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State Songs
The prolific and quirky John Linnell of They Might Be Giants has come up with 16 pop songs-one each for 16 different states of the U.S., but not literally, of course. Here you'll find songs about Iowa being a witch and Oregon being bad ("Oregon is bad / Stop it if you can"), coupled with every musical genre you can think of-bossa nova, carnival music, polka, you name it. Linnell's craggy twang wraps around the surreal lyrics with a brainy, tongue-in-cheek earnestness that will, no doubt, delight TMBG fans. Linnell, an equivocating sort, gives the rest of us a little slack. In "The Songs of the Fifty States," an overture of sorts, he sings, "I'm not going to say they're great, I ain't gonna say they ain't." Pipe organs and accordions flesh out most of these songs, contributing immensely to their old-timey wackiness and giving the impression that these pieces could have been written for a 1940s-era musical comedy. --Wally Shoup
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Tracks| 1 | Illinois | | 2 | The Songs of the 50 States | | 3 | West Virginia | | 4 | South Carolina | | 5 | Idaho | | 6 | Montana | | 7 | Pennsylvania | | 8 | Utah | | 9 | Arkansas | | 10 | Iowa | | 11 | Mississippi | | 12 | Maine | | 13 | Oregon | | 14 | Michigan | | 15 | New Hampshire | | 16 | Nevada |
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