| They Might Be Giants – Fibber Island Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| It was a sort of homage by Linnell (I believe) to children's albums in times past in which "lying creatively" was the whimsical subject. | |
| They Might Be Giants – The Famous Polka Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| It is TMBG's only polka, thus it is The Famous Polka. | |
| Britney Spears – Oops!...I Did It Again Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The first time I heard the refrain I swore it was a cheap imitation of The Beatles' "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill". I now shudder at the comparison. | |
| The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low" The original lyric was something similar to... "No one I think is on my wavelength, I mean it must be high or low" Lennon basically "dumbed it down" because he believed most people of the time would not understand his use of the word "wavelength". Upon examination, the word "wavelength" makes more sense. |
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| The Beatles – Lovely Rita Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Coincidentally, this song was written shortly after the UK first began to employ Meter Maids. | |
| The Beatles – Octopus's Garden Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The song is evidently about juvenile escapism and the comfort that can be provided by flights of fancy. | |
| They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Is that Brent Spiner in that song? The "hang on tight" and "boy" parts, I mean. | |
| They Might Be Giants – No! Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The song seems to be about the word "no" as heard from a child'd perspective. | |
| The Byrds – Mr. Spaceman Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"Mr. Spaceman" always seemed to me to be an allegory for a "Jesus Christ" type figure in a modern world in which the childlike "magic" of life is ground to paste by the world. The song presents an escape from the pains of reality. Or perhaps the band thought it was a trippy tune that needed unorthodox lyrics. |
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| They Might Be Giants – Operators Are Standing By Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This is a very literal song. And one of the best. | |
| They Might Be Giants – Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| This song is taken almost word-for-word from a children's science album hailing from the late 1950s to early 1960s. | |
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