My iPod #236: They Might Be Giants - Damn Good Times

When I started listening to They Might Be Giants properly in 2004, they had just released their latest album "The Spine", and were due to release this album where each song was dedicated to various music venues located in states of the USA.

"Damn Good Times" can be found on "The Spine", and its video above was able to be viewed on the band's official website. It is animated, a bit weird and oddly similar to the plot of Twilight.

John Flansburgh normally writes the rockers in They Might Be Giants, and this song is no different. The rhythm section of Danny Weikauf and Marty Beller are really on point, there's a lot of crash cymbal action during the verses and the bass slide during the chorus and accompanied with the lyrics about concerning a naturally talented lady, the tune is very uplifting.

The actual song finishes about a minute and a half in before transforming into this slow jam with a guitar solo which gradually builds pace before coming to an end. 58BPM to around 130 apparently.

Yep, TMBG never disappoint.

My iPod #235: be your own PET - Damn Damn Leash

I'm in year six all over again.... I say this because it was released in 2005.... when I was in that year of education.

"Damn Damn Leash" was the first song I ever heard by be your own PET. It was on the band's first official release. I liked its video so much that I put it on my Piczo website I made. The members are chased and engulfed by a weird monster, which is clearly a group of people under a huge cloth with some material used to make the head. It has nothing to do with the lyrics whatsoever, I just think it's humourous.

The song had its own EP accompanied with two other songs. I was a bit disappointed to see that, when my sister borrowed their debut album from a friend of hers, the song was not on there. Looking at it now, there wouldn't have been much point to put on something that was recorded two years prior onto it.

I'm still not sure what this song is about after almost ten years (that frightens me a bit). I'll go with a guess that it is about being led on by someone to the extent that you have no clue what to do or how to act.

It's good, man.