Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - TMBG Song Analysis Pt. 1

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This clip is from Episode 21: FLOOD - Part 2: Dancing on the Casket, which was part of a lengthy series about Flood, TMBG's most popular album, released in 1990. If you are a fan of Flood I highly recommending listening to the series in full on any podcast streaming service you used. This is also a slightly shortened version of this segment, edited to keep things on focus for the video.

In this segment we discuss TMBG's iconic and popular cover of Istanbul (Not Constantinople.) In part 1 we get into the origin of the original song, the origin of the origin of the original song, and the origin of the origin of the origin of the original song! Featuring rare archival audio of John Linnell and John Flansburgh discussing the song! In part 2 we get into the arrangement and the song's popularity, stay tuned for that!

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