01 october 2019
They Might Be Giants
I just ordered the first They Might Be Giants album on vinyl, solely for display purposes. (It came with a FLAC download, so it's not like I really need the vinyl to listen to it). I realize it's silly and pretentious, but this is an album that really resonates with me. It's crazy that it came out thirty years ago, but that's what time does etc. etc. Not a big deal.
So of course I listened to it again, and discovered that, for me at least, the album still mostly holds up. She's An Angel is still a very good and interesting track. I love the Rabid Child and Number Three as much as I always have.
I'm not sure if the album would hold up for someone coming to it fresh in 2019. Songs like 32 Footsteps can seem pretty...dumb. With lyrics like:
Bing bang bingalong, cing cang cingalong, ding dang dingalong day Fing fang fingalong, Ging gang gingalong, hing hang hingalong hay Jing jang jingalong, king kang kingalong, ling lang lingalong lay Ming mang mingalong, ning nang ningalong, ping pang pingalong pay
Might put some people off of the track. But the fun of vinyl is big cover art and, in this case, a weirdly pink disc. It may just be old guy nostalgia bait, but whatever. I'm excited.