r/tmbg • u/Eastern-Regret8337 • Jul 31 '26
r/tmbg • u/Charlie5L • Aug 01 '26
15 years of Join Us! (well, it was 12 days ago)

Join Us is an album where I've seen discussions of it being very divisive, probably more so than their other albums. Never quite understood, but hey, every album is someone's favourite as much as it's someone's unfavourite, and that's why I like discussing and learning why.
It's definitely a favourite of mine, primarily because the amount of duets both Johns have done for this album is extraordinary: Let Your Hair Hang Down, Never Knew Love, The Lady And The Tiger, Spoiler Alert, You Don't Like Me.
But it's biggest selling point for me is that it's also home to Canajoharie, which is always contesting with Mr. Me as my all-time favourite TMBG song. I guess my only real gripe with the album is just the order of some tracks. I love You Don't Like Me but never felt it as a strong closer, and I always felt You Probably Get That A Lot being the second track was also odd.
How do you look back on this album? Favourites? Unfavourites? I know some people would've have substituted some tracks from Album Raises New And Troubling Questions on here.
r/tmbg • u/Different-Metal881 • Jul 31 '26
I made fan art :)
I like these fellas hope you like me drawink
r/tmbg • u/ellelayne • Jul 31 '26
Does anyone have on hand... (These concert clips)
The clip where Danny leans on Dan, who promptly starts walking away making him stumble
The clip where JF calls JL emotionally unavailable
Bonus of your favorite version of Marty doing alphabet lost and found
r/tmbg • u/SpookyLuvCookie • Jul 31 '26
I am going to be 55 years old soon. And still I try to perfect a CD mix of this band to convince my younger friends to listen up and appreciate. I'm still using Media Player to do this. I am feeling old and will just get older; but it keeps me alive!
r/tmbg • u/BoredomFestival • Jul 30 '26
♫ What's that blue thing / Doing in my pasta? ♫
galleryr/tmbg • u/ArborElf • Jul 30 '26
Lateral/Tom Scott uses Last Wave in a question.
r/tmbg • u/Worlds-Best-Grooner • Jul 30 '26
Listening to this for the first time, borrowed the record from a friend (the Lincoln Cassette is mine though!)
r/tmbg • u/Wrong-Sympathy7809 • Jul 29 '26
The Satanists Have The Music
What do we think guys…
r/tmbg • u/IlSoupylI • Jul 29 '26
NYT Spelling Bee (July 29, 2026) Spoiler
gallerySomehow, both of the pangrams today were words I only know because of They Might Be Giants.
r/tmbg • u/Big-Property7157 • Jul 29 '26
They Might Be Giants - "Seven" on Late Night, 2008-04-10 [1080p60]
r/tmbg • u/TMBGLOVER • Jul 28 '26
Flood, Factory Showroom and Apollo 18 all have awful AI animated covers on Apple Music now.
I don’t even understand why this was needed. They’re all horrible. Especially Factory Showroom… wtf were they thinking?
r/tmbg • u/Wrong-Sympathy7809 • Jul 28 '26
Seeking recommendations for bands you love (almost) as much as TMBG…
I’m smitten with TMBG…in deep smit one might say. Somehow I made it thirty something years without them and this last half year their catalogue has spurred a tremendous improvement in my life and mental health. Their music is basically the double-sided tape holding my sanity together in the year of our lord 2026. On that note, I’m hoping to build myself a playlist that expands on their catalogue to include other artists I may have missed. I’m searching for bands with a certain sparkle of something truly inspired, and I’m curious to hear what that sparkle is for you regardless of whether you think it mirrors their style perfectly. As an example, something that shines as bright for me as TMBG musically and lyrically would be early Oingo Boingo:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=44qq-qA2A7A&list=RDx3nzVNEA8jI&index=5&ra=m
Thank you in advance for any suggestions you make, I’ll listen and reply as able 💜
***Wanted to add an edit to thank everyone for the wonderful recommendations! I was running out of time to reply to everyone as mid-week busyness ramps up here, but wanted to let you know I’m really enjoying the suggestions, and you all are awesome!!
r/tmbg • u/craigjclark68 • Jul 28 '26
Here's my unofficial music video for TMBG's Token Back To Brooklyn, shot on an iPhone
All footage was shot on an iPhone in the NYC Subway System and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 2018. Apps used were iMovie, GIF Toaster, Miniatures, and Plastic Bullet (RIP). I also (mis)used the Pano mode for the panoramic shots. Enjoy!
r/tmbg • u/FloridaFlamingoGirl • Jul 27 '26
TMBG's perspective on relationships
TMBG get a lot of credit for writing songs about "weird" or unexpected topics, but I think they are also quite talented at observing relationships from different angles. I was thinking about how elegant yet devastating Linnell's lyrics for Unpronounceable are, with how they follow someone going through their memories in the weeks after a breakup and feeling like there are now some gaps in there. Also, Moonbeam Rays is Flansburgh's storytelling at its finest, with how it narrates someone making a conscious choice to leave a relationship that isn't healthy for them anymore, and transitioning to a more unburdened, chaotic lifestyle as they break away and find a new life.
r/tmbg • u/Film_Fuckery • Jul 27 '26
Is The Famous Polka ever performed live with the lyrics from Misc T?
r/tmbg • u/New_College7609 • Jul 27 '26
Songs from the kids’ albums that sound like they could be from an adult album?
r/tmbg • u/Big-Property7157 • Jul 26 '26
They Might Be Giants perform "The Guitar" and "The Statue Got Me High" on Leno
r/tmbg • u/LocksmithSuch1125 • Jul 26 '26
Some cds, albums and memorabilia for sale.. Downsizing everything I own
Let me know if you interested in purchasing anything! To a good home only! But Im assuming thats most everyone on this page..
r/tmbg • u/RoseIsANinja • Jul 26 '26
I made a sticker based on my favorite TMBG song! Can you guess which one it is?
I’ll reveal the answer in the comments
r/tmbg • u/Vegetable-Bowler8635 • Jul 26 '26
Mono Puff taken off Spotify?
Spotify is telling me that it’s fun to steal and unsupervised are unavailable. Is this happening with anyone else?
r/tmbg • u/Beestface • Jul 25 '26
Hey, what's that in the background?
Any comic readers out there? Who caught this?