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All rights reserved.Flood - They Might Be Giants (CD 1990)
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Great music!
This cd has a great selection of music...mostly quite humorous. This album was a favorite of mine while in high school...a great way to reminisce!!
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Whistling In The DarkThis is the album that got the critics attention and elevated these two amazing Johns to cult status. There are some essential classics here (Particle Man, Birdhouse In Your Soul) and I think it's safe to say that this is the single most important album in the huge TMBG discography. 5 Huge Stars.
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Good, FunReview created: 09/02/07
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I love the humor of They Might Be Giants and their classic songs that I grew up with. I wanted to buy it because I remember loving the music as a kid.
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They Might Be Giants: FloodReview created: 05/09/07
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This is easily one of my favourite They Might Be Giants album, if not my favourite album of all time. It is witty and strange, maybe too cool for the mainstream, so if you like your Gwen Stephanis and Pussy Cat Dolls, this might not be for you. I like it because you have to interpret a lot of things, it makes you think, and the lyrics are just strange enough to keep you hooked.
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GREAT CD! Dont tell too many people. Keep em special!Review created: 11/06/06
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Quirky, offbeat, intelligent, and humorous. I'm glag they didn't get too commercial like Bare Naked Ladies. Did you hear about TMBG doing songs for Spielberg's "Tiny Toons"? Great group, great original toons.
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Nothing's Cooler Than Being UncoolReview created: 08/15/05
by: DrFaustus-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Music
Pros:
you'll never look at pop music the same way again
you'll never look at pop music the same way again
Cons:
will simply confuse and annoy those who know nothing beyond the popular trends
will simply confuse and annoy those who know nothing beyond the popular trends
1989 to 1990 was an awkward year for me. But then again, freshman year of high school is an awkward time for most people. I knew right from the start that I wasn't going to be part of the popular crowd. More importantly, though, I knew that I didn't want to be part of the popular crowd. All the constant concern about not breaking the ever-changing rules of what's being cool, having to kowtow to the students who hogged the spotlight with their athletic prowess, maneuvering my way through the hierarchy of social coterie, letting the masses define what is and what is not important - in essence,..
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How to rewire your brain part 1Review created: 01/28/00
by: 32_Footsteps -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Catchy album, Has most of their hits
Catchy album, Has most of their hits
Cons:
Too simplistic, Middle drags
Too simplistic, Middle drags
Ah, to be ten again, young and simple, with not a care in the world beyond watching afterschool cartoons. I'm sure many people have similar memories. One sticks in my mind more than any other, though. Once, while watching "Tiny Toon Adventures," they made music videos of various songs. Big deal, I thought initially. That was before the classic song "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" cued up. I had heard the song before, but the new version was more vibrant. I listened further, and the same band did another song, a new one: "Particle Man." My little brain, which was hopped up on sugar and various.
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A "Flood" Of Eccentric Music As They Might Be Giants Broke Into The Mainstream!Review created: 04/25/07
by: wlswarts -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Decent music, Good vocals, Wonderful weird lyrics
Decent music, Good vocals, Wonderful weird lyrics
Cons:
SHORT, Some of the tracks are too quirky just for the sake of oddity.
SHORT, Some of the tracks are too quirky just for the sake of oddity.
They Might Be Giants is the quirky duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell and I've listened to their albums "Flood" and "Then: The Early Years" (reviewed at: http://www.epinions.com/conten
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Why are they rising...againReview created: 03/18/01
by: amidknight -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Fun uptempo songs
Fun uptempo songs
Cons:
None
None
The year: around 1990 (of course). I was about 10 or 11 watching Tiny Toons, a wonderful show really, at a friends house. The episode on was a spoof of MTV (back when they played videos) and two of the songs they used were from this album; 'Istanbul (not Constantiniple)' and 'Particle Man'. I had heard these songs before and found myself singing away while my friend was looking at me like a crazy person. It was, however, not until four or five years later that I got 'Istanbul' stuck in my head one day (remembering living in Denver) in my head, this sent me into a ferocious hunt for anything I.
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A Great Album...Yah!Review created: 04/04/00
by: hawkeye2010 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Every song has a hook that will have you singing it for days
Every song has a hook that will have you singing it for days
Cons:
The Goofy lyrics and strange voices may turn more "serious" music fans off
The Goofy lyrics and strange voices may turn more "serious" music fans off
Any TMBG (as we insiders call They Might Be Giants) fan gets the title of this review. For the rest of you, it's a take off of one of the clever little ditties that make up Flood, a rock album for people who don't like rock music...and everybody else too. I got into TMBG in a strange period in my life. I had given up on pop music (this was pre-Nirvana) and was listening to quirky stuff like Thomas Dolby, Peter Gabriel, and Information Society. In short, I had fallen under the spell of "geek rock". With their goofy lyrics about how the sun works and accordion solos, They Might Be Giants.
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