I have a band that I want to see used more in tournaments that is easily my favorite of all time, so I’m gonna use this chat to spread some propaganda for They Might Be Giants. Best band ever
#TMBG Facts Daily
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TMBG fact 1: Viva Reverie is a big TMBG fan who makes the online series jojo but really really fast. This love is shown by Using lines from TMBG’s “ECNALUBMA” in the video Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Diamond Is Unbreakable but really really fast! https://youtu.be/pmj9R1qIokw?si=XeHA14NdiFBeECSY https://youtu.be/4zR-jASWaKE?si=36CEkFR9E4yP_alz
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I LOVE TMBG
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TMBG Fact 2: This will be the start of me naming the way every megamix character can pull TMBG starting with Neil. Neil made a cover of They Might Be Giants’ “Birdhouse in your soul” and simply getting Disney channel gets him The Mickey Mouse clubhouse theme and HigglyTown Heroes theme. https://youtu.be/wnXUm5CMbhs?si=gH29wMB6yXqWULD2
https://youtu.be/IMEwzzyBP7w?si=ADfckwl1SH8TGJdY
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TMBG Fact 3: They Might Be Giants love to give the fans something new, which is exactly what they did when they started playing “Stiloob” in concerts. Which is actually their other song, Saphire Bullets Of Pure Love. Completely sonically backwards. Lyrics sung backwards and all
https://youtu.be/MnYKfrgN76Y?si=ZWHA1UT9O8xvnz22
https://youtu.be/81xfBp-busg?si=_HbYftt3BTE0WxiY
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TMBG fact 4: The Avatars of They are a side act of They Might Be Giants that are actually just 2 sock puppets that they would take out and put on a big screen in live shows. And they tend to do covers of songs when they are around, such as using crazy train to introduce them. Or the avatars of they themselves singing Paranoid
https://youtu.be/dU39k9JsKjk?si=gNsEjcSsHebx1z-s
https://youtu.be/nNjbBlMe0HM?si=thsP3emrtD9pCDQw
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TMBG Fact 5: Tyler and The grinch are an easy one to do thanks to their holiday source and TMBG’s Holidayland EP. But if you want to go besides that there is “Snowball in hell” or if ice cream counts “Chicken and Ice Cream”
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mMIzJTCWwYBlIPgdIS-Cvm5ndI8WuRvzU&si=esiWI2SEr5BGvGXb
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TMBG Fact 6: TMBG just released a new song on streaming called Lazy! It is a cover of a song from 1924 by Irving Berlin. From a project focusing on covering songs that are public domain go check it out! https://open.spotify.com/track/4lIWjen36IJon89y6cqJBV?si=BLvOOD6gQgqdHa1WJNNMRw
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TMBG Fact 7: TMBG most recent album BOOK Was Emmy nominated for best packaging for a book that TMBG sold that had the CD inside and also had multiple artistic photos and pictures some even made from they might be giants lyrics on an electric typewriter
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TMBG Fact 8: Kid Cobra is an easy one to connect to they might be giants thanks to any flavor source being able to pull TMBG. Here is a list of reptile based songs by TMBG: Brontosaurus, I Am A Paleontologist, (Maybe) Here Comes Science (Album Cover), Reptiles eat with the bones we hear with, Snapping Turtle. But if we want something more interesting he can also pull a few songs through ska! Like European Ska, and Boss of me is considered Ska Punk.
https://youtu.be/J8y8Ziwswe0?si=02Bt2jo7jQ7oankI
https://youtu.be/F71gpyuer2Y?si=UeoMqL4eLnOAYOED
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TMBG Fact 9: Currently the ranking of TMBG songs has 1009 songs including those by their solo acts. 1009 is “I Am A Robot” and 1 is “Birdhouse In Your soul”
https://youtu.be/6ZvKW4YrZCA?si=yRzWcrw2uSE3WZ26
https://youtu.be/vn_or9gEB6g?si=NaUvXFnq-2Nupnbf
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TMBG fact 10: TMBG often reference the Beatles. They did this once with referencing the song glass onion, by referencing multiple past songs in their song Hey Mr DJ I thought we had a deal. By going “I told you about the world, its address.” “The Rabid Child Is still tuning in” and “Chess Piece Face’s Patience must be wearing thin.”
https://youtu.be/aBQIAWh3YBs?si=rd3krEcyh9OiaNLX
https://youtu.be/PO2iA9VCBRk?si=WMeN6z3H0DMFuivy
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TMBG Fact 11: Detective hat kid is the only character to pull TMBG so far in megamix through detective media (Tiny Toons adventures) getting both Istanbul and particle man through that. And mysteries kind of being used for Istanbul as well. And assuming that the mysteries goes for “why they changed it who can say?” Mysteries can go for a couple TMBG songs. Here is a small list: Istanbul, Where Do They Make Balloons?, How Can I Sing Like A Girl?, Why Must I Be Sad?, When Will You Die? All of these may fall under mysteries. And if that’s not enough. She was a (hotel detective) is a detective media pull as well
https://youtu.be/vsQrKZcYtqg?si=qPO1iwiZQRvF2y5j
https://youtu.be/w9-dwPTQjGg?si=XIivPUQ6BZ9bTNFd
