I'm trying to remember how I first ran across They Might be Giants, and…I can't remember. I do remember calling their "Dial-a-Song" hotline as a college student (early 1990s), so I've known about them at least that long. I enjoy a LOT of their music: quirky, weird little songs about anything and everything. Usually peppy and catchy and fun. Their album Flood is one I have completely memorized.
This particular song helps me laugh at myself when I find I'm getting all worked up about something relatively minor. I mean, jut use a different chair, right? Or move it back?
Lyrics from this might be a wiki:
I first heard TMBG on a kids' show (Sesame St? Electric Co? Mr. Rogers?) with their songs, "Particle Man" and "Istanbul was Constantinople" when my kids were young. There is something really catchy about their music and lyrics. Younger son is still a big fan. He recently sent me a link to "Brontosaurus" and said he thought I'd like it. I do! I also love the NPR Tiny Desk Concert they did.
ReplyDeleteWe've enjoyed the band for years, too, both pre-kids and with kids.
Delete"Birdhouse In Your Soul" is my go-to. I can still sing that one even without having heard it in a while. (I pulled out the sun one for a science class once. Mostly for me.)
ReplyDeleteI *love* that one.
DeleteI have to admit..not my cup of tea. His voice is too flat for me.
ReplyDeleteHe's not the most lilting and melodic singer, but I think his voice suits the songs.
DeleteThe thing about the chair...It reminds me of me this week. A year and a half ago my husband of 51 years died. I grieved. I'm grieving. It is an odd thing, this extreme grief. I felt like I was out of control with so much running through my brain...the "horribles", and such. But because that part of my brain wasn't able to deal with it, I focused on other problems and got irritated that the "chair was moved" - small things in my life that I could have, and probably should have let go, I wrangled with. I hadn't heard this song, but the lyrics rang true to me today. Today is a better day than yesterday, and actually I'm able to ignore the "moved chair" better now that I realize what is going on. This is more than you needed to hear, but it was good to write it down when I saw the parallel! Thanks.
ReplyDelete(HUG) Grief hits us all in unexpected ways. May you find the strength you need.
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