i wrote these sometime in late 2000, i think. i find them vaguely amusing, and hope you will too. if anyone cares to bother, you may steal it if you want...i don't really care too much, although a name mention is always nice......

The
They Might Be Giants
10 Commandments

1. Thou shalt not worship any other God (band) than THEY.

2. Thou shall purchase every single compact disc and/or record, and/or cassette tape that THEY hath ever released.

3. Thou shalt not use Their name in vain. That means no badmouthing Them.

4. Remember and honor the year 1982, for it is the holy year upon which THEY first performed together.

5. Honor those who introduced thou to the music which is THEY.

6. Thou shalt not kill THEY-haters. Thou shalt only severely injure them.

7.Thou shalt not steal anything that should take away from the profit of THEY.

8. Thou shalt love thy fellow THEY-fan as thyself.

9. Thou shalt not associate with “pop” bands such as “N*Sync” or “Britney Spears” or “Backstreet Boys”. If thou art caught in this crime, a sentence of stoning, flogging, or perhaps death shalt occur.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor (nor friend, enemy, one with whom thou art associated)’s THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS albums. Go buy them for thyself!!

JOHN FLANSBURGH and JOHN LINNELL
They Might Be Giants
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