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There was a thread a while back about science songs. They Might Be
Giants is coming out with a record this Fall called "Here Comes
Science." I worked with them on it, so I feel a little pride in
participation. Here's an article in Billboard.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/they-might-be-giants-to-release-third-kids-1003995064.story
"As evidenced by song titles like "Meet the Elements,"
"Photosynthesis," and "I Am a Paleontologist," "Here Comes Science"
covers a wide spectrum of scientific fields. Flansburgh and his
bandmates -- co-founder John Linell, Marty Beller, Dan Miller and
Danny Weinkauf -- recruited Eric Siegel from New York Hall of Science,
a children's museum in Queens, N.Y. to ensure that all the material
was factually accurate. "We've never had to really fact check anything
before; it's not an impulse that I think anybody in a rock band meets
with open arms," Flansburgh admits.
In the process of making sure everything rang true, one of They Might
Be Giants' longtime fan favorite song, "The Sun Is a Mass of
Incandescent Gas," had to be reworked for the release. " We were so
sure we were on solid ground with the first song that we not only did
a new recording of it, we had animated the entire thing," recalls
Flansburgh. "Eric looked at it and was like, "Guys, this is just so
wrong, I can't even explain.' So we actually constructed an answer
song to ourselves called 'The Sun Is A Miasma of Incandescent Plasma.' "
Thanks to others at the Hall who helped me sort out some of the
factual info without knowing why I was asking stupid questions (TMBG
didn't want me to talk about the record until now).
I think the CD is really quite good, quirky and catchy in that
trademark They Might Be Giants way.
Eric Siegel
esiegel at nyscience dot org
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