Best Ever Albums

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Apr 2018 12:15:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/02/2018 16:15

bobbyb5 wrote:

Michael1981 wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

Fibber Island
Bed Bed Bed
Pictures of Pandas Painting
Lazyhead and Sleepybones
E Eats Everything

I don't know any of these!! I get the impression from the titles they might be from the children's albums. Not judgeing or anything hehe I like what I've heard of their children's stuff (basically, here come the 123s) "Triops has three eyes" was kind of my jam for a bit 8)

Yeah they're from the albums called Here Come the ABCs, No! and Here Comes the Science. I like the music better on those then on the regular albums.

Just listened to these...I really like ones from No!, particularly Lazyhead and Sleepybones.

I'm not sure if they are so much children's songs as much as music for all ages. Very appealing.

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 16:46:57 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/01/2018 20:46

LebowskiRams wrote:

My favorites are Answer, Brain Problem Situation and Then The Kids Took Over

I didn't know these ones but they are all really good. I'm going to listen to Brain Problem Situation loads 😄

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

RoundTheBend — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 15:46:50 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/01/2018 19:46

Michael1981 wrote:

Interesting choice for their greatest ever song !!

Yeah very funny little song. I do like the whip crack in that song a lot :)

It's got this Brazil feel to it (the movie) and the message is simple yet fantastic.

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

LebowskiRams — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 14:06:36 GMT

Author: LebowskiRams

Posted: 04/01/2018 18:06

My favorites are Answer, Brain Problem Situation and Then The Kids Took Over

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 13:36:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/01/2018 17:36

sethmadsen wrote:

Minimum Wage

Interesting choice for their greatest ever song !!

Yeah very funny little song. I do like the whip crack in that song a lot 😄

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

RoundTheBend — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 11:05:26 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 04/01/2018 15:05

Minimum Wage

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Sun, 1 Apr 2018 04:33:52 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/01/2018 08:33

Thanks for this Rec Squishy-I like the video too!

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I really like 'Can't keep Johnny Down" too and this competition winning independent video is much better than the official one. Totally relateable and I like this guy's style 😎

Link

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:03:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/31/2018 12:03

bobbyb5 wrote:

SquishypuffDave wrote:

Istanbul
Experimental Film

I forgot about Istanbul. That would definitely have to be my favorite. It's an awesome song. Although I can think of about three versions of it that are just as good. That's because it's such a great song that nobody can ruin it.

Yeah I forgot it as well. Probably because it's a cover. It's a fantastic song. The line "that's nobody's business but the Turks" really makes me laugh.

I don't know Experimental film yet.

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

bobbyb5 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 07:59:03 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/31/2018 11:59

SquishypuffDave wrote:

Istanbul
Experimental Film

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

SquishypuffDave — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 07:53:04 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 03/31/2018 11:53

Istanbul
Experimental Film

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

bobbyb5 — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 07:45:23 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/31/2018 11:45

Michael1981 wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

Fibber Island
Bed Bed Bed
Pictures of Pandas Painting
Lazyhead and Sleepybones
E Eats Everything

Yeah they're from the albums called Here Come the ABCs, No! and Here Comes the Science. I like the music better on those then on the regular albums.

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:19:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/31/2018 08:19

bobbyb5 wrote:

Fibber Island
Bed Bed Bed
Pictures of Pandas Painting
Lazyhead and Sleepybones
E Eats Everything

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:37:40 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/31/2018 02:37

Fibber Island
Bed Bed Bed
Pictures of Pandas Painting
Lazyhead and Sleepybones
E Eats Everything

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:07:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/30/2018 21:07

Amazingly, I've just powered through the first four albums back to back!

All very good and maybe overall chart worthy. They are really first rate songwriters. I've got to add to my list of favourites:

Snowball in Hell
Dead
Whistling in the dark (great choice Stover)
Mammal
Hovering Sombrero (from a later album but narrowly missed the cut when I did my top 10 before)

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:49:16 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/30/2018 16:49

This cover is surprisingly awesome in its unashamed goofiness!

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Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:44:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/30/2018 16:44

Stover75 wrote:

I only know the 1st four albums and the compilation Don't Let's Start but they are pretty amazing.

Birdhouse In Your Soul is the song that got me into them back in 1990 and my favourite song of theirs.

Other songs I like by them are:

Ana Ng
Don't Let's Start
Cowtown
Women and Men
I'll Sink Manhattan
Minimum Wage
The World's Address
When It Rains It Snows
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
She's An Angel
Shoehorn With Teeth
Santa's Beard
Kiss Me, Son of God
Particle Man
We Want A Rock
Whistling In The Dark
Hot Cha
The Statue Got Me High

My favourite album is Flood closely followed by Lincoln.

Yeah, they are the kind of a band with a lot of cool lesser known tracks but the best one is probably the most obvious!

Particle Man could be a divisive track. I find it a little annoying!

Re: What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

CharlieBarley — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:40:55 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 03/30/2018 16:40

I only know the 1st four albums and the compilation Don't Let's Start but they are pretty amazing.

Birdhouse In Your Soul is the song that got me into them back in 1990 and my favourite song of theirs.

Other songs I like by them are:

Ana Ng
Don't Let's Start
Cowtown
Women and Men
I'll Sink Manhattan
Minimum Wage
The World's Address
When It Rains It Snows
Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head
She's An Angel
Shoehorn With Teeth
Santa's Beard
Kiss Me, Son of God
Particle Man
We Want A Rock
Whistling In The Dark
Hot Cha
The Statue Got Me High

My favourite album is Flood closely followed by Lincoln.

What are the best songs/album by They Might be Giants?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 12:29:28 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 03/30/2018 16:29

I've always liked this band a lot and I feel like I should be their biggest fan. For some reason though I don't have the attention span for their albums, but I love quite a few of their tracks.

I'm not sure why anyone would not like at least something by this band. It would be like not liking rainbows, puppies or ice-cream!

There's a lot for me to still discover but here are my favourites...

1.Birdhouse in your soul
2.Hide away, folk family
3.Bangs
4.Dr Worm
5.Boss of Me
6.Bee of the Bird of the Moth
7. Anna Ng
8. The Mesopotamians
9. I Palindrome I
10. She's an angel

What are yours? No need to do a full top 10 unless you want to. Also-what is their best album and why cant I get into them?