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They Might Be Giants — Istanbul Not Constantinople
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 22, 2013 - 11:19
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Has anyone seen the Craig Ferguson YouTube version of this? I tried to embed it here, but it won't show up... It was the first time I ever heard "Istanbul" by TMBG - LOVE the song.
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

remember this song well...  love it...
 

j1sey
Posted: Apr 07, 2013 - 10:45
 
funky and cool

EdmoJoe
(Edmonton, Canada)
Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 09:57
 
Please no, except maybe on Halloween.

mikec09
(Saugerties, NY - a top 10 coolest small town in America)
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 13:43
 
Istanbul!  Istanbul!

Gotta love this song! 

astra75
Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 13:43
 
This has been on high rotation on my own playlist lately.  Love it.......

mcullers
(Country-Dominated TX)
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 06:07
 
 Proclivities wrote:

This song was written long before there was even the slightest notion of Wikipedia.
 
It's a brand new record. For Nineteen Ninety.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 12:36
 
I love how TMBG make no apologies for their music. It IS what it IS. Not Istanbul...or bull. Great stuff.

bjesch
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 12:34
 
Cracks me up every time RP plays 'They Might Be Giants'!! {#Lol}

Johnny-smooth
(On my bicycle)
Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 14:38
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

Seriously, dude, you need to relax. This thing is about as intellectual as a Coney Island corn dog—and the corn dog may have the inside track. This is just silly fun, yes?
 
Yes it is silly fun and we all need more of that in this crazy world where far too many take things far too seriously!
 

kcar
Posted: Aug 30, 2012 - 01:45
 
 treehugger wrote:

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln-Sudbury_Regional_High_School#Notable_alumni
 
Phish. Hrumpf. A college-town bar band that got blown way out of proportion. Good for Mike Gordon, though. I'll still take John and John any day.

palad1
(London UK. A froggie in exile.)
Posted: Aug 14, 2012 - 03:29
 

c-c-c-combo breaker!



Michallik
(Zgorzelec, Pl.)
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 01:46
 
{#Dancingbanana}

erdenese
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 01:45
 
{#Bananapiano}

ofanansky
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 01:45
 
always fun

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 11, 2012 - 07:16
 
 jyoull wrote:
I remember when this used to be considered intellectual music for intellect-infected intellectuals.

I didn't like them, then. I don't like it, now.

Sadly I am unable to tease apart "cause and effect". Ergo, I shall never know whether I like or dislike the song per se.
 
Seriously, dude, you need to relax. This thing is about as intellectual as a Coney Island corn dog—and the corn dog may have the inside track. This is just silly fun, yes?

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 14:33
 
This song is odd cause it's hard to hate it, but equally hard to like it.
Stupid, but catchy
Boring, but toe tapping
odd

scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm)
Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 14:32
 
i might put this on my 8-year-olds ipod. He'll have to wear headphones though

Blastcat900
(Neither here nor there)
Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 13:12
 
Only listenable when drunk on very cheap beer. BUrrrrp.   {#Cheers}

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 13:10
 
{#Bananapiano}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 05:30
 
 terrapin52 wrote:
Somebody's been reading Wikipedia.
 
This song was written long before there was even the slightest notion of Wikipedia.

driver8
(right on target)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 04:04
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
From their last really good CD. It was all down hill after that. "John Henry" remains, to this day, the only CD I've ever thrown away. I gave them a few more chances, but "Mink Car" was the last straw.

The irony, of course, is that early on they wrote a song about someone who only had a few good songs to in them, and didn't know it was time to quit ("Number Three", from the self-titled album). Sad. I was a big fan, and saw them live a couple of times. Even got them to sign my copy of "Lincoln".

 



I just saw them in concert and was pleasantly surprised how good - even better- their songs are live.... Except for this one.

mikec09
(Saugerties, NY)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 04:02
 
I'm an off an on listener.  Was clued in to radio paradise by a friend/work colleague.  First time I'm hearing TMBG.  Good stuff!  Maybe a "Birdhouse in Your Soul" at some point?

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 09:11
 
 gemtag wrote:
They might be weird Al
 
Except they didn't rewrite the lyrics to this one...


mrtuba9
(most likely near Normal)
Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 09:07
 
*bumping* one more notch...'cause the mrstuba really likes it!

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 18:41
 
From their last really good CD. It was all down hill after that. "John Henry" remains, to this day, the only CD I've ever thrown away. I gave them a few more chances, but "Mink Car" was the last straw.

The irony, of course, is that early on they wrote a song about someone who only had a few good songs to in them, and didn't know it was time to quit ("Number Three", from the self-titled album). Sad. I was a big fan, and saw them live a couple of times. Even got them to sign my copy of "Lincoln".


misterbearbaby
(Marina del Rey, California)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 18:34
 
This song is the WORST earworm in the world... Thanks, RP! For earworms, the Rock-n-roll Doctor sez "Take 2 Pink Floyd LP's and drink heavily!"


gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 14:31
 
They might be weird Al

terrapin52
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 23:57
 
Somebody's been reading Wikipedia.

walchenbach
(Puget Sound)
Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 10:29
 
please, just make it stop.

catchy,yes.  good music, no.

treehugger
Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 10:29
 
 kcar wrote:
VermontBread wrote:
John and John, two of the three definitely talented and somewhat famous musicians who graduated from the same high school as I did over the years!
  

 paulmack wrote:


I'll bite - who was the 3rd?
 

Pretty sure that John and John graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury High School in MA, if that's any help. No idea who the third definitely talented and somewhat famous musician might be. 
 
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln-Sudbury_Regional_High_School#Notable_alumni


EdmoJoe
Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 10:29
 
Really a novelty song more than an excellent piece of music.

olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 10:28
 

Jaunty little tune. Other city name changes: Bombay to Mumbai, Leningrad back to St. Petersburg...



kcar
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 01:01
 
VermontBread wrote:
John and John, two of the three definitely talented and somewhat famous musicians who graduated from the same high school as I did over the years!
  

 paulmack wrote:


I'll bite - who was the 3rd?
 

Pretty sure that John and John graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury High School in MA, if that's any help. No idea who the third definitely talented and somewhat famous musician might be. 

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Aug 16, 2011 - 10:49
 
That transition leaves me rather cold. But what the hell.

Mita
(Santa Fe, NM)
Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 15:11
 
Check out their Tiny Desk Concert on NPR!

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/28/138616627/they-might-be-giants-tiny-desk-concert

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 09:48
 
 fredriley wrote:
There's a feckin' funny video for this on YouTube, with Daffy Duck in a fez. Very Hanna-Barbera :o)
 
That's actually Plucky Duck. From Tiny Toons, but for some reason I was thinking the video was from Animaniacs.  Neato.


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 09:40
 
Kenny Ball and his Jazz Men do this one fabulously   Puttin' on the ritz



Ahnyer_Keester
(Chicago Il)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 09:39
 
There isn't any such thing as "enough" They Might Be Giants. Thanks for playing this!!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 04:47
 
There's a feckin' funny video for this on YouTube, with Daffy Duck in a fez. Very Hanna-Barbera :o)

SinisterDexter
Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 10:24
 
 sarz_AA wrote:
I like this song.....but it gets stuck in my head and drives me NUTS!
 

Isn't that the goal of many songs? {#Roflol}

pmjett
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 08:06
 
 WayUpNorth wrote:
now we need some Trout Fishing in America ... {#Dance}
 
Nice. :)

Had the extreme good fortune to see these guys at The Boathouse in Norfolk, Va.  Tiny venue, leaking roof, crazy-loud, and generally sketchy.  Best concert I ever saw. 

pannaramma
(here and also there)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 08:03
 
I needed a smile after the last song (Apocalytica).

WayUpNorth
(Windswept Exile)
Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 08:22
 
now we need some Trout Fishing in America ... {#Dance}

schayler
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 08:22
 
LOVE this song!  And the video is great, too.   Makes me get up and dance!!!!!!!

sarz_AA
Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 08:22
 
I like this song.....but it gets stuck in my head and drives me NUTS!  Not really sure how to rate it!  Was singing it constantly when i was in Istanbul!

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 10:35
 
 VermontBread wrote:
John and John, two of the three definitely talented and somewhat famous musicians who graduated from the same high school as I did over the years!
 

I'll bite - who was the 3rd?

palad1
(London UK. A froggie in exile.)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 10:08
 
Playing this after Apocalyptica... Thanks for the roller-coaster ride Bill :)

VermontBread
(Dubai, UAE)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 10:40
 
John and John, two of the three definitely talented and somewhat famous musicians who graduated from the same high school as I did over the years!

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 10:34
 
 CamLwalk wrote:
with puppets!
 
Awesome!


linz_bobinz
(the city of the newly wed & the nearly dead)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 10:31
 
Nice one! Haven't heard this one in years.