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I'm sorry, I can't help it. This may reflect poorly upon me as a person, but this past week whenever I hear news reports on the terror attack in Istanbul, I cannot help but immediately add "not Constantinople." It's a compulsion. I blame They Might Be Giants. Curiously enough, this is not an original song by They Might Be Giants, although it sounds all the world like it should be. It's actually a cover of a 1953 hit by The Four Lads. Learn something new every day.

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They Might Be Giants was another band just earning widespread popularity when I started college. Before "Particle Man" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople") and way, way, way before they started putting out successful children's albums, they raised eyebrows with catchy, yet surreal videos for songs like "Ana Ng." I remember watching this on MTV and trying to figure out just what the heck was going on. Good fun.



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