They Might Be Giants - The Power Of TMBG Dial A Song Lyrics

I might like the fast-paced demo Where Your Eyes Don't Go more than the final version...

13:43 *car horn starts blaring*

Nothing gold can stay

They pushed me in the face again...and I loved every second of it! 💗💗💗

kinda creepy actually

this is all the songs of dial-a-song service?

Please tell me where you found this and the sequel

Download them here: http://www.museumofidiots.com/tmbg/mp3s/

Can we get a download link?

Amazingly, (a rerecording of) that first jingle has now ended up on an official release with 2018's More Murdered Remains, the bonus disc to My Murdered Remains.

34:06
52:32
1:01:38

Jeeze, some of these John Henry demos predate the demos released on the demo album!

Any plans on putting up a download?

Man, I'm STILL discovering new songs from TMBG

For Mobile:
0:00 Dial-A-Song Jingle #1
0:31 Now That I Have Everything
3:35 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
5:28 How Much Cake Can You Eat?
6:24 Swing Is A Word
8:00 Cupid
9:06 Counterfeit Fake
9:45 I Find It Hard To Believe
10:25 I Need Some Lovin'
11:34 Confusing His Mind
12:22 Don't I Have The Right (Demo)
13:43 Hi Honey I'm Home
14:43 Weep Day
16:33 We Just Go Nuts At Christmas Time
18:00 Mrs. Cinderella
19:03 Mainstream U.S.A.
20:07 Brainwashin' Our Fighting Boys
21:30 Concrete And Clay
24:00 Instrumental
24:58 Next Plane To London
26:35 Token Back To Brooklyn (Demo)
27:54 Bread Hair
29:09 We All Love The People
31:06 Hiya
32:36 Half A Boy (Demo)
34:06 Dial-A-Song Jingle #2
34:21 King Of Wingo
35:01 Operators Are Standing By (Demo)
36:30 Maine (Demo)
38:32 I Might Be Giants, Too
42:10 O Do Not Forsake Me (Demo)
43:31 Meet James Ensor (Demo)
45:13 Ondine (Demo)
47:12 Wreck It Apart
49:04 Spy (Demo)
50:21 Subliminal (Demo)
52:32 Dial-A-Song Jingle #3
52:44 A Self Called Nowhere (Demo)
56:05 Destination Moon (Demo)
58:14 I Should Be Allowed To Think (Demo)
59:41 Sleeping In The Flowers (Demo)
1:01:38 Dial-A-Song Jingle #4
1:02:05 I Palindrome I (Demo)
1:03:49 Turn Around (Demo)
1:06:39 Where Your Eyes Don't Go (Demo)
1:08:25 Why Does The Sun Shine? (Demo)
1:11:00 Free Bird's Rebirth
1:12:14 See The Constellation (Demo)
1:13:37 Purple Toupee (Demo)
1:15:11 Shoehorn With Teeth (Demo)
1:16:25 Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal (Demo)
1:18:53 I'll Sink Manhattan (Demo)
1:21:25 Your Racist Friend (Demo)
1:23:38 Welcome To The Jungle (Demo)
1:26:38 We Want A Rock (Demo)
1:29:11 Ana Ng (Demo)
1:30:59 My Evil Twin (Demo)
1:34:01 Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo)
1:36:01 Istanbul (Not Consantinople) (Demo)
1:37:39 Pencil Rain (Demo)
1:40:10 Ant (Demo)
1:42:13 Particle Man (Demo)

THANK YOU SO MUCH i havent heard this stuff since i was actually dialing the number

This is my first time hearing a clean version of I Might Be Giant Too - I'd only heard the live recording before. It's so crazy to me no one has ever taken credit for it; it's such a great tune!

And it's not even TMBG. No one knows who recorded it. It was just sent to them by a fan.

Very interesting, and it shows a lot of the process of the band. For example "I Need Some Lovin;" has the middle instrumental interruption of "Lie Still, Little Bottle." It also sounds like the first song that had Robin Goldwasser on it.
That version of "Oh, Do Not Forsake Me," sounds a bit different than the one that I heard on Dial-a-song back in the day.

The song "I Palindrome I" is a different song with the same title. I taped this years ago and was surprised when the song with this title came out on Apollo 18. See the Constellation also had a different melody, but the same lyrics.

"I Palindrome I" was originally written by John Flansburgh but he wasn't satisfied with how it turned out so he gave the song to John Linnell who completely rewrote it into the version on Apollo 18.

I like the "power of a dial-a-song" song.

well here.. The legendary Power Of Dial-A-Song bootleg was first released in 1994. Its name refers to the first track on the bootleg, "The Power Of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song". It features many recordings from Dial-A-Song, including demos and rough songs, as well as some still-unreleased tracks. A sequel was released a few years later, Power Of Dial-A-Song II: More Power To You.

this is cool! what year? what's the story on it? It's like a Sebadoh reject or lost Daniel Johnston ** found a note:
The legendary Power Of Dial-A-Song bootleg was first released in 1994. Its name refers to the first track on the bootleg, "The Power Of They Might Be Giants' Dial-A-Song". It features many recordings from Dial-A-Song, including demos and rough songs, as well as some still-unreleased tracks. A sequel was released a few years later, Power Of Dial-A-Song II: More Power To You.

This concept is way better than mailing your demo tape to a label that won't listen to it anyway.

It's like a midi version of TMBG

I must download these albums.... but where??

olias ben el same I want to download these!

you could convert the video and break up the audio file (or not) maybe?

Alfie P yeah I should try that. Idk I'd rather have it already broken up.

Try the website muesuem of idiots. It has a lot of rare TMBG stuff including both Power Of Dial a Songs

Fascinating. There appears to be some similarity between early TMBG and early DEVO.

and a band called Sparks, which was there before the both of them.

Early TMBG sounds almost like a lighter, poppier Ween.

I agree and love them both!

wow the demos are really different to the actuall songs at least most of them

Thank you so much for putting this up!! I love the Purple Toupee demo and it's stuck in my head (I'm ok with that though).

I know things must change, but I sure love early TMBG. Funniest music ever made.

I'm so sad there's no other recordings of Mrs. Cinderella. :;(

Do you have the second one?

I'm uploading it right now.

@supernintendo64 Way cool, dude!

@Moony Moon It's up.