Answer – Single – They Might Be Giants

February 24th, 2015

iTunes Price: $1.29

Genre: Alternative

Released: Feb 17, 2015

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Answer – Single – They Might Be Giants

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Great job! (5 stars)
Thanks for a very enjoyable TMBG song. The melody, lyrics and vocals were nicely done. Keep up the good work. Thanks for years of listening pleasure.

it's NOT a tv show theme song! Hurray! (5 stars)
TMBG have always been one of my favorite groups - this does not disappoint. The catchy alt/pop is as perfect as expected, lyrics are not complex, it's just a love song. Which is GREAT - tho it was always fun to discover that we all have birdhouses in us & how great the 64-65 NY World's Fair was. It's just a plain, easy, superb happy song from Brooklyn. It took 3 listens to hear the accordian, but it IS there.

Biography

Formed: 1983 in Boston, MA
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Combining a knack for infectious melodies with a quirky, bizarre sense of humor and a vaguely avant-garde aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk underground, They Might Be Giants became one of the most unlikely alternative success stories of the late '80s and early '90s. Musically, John Flansburgh and John Linnell borrowed from everywhere, but their freewheeling eclecticism was enhanced by their arcane, geeky sense of humor. The duo would reference everything from British Invasion to Tin...