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Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Evilpopsicleguy on 22 Apr 2006, 22:44: I hate They Might Be Giants.

I want to get a time machine, and go back to the time when They Might Be Giants was just finishing the process of creating the song 'Dr. Worm' and are burning it to CD. I will destroy every molocule in each member's body, decimate the computer, and steal the disc, and put it into a microwave. I will then then I want to split the remains into several pieces, and have them hidden in countries all over the world, hoping it will never be formed again. then, 2000 years into the future, an explorer with a striking resemblece to nicolas cage will uncover all of the pieces, have them reassembled, and listen to it, only to find out that all he has uncovered is the most frighteningly irritating exercise of sonic monotony and unimaginative songwriting ever to grace the universe. museums will have it in the ancient war sections, and describe how anthropologists assume it was used as some form of torture in concentration camps to keep people from escaping their soundproof work stations. eventually, they will realize that in this future, the people are not adapted or immune to this sort of atrocious audible plague, but it will be too late. the sog will give the human race a terrible cancer, and they will all die, and all that will be left is Dr. Worm, the worst song throughout space and time in the universe.

I'm sorry, but I had come up with this intense hatred, and had to let it out somewhere. probably overdid it a bit, but oh well.

but seriously, I fucking hate They Might Be Giants with every part of my existence.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: McTaggart on 22 Apr 2006, 23:55: Dude, I've managed to avoid hearing a They Might Be Giants track for the last three or four years. And it hasn't been hard at all.

Fuck me, people need to stop hating.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Rubby on 23 Apr 2006, 00:07: I've never heard them before.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: ozphactor on 23 Apr 2006, 00:17: ISTANBUL WAS CONSTANTINOPLE
NOW IT'S ISTANBUL, NOT CONSTANTINOPLE
BEEN A LONG TIME GONE, CONSTANTINOPLE
WHY DID CONSTANTINOPE GET THE WORKS?
THAT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT THE TURKS
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: ASturge on 23 Apr 2006, 00:26: Wait, so who are you trying to impress?

Give us some reeaassssons you don't like They Might Be Giants.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Jedit on 23 Apr 2006, 01:19: I usually go with puerile lyrics sung mostly in the key of Nostril and roll on from there.

Then I ask the fan why they like They're Certainly Shit. I have yet to receive an answer other than "Because they're really good and I like them. How can you not like them?"
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: beat mouse on 23 Apr 2006, 01:30: Quote from: Rubby
I've never heard them before.

Malcolm in the Middle themesong. Most Ska sucks though.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Zaarin on 23 Apr 2006, 01:30: There are much, much crappier bands out there to be destroyed first.

That's not to defend TMBG, however. Hear me out. I enjoyed them in year 5. Then, in about year 7, I looked upon them and thought to myself "God, what have I been listening to?". I got into real music shortly afterwards.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Thrillho on 23 Apr 2006, 01:57: They're songs are entertaining enough; occasionally hilarious.

Particle man, particle man...

edit: And in fact, they are responsible for THE most timeless song ever written - you're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older, and now you're even older, you're older than you've ever been and now you're even older, and now you're older still.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Bunnyman on 23 Apr 2006, 02:13: TMBG is something of a gimmick band...listen to them for thematic connectivity, not brilliant musical expression.

Hate on Icon of Coil, The Killers, and V.A.S.T. first, plz k thx.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: beat mouse on 23 Apr 2006, 02:16: Quote from: Bunnyman
V.A.S.T.

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Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: beat mouse on 23 Apr 2006, 02:16: Quote from: Bunnyman
V.A.S.T.

oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god. oh god.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 23 Apr 2006, 02:25: TMBG is one of those bands that you will only allow yourself to enjoy if you don't take yourself seriously. If you never check yourself by saying "why am I listening to something that sounds like this?" they can be a lot of fun.

While this is in no way a compliment towards TMBG since it basically is saying that people will only like them if they ignore all the reasons they'd have for disliking them, the enjoyment that TMBG can give you if you DO ignore their shortcomings is genuine and I can't fault them for that.

In other words, they're not very good, but if you can get past that they're a lot of fun. You know, like punk rock.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: yipjumpmusic on 23 Apr 2006, 03:24: *agrees with above*

and hey, they made some kids cd about the alphabet I think, which says...something
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Kai on 23 Apr 2006, 03:29: Quote from: Bunnyman

Hate on Icon of Coil,

Hey, what's wrong with Icon of Coil?
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Patrick on 23 Apr 2006, 03:35: Quote from: ozphactor
ISTANBUL WAS CONSTANTINOPLE
NOW IT'S ISTANBUL, NOT CONSTANTINOPLE
BEEN A LONG TIME GONE, CONSTANTINOPLE
WHY DID CONSTANTINOPE GET THE WORKS?
THAT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT THE TURKS

That was originally done by Bing Crosby.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Kai on 23 Apr 2006, 04:02: And it's totally a rip off the Residents' Constantinople.

HERE I COME CONSTANTINOPLE
HERE I COME CONSTANTINOPLE
I AM COMING CONSTANTINOPLE
HERE I COME

It's a really similar tune.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: TrueNeutral on 23 Apr 2006, 04:02: Quote from: onewheelwizzard
TMBG is one of those bands that you will only allow yourself to enjoy if you don't take yourself seriously. If you never check yourself by saying "why am I listening to something that sounds like this?" they can be a lot of fun.

Being taken seriously is a complete drag anyway, so I don't see why someone would take themselves seriously.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: KharBevNor on 23 Apr 2006, 04:18: Quote from: Kai
Quote from: Bunnyman

Hate on Icon of Coil,

Hey, what's wrong with Icon of Coil?

I am also thinking this!
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Hat on 23 Apr 2006, 05:12: FACTORY SHOWROOM IS TOTALLY THE ONLY ALBUM I HAVE EVER HEARD

MAN, FACTORY SHOWROOM IS A PRETTY TERRIBLE ALBUM.

FUCK TMBG, I AM SO SICK OF FACTORY SHOWROOM AS AN ALBUM.

THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD ON HOME MOVIES, THOUGH.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Patrick on 23 Apr 2006, 06:32: Dude Hat where have you been I haven't seen you in forever.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: The extra letter on 23 Apr 2006, 06:33: Quote from: KharBevNor
Quote from: Kai
Quote from: Bunnyman

Hate on Icon of Coil,

Hey, what's wrong with Icon of Coil?

I am also thinking this!

I am also also thinking this.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Hat on 23 Apr 2006, 06:43: Quote from: KimJongSick
Dude Hat where have you been I haven't seen you in forever.

I have been moving into a new place. I have also been taking bass lessons and been drinking too much at this new place. I have only found a lot of time to fuck around on the internet because I have found too much time to play Civ 4, quite frankly.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Patrick on 23 Apr 2006, 06:46: Oh, alright. Dude screw the rest of us go play some Civ4!

/turn-based strategy for the fucking WIN, man
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Hat on 23 Apr 2006, 06:48: I have been culture bombing some mongolian shit. I like to think that somehow, through cunningly placed cultural examples, I have been pretty much conquering the mogols through sheer force of hilarity.

Also, LEONARD NIMOY.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: nickyandthefuture on 23 Apr 2006, 06:55: I don't listen to them, but I know they covered a Cub song ("New York City"), which makes them okay in my book.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Houdinimachine on 23 Apr 2006, 08:28: Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love is a fun, catchy song.

Hell, pretty much all of Flood is decent.

I wouldn't touch the rest of their albums with a ten foot spear though.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Bastardous Bassist on 23 Apr 2006, 09:13: Quote from: onewheelwizzard
TMBG is one of those bands that you will only allow yourself to enjoy if you don't take yourself seriously. If you never check yourself by saying "why am I listening to something that sounds like this?" they can be a lot of fun.

Actually, the vocals make my brain hurt. I can't listen to them because they just plain sound bad. I want my music to at least sound good. Paul Gilbert writes funny songs that don't take themselves too seriously, but he can actually sing.

Edit: David Thorpe has a thing or two to say about them (http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2987). It's pretty funny, as always.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Kai on 23 Apr 2006, 09:51: Dr. Thorpe pretty much wins.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Chesire Cat on 23 Apr 2006, 11:40: Quote from: onewheelwizzard
In other words, they're not very good, but if you can get past that they're a lot of fun. You know, like punk rock.

That is my new msn name.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Tergon on 23 Apr 2006, 15:21: I'll agree that several TMBG songs are stupid, annoying and ridiculous. Minimum Wage, Meet James Ensor, Spider... the list goes on. A lot of TMBG songs sound kind of like teeny-bop after a camel has puked on it... or maybe rejects from Veggietales.

That being said, I do like TMBG. Maybe I just don't take myself seriously enough, like onewheelwizzard said. I hope not - taking yourself seriously is too damn depressing. I'd rather be a TMBG fan than an Emo.
But I honestly do like a lot of their songs. Some, like Particle Man and Dr. Worm fall into the "So Bad It's Good" category. On the other hand there are ones like New York City, Experimental Film and Birdhouse In Your Soul that actually do have good music to 'em and lyrics that aren't just stupid jokes.
Iunno. I'm convinced that somewhere, under all the gimmicks and jokes, there's a little nugget of musical talent buried somewhere in TMBG. Possibly in their kidneys.

Still, onewheelwizard did say it best: so long as you're not pretentious enough to take yourself seriously ALL the time, TMBG can be a lotta fun.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Bunnyman on 23 Apr 2006, 17:39: Sorry 'bout the Icon of Coil...ever get totally turned off a band because you associated them with a traumatic episode? That's the dilly. I still stand by the other two.

Yeah, precisely. TMBG is pretty much total fun. I mean, look at their album art. These guys are going for outright comedy a lot more than deep insight.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Kai on 23 Apr 2006, 17:49: Wait, tramautic episode? Icon of Coil? STORYTIME PLZKTHX
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Tearon on 23 Apr 2006, 18:33: I dunno. I always felt that TMBG was a pretty good band for what it was. I mean, as far as gimmick bands go, you've got a serious limit of quality, which is what you can expect considering that it's not about music so much as comedy. Which is fine.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Synchronicity on 23 Apr 2006, 18:51: After hearing Apollo 18 on repeat everytime I went over to my friends house for like 3 months last year I really can't stand TMBG. Bleh.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: Ghostwriter on 23 Apr 2006, 18:56: I was gonna say...what's with the Icon of Coil hatin'?

I too have managed to not hear a single full They Might Be Giants song, ever.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: butmyrobotloves on 24 Apr 2006, 02:45: Try being a creative writing major and having your roommate playing her TMBG album at 1 AM when you're trying to write a poem for your workshop the next day. That's when I really started to dislike TMBG strongly.

Although, admittedly, I think if you hear, tops, one or two TMBG song a year, and if you're in a good mood, it has the possibility to be enjoyable. Just NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER while you're trying to write good poetry.
Title: I Fucking Hate They Might Be Giants
Post by: JodyAnthony on 25 Apr 2006, 13:21: Quote from: nickyandthefuture
I don't listen to them, but I know they covered a Cub song ("New York City"), which makes them okay in my book.

Cub is one of the best bands ever.

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