Personal tools
The TMBG Knowledge Base

Counterfeit Faker

From This Might Be A Wiki
Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes
Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes

song nameCounterfeit Faker
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumLong Tall Weekend
year1999
first playedMar. 14, 1996 (72 known performances)
run time2:12
sung byJohn Flansburgh

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • Flansburgh has said this song is about a relative of his. The line "I loved him like a brother" can let people reach their own conclusions which relative Flans is talking about...
  • From the Summer 1999 Info Club newsletter: "A hopped up country number finds Linnell playing the banjo and fiddle (!) and some serious foot-stomping and cross-eyed harmonizing from Flansy. Different."
  • This song was occasionally performed live, using the same puppet heads that were used for live performances of Exquisite Dead Guy.
  • Not to be confused with the Dial-A-Song track featured on Then: The Earlier Years, Counterfeit Fake.

[edit] Song Themes

Doors, Lies, Deception, Occupations, People (Imaginary), Rhymes, Song Duos, Songs With Handclaps, Windows

[edit] Videos

 
Current Rating
Counterfeit Faker is currently ranked #559 out of 813. (18 wikians have given it an average rating of 7.78)
  • Cast your rating: