Octopus Overlords

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:53 pm

https://tmbgshop.com/collections/all/pr ... s-download

I was just listening to them this morning. I'd pay twice that price for this opportunity.

Edit: Damn you new page

LordMortis wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:02 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:53 pm https://tmbgshop.com/collections/all/pr ... s-download

I was just listening to them this morning. I'd pay twice that price for this opportunity.

Edit: Damn you new page

Thanks Isg! (And LM for putting it on a new page so I'd notice it.) I haven't really listened to They Might Be Giants since Flood waaaay back when, so this'll be fun to check out.

Daehawk wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 11:00 am and you guys poke fun at my food eats....your music tastes are strange to me. Ill stay the teenage girl from the 1980s and post....

FTFY

I've been running through a lot of Elton John albums lately. I owned all of his big 70s masterpieces - Captain Fantastic, Tumbleweed Connection, Honky Chateau, Yellow Brick Road, Madman Across the Water, Don't Shoot Me.

A buddy of mine was getting rid of a lot of his vinyl, so I picked up Blue Moves, 21 at 33, Jump Up!, Leather Jackets, Rock of the Westies, The Fox, and Victim of Love.

I haven't had time to listen to them all yet, but I did enjoy Rock of the Westies a great deal, and 21 at 33 was also surprisingly good. I don't have a lot of hope for his 80s output, but I'm a completionist so I'll eventually get everything.

Hipolito wrote: Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:31 am

LordMortis wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:02 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:53 pm https://tmbgshop.com/collections/all/pr ... s-download

I was just listening to them this morning. I'd pay twice that price for this opportunity.

Edit: Damn you new page

Thanks Isg! (And LM for putting it on a new page so I'd notice it.) I haven't really listened to They Might Be Giants since Flood waaaay back when, so this'll be fun to check out.

they've been releasing albums on the regular; this is the new live one:

https://tmbg.bandcamp.com/album/beast-of-horns

personally, most of what they've released since they went 'full band' in 1993 has not been interesting to me. i liked the early sonic weirdness, but they went for a more conventional sound which they're committed to - and have doubled down on, as the above album shows... the self-titled, _Lincoln_, the b-sides collection _Miscellaneous T_, _Flood_ and _Apollo 13_ are all excellent, though.

(one exception - their first kid's album _No!_ from 2000, which is genuinely good)