I’m quoting Ken Plume from a post on Bluesky because every word is true.
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
I never thought the musical definition of “full send” would come from Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Band. I think it was John Linnell who said:
“Before we appeared on the Johnny Carson show, the scrupulous bandleader made us rehearse it several times using a metronome, but for the actual performance the count had somehow been set 10 beats-per-minute faster. It was hard to sing that fast, but it gave it a nervous energy.”
That remains my favourite song (with words in) of all time. If you were to ask me to choose between that and my favourite track (without words) of all time, I wouldn't be anywhere close to being able to answer.
The first bit of waterphone makes all my remaining hair stand up, and the second bit makes my skin fall off.
For several months, I only had two CDs in my car, The Shaggs and Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill
Which gives you some idea of my mental state at the time.
I’m too darned old to pretend I don’t love pop music. Here is an event at the Empire State Building with the lights set to Golden from KPop Demon Hunters. It’s genuinely really cool.
