No! (Theme)
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How amusing it is, amidst the comforts of middle age, for us to look back on this raw expression of our youthful negativity. All the world was ripe for negating, every 'yea' an irresistible challenge for us to countermand with a blunt 'nay'! Never content with merely begging to differ, or agreeing to disagree, we charged headlong against the positivists.
—From John And John Explain (The Album) No!
TMBG has many songs in which the word "No!" is shouted, chanted, or otherwise repeated in succession, often as part of a call-and-response.
- 32 Footsteps - "(no!) 28 (no!) 29, 30 (no!)"
- The Bells Are Ringing - "(No) The people know / (No) The way to go"
- The Big Big Whoredom - "But the big big whoredom scares me (no no it doesn't do that)"
- Birds Fly - "no, no, no, no" harmonizes behind the chorus
- Cut The Strings - "To tie it all together with string - NO!"
- Dan Vs. Cog - "That drummer guy's amazing (no) / he plays with so much emotion (no)"
- Even Numbers - "Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no"
- Flo Wheeler - "No! Go!"
- Hovering Sombrero - "No" repeats in the background of the last couple of choruses.
- I Am A Human Head - "Friend, (no) / Head, (no) / Scalp, (no)"
- I Haven't Seen You In Forever - "No, you!" said back and forth eight times
- Kitten Intro - "No! / No, They Might Be Giants are not Satanists"
- Last Wave - "If you won't make out with a biplane (no!) / Perchance, a dance with a carcass in space? (no!)"
- No!
- No Cops - "No cops, no cops, no cops, no cops"
- No Stopping A Unicorn - "No way, no way, no way, no way"
- No Way To Reach You - "No, no, no, no / There's no way to reach you"
- Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes - "No no no no, nothing's smelling like a rose"
- Rhythm Section Want Ad - "No! No! No!" chanted underneath "Do you sing like Olive Oyl on purpose"
- The Second Longest Night - "You can't get anywhere, staring at the one you love, no, no, no!"
- She's Actual Size - Shouted repeatedly at the beginning of the Severe Tire Damage version
- Spiraling Shape - "As you fall, hear me call / No, No, No"
- You're On Fire - "No! You can't park there"
Honorable mention[edit]
- Boss of Me - "Yes, no, maybe, I don't know"
- D Is For Drums - "YES! D is for drums!"
- For Science - "YES! I will date the girl from Venus!"
- Mr. Xcitement - "Awwwwwwww... Yes!!"
- Nine Bowls Of Soup - "No it isn't / Yes it is"
- Things I Like To Do - "Doing things is what I like to do / YES!"