I Can Help The Next In Line
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Dial-A-Song (2015) artwork
| song name | I Can Help The Next In Line |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | Dial-A-Song (2015), Glean |
| year | 2015 |
| first played | April 16, 2015 (15 known performances) |
| run time | 1:59 |
| sung by | John Linnell; John Flansburgh echoes on last verse |
Trivia/Info
- Video cinematography by Brody Anderson, directed by Alex Italics, who also directed the music video for "I Am Invisible". A profile of Italics in Tucson Weekly includes some information about the music video.
- Italics discussing the inspiration behind the video's aesthetic in an interview with This Might Be A Zine:
"Next in Line" was a little looser, much more of a pastiche tapestry then rigorously adhering to a specific year. One of the things I love about those CD compilation album videos is how there is usually an element of retro WITHIN the commercial itself. Like, if the commercial was made in 1992 and they're selling a "Greatest Hits of the 70s" compilation, they will frequently use cheesy retro art direction inside their OWN cheesy non-retro art direction, which still looks and feels cheesy and retro because it was made in 1992. It's like a Russian nesting doll of hipster irony.
Song Themes
Body Parts, Canon, Hands, Occupations, Onomatopoeia, Problems, Questions
Videos
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