I’m a big fan of the ever quirky band They Might Be Giants. Last month they released their 16th album, Nanobots, and it’s a good one. One of my favorite songs is the opener “You’re on Fire.” Below is an unofficial, fan-created video for this song consisting of archival footage. Nicely done. The creepy monkey kids rule!
Just a piece of Kansas trivia: The large pink face that appears around the 1:45 mark and again at the very end of the video is none other than renowned Emporia newspaper journalist William Allen White. They Might Be Giants have long had a thing for William Allen White whose face also appears in their 1986 videos for “Don’t Let’s Start” and “Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head.” I love this strange connection between They Might Be Giants and the man for whom the top children’s book award in Kansas is named.
“Combustible heads—I read an article all about them.”
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