TMBG are still good at writing about everyday things that nobody else writes about. I have often woken up with a strong feeling — disquiet, or happiness, or yearning — from a dream that I can’t recall. And this song nails it. And because it also has a typically tricky melody that I still haven’t got the hang of, I find that it’s stuck whirring around in my brain. I can’t remember the dream, but I can’t forget this song.
Articles about They Might Be Giants
Here Comes Science — They Might Be Giants
Here comes science! This is a great CD/DVD for the young people in your life — and that includes you. I gave it to Jay for his 5th birthday recently. TMBG do a nice line in kids’ music and video, and this is the best so far.
I love TMBG’s regular albums, but their kids’ stuff is understandably not always my cup of tea. No! was pretty good, but Here Come the ABCs was just too simplistic for my sophisticated musical sensibilities. (My pre-school children quite liked it though.) But Here Comes Science is just about on a par with their best. I didn’t like all the “funny” voices on ABCs, but Science keeps them to a minimum.
Continue reading
This journal/review is about CDs, children, music, They Might Be Giants. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment
No! — They Might Be Giants
As a long-time They Might Be Giants fan, I was excited a couple of years ago when I saw this album in a shop; I was disappointed when I saw that it was a “children’s” album so I didn’t buy it. Well, now that I have a child of my own I thought it was time; and if little Jay is going to listen to childish songs, I’d prefer he listen to TMBG rather than endless repetitions of “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round”. So I bought a copy of “No!” for us.
They Might Be Giants
Purveyors of clever, catchy, eclectic and thoughtful pop music. Listen, laugh and learn. (Disclaimer: I liked their old stuff better than their new stuff, etc.)
Mink Car — They Might Be Giants
A few excellent songs on this album, and it’s well worth a listen. But overall it lacks the magic of some of the older albums.
The Australian version comes with a bonus track, Boss of Me, which would improve the album by its absence.