They might be a really good band
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November 8, 2009
Happy as clams in Porter World to be able to see They Might Be Giants live in Boise on a lovely fall afternoon, in a lovely restored theater, with our lovely niece Sophie.
Above: Travis, Julia, and Sophie pose under the marquise.
TMBG have had a long 20+ year career, totally entertaining my own Generation X during high school and college, but more recently they have been donating their quirk and talent to children's music. Intelligent children's music, no less. Yahoo!
Check it! It's them! I know it sounds weird, but I was...surprised? amused?... that John and John actually sound like themselves in real life while talking. They have very distinct nerdy voices. Viva nerds!
Above: there were not one, but TWO confetti cannon moments. Oooooooooo!
Above: Julia and Sophie having fun.
Above: "The Avatars of They" sing don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
in the middle in the middle in the middle of the block...
The concert lasted for a bit over an hour and was almost exclusively songs from their children's albums, except for the generous offerings of "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" for the parents. I would have liked more of their old stuff...because, really. Couldn't most of TMBG music pass as kids' music?
Above: the full band, consisting of two Johns, two Dans, one Marty, and another guy I can't remember. Sorry, other guy.
How can you not love a band who's latest album is called "Here Comes Science" which has lyrics such as the following along with the most joyful catchy tunes:
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium, at a temperature of millions of degrees
(From "Why Does the Sun Shine?")
or...
Above: Sophie and Julia at the after-show pizza joint.
The End.
November 8, 2009
Happy as clams in Porter World to be able to see They Might Be Giants live in Boise on a lovely fall afternoon, in a lovely restored theater, with our lovely niece Sophie.
TMBG have had a long 20+ year career, totally entertaining my own Generation X during high school and college, but more recently they have been donating their quirk and talent to children's music. Intelligent children's music, no less. Yahoo!
Check it! It's them! I know it sounds weird, but I was...surprised? amused?... that John and John actually sound like themselves in real life while talking. They have very distinct nerdy voices. Viva nerds!
in the middle in the middle in the middle of the block...
The concert lasted for a bit over an hour and was almost exclusively songs from their children's albums, except for the generous offerings of "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" for the parents. I would have liked more of their old stuff...because, really. Couldn't most of TMBG music pass as kids' music?
How can you not love a band who's latest album is called "Here Comes Science" which has lyrics such as the following along with the most joyful catchy tunes:
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium, at a temperature of millions of degrees
(From "Why Does the Sun Shine?")
or...
Hey, who let in all these elephants?
Did you know that elephants are made of elements?
Elephants are mostly made of four elements
And every living thing is mostly made of four elements
Plants, bugs, birds, fish, bacteria and men
Are mostly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen
(From "Meet the Elements")
or...
Could it be an herbivore, crushing plants with rounded teeth
Or perhaps she's carnivore, moves so quickly on its feet
It's like pieces of a puzzle, that I love to try and solve
It's so fun to think about how a species has evolved
(From "I Am a Paleontologist")
The End.
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