A note from Bill Seybolt on the creation of this MixTape:
I eagerly volunteered to put together a mixtape for your show, thinking it would be a breeze. As time grew closer and closer, I found it difficult. The music selection would peek inside my library. It had to be a decent, yet eclectic selection. And then I remembered a while back you asked about burning some music by They Might Be Giants. I nearly have all their catalog in my library. What better for MixTape than a selection from the Johns?
I Know What I Saw
Intro to the musical Flansburgh wrote called People are Wrong. One of those productions done off, off Broadway. It was met with positive press and a limited run.
Thunderbird
A great song that started appearing in concerts in 1999 but wasn't on an album until 2004. I remember being front row at one of their concerts and a girl next to me bummed my sharpie and wrote "Thunderbird" on a foam finger given out by the band. Flansberg aknowledged it and later played the song as a special request.
In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle
Originally a 1960's PSA for New York City Department of Transportation. Flansburgh's wife sings lead.
Don't Let's Start
Probably the first song I heard from the band. I remember seeing MTV off in the background. The music, the video, EVERYTHING drew me in. I was hooked from then on.
Older
Another great one performed live. Linnell would hold the band for long beats and then start back up.
Never Go to Work
I had to cut and paste this from their podcast. The video is quite cute of a beagle playing a trumpet. My kids love it.
Drinkin'
This fanfare has been recorded several different ways (one with Linnel playing sax in a bathroom). For a good while, it was the fanfare the rest of the band played prior to the show starting.
South Carolina
John Linnell released a solo album in 1999 which was pretty good in its own right. I loved this one in particular since it involves bicycles and crashing.
Birdhouse In Your Soul
If the audience has no clue who these guys are at this point, they should know this song at least. Probably their most famous aside from Istanbul, Not Constanople.
Subliminal
TMBG would close shows with this. Figured it would be a great one to end on.
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