This comic says 1993, the song only goes back to '97. Was this comic inspiration, or were they both inspired by some worm-drum correlation I’m unfamiliar with? Or is it pure coincidence, because that’s an oddly specific coincidence.
Couldn’t tell you how true it is, but this is what a They Might Be Giants Wiki had to say on the origins of the song:
In an interview with Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, Linnell said that this song’s origins can be traced back to the KISS song “Calling Dr. Love”, when the two Johns would make up alternate lyrics to it. John Flansburgh also discussed this in a later interview:
Well, for a long, long time we have been riffing on the song “Dr. Love” by the band KISS. And I think just the weirdness of the conceit of that song was kind of rolling around in John Linnell’s head. I know a million, billion times we’ve talked about the song “Dr. Love.” It’s such an absurd song. So I think “Dr. Love” was kind of the springboard for the idea behind “Dr. Worm.”
Couldn’t use the quote thing for this or the links would break.
This comic says 1993, the song only goes back to '97. Was this comic inspiration, or were they both inspired by some worm-drum correlation I’m unfamiliar with? Or is it pure coincidence, because that’s an oddly specific coincidence.
I also need to know the answers to these questions
Seems like it’s just a coincidence? Bird hunt worms by sound so Gary probably just thought “drums are loud”
No. Gary knows something.
Couldn’t tell you how true it is, but this is what a They Might Be Giants Wiki had to say on the origins of the song:
In an interview with Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, Linnell said that this song’s origins can be traced back to the KISS song “Calling Dr. Love”, when the two Johns would make up alternate lyrics to it. John Flansburgh also discussed this in a later interview:
Well, for a long, long time we have been riffing on the song “Dr. Love” by the band KISS. And I think just the weirdness of the conceit of that song was kind of rolling around in John Linnell’s head. I know a million, billion times we’ve talked about the song “Dr. Love.” It’s such an absurd song. So I think “Dr. Love” was kind of the springboard for the idea behind “Dr. Worm.”
Couldn’t use the quote thing for this or the links would break.