Sometimes it’s refreshing to find a song with a very candid title. Enter They Might Be Giant’s “You’re On Fire,” which is not only a kickin’ tune, but also literally about people being on fire. There you go.
Off the band’s brand new album Nanobots, “You’re On Fire” is an unusually straighforwardly rocker, for a They Might Be Giants song, anyway. Actually, it shares a bit in common with another classic I’ve covered, “Til My Head Falls Off.” While the instrumentation lends itself to off-beat and call-and-response guitar blasts that echo in stereo , the lyrics are predictably absurd. And before you ask, no I’m sorry, we don’t have any articles about combustible heads.
https://gizmodo.com/they-might-be-giants-till-my-head-falls-off-5979402
If you’re not the kind of person who’s keen to sit down and listen to a They Might Be Giants album front to back—and I can’t necessarily blame you—”You’re On Fire” should serve as the perfect, bite-sized dose of craziness you didn’t know you needed. My point is: your head’s on fire. [Spotify, Amazon, iTunes]
