There’s a certain preciousness to everything TMBG does, and this one is no exception. Birdhouse in your Soul, They Might Be Giants We’re going with the Bobby Day version here, because upon repeated listenings, the Jackson 5 version gives us a headache.Ħ. Most of the others use birds as metaphors for women or freedom or whatever.
While this one is certainly no art piece, it does have the distinction of being one of the few songs in this genre that’s actually about a specific bird, and a rockin’ one at that. If you’re going to stand in the back of the club and encourage the band onstage to play one bird song, this would be the one. Anyway, it's way cool, and we like this unofficial animated video.
#LATE BIRD SUNSET MOVIE#
We thought we were pretty cool for knowing about this song, then it was used in the movie "The Big Year" and all the bird people were talking about it. This is a late edition to the list (bumping Nelie Furtado into the Honorable Mention category below). This 1986 hit is one of several songs the band put out in the mid-1980s that vaguely reference birds, but we chose it over others (such as “ Swan, Swan, Hummingbird” and “ King of Birds”) because of its environmental message. If you disagree, feel free to fight it out in the comments (But if the Byrds had just changed the name of that one song slightly.) Here’s our list.
One note, bands with bird names that didn’t have actual bird-related songs were left off the list – so tough luck Byrds and Eagles. We tried to include a few that were obvious, but also add a few surprises, as well. The number of popular songs that are about birds or related to birds is practically limitless, but some just rise to the top.
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