to create an animated music video. The band's collaboration with the Brothers Chaps also included several Puppet Jam segments with puppet Homestar. TMBG also became slightly involved with the electoral process by contributing a track to the Future Soundtrack For America compilation, a project compiled by John Flansburgh with the help of Spike Jonze and Barsuk Records. The band contributed "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", a political campaign song from the presidential election of 1840. The compilation was released by Barsuk and featured indie, alternative, and high-profile acts such as Death Cab For Cutie, The Flaming Lips, and Bright Eyes. All proceeds went to progressive organizations such as Music For America and MoveOn.org. Following the Spine Surfs the Hiway Tour of 2004, the band announced that they would take an extended hiatus from performing to focus on other projects, such as a musical produced by Flansburgh and written by his wife, Robin "Goldie" Goldwasser, titled People Are Wrong!. 2005 saw the release of Here Come the ABCs, TMBG's follow-up to the successful children's album No!. Disney Sound released the CD and DVD separately on February 15 2005. However, children are currently barred from TMBG's concerts (except, of course, their children-exclusive shows). The reasons stated on their site mention a number of elements uncharacteristic to their typical concerts (such as pot smoking and violent, drunken audience members.

The band's name

The band takes its name from the 1971 movie They Might Be Giants starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward (based on the play of the same name written by James Goldman). The play (and movie) title is a reference to Don Quixote, who mistook windmills for giants. George C. Scott's character discusses man's ability to invent and analyze past the obvious, saying:

Of course, [Quixote] carried it a bit too far. He thought that every windmill was a giant. That's insane. But, thinking that they might be... Well, all the best minds used to think the world was flat. But, what if it isn't? It might be round. And bread mold might be medicine. If we never looked at things and thought of what they might be, why, we'd all still be out there in the tall grass with the apes.

In an interview Flansburgh said (paraphrasing) that the words 'they might be giants' are just a very outward looking forward thing, that they liked. In an earlier radio interview, Linnell described the phrase as "something very paranoid sounding". Also, the band's name is parodied in Terry Pratchett's novel Soul Music by the dwarf "rock band", "We're Certainly Dwarfs".

Discography

Studio Albums

- They Might Be Giants (aka The Pink Album) (1986)
- Lincoln (1988)
- Flood (1990)
- Apollo 18 (1992)
- John Henry (1994)
- Factory Showroom (1996)
- Long Tall Weekend (1999) (Internet Release)
- Mink Car (2001)
- No! (2002)
- The Spine (2004)
- Here Come the ABCs (2005)

EPs and Singles

- Don't Let's Start (1987)
- (She Was A) Hotel Detective (1988)
- They'll Need a Crane (1989)
- Ana Ng (1989)
- Purple Toupee (1989)
- Birdhouse in Your Soul (1989)
- Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1990)
- The Statue Got Me High (1992)
- The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) (1992)
- I Palindrome I (1992)
- Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) (1993)
- O Tannenbaum (1993)
- Back to Skull (1994)
- S-E-X-X-Y (1996)
- Doctor Worm (1998)
- What We Did This Summer (1999)
- Working Undercover for the Man (2000)
- Boss of Me (2000)
- Man, It's So Loud in Here (2001)
- They Might Be Giants in Holidayland (2001)
- Indestructible Object (2004)
- The Spine Surfs Alone (2004)
- Experimental Film (2004)
- "T-Shirt" (2005) (Single, exclusive to iTunes Music Store)
Compilations, Online Releases, Other Releases

- Miscellaneous T (1991)
- Live!! New York City 10/14/94 (1994)
- Then: The Earlier Years (1997)
- Severe Tire Damage (1998) (Mostly live album)
- Live (1999)
- Long Tall Weekend (1999) (Internet release only)
- They Got Lost (2002)
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants (2002)
- Bed, Bed, Bed (2003)
- The Spine Hits The Road (2004) (Internet release only, live album)
- Almanac (2004) (Internet release only, live album)
- Venue Songs (2004) (Internet release only)
- A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants (2005)
- Venue Songs (re-release) (2005) (A re-release of Venue Songs in a CD/DVD combo pack with bonus material)
Charting Singles

Music Videos
The band has made music videos for many of their songs, including:
- "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" (1986)
- "Don't Let's Start" (1986)
- "(She Was a) Hotel Detective" (1986)
- "Ana Ng" (1988)
- "Purple Toupee" (1988)
- "They'll Need a Crane" (1988)
- "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (1990)
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (1990)
- "The Statue Got Me High" (1992)
- "The Guitar" (1992)
- "Snail Shell" (1994)
- "Doctor Worm" (1998)
- "Boss of Me" (2001) (abridged version premiered on FOX, some airplay on MTV2 and other stations) Other videos include:
- "Rabid Child" (1986) (home video, not released publicly, clip can be seen in Gigantic)
- "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" (1990) (produced by and featured on Tiny Toons)
- "Particle Man" (1990) (produced by and featured on Tiny Toons)
- "Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is A Mass Of Incandecent Gas)" (1997) (animated/live action, premered on KaBlam!)
- "Doctor Worm" (1999?) (animated, premered on KaBlam!)
- "Cut the Strings" (2001) (can be found at [http://www.twinkleland.com/gallery_cutthestrings.html twinkleland.com])
- "Courage the Cowardly Dog" (2003?) (computer animated, aired on Cartoon Network)
- "Experimental Film" (2004) (animated, with Homestar Runner characters)
- "Damn Good Times" (2005) (animated, appears on [http://www.tmbg.com tmbg.com])
- "Bastard Wants to Hit Me" (2005) (animated, appears on [http://www.tmbg.com tmbg.com])
External links

- [http://www.tmbg.com Official They Might Be Giants web page]
- [http://www.theymightbegiants.com Official band-operated download site]
- [http://www.dialasong.com/ They Might Be Giants' Dial A Song]
- [http://www.giganticfilm.com/ The official Gigantic web page]
- [http://www.giantkid.net/ The Official TMBG Kids web page]
- [http://www.tmbg.ukfriends.com/ TMBG:UK - a fansite with a European flavour]
- TMBW:This Might Be A Wiki - a wiki about TMBG. As of September 24, 2005, it contained 8594 pages.
- [http://www.tmbg.org/ The Unofficial They Might Be Giants Site]
- [http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html Experimental Film Video]
- [http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/giants.html They Might Be Giants Release First MP3 Only Album] - MP3 Newswire article
- [http://tmbgtalk.1.forumer.com/ TMBG Talk] a discussion forum for fans of TMBG
- Category:Songwriters Category:American musical groups Category:Rock music groups

They Got Lost

They Got Lost is a rarities compilation album by the group They Might Be Giants. It was issued in 2002 (see 2002 in music) in the USA and 2005 in the UK. Several tracks were previously featured on Dial-A-Song and the associated Web site. Some were produced for various side projects, such as a Robert Krulwich TV special on science ("All Alone", a sea shanty-like song about a bacterium transported to the Moon by Surveyor 3); a special edition of the McSweeney's quarterly ("Theme from McSweeney's"); and the radio show This American Life ("I'm Sick (of This American Life)"). "Token Back to Brooklyn" was previously a hidden track on the album Factory Showroom. The title song previously appeared on Severe Tire Damage (in more uptempo form) and Long Tall Weekend.

Track listing

# "Rest Awhile" # "Truth In Your Words" # "On the Drag" # "All Alone" # "Down to the Bottom of the Sea" # "I'm Sick (of This American Life)" # "Words are Like" (demo version) # "I am a Human Head" # "Oranges" # "Empty Bottle Blues" # "They Got Lost" # "Reprehensible" # "Rat Patrol" # "The Army's Tired Now" # "Certain People I Could Name" # "Theme To McSweeney's" # "Dollar for Dollar" # "Mosh Momken Abadan" # "Token Back to Brooklyn" # "Disappointing Show" # "Oranges Testimonial"

External links

- [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/They_Got_Lost_Rarities_Compilation They Got Lost] page at This Might Be A Wiki Category:2002 albums Category:They Might Be Giants albums

Rhino Records

Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Richard Pryor, Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones. But in recent years, Rhino has also been a full-fledged entertainment unit specializing in home video/DVD re-issues of television shows such as The Lone Ranger, My Favorite Martian, and Mystery Science Theater 3000, and compact disc releases of select artists and movie soundtracks. Rhino started as a record shop in 1973 by Richard Foos (which still exists today, under different ownership). It became a record label four years later. They struggled to get their records distributed, but in 1986 they signed a six-year distribution deal with Capitol Records. In 1989 Rhino and EMI jointly purchased Roulette Records, where Rhino received the US rights. When the distribution deal with Capitol ended in 1992, Rhino signed a new distribution deal with WEA , and in turn Time Warner bought a 50% stake in the record company. In 1998 Time Warner bought the other half of Rhino, thus the company became a wholly-owned unit of Time Warner and in 1999, they formed the "Rhino Handmade" imprint of Internet-only limited edition reissues. It is through this merger that the label has released remastered editions of collections from such bands as Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, and The Doors, as well as soundtracks spanning the Turner-owned pre-1986 MGM and pre-1948 Warner Bros. periods, as well as WB's own post-1948 period. Among Rhino's soundtrack releases: Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade, North by Northwest, Casablanca, King Kong, Doctor Zhivago, and Superman: The Movie. Rhino also owns the rights to The Monkees (which they acquired from Columbia Pictures in the late 1980s), and thus has released home videos and CDs from the group. In 2004, Time Warner spun off its music divisions and today Rhino is part of the newly-organized Warner Music Group. Rhino's retrospective compact disc releases are often remastered to restore or improve upon the original analog release's audio quality, a common practice now.

External link

- [http://www.rhino.com/ Official site] Category:Former Time Warner subsidiaries Category:Record labels

Birdhouse in Your Soul

"Birdhouse in Your Soul" is one of the all-time biggest hits of the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It was released in March of 1990 as a single from the Flood album. It reached #3 on the United States Modern Rock Tracks chart and #6 on the UK Singles Chart and remains their highest-charting single in both countries. The song is sung from the point of view of a nightlight. Mark Feldman contributes some violin, while the Trumpet sample was played by Frank London. This song has been covered by the band Lemon Demon. A video was also made by the band. It not only appeared on Flood but also on:
- Direct from Brooklyn
- Severe Tire Damage
- Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants
- A User's Guide to They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity

External links

- Birdhouse in Your Soul at This Might Be A Wiki
- [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Blue%20canary%20in%20the%20outlet%20by%20the%20light%20switch%22%20%22Filibuster%20vigilantly%22&btnG=Google+Search Birdhouse In Your Soul lyrics] Category:They Might Be Giants singles Category:1990 singles

Ana Ng

"Ana Ng" is a song by They Might Be Giants. It was originally from the album Lincoln, but has also appeared on Then: The Earlier Years, Severe Tire Damage, and Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants. It is apparently a song about hypothetically having a soulmate who lives on the other side of the world whom one has never met (and possibly never will meet), although, like most They Might Be Giants songs, the lyrics are often hard to interpret. In an interview with the duo, it was mentioned that the most common female name in the world would be "Ana Ng". The phrase from the song's chorus, "Ana Ng and I are getting old," is unusual in that its first five words (and syllables) all begin with vowel sounds, and the phrase is difficult to comprehend unless you are listening closely. This, and a mention of "a backwards record" in a previous verse led some listeners to spread rumors that the song contained some sort of backwards messages. This rumor is false, although several other They Might Be Giants songs do contain backwards messages. The song mentions the 1964 New York World's Fair, also referring to "it's a small world", which premiered at the fair.

External links

- [http://www.tmbw.net/wiki/index.php/Ana_Ng Ana Ng] at This Might Be A Wiki Category:They Might Be Giants songs Category:1988 singles

Boss of Me

"Boss of Me" is a single released by the band They Might Be Giants. The song was written as the theme song for the television show Malcolm in the Middle. This song won the band their only Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in 2002.

External links

- [http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?displayValue=day&todayDate=04/16/2004 Fresh Air interview] — in which the song's meaning is discussed Category:They Might Be Giants songs Category:Theme songs

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series begun with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Released in 1999, the film was written by Mike Myers and screenwriter Michael McCullers and stars Myers as the title character. Powers' arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil (also played by Myers), travels back in time to the year 1969 to steal Austin's mojo, with the help of Fat Bastard (also played by Myers). The movie also marked the debut of Mini-Me (played by Verne Troyer), Dr. Evil's deranged 1/8-size clone. The film co-stars Heather Graham (as love interest Felicity Shagwell), Seth Green (as Dr. Evil's son, Scott Evil), Rob Lowe (playing the younger, 1969 version of Dr. Evil's henchman "Number 2"), and Michael York (reprising his role as Basil Exposition from the first film). Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach, Robert Wagner, Elizabeth Hurley, Jerry Springer, Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson, and Kristen Johnston have cameo roles. As with the other Austin Powers films, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is a parody of spy movies, particularly the James Bond series of films. Specifically, the title was a play on the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Graham's characterisation was based largely on Sharon Tate's similar character, Freya Carlson in The Wrecking Crew (1969), a film that also parodied Bond films. The film grossed around US$310 million in worldwide ticket sales; during its opening weekend, it managed to make more money than the entire box office gain of its predecessor. The film was heavily tied in with the Heineken corporation at the time of its theatrical release, having had characters featured in television commercials for the beverage and including a scene involving a bottle of the beer in the finished movie. The Starbucks coffee company was also prominently featured. The movie's soundtrack contains the smashing 1999 hit "Beautiful Stranger" by Madonna. The song won a Grammy in 2000. Mike Myers appears in the video directed by Brett Ratner. Lenny Kravitz' cover of American Woman is also part of the soundtrack and can be heard in a scene taking place in "Austin's pad".

External link

- Austin Powers 2 Austin Powers 2

Category:They Might Be Giants albums

Albums by They Might Be Giants. Category:They Might Be Giants Category:Albums by artist

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