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Before you knew about Homestar, did you care about TMBG?

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Dag, yo.

Maybe some admin can edit the poll options to include:

Knew about them, liked them, and still like them.

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I didn't know about them, then I heard about them from Homestar, now I own the albums "No!" and "Flood".

I accually haven't listend to them for quite a bit of time.

Nope didn't ever even hear about them until i watched EF

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Before I stumbled upon H*, I knew that they had written the theme from 'Malcolm in the Middle' but that was about it. I still don't like them. Never did.

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Sig?

That's basically me too. I have heard of them before, but EF is what really got me into them.

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I knew who they were, subconsciencely. (sp?) I had heard Istanbul and other songs, and I had seen some songs by them on TV (such as those short song promos they did for Dexter's Lab and Courage the Cowardly Dog), but I really didn't know who they were. I really started to get into them from H*R, and found my dad had a copy of Flood in the basement. Now I love them, but Flood is the only album I have.

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I've been loving TMBG since 1997. And I first heard them in '95, if I remember correctly. So there.

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That's the reason I know about them. But I hadn't heard them again until EP, so then I went out and bought John Henry. And if an admin could add "knew about them and liked them and still do" that would be nice.

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Dag, yo.

Why is it like japan?

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Knew about them didn't care, now I like them

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

What, the Dexter's Lab video? I can't really say why, but that's the promo they ran.

Maybe the producers felt the song was appropriate for a japaneese feel or something.

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The correct term is "Japanese Animation" or "Anime".

The show's director, Genndy Tartakovsky and producer, Craig McCracken, are both heavily influced and admires of Anime. So they like to put it in thier Animation shows from time to time.

Samuri Jack has a heavy influence of action scenes from various Anime films.

And Craig just likes to parody it. If you watch Fosters, in the episode "Neighbor Pains", you'll see a blonde haired child with a sstriped shirt. This is a parody of Lucas from Mother 3.

Where is the "knew about them and cared a lot" option? Because I grew up on their stuff, man...

Well, I picked the last one, but technically that's not true.It's a bit of a weird and complicated story.

Suffice to say that the first TMBG album I ever heard was "No!" and it was before I knew H*R even existed.

YesIknowthat'sweirdnowleavemealoneGOSH!

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

I sort of knew about them. I knew Particle Man and Istanbul thanks to Tiny Toons...

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*hug*
There, now don't you feel better?

I listened to "Weird Al radio" on Yahoo music. TMBG came on with "Istanbul (not Constantinople)".

They're okay. I don't really think their songs are funny.

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No, I lied. I'm never going to have a good sig. So just forget about it.

Ah, yes. That was my first exposure to TMBG. For some reason, Istanbul stayed with me for an obscene amount of time before I listened to Flood. Every so often, I would say "Hmmm. Whatever happened to that Istanbul song? It was awesome,". This lead to my eventual becoming a TMBG fan.


From what I've listened to, their songs aren't all meant to be funny.

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I remember those! I remember seeing the name, but it never really clicked until now....man, I'm slow.

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Exactly! I suppose some of them could be considered "funny" because their subject matter isn't "normal" for a song, but that doesn't make them "funny." Songs like They'll Need A Crane and Racist Friend are good examples of this. They seem silly, because cranes and "racist friends" aren't what you'd usually associate with songs, but the former is a deeply tragic song about a disintigrating relationship and the latter reflects on the deep disgust and revulsion we have when we encounter things like racism.

Some of their songs are actually pretty normal, too. Following an Angel, Damn Good Times, and Another first Kiss all strike me as pretty "normal" songs.

And have you ever heard I've Got a Match? Man, that song is just sad. Nothing funny about it. And there's not meant to be.

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*hug*
There, now don't you feel better?

experimental film and the country song are the only ones i have heard, they were pretty good

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I remember that before I saw homestar there was this video by TMBG on Cartoon Network with that one purple spot doggie guy that screams a lot. So I knew about them, didn't care, then liked them. Any friend of TBC are a friend of mine, bro!

I had seen Malcolm in the Middle and heard TMBG on there long before I had ever even heard of H*R, but I didn't know it was them.

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For anyone who doesn't know about this already, check out these free mp3 downloads offered by tmbw.net.

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There are only two words for that, and those words are A) Freakin', and Awesome.

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You look like you need a hug.
*hug*
There, now don't you feel better?

TMBG = BEST. BAND. EVAR.

Don't deny it when it's true.

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I'm trying to think of something to counter that statement, but I'm failing. Your simple logic has defeated me again Jello B.!

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i saw they did the "malcolm in the middle" theme song so i checked them out a little, now i like 'em

I knew they existed before, but I never really listened to them until now. I positively love them, but I let my friend Emily listen to Experimental Film and she thought it was weird. The first thing my dad said is, "These people sound gay." I hate it when people jump to conclusions like that. But I love them.

...There are better bands. TMBG is great, but they're not the best ever.

I personally prefer the Barenaked Ladies, but whatever.

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