Phil over at A Family Runs Through it has just wrapped up a week of posts based around music he and his family enjoy.
Never being one to let a good idea go by unpilfered, I thought I’d share some music that we’ve been enjoying recently at our house. They Might Be Giants have been a favorite of mine since my early twenties, and through a strict program of brainwashing I’ve ensured that my kids are pretty into them too.
Of course it helps that they put out albums aimed at children as well as adults. Their most recent, Here Come the 1,2,3’s, is based around a number theme - although you do get the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme tune and hotdog song thrown in for good measure as well. As with all TMBG music it takes a little bit of listening to in order to “get it”, but once you do it sinks it’s melodic teeth in and never lets go.
I’m in love with one track in particular. See if you can guess why.
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Holy and heavenly wonderment - I do believe I’ve found a theme tune that I can really believe in! An earworm I shall enjoy having!
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Violin, lin, lin.
Violin, lin, lin.
I’ve been a TMBG fan since the day I pulled their Lincoln album out of the new arrivals bin at my college radio station and spun “Ana Ng” on my show, having never heard it before. It’s still my favorite song of theirs.
Didn’t know TMBG, but I like this one!
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I’m a big TMBG myself. Saw them in Sheffield a few years ago and they’re very entertaining live. Particle Man, I Palindrome I, Youth Culture Killed My Dog… classics all!
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I’ve been a fan since the day I built a birdhouse in my soul. We have their first kid CD and love it. I don’t know why we haven’t bought the other two.
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Other TWO?
TMBG forever! :-)
I am not your broom!
Etc!
Violin, lin, lin was my eldest son’s very first jammy jam. In fact, his first attempt at a word was “dust” at the part of the song where they repeat “speck of dust, dust, dust”
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Istanbul (Not Constantinople) might be one of my all time favorites!!!
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