Ana Ng (Pt. 2) - They Might Be Giants Song Analysis

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Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About They Might Be Giants is streaming on all podcast platforms and is an ongoing discussion and retrospective on the career of They Might Be Giants, humbly hosted by Jordan Cooper and Dave Fox.

This is Part 2 of our song analysis of Ana Ng from Episode 05: LINCOLN - Part 1: The Edge of Hearing.

Part 2 further tours the '64 Worlds Fair and all of its various pavilions and its specific connection to the lyrics in Ana Ng. We also discuss the origins of the song as a Pogo (by Walt Kelly) comic strip, and Kelly's overall influence on John Linnell's lyric style. Plus plenty of talk about the production and arrangement of the song, which features interesting elements such as an autoharp, voices recorded over a phone, scatting vocals off in the distance, and an abnormally gated guitar.

Features archived interview clips with John Linnell and John Flansburgh of TMBG discussing the song!

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00:00 Dave's interpretation
01:53 Jordan's interpretation
03:09 Linnell: "It's a sincere song"
03:25 Ana Ng's lyrics
04:55 Pogo by Walt Kelly
10:16 Tempo too fast?
12:26 It's A Small World
15:56 The edge of hearing
17:20 On a bridge
20:43 Dupont Pavilion
22:15 Like a broken record
23:13 Subtle scatting
25:59 Autoharp and guitars