Why I like TMBG's Long Tall Weekend more than everyone else

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A firehose of info and reactions for the 2023 vinyl reissue of They Might Be Giants' 1999 eMusic-only album Long Tall Weekend - one I've always had a particular fondness for. Unlike certain people I could name...

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@titanicf0g 9 ай бұрын

That other promo CD given out at the 1999 WIRED Reader's Raves Awards was actually printed with silver ink, and it shines when looking at it from different angles irl

@oneguysear 9 ай бұрын

Ah that's a cool curio

@memedealer69420 8 ай бұрын

We are in, Damn good times 😉

@AutomatonArchive 7 ай бұрын

Very nice, now tell that to the people of Gaza...

@year2082 24 күн бұрын

always excited to see some respect for long tall weekend! it's my favourite as well, to a degree that i'm surprised youtube didn't show me this until now. its weird ominous vibe is possibly my favourite thing about it; i think it has a stunningly cohesive atmosphere for what are technically "leftover" songs. i liked your takes on the tracks. the idea of dark and metric being about some kind of remote canadian town amused me, because i'm from a remote canadian town and that's exactly what it always makes me think of, lol. also intrigued by the idea of counterfeit faker being about flans' brother; i've never heard that interpretation before, and i don't often consider tmbg to be a band that writes autobiographically, but something about that analysis strikes me as credible. maybe it's a more subtle revisiting of the same ideas from flood's hot cha? i think my one disagreement would be about severe tire damage's version of they got lost being better. i think the slower take on it serves the song better. it just _sounds_ like the song itself is lost, driving in circles, and i consider it a strength when a song's musical landscape reflects its lyrics. the faster version might be more rocking, but i think it's also more generic. (then again, it serves its purpose as a live recording. fun stuff like that is what concerts are best for.) somebody else said this already, but now all they need to do is release this album on cd, for _me_ ...

@judgeyrself 6 ай бұрын

i've been going through all of your TMBG album reviews/unboxings recently and i SUPER APPRECIATE THEM!! also - glad to hear someone else appreciate dark and metric as one of the highlights of this album. one of my favourite TMBG songs.

@d1nn3r_b3ll 8 ай бұрын

Great album and awesome video !

@fiona8081 3 ай бұрын

I think I might like Long Tall Weekend better than even you, because it was the first TMBG album I remember coming out when I was a kid (I was 4) and I was so excited for new TMBG songs. "She Thinks She's Edith Head" and "Maybe I Know" were my favorite songs for many years (replacing "Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head" which was apparently my fav song as a toddler...) I didn't even know it was an eMusic album until this video, since I guess my parents must have immediately burned it onto a CD so we could all listen in the car, and I think they printed out the cover art for the CD case too! Great breakdown, definitely an album that holds up, I agree that the song sequencing is really well done! Funnily enough, I did always know "Edison Museum" wasn't Flans, because the song always scared me as a kid and the sudden unfamiliar voice made it creepier to me (and yes my dad did tell me and my brother he'd take us there when we "quarreled")

@PinataTimeExtras 9 ай бұрын

Certain people I could name has always been one of my favorites! Definitely some classics on this

@ThreadBomb 9 ай бұрын

We live in a time in which albums are likely to be issued as download, vinyl, and even cassette tape, but much more rarely on CD, sad news for those who want to own a physical copy of the digital medium. Greetings to a fellow fan of William Burroughs.

@oneguysear 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, these seem to be rough times for CD fans

@FishVirus 2 ай бұрын

I’ve seen more CD releases than cassette releases, but yeah it’s still hard for us

@FishVirus 2 ай бұрын

I love long talk weekend too. So many good songs Also, do you have the emusic link for the booklet?

@lapinpuff 6 ай бұрын

I'll admit I've always dismissed this album, but your pure, intellectual love for it is so infectious. I feel I have a newborn appreciation for each track. Incredible job! :D

@qclod 9 ай бұрын

You've helped me find more appreciation for this album, thanks! Glad I found this channel recently, I like your way of talking about music.

@oneguysear 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MagicTurtle643 8 ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this. I love this album, although I guess I'd take They Got Lost over this if pressed, but Dark and Metric, Operators and Lullaby are probably better than MOST songs on They Got Lost so it's a tossup...

@AdamThorton 2 ай бұрын

You have failed in proving to me that you like it more than I do.

@AdamThorton 2 ай бұрын

TMBG albums aren't even albums. They're little worlds that feel like no other, somewhere between Brooklyn some other dimension that only They belong to.

@dingdongtingtong 9 ай бұрын

Shout out soul coughing! Been a long time fan, and im glad to see you make a return with the same if not greater level of script writing and editing. ps the traditional Hebrew pronunciation of Gabay is like ga-bye.