Mr. Me
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| song name | Mr. Me |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Lincoln, Then: The Earlier Years |
| year | 1988 |
| first played | March 1, 1985 (98 known performances) |
| run time | 1:52 |
| sung by | John Linnell, John Flansburgh harmonizes |
Trivia/Info
- John Flansburgh on the guitar effect used on the album recording of this song[1]:
It’s tremolo, which was often the only built-in guitar amp effect. It is a rhythmic effect that can be deep enough to basically cut the sound completely like on "Ana Ng", or it can pulse like in "Mr. Me". I often actually play with a fast pulsing, shallower vibrato through entire songs – which gives it a lively sound that is really an "x" factor in older recordings.
- As reported in the Aug. 3, 1987 issue of New York magazine, the band threatened to sue the electronics chain Crazy Eddie because of a commercial they claimed used parts of "Mr. Me" and "Absolutely Bill's Mood." The band was originally offered by Crazy Eddie to feature their songs in April 1987, but the band declined the offer. More information about the original offer was published in the Daily News:
About two weeks ago, they approached rock-'n'-roll madmen, They Might Be Giants to capture the Crazy Eddie Zeitgeist in lyric and song.
All two of TMBG gave careful consideration to the Crazy Eddie proposition, says their manager Jamie Kitman. "The offer was insanely generous." But the time's just not right for John Flansburgh and John Linnell to be writing catchy jingles that include the words, "His prices are insane," "meet and beat" any price, and a list of locations, says Kitman. Indeed, TMBG is just breaking into the big time. Their album is getting great reviews, their video is in heavy rotation on MTV. Crazy Eddie declined comment.
- Upon being turned down, Crazy Eddie's created their own sound-a-like, which led to the band threatening a lawsuit against the company. After the story was picked up by a few newspapers, the advertisements stopped airing.[2]
Song Themes
Funny But Sad, People (Imaginary), Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Puns, Sadness, Sea, Songs With Handclaps, Spanish, Titles And Honorifics
Videos
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- 1987 performance taped by Joy Farm (from the Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) DVD)
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