Lazy
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| song name | Lazy |
| artist | They Might Be Giants |
| releases | 2024 Instant Fan Club, Lazy (Single) |
| year | 2024 |
| run time | 3:12 |
| sung by | John Linnell, John Flansburgh |
Trivia/Info
- A cover of the 1924 song by Irving Berlin, which was later popularized in the 1954 film There's No Business Like Show Business. According to the Johns, this cover is based on the 1924 recording of "Lazy" by the Brox Sisters, which featured additional lyrics by Berlin. In TMBG's recording, Flansburgh sings these verses.
- TMBG's cover, which was released 100 years after the original song, was recorded for WNYC's 2024 Public Song Project, part of host Alison Stewart's show All of It. The project encourages artists to cover public domain songs, with the 2024 edition specifically focusing on works from the 1920s. TMBG's cover debuted on the April 2, 2024 edition of the show.
- John Flansburgh discussed the song in a 2024 interview:
It seems 100 years ago the meaning of the word 'lazy' was different. I think of it now as meaning slovenly, but in this song, this person is obsessed with reading books all day and being in their own mind and seems much more like a cerebral person lost in their own mind. That’s what the song is about, and there was [the Brox Sisters] that did a version of the song with a whole bunch of extra verses in it. It’s very charming, and we actually took the verses from the song, which Irving Berlin wrote for them.
- The artwork was made by David Cowles, and is a reinterpretation of the artwork that accompanied the original Irving Berlin sheet music, presented in a psychedelic style comparable to artist Peter Max, as well as the 1968 animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine.
- TMBG announced on WNYC that the song would be released to streaming on April 19, with a 7" single forthcoming.
Song Themes
Animals, Aversion To Work, Body Parts, Children, Dreams, Insects, People (Real), Plants, Poetry, Reading, Seasons, Sleep, Space, Time, TMBG Remakes
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