TMBG/Twin Peaks
RockinR209
Twin Peaks? I saw TMBG for the first time in May of 1990, the same time
Twin Peaks started. As time has gone on, I've noticed a number of wacky
similarities between the two. Just wondering if anyone else has ever
noticed this...Thanks.
John B. Jones
(RockinR209) wrote:
:Hi everyone, I'm just curious--are any of my fellow TMBG fans also fans of
Please enlighten us...I can't think of even one. No wait, are they the
ones jumping up and down and acting silly in the Black Lodge? :)
john
(joj...@mailbox.syr.edu)
Danny
>These are the "amazing coincidences I can think of now. I'm sure more
>will come to me...
Don't miss these amazing coincidences...
- Twin Peaks and TMBG both start with T.
- They have the same number of letters in the first word and the second
word (Twin/They and Peaks/Might).
- At the time, accountants for Twin Peaks were keeping records, and
TMBG were available on records. Now both sets of records are difficult to
find.
- Twin Peaks was broadcast on a TV network, and we have our TMBG
discussions on a computer network.
- Both employ(ed) a producer.
- The length of a Twin Peaks episode (without commercials) is about 40
minutes. The length of a TMBG CD? You got it...
- Twin Peaks had commercials. TMBG's music is available from a
commercial record company.
It's really eerie once you start to think about it. It gives me chill bumps
just thinking about it!
:)
Danny
Matt Brockman
This thread is just like "THE FAMOUS POLKA", no?
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RockinR209
Here's a couple TMBG/TP similarities (kind of like the amazing
Lincoln/Kennedy coincidences):
--Agent Cooper speaks to "Diane" about the questions that continue
to trouble him re: the Kennedy assassinations. In "Purple Toupee", TMBG
sing "I remember the book depository..."
--Coffee was, of course a recurring theme in Twin Peaks and it
also shows up in TMBG songs and on the famous "cup of coffee" t-shirts.
--Forensic FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield was a nasty guy (at least
at first). Triangle Man was a nasty guy.
--TMBG wrote a song about a dead president ("James K. Polk"). TP
featured a character named after a dead president (Sheriff Harry S.
Truman), although this character was also named for the old man with the
same name who was killed in the Mount St. Helen's eruption...
Allan Crain
: I hate to break it to ya, man, but Twin Peaks doesn't have a damned
: thing in common with They Might Be Giants. After all, Twin Peaks was
: good up until the end. Let's hope TMBG wise up, or break up.
Er... I think this thread was a joke.
Ever talk to those people who rabidly hate smileys? They say the
humor has been around since the dawn of time and only now, in the
computer age, can we not tell if something is meant as a joke unless it
has a smiley. That is a stupid argument, becuase if someone told you a
joke with a totally straight face in real life, it would confuse you for
a while possibly. However, with this thread... I think it was meant as a
bit silly from the beginning, and it is humorous. Don't ruin all of our
fun by thinking it's serious.
Or perhaps your post was also only a joke? Your last sentance seems
to uphold that theory. I'm not going to hope that TMBG breaks up. That
would be stupid. If you think they suck, stop reading the group. Hasn't
someone created the newsgroup for losers like this guy yet?
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Allan Crain | all...@crl.com | Allan on BayMOO (moo.crl.com 8888)
Mac User / They Might Be Giants fan / MOO programmer / Caffeine addict
Matt Glidden
While watching Fire Walk With Me, I would often find myself pointing to
Keifer Sutherland and saying 'Hey, it's that guy!' Next thing you know,
the TMBG 'Hey, it's that guy!' shirt.
I think I'll let it stop right about there.
Okay, well one more ... Twin Peaks fanzine is called 'Wrapped in Plastic'
... every TMBG release comes to us (ods my bodkins!) >wrapped in
plastic<.
So there you go.
Love Skull, I must say.
Matt 'better-connected' Glidden
David Eschatfische
>Here's a couple TMBG/TP similarities (kind of like the amazing
>Lincoln/Kennedy coincidences):
> --Agent Cooper speaks to "Diane" about the questions that continue
>to trouble him re: the Kennedy assassinations. In "Purple Toupee", TMBG
>sing "I remember the book depository..."
And Oliver Stone made a film called JFK. Coincidence? I think NOT!
> --Coffee was, of course a recurring theme in Twin Peaks and it
>also shows up in TMBG songs and on the famous "cup of coffee" t-shirts.
And I have a number of friends who actually...DRINK COFFEE. Coincidence?
I think NOT!
> --Forensic FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield was a nasty guy (at least
>at first). Triangle Man was a nasty guy.
I won't even bother wasting energy mocking this one.
> --TMBG wrote a song about a dead president ("James K. Polk"). TP
>featured a character named after a dead president (Sheriff Harry S.
>Truman), although this character was also named for the old man with the
>same name who was killed in the Mount St. Helen's eruption...
And...all US currency has a PICTURE of a dead president. Coincidence?
I THINK NOT!
>These are the "amazing coincidences I can think of now. I'm sure more
>will come to me...
With coincidences like these, who needs causality?
I hate to break it to ya, man, but Twin Peaks doesn't have a damned
thing in common with They Might Be Giants. After all, Twin Peaks was
good up until the end. Let's hope TMBG wise up, or break up.
es...@fische.com
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Evan Kindley
>These are the "amazing coincidences I can think of now. I'm sure more
>will come to me...
At the beginning of the second season, Agent Cooper saw a giant ... but
many were inclined to think it was a dream. In other words, He Might Be
A Giant ... or he might not.
More will, inevitably, come.
- evan.
W J Tyrol
: I hate to break it to ya, man, but Twin Peaks doesn't have a damned
: thing in common with They Might Be Giants. After all, Twin Peaks was
: good up until the end. Let's hope TMBG wise up, or break up.
Twin Peaks, "good up until the end"? Did you catch the two-hour finale? I
think not! What the hell was that about?! I laughed the entire way thru
TP: Firewalk With Me as well. I hope TMBG doesn't take their followers for
granted half as much as Lynch/Frost apparently did.
I *could* see them singing a pleasant little ditty about a homecoming
queen in a body bag, though ;-)
Wendy
--
Life's just a mood ring
We're not allowed to see
- They Might Be Giants
RockinR209
I think it was meant as a
bit silly from the beginning, and it is humorous. Don't ruin all of our
fun by thinking it's serious.
I want to thank Allan for defending my Twin Peaks/TMBG similiarities
question. I guess these two cultural events will are just
synchronistically linked in my mind--for more on synchronicity, see the
works of Mr. Carl Jung and/or Mr. Sting. :) Oh here' one more--Audrey
Horne="She Was a Hotel Detective". Need I say more?
VBowles
In They Might Be, there's Giants. In Twin Peaks, there's a midget.
In They Might be Giants, someone keeps moving my chair. In Twin Peaks,
someone keeps moving the plot.
David Eschatfische
>
>David Eschatfische (es...@fische.com) wrote:
>
>: I hate to break it to ya, man, but Twin Peaks doesn't have a damned
>: thing in common with They Might Be Giants. After all, Twin Peaks was
>: good up until the end. Let's hope TMBG wise up, or break up.
>
>Er... I think this thread was a joke.
It's become a joke. The person who posted the original article
sounded pretty damned serious. And if he WERE joking, it's a pretty
lame (read dumb) joke at that.
> Or perhaps your post was also only a joke? Your last sentance seems
>to uphold that theory. I'm not going to hope that TMBG breaks up. That
>would be stupid. If you think they suck, stop reading the group.
I _don't_ think they suck -- their early stuff is energetic, creative, and
witty. However, I think John Henry (I heard the promo last month) is
a step in the wrong direction...EVERYTHING I liked about their music
seems to have magically dissapeared.
A friend's reaction to Snail Shell (she was a TMBG fan, and she didn't know
she was listening to the new TMBG): "This guy's trying to sound like
They Might Be Giants. Ick." For chrissake, TMBG have done an "End of
the tour" song on John Henry, without a trace of irony. They're not
mocking the cliches anymore, they're paying homage to 'em.
I mean, if your idea of music is a county-fair blues cover band, you'll
like the new direction TMBG have taken. But if not, John Henry will be
a dissapointment. There's nothing nearly as cool on the album as the new
version of "Hotel Detective" on it (which, by the way, I loved).
>Hasn't someone created the newsgroup for losers like this guy yet?
What, alt.people.who.have.taste.in.music? While I'd take the pink album
with me as my only CD to a desert island, John Henry really falls flat.
I hope you realize it as you anxiously take it home...and...realize...
all...the...songs...sound...EXACTLY...the...same.
phil
> RockinR209 <rocki...@aol.com> writes:
>
> >These are the "amazing coincidences I can think of now. I'm sure more
> >will come to me...
>
There are two words in "Twin Peaks" and two members of TMBG!
Twin Peaks was filmed in America, and TMBG are from.. America!
Both chillingly involved humans.
Does this remind anyone else of "The Famous Polka"? ;)
agent phil cooper
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