they might be giants appreciation thread

dietzer123 · 04.25.2006, 08:29 PM

here's a band that is too much of a cult band. it certainly doesn't get the respect it deserves in the indie community. give it up for tmbg!

val-holla-ing · 04.25.2006, 08:36 PM

they were the first band i ever saw live. much props to them and their glockenspiel.

dietzer123 · 04.25.2006, 08:48 PM

they were one of my first shows too! they were my first hardcore musical love

Proud Marie · 04.25.2006, 08:54 PM

I first discovered the song Doctor Worm on the show Kablam when i was in 3rd grade or so. I have John Henry and Flood. Theyre always fun to give a spin. Sucks that they make childrens music now. Even though they were owned by Disney, they managed to make pretty good music.

HaydenAsche · 04.25.2006, 08:55 PM

Their children's music isn't all too different anyways.

dietzer123 · 04.25.2006, 08:57 PM

i bought it. it's still really good. plus i'm pretty sure the song "i am not your broom" is enciting the proletariat children to rise up and over throw their cruel masters

krastian · 04.25.2006, 11:03 PM

They are a fun band. My favorite song of their's is probably Your Racist Friend.....hell yeah.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 04.25.2006, 11:21 PM

They are great at writing hooks, Ana Ng is a really easy song to get stuck in your head.

hey alex · 04.25.2006, 11:56 PM

yea, i have their first 3 cds and love them all. I got see them last year and it was my girlfriend's birthday and they played happy birthday... but not her, it was the sound engineer's birthday, but that was close enough.

I like how creepy and sometime paranod the lyrics to their early songs can be. like 'where your eyes don't go'...
Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms
And does a parody of each unconscious thing you do
When you turn around to look it's gone behind you
On its face it's wearing your confused expression
Where your eyes don't go

Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering
It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering
You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow
But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head

Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders
What the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of
Should you worry when the skullhead is in front of you
Or is it worse because it's always waiting where your eyes don't go?

awesome

Pax Americana · 04.26.2006, 12:20 AM

TMBG are excellent live. I've seen them 3 times I think, and they are always a lot fun.

Give it up for Doctor Worm!

Rob Instigator · 04.26.2006, 10:46 AM

they are fucking amazing. I own 5 of their albums and I love em

and I got a 12" single for DON'T LET'S START (best song ever!) signed by the two Johns.
I love them so much.

it was not not not so great
it was not not not so great!

hey, rent or buy GIGANTIC, the documentary made about TMBG. you will LOVE IT!
It is so choice.
they talk about the deep deep dread and sadness and melancholy and cynicism and jaded self-loathing that pervades their music, from day one.
they sound peppty and can write melodies like nobody's business, but fuck if they do not sing some of the saddest lyrics ever.

nature scene · 04.26.2006, 01:08 PM

awesome band

hey alex · 04.26.2006, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

hey, rent or buy GIGANTIC, the documentary made about TMBG. you will LOVE IT!
It is so choice.

that's not a bad idea. I'll have to remember that next itme im going to rent a movie

krastian · 04.26.2006, 02:27 PM

My good friend/bandmate bought one of those TMBG dvd's for kids for his daughter (she's a year and 7 months). She loves it!

Danny Himself · 04.26.2006, 04:29 PM

I remember seeing them jam with Homestar Runner on HR's website. They're great.

3x1minus1 · 04.26.2006, 05:08 PM

yaaaay tmbg! i loved them hardcore in high school. i've kinda been listening to them again after downloading their podcasts. i love them.

04.25.2006, 08:29 PM	#1
dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	here's a band that is too much of a cult band. it certainly doesn't get the respect it deserves in the indie community. give it up for tmbg! __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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04.25.2006, 08:36 PM	#2
val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	they were the first band i ever saw live. much props to them and their glockenspiel. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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04.25.2006, 08:48 PM	#3
dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	they were one of my first shows too! they were my first hardcore musical love __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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04.25.2006, 08:54 PM	#4
Proud Marie little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 83	I first discovered the song Doctor Worm on the show Kablam when i was in 3rd grade or so. I have John Henry and Flood. Theyre always fun to give a spin. Sucks that they make childrens music now. Even though they were owned by Disney, they managed to make pretty good music.
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04.25.2006, 08:55 PM	#5
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Their children's music isn't all too different anyways. __________________ rip
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04.25.2006, 08:57 PM	#6
dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	i bought it. it's still really good. plus i'm pretty sure the song "i am not your broom" is enciting the proletariat children to rise up and over throw their cruel masters __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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04.25.2006, 11:03 PM	#7
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	They are a fun band. My favorite song of their's is probably Your Racist Friend.....hell yeah. __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	They are great at writing hooks, Ana Ng is a really easy song to get stuck in your head.
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04.25.2006, 11:56 PM	#9
hey alex the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 791	yea, i have their first 3 cds and love them all. I got see them last year and it was my girlfriend's birthday and they played happy birthday... but not her, it was the sound engineer's birthday, but that was close enough. I like how creepy and sometime paranod the lyrics to their early songs can be. like 'where your eyes don't go'... Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms And does a parody of each unconscious thing you do When you turn around to look it's gone behind you On its face it's wearing your confused expression Where your eyes don't go Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders What the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of Should you worry when the skullhead is in front of you Or is it worse because it's always waiting where your eyes don't go? awesome __________________ Duran Duran's 1995 covers album Thank You was recently voted the worst album of all time by a Q magazine poll. Although we respectfully disagree (Sonic Youth's NYC Ghosts & Flowers is clearly the worst album of all time) -Pitchfork (hahahah!) Here's a myspace of my music and 4-track ramblings the electric kites--the jamz of me n my friends
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04.26.2006, 12:20 AM	#10
Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	TMBG are excellent live. I've seen them 3 times I think, and they are always a lot fun. Give it up for Doctor Worm!
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04.26.2006, 10:46 AM	#11
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,969	they are fucking amazing. I own 5 of their albums and I love em and I got a 12" single for DON'T LET'S START (best song ever!) signed by the two Johns. I love them so much. it was not not not so great it was not not not so great! hey, rent or buy GIGANTIC, the documentary made about TMBG. you will LOVE IT! It is so choice. they talk about the deep deep dread and sadness and melancholy and cynicism and jaded self-loathing that pervades their music, from day one. they sound peppty and can write melodies like nobody's business, but fuck if they do not sing some of the saddest lyrics ever. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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04.26.2006, 01:08 PM	#12
nature scene 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: da souf Posts: 671	awesome band
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04.26.2006, 02:27 PM	#14
krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	My good friend/bandmate bought one of those TMBG dvd's for kids for his daughter (she's a year and 7 months). She loves it! __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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04.26.2006, 04:29 PM	#15
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	I remember seeing them jam with Homestar Runner on HR's website. They're great.
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04.26.2006, 05:08 PM	#16
3x1minus1 little trouble girl Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: rochester ny Posts: 53	yaaaay tmbg! i loved them hardcore in high school. i've kinda been listening to them again after downloading their podcasts. i love them.
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