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 | Title : No!
Author : They Might Be Giants
Release Date : 20020611
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
Amazon.com Price : $13.49
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Editorial Reviews :
Hitch up your I-Pods, egg-headed hipsters of the future: They Might Be Giants, the out-there band that files its sound under the banner of 'Can't We All Just Get Along' is speaking your language. What they're saying is No!, but in a way that's weirdly welcoming, especially to anybody who's over 3 and has a hard drive. No!'s computer enhancements (animation, games, and a sing-along scroll bar) don't assign the strictly audio experience to the so-what pile, but at certain moments they seem necessary--how else are you supposed to decipher a song ('Violin') whose only words are 'violin,' 'hippo,' and the ticking off of fractional segments of George Washington's head? Of course, to try to make sense of the 17 tunes contained here may be to miss the point. While TMBG's lyrical and vocal hijinks can be off-putting to grownups prone to self-consciousness about not getting the joke, the generation No! takes aim at needs nothing in the way of validation. Thus the brilliance of baggage-free ditties like 'Fibber Island,' where the natives strum rubber guitars and sew buttons on cars, 'John Lee Supertaster,' a rock & roll fantasy following a hero with heightened senses of sweet and sour, and 'I Am a Grocery Bag,' detailing what's bumping around in brown paper after a trip to the market. With their triumph over the tube (TMBG took home a Grammy for the theme to Malcolm in the Middle and perform and wrote the intro to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), frontmen John Linnell and John Flansburgh have already infiltrated the family market, sort of. No! finds the band bending to a level lots of other giants might overlook, but without cramping up. Given the right reach, They Could Be Kiddie Icons.
Buyer Reviews :
Well, today is the first day I have enough computer time to write a review. My kids have been playing the games on the CD every day. We had been the website and heard the clips, but that wasn't enough. They had to know what happened to the guy on 'Four of Two'.
The games are incredibly cute. I Am a Grocery Bag and The House at the Top of the Tree are favorites.
The music may not be fresh enough for the older 'kids' but mine are 6 and 4 and they love every track. TMBG's other songs may not be unsuitable for younger people but most are certainly above their heads or even a little dark.
All in all, another fantastic effort and one I am glad to share with any and everyone.
(by ducklie)
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