Kiss Me, Son of Extras: Ondine
A deep cut from They Might Be Giants' Back to Skull EP.
I’m writing about every song from every full studio album by They Might Be Giants. These posts are for the other songs.
The EP tracks. The rarities. The songs that didn’t make the main record but somehow made permanent homes in my life.
This is Kiss Me, Son of Extras.
Before John Henry was released as the debut full live studio band incarnation of They Might Be Giants, there was an EP called Back To Skull. There are two absolute gems on this EP and today, I want to share ONDINE.
If you love yourself a good ‘ol John Flansburgh, sad sack heartbreak song, then you’ll love this. A song about a man so devastated by the emotional death he’s suffered at the hands of his mythical-level girlfriend, that he says she may as well back over his body with a pickup truck and finish the job.
Go read up on the Undine’s of folklore and add some legendary layers to this one. But for now, if you haven’t before - this is ONDINE.
You’re reading a post from Kiss Me, Son of Extras. A series of posts for the TMBG songs that don’t live on a big studio album. These posts are for the EP tracks, the rarities. The ones tucked away in between bigger releases but are also woven into my actual life.
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