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Tiny Toons - Istanbul (They Might Be Giants)

submitted by HaricotVert

1 decade 7 years 5 months ago

"Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a swing-style song, written by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon. It is based on the music for "Puttin' on the Ritz", written by Irving Berlin in 1929.

One of the better-known versions of the song is the cover by the rock group They Might Be Giants, who released it on their LP Flood in 1990, and on its own EP that same year. TMBG's version is at a faster tempo than the original and contains a distinct klezmer influence, including a violin introduction and some accordion parts.

The "They Might Be Giants" version of the song was used for a music video in an episode of the animated children's series Tiny Toon Adventures.

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UmberGryphon says...

This entire episode was random music videos from bands that gave their permission. They ended up doing like 3 They Might Be Giants videos, because hardly anyone else gave permission. Buster Bunny ended up saying "Who are these guys?" after introducing the 3rd one.

I think it was just 2. The other was Particle Man which they interpreted in a wrestling theme. (Edit: Which is apparently already Sifted - http://www.videosift.com/video/Tiny-Toons-They-Might-Be-Giants-Particle-Man)

I love the shot of Plucky and Hampton as the Johns.

*promote

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meh... since when was that a rule?

That was infinitely excellent.

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