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* BassoProfundo: Hudson Shad bass singer Wilbur Pauley does the very low-pitched lead vocal on "O, Do Not Forsake Me".
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording. The ''John Henry Demos'' version had Flansburgh sing it in a deep voice, but he was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album.
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording.recording. It's an a cappella performance by the vocal group Hudson Shad. The ''John Henry Demos'' version had Flansburgh sing it in a deep voice, but he was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album. [[note]]After bringing Hudson Shad into the studio, they were shocked to learn that one of Hudson Shad's members had been an extra in the "Birdhouse in Your Soul" video.[[/note]]
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No one knows my plan]]
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Susan Drew, the label rep who signed them to Elektra, suggested that they hire a full backing band, and the Johns also felt that they'd gone as far as they could with the duo[=/=]backing tapes arrangement, so they recruited Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of The Ordinaires on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Jonathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour). After recording polished demos of almost all the songs ("Stomp Box" was the only one not demoed), they tracked the whole album at the Bearsville Studios in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState Upstate New York]] with producer Paul Fox (who'd previously worked with Music/{{XTC}}, Music/TenThousandManiacs and [[Music/{{Bjork}} The Sugarcubes]]).
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Susan Drew, the label rep who signed them to Elektra, suggested that they hire a full backing band, and the Johns also felt that they'd gone as far as they could with the duo[=/=]backing tapes arrangement, so they recruited Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu Music/PereUbu on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of The Ordinaires on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Jonathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour). After recording polished demos of almost all the songs ("Stomp Box" was the only one not demoed), they tracked the whole album at the Bearsville Studios in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState Upstate New York]] with producer Paul Fox (who'd previously worked with Music/{{XTC}}, Music/TenThousandManiacs and [[Music/{{Bjork}} The Sugarcubes]]).
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* HollywoodNewEngland: Linnell sings "A Self Called Nowhere" in an exaggerated Boston accent.
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* HollywoodNewEngland: Linnell sings "A Self Called Nowhere" in an exaggerated Boston UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} accent.
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** "I Should Be Allowed to Think" opens with a quote from Alan Ginsberg's "Howl": "I saw the best minds of my generation / Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical"
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** "I Should Be Allowed to Think" opens with a quote from Alan Ginsberg's Creator/AllenGinsberg's "Howl": "I saw the best minds of my generation / Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical"
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: Though they say it plenty of times in the song, "[=NyQuil=] Driver" is officially known as "AKA Driver" and is the only song on the album without printed lyrics.
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: Though they say it plenty of times in the song, "[=NyQuil=] Driver" is officially known as "AKA Driver" and is the only song on the album without printed lyrics.lyrics.
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording. The ''John Henry Demos'' version had Flansburgh sing it in a deep voice, but was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album.
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording. The ''John Henry Demos'' version had Flansburgh sing it in a deep voice, but he was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album.
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** "Extra Savoir-Faire" is a little more subdued and reflective than you'd expect an IAmGreatSong to be.
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''John Henry'' is the fifth studio album by ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', released in 1994 by Creator/ElektraRecords. It was their first album recorded with a full backing band; at the insistence of Elektra's Susan Drew, the Johns recruited Tony Maimone of ''Pere Ubu'' on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of ''The Ordinaires'' on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Johnathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour).
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''John Henry'' is the fifth studio album by ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', released in 1994 by Creator/ElektraRecords. It was their first album recorded with a full backing band; at the insistence of Elektra's
Susan Drew, the label rep who signed them to Elektra, suggested that they hire a full backing band, and the Johns also felt that they'd gone as far as they could with the duo[=/=]backing tapes arrangement, so they recruited Tony Maimone of''Pere Ubu'' Pere Ubu on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of ''The Ordinaires'' The Ordinaires on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Johnathan Jonathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour).
tour). After recording polished demos of almost all the songs ("Stomp Box" was the only one not demoed), they tracked the whole album at the Bearsville Studios in [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState Upstate New York]] with producer Paul Fox (who'd previously worked with Music/{{XTC}}, Music/TenThousandManiacs and [[Music/{{Bjork}} The Sugarcubes]]).
After some tracks were bootlegged, then later featured on the They Might Be Giants podcast, the ''[[https://tmbw.net/wiki/John_Henry_Demos John Henry Demos]]'' were released by the band as a full album in 2018.
Susan Drew, the label rep who signed them to Elektra, suggested that they hire a full backing band, and the Johns also felt that they'd gone as far as they could with the duo[=/=]backing tapes arrangement, so they recruited Tony Maimone of
After some tracks were bootlegged, then later featured on the They Might Be Giants podcast, the ''[[https://tmbw.net/wiki/John_Henry_Demos John Henry Demos]]'' were released by the band as a full album in 2018.
* BassoProfundo: Hudson Shad bass singer Wilbur Pauley does the very low-pitched lead vocal on "O, Do Not Forsake Me".
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording. Flansburgh initially recorded a demo with his own vocals, but was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album.
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording. The ''John Henry Demos'' version had Flansburgh initially recorded sing it in a demo with his own vocals, deep voice, but was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album.
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* MeaningfulName: As their first album with a live backing band instead of preprogrammed instrumentals, they only thought it fitting to name it for a tale of man outpacing machine.
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''John Henry'' is the fifth studio album by ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', released in 1994 by Creator/ElektraRecords. It was their first album recorded with a full backing band; at the insistence of Elektra's Susan Drew, the Johns has recruited Tony Maimone of ''Pere Ubu'' on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of ''The Ordinaires'' on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Johnathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour).
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''John Henry'' is the fifth studio album by ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', released in 1994 by Creator/ElektraRecords. It was their first album recorded with a full backing band; at the insistence of Elektra's Susan Drew, the Johns has recruited Tony Maimone of ''Pere Ubu'' on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of ''The Ordinaires'' on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Johnathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour).
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: From "Destination Moon":
-->''Don't bother to call this room\\
There's nobody here who can pick up\\
Or has stuff they need to talk about\\
And who won't be now checking out and flying''
-->''Don't bother to call this room\\
There's nobody here who can pick up\\
Or has stuff they need to talk about\\
And who won't be now checking out and flying''
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Important, and hard to see]]
Important, and hard to see]]
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No one knows my plan]]
->''As I got hit by a car there was a message for me\\
As I went through the windshield, I noticed something\\\
Subliminial, in an unnoticeable way\\
Important, and hard to
-->--'''Subliminal'''
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* CelebritySong: "Meet James Ensor" is a tribute to "Belgium's famous painter".
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: "AKA Driver" is narrated by a man who's "a full-day's drive away" from his destination and drives fast and recklessly to make it in time.
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* ShapedLikeItself: In "A Self Called Nowhere"
-->''Standing in my yard \\
Where they tore down the garage\\
To make room for the torn-down garage''
-->''Standing in my yard \\
Where they tore down the garage\\
To make room for the torn-down garage''
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** "No One Knows My Plan" references "the allegory of the people in the cave by that Greek guy", referring to the allegory of the cave from Creator/{{Plato}}'s ''Literature/TheRepublic''.
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** "No One Knows My Plan" references "the allegory of the people in the cave [[BuffySpeak by that the Greek guy", guy]]", referring to the allegory of the cave from Creator/{{Plato}}'s ''Literature/TheRepublic''.
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* EpicRocking: "Sleeping in the Flowers" was the longest song they'd released up to that point, and is still among the longest they've issued on a studio project. Still, [[MinisculeRocking it's only four-and-a-half minutes long]].
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* HollywoodNewEngland: Linnell sings "A Self Called Nowhere" in an exaggerated Boston accent.
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* LyricalDissonance: "No One Knows My Plan" is a bouncy salsa-inspired number about a violent criminal plotting a prison break.
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* LyricalDissonance: LyricalDissonance:
** "No One Knows My Plan" is a bouncy salsa-inspired number about a violent criminal plotting a prisonbreak.break.
** The similarly bright "Destination Moon" is about a mental patient who thinks he's an astronaut.
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** The similarly bright "Destination Moon" is about a mental patient who thinks he's an astronaut.
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* NewSoundAlbum: Their first album backed by a full band, which allowed them to augment their usual GenreRoulette with more fully-realized arrangements.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: "O, Do Not Foresake Me" is sung by a character who claims to be 1,000 years old.
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** The title line of "Snail Shell" is a nod to Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)".
** "Pour the poison in my ear" from "Stomp Box" [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare alludes]] to ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
** "Pour the poison in my ear" from "Stomp Box" [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare alludes]] to ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
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* {{WPUN}}: "The End of the Tour" mentions a radio station called WLSD. There actually is a WLSD radio in Virginia (oddly, a gospel music station).
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* InNameOnly: "O, Do Not Forsake Me" is an odd case - since it's performed a cappella by vocal group Hudson Shad, no official members of TMBG appear on the studio recording. Flansburgh initially recorded a demo with his own vocals, but was dissatisfied with it and decided he'd rather hear it sung by someone with "a really profound, bassy voice"; Linnell had recently seen Hudson Shad perform live and was impressed, so he suggested having them sing it for the album.
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* LyricalDissonance: "No One Knows My Plan" is a bouncy salsa-inspired number about a violent criminal plotting a prison break.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Subliminal, in an unnoticeable way\\
Important, and hard to see]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Subliminal, in an unnoticeable way\\
Important, and hard to see]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: John Linnell described the narrator of "I Should Be Allowed to Think" as such. He thinks he's a persecuted genius, but the truth is no one hears what he has to say because no one is listening.
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* UnreliableNarrator: John Linnell described the narrator of "I Should Be Allowed to Think" as such. He thinks he's a persecuted genius, but the truth is no one hears what he has to say because [[SmallNameBigEgo he's just not that interesting and no one is listening.listening]].
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* RhymingWithItself: "Spy" rhymes "ground" with "ground", and "me" with "me".
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''John Henry'' is the fifth studio album by ''Music/TheyMightBeGiants'', released in 1994 by Creator/ElektraRecords. It was their first album recorded with a full backing band; at the insistence of Elektra's Susan Drew, the Johns has recruited Tony Maimone of ''Pere Ubu'' on bass guitar, Kurt Hoffman of ''The Ordinaires'' on keyboard and reeds, and Brian Doherty on drums (replacing Johnathan Feinberg, who had played with them on tour).
!!Tracklist
# Subliminal (2:45)
# Snail Shell (3:20)
# Sleeping in the Flowers (4:30)
# Unrelated Thing (2:30)
# AKA Driver (3:14)
# I Should Be Allowed to Think (3:09)
# Extra Savoir-Faire (2:48)
# Why Must I Be Sad? (4:08)
# Spy (3:06)
# O, Do Not Forsake Me (2:30)
# Dirt Bike (3:05)
# Destination Moon (2:27)
# A Self Called Nowhere (3:22)
# Meet James Ensor (1:33)
# Thermostat (3:11)
# Window (1:00)
# Out Of Jail (2:38)
# Stomp Box (1:55)
# The End of the Tour (3:18)
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!!This Was the Vehicle, These Were the Tropes:
*DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Meet James Ensor" features the lyrics "He lived with his mother and the torments of Christ", which is followed in the next verse by "He lived with his mother and repeated himself".
*IAmGreatSong: "Extra Savoir-Faire"
*MadnessMantra: "Subliminal" ends with the Johns repeating the line "Stare into the subliminal for as long as you can" over and over... and then playing it again backwards for a bit.
*OverlyLongGag: The outro for "Spy" is a long string of guitar chords and comically-discordant brass notes.
*SanitySlippageSong: "Subliminal" is about a man who starts seeing subliminal messages everywhere he goes after getting hit by a car.
*ShoutOut:
** "I Should Be Allowed to Think" opens with a quote from Alan Ginsberg's "Howl": "I saw the best minds of my generation / Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical"
** "Why Must I Be Sad?" references several songs by Music/AliceCooper.
** "No One Knows My Plan" references "the allegory of the people in the cave by that Greek guy", referring to the allegory of the cave from Creator/{{Plato}}'s ''Literature/TheRepublic''.
* UnreliableNarrator: John Linnell described the narrator of "I Should Be Allowed to Think" as such. He thinks he's a persecuted genius, but the truth is no one hears what he has to say because no one is listening.
* VillainSong: "No One Knows My Plan" is about a man in prison for some unspecified crime (but presumably a violent one, given the references to "shouting" and "shrieks of pain") plotting his escape.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Though they say it plenty of times in the song, "[=NyQuil=] Driver" is officially known as "AKA Driver" and is the only song on the album without printed lyrics.
!!Tracklist
# Subliminal (2:45)
# Snail Shell (3:20)
# Sleeping in the Flowers (4:30)
# Unrelated Thing (2:30)
# AKA Driver (3:14)
# I Should Be Allowed to Think (3:09)
# Extra Savoir-Faire (2:48)
# Why Must I Be Sad? (4:08)
# Spy (3:06)
# O, Do Not Forsake Me (2:30)
# Dirt Bike (3:05)
# Destination Moon (2:27)
# A Self Called Nowhere (3:22)
# Meet James Ensor (1:33)
# Thermostat (3:11)
# Window (1:00)
# Out Of Jail (2:38)
# Stomp Box (1:55)
# The End of the Tour (3:18)
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!!This Was the Vehicle, These Were the Tropes:
*DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Meet James Ensor" features the lyrics "He lived with his mother and the torments of Christ", which is followed in the next verse by "He lived with his mother and repeated himself".
*IAmGreatSong: "Extra Savoir-Faire"
*MadnessMantra: "Subliminal" ends with the Johns repeating the line "Stare into the subliminal for as long as you can" over and over... and then playing it again backwards for a bit.
*OverlyLongGag: The outro for "Spy" is a long string of guitar chords and comically-discordant brass notes.
*SanitySlippageSong: "Subliminal" is about a man who starts seeing subliminal messages everywhere he goes after getting hit by a car.
*ShoutOut:
** "I Should Be Allowed to Think" opens with a quote from Alan Ginsberg's "Howl": "I saw the best minds of my generation / Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical"
** "Why Must I Be Sad?" references several songs by Music/AliceCooper.
** "No One Knows My Plan" references "the allegory of the people in the cave by that Greek guy", referring to the allegory of the cave from Creator/{{Plato}}'s ''Literature/TheRepublic''.
* UnreliableNarrator: John Linnell described the narrator of "I Should Be Allowed to Think" as such. He thinks he's a persecuted genius, but the truth is no one hears what he has to say because no one is listening.
* VillainSong: "No One Knows My Plan" is about a man in prison for some unspecified crime (but presumably a violent one, given the references to "shouting" and "shrieks of pain") plotting his escape.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: Though they say it plenty of times in the song, "[=NyQuil=] Driver" is officially known as "AKA Driver" and is the only song on the album without printed lyrics.
