136. "Istanbul" by They Might Be Giants (and The Four Lads)
Nearly all of the singers/bands I've seen or heard in person have at least one song on this Top 200 list. Obviously, bands like Rotten Tuna don't chart.) The first one on the list for They Might Be Giants is Istanbul. Why? Because when they played this song at the concert, everyone lost their mind! The chorus in the middle of the song turned into an enthusiastic sing-along with everyone--including me--doing a full-throated Turkish wail. Incredible!
Here's the official quirky video.
If that video didn't have enough quirkiness for, hold on to your Fez, 'cuz here's a double-barreled blast of electroquirk!
Celebrity (kind of) lip sync--a staple of late night TV talk shows, especially when the host can't think of anything funny to say. (Yes, I'm talking to you, Jimmy Fallon.)
And, of course, we can't forget the original group--The Four Lads--that recorded the song back in the 50s. (Yes, we can.) They don't look like lads anymore.
Why did They Might Be Giants change the song so that it was faster and quirkier than the Four Lads version? Because people just like it better that way.
I just discovered that people also really like to make videos of themselves video-game dancing to this Turkish delight. There are about three billion of these things on the interwebs. They watch the video below and try to match the dance moves. I'll spare you the bad live dancing. But the video is kind of fun to watch.
According to John Oliver, everything's better with a dancing zebra, so now for your viewing pleasure, here's twenty-three minutes and thirty-two seconds of silent green-screen zebra video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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