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593.1 | | VOGON::ATWAL | Dreams, they complicate my life | Wed Feb 07 1990 11:42 | 8 |
| a video was on the chart show on saturday...
I quite liked the single ( can't remember its name tho')
a bit(slightly) like REM
...Art.
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593.2 | One I got in the US | CLADA::MEAGHER | These are the hands of a tired man | Wed Feb 07 1990 13:06 | 23 |
| Re: .0
>>> Are there any more records?
I have a tape (/EP?) of their's called "She was a Hotel Detective", which is a
little bit strange & not at all like the video that prompted me to buy
something by them, nor as good :-( Interesting, but I wouldn't really
recommend it.
Re: .1
"She was..." is definitely not like any REM I've ever heard, I don't think that
I could catagorize it, but at times I was reminded of rap, B52's, rock, etc...
As I've said though that "She was.." is completely different to the other song
of their's that I've heard.
Re: general
The video I saw just had one guy playing acoustic guitar & the other doing
strange things with his voice (strange in much the same sense that the
Sugarcubes are), but it was really GREAT. It's over about a year but I think
that the video was set on some open space, concrete I think. Could someone
identify the song & which album it came from so I can rush out & buy it.
Thanks,
-Brian.
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593.3 | TMBG | POBBLE::COTTON | Lucifer the gluesniffer. | Wed Feb 07 1990 13:55 | 12 |
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Released so far is the debut `They might be giants', the diffcult second
`Lincoln', and the EP/B-side compilation `Don't lets start'. Soon to be
released is a fourth album `Flood'. A great band. They're touring soon, to
promote the new album I guess. Dates were in NME two weeks ago (that was
useful, wasn't it!).
As for videos, I've seen a video for the single `Don't lets start', which was
probably the one the previous reply was asking about, and a video for `They'll
need a crane', which featured a backing band of octogenerians.
Lee
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593.4 | I love this group | RCA::PURMAL | Rhymes with thermal, and thats cool! | Wed Feb 07 1990 15:06 | 56 |
| Ah, at last, a note about a group I'm very familiar with. I
became acquainted with TMBG two years ago when my favorite college
radio station (KFJC 89.7 which is a *must* listen if you ever get to
the greater San Jose area) was playing "Don't Lets Start". I
immediately was hooked.
The group consists of two Johns (Flansburgh and Linnel). They are
based in New York these days, but I think their roots are in Boston.
RADIO_RADIO has a note about them started by one of their school
teachers, and some of their acquaintances have entered notes in the
conference (possibly not in the TMBG topic) there too.
As has been stated they have four albums
They Might Be Giants
Lincoln
Don't Lets Start
Flood.
Flood has been released in the U.S. but I haven't seen Don't Lets
Start out here. I believe Don't Lets Start is a compilation of their
EPs. I know of and own three of their EPs on 3" CD. They are:
Don't Lets Start with:
Don't Lets Start
We're The Replacements
When It Rains It Snows
The Famous Polka
(She Was A) Hotel Detective with:
(She Was A) Hotel Detective
Kiss Me Son Of God
For Science
The Biggest One
Mr Klaw
They'll Need A Crane with:
They'll Need A Crane
It's Not My Birthday
I'll Sink Manhattan
Nightgown of the Sullen Moon
Hotel is the least approachable EP, but I still like most of the tracks
on it. I'd recommend the all of the EPs and therefore the Don't Lets
Start album.
They're a lot of fun in concert. They use a tape backup and play
mainly the guitar and accordian portions of their songs while singing
live.
I highly recommend this group epecially if you're into off the
wall, catchy pop tunes with wonderful plays on words. Their creativity
and imagination shine through every release. And if you want to spend
some pounds, you can call their Dial-a-Song number at (718) 387-6962.
Tony
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593.5 | | WELMTS::GREENB | They'll need a crane | Wed Feb 07 1990 15:21 | 16 |
| Thanks everyone.
Tony, re your last paragraph about catchy, off the wall stuff -
that's exactly what I like!
I went out at lunchtime and found their first lp, which I haven't
played yet, and I've seen 'Don't lets start' in the shops, which
I intend to buy, and I'll get 'Flood' when I see it.
All this was prompted by seeing a video on the chart show a couple
of weeks ago - I can't remember the song title, but it was again
very catchy. The only part of the video I can remember was a bunch
of people parading around with placards saying 'No rock videos'.
Anyone know what song this is?
Bob
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593.6 | youth culture killed my dog | SNOC01::TOMAC | thats great, it starts with an earthquake | Wed Feb 07 1990 20:34 | 3 |
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they were rumored to be coming out to australia??
any idea anyone?
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593.7 | | ACESMK::KUHN | Jay Kuhn MKO2 | Wed Feb 07 1990 21:15 | 5 |
| I read they named their LINCOLN album after the place where they met.
Lincoln Massachussets, near Boston. They were hosting a video show and
came out with an acoustic guitar and an accordian and sang a song about
how the sun was a cloud of gas. i think they took the words from a
textbook.
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593.8 | | WELMTS::GREENB | What are you doing, Dave...Dave....? | Mon Mar 05 1990 16:03 | 9 |
| Well, I'll answer my own question - the video I saw accompanies
their current single, 'Birdhouse In Your Soul', which seems to be
getting played on the radio quite a bit, usually accompanied by
inane babble from a cloth brained DJ about the odd lyrics.
Is 'Flood' out yet in the UK? My local record shop doesn't know
anything about it.
Bob
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593.9 | There's only 2 songs in me, and this is number 3 | SMURF::FLANAGAN | Wake up and smell the cat food | Fri Mar 16 1990 15:38 | 20 |
| Yes,
Apparently John and John met while in high school at Lincoln-Sudbury
High School just outside of Boston. I've seen them twice in concert
and they are real troopers. The first time I saw them, their parents
were in the audience. They are definitely fans...
If you can get a hold of Flood, I urge you to do so. The sound
quality is excellent (this is after all there first Major Label
release). It's Digitally recorded even. There very first album is
definitely worth getting as well.
In interviews, John and John claim to have hundreds of songs that they
had written in high school which they plan on recording eventually.
Flood has many songs on it that they've done in concert in the past.
See this band.
John
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593.10 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Noddy for PM!! | Fri Mar 16 1990 16:07 | 4 |
| Heard on 'Kaleidoscope', R4, yesterday. 'Flood' is out in the UK
next week.
Bob
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593.11 | Person man, Person man, hit on the head with a frying pan. | POBBLE::COTTON | She is the Electrocutioner | Mon Mar 26 1990 15:23 | 7 |
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`Flood' is out now. It's up to the standard of their previous work, and has
some great folky tunes on it. Hightlights being the deranged lyrics of
`Istanbul (not constantinople)' and the twisted ballroom/mall glitz of `Minimum
wage'. Well worth getting.
Lee
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593.12 | | WELMT2::GREENB | Nice one, Sylvia!! | Mon Mar 26 1990 16:13 | 6 |
| Is that a definite, Lee? Latest from Our Price, late last week,
was that release of Flood had been put back a couple of weeks because
the single is doing unexpectedly well (up 17 to no.17 last week,
pop-pickers).
Bob-on-my-way-to-a-record-shop-if-it's-true...!
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593.13 | | POBBLE::COTTON | She is the Electrocutioner | Mon Mar 26 1990 16:54 | 14 |
| Sure is GREENB!
1. Theme from Flood 11. Hearing Aid
2. Birdhouse in your Soul 12. Minimum Wage
3. Lucky Ball and Chain 13. Letterbox
4. Istanbul (not Constantinople) 14. Whistling on the Dark
5. Dead 15. Hot Cha
6. Your Racist Friend 16. Women & Men
7. Particle Man 17. Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
8. Twisting 18. They Might be Giants
9. We Want a Rock 19. Road Movie to Berlin
10. Someone Keeps Moving my Chair
Rabid Child.
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593.14 | Two Johns fron New York State | XNOGOV::EVANS | | Tue Mar 27 1990 18:31 | 14 |
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Istanbul (Not Constantinople) is, of course, an old music hall song
much beloved of my grandmother, as all afficianados of Elvis Costello's
father's oeuvre would know. (Anyone remember the Trace MacLeod Late Show
interview with EC? "My oeuvre...???" Classic).
What I want to know is, why did it take the world 12 months to catch on
to TMBG? And have you read any article on them which didn't refer to them
as "two Johns"? Not that that's significant...
They get my vote for the most prosaic choice of title since Husker Du.
Chris
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593.15 | | WELMTS::GREENB | | Wed Mar 28 1990 10:37 | 9 |
| Yes, Chris, I remember that Costello Late Show - in fact, I still
have it on tape.
Well, I listened to Flood last night, and my first reaction to it
is that while it seems to be very good, it's maybe not as lovable
as Lincoln. Then again, it's difficult to tell after just one play
if it will reach classic status.....
Bob
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593.16 | That's a compliment btw | JUMBLY::OCONNOR | The weekend's not over here... | Fri Mar 30 1990 14:28 | 3 |
| Just thought I'd put this in.
"We want a rock" is surely the cleverest song of the 90s so far.
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593.17 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Completely staggered | Wed Apr 25 1990 14:44 | 4 |
| Anyone else up for a visit to the Town and Country to see 'the two
Johns' (sorry) on June 17th?
Bob
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593.18 | Sorry, but IMHO, "Flood" is better.... | AYOV27::DROBB | I'm not a prophet or a Stone Age man | Thu Aug 02 1990 11:09 | 7 |
| Well Bob, after buying "Flood" and really enjoying it, I recently
also took ownership of "Lincoln" (purportedly the most popular album
on U.S. College radio in 1988, eclipsing even "The Joshua Tree"),
and I have to say that, even after half a dozen listens, I'm struggling
to get into it. Can't quite pinpoint why ... maybe it's just *too*
varied? Or is that their voices kinda grate on me a little? Hmm,
dunno really, but I was expecting better.
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593.19 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Apache Twins, 90's Chinn & Chapman | Thu Aug 02 1990 11:43 | 5 |
| I would say by comparison that whereas 'Flood' is a very well-produced,
but still quirky, record, 'Lincoln' has a higher quirk factor and
sounds more like a home recording.
Bob
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593.20 | | SUBURB::WAITEG | I speak to God but the Sky is empty | Fri May 01 1992 09:41 | 2 |
| I brought the Guitar one yesterday. Its awful, if anyone wants it mail
me.
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