Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
MP3: goldinsounds.bandcamp.com/track/2082-they-might-be-giants
Buy "Join Us" on iTunes: bit.ly/zs7qEP
2022 Update: This cover was featured on an episode of This Might Be A Podcast! Check it out here (starts at 1:00:55): thiismightbeapod.podbean.com/e/this-might-be-a-podcast-episode-166-2082
I've been on a real TMBG kick lately, so I thought I'd cover one of my favorite songs from their new album Join Us, using ONLY my bass and vocals. I had a LOT of fun doing this one, probably the most fun so far.
2082 is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
The "ding" from my wink "irrevocably borrowed" from the great Wheezy Waiter: youtube.com/wheezywaiter
LYRICS
Draw the curtain, look, you're only sleeping
Or is this only what the other you is dreaming?
Either way, hard to take
Ashen features unmistakably your own
Familiar posture, recast in skin and bone
Person from today, here is you in 2082
Remove your helmet, first equalize the pressure
No, but first, take readings to be sure the atmosphere is safe
Yes, it's safe
As the ancient one cranes his head to look
You see his hand's been replaced with a hook
But it's clear you're very much alive
It's 2105
No, it's 2240
No, it's 3415
How can you still be living?
What does this mean?
You must honor and respect the older fellow
Even as you suffocate him with his pillow
Though you're strong, he was wise
There is much you can learn from the sage
And though you'll leave and travel back to your own age
You will meet again, you two, in 2082
What was the look he gave intended to convey?
Was there something else he was trying to say?
It will all be revealed to you, in 2082
Original composition by They Might Be Giants (2011)
Arranged, recorded, and produced by Andrew Goldin
MP3: goldinsounds.bandcamp.com/track/2082-they-might-be-giants
Buy "Join Us" on iTunes: bit.ly/zs7qEP
2022 Update: This cover was featured on an episode of This Might Be A Podcast! Check it out here (starts at 1:00:55): thiismightbeapod.podbean.com/e/this-might-be-a-podcast-episode-166-2082
I've been on a real TMBG kick lately, so I thought I'd cover one of my favorite songs from their new album Join Us, using ONLY my bass and vocals. I had a LOT of fun doing this one, probably the most fun so far.
2082 is a VideoSong, a new medium with 2 rules:
1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).
The "ding" from my wink "irrevocably borrowed" from the great Wheezy Waiter: youtube.com/wheezywaiter
LYRICS
Draw the curtain, look, you're only sleeping
Or is this only what the other you is dreaming?
Either way, hard to take
Ashen features unmistakably your own
Familiar posture, recast in skin and bone
Person from today, here is you in 2082
Remove your helmet, first equalize the pressure
No, but first, take readings to be sure the atmosphere is safe
Yes, it's safe
As the ancient one cranes his head to look
You see his hand's been replaced with a hook
But it's clear you're very much alive
It's 2105
No, it's 2240
No, it's 3415
How can you still be living?
What does this mean?
You must honor and respect the older fellow
Even as you suffocate him with his pillow
Though you're strong, he was wise
There is much you can learn from the sage
And though you'll leave and travel back to your own age
You will meet again, you two, in 2082
What was the look he gave intended to convey?
Was there something else he was trying to say?
It will all be revealed to you, in 2082
Original composition by They Might Be Giants (2011)
Arranged, recorded, and produced by Andrew Goldin
