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“Birdhouse in Your Soul”—They Might Be Giants

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Trajectory of a Major Label

I think for a lot of bands and now I can even say as a musician I Think once you get that ride on The the major label roller coaster It's like either you want to stay on that ride or you want to just like pack it in and go home. You know at the same time I was really into REM and REM kind of stayed on a major label And they had a big hit and in a you know, they they kept on that track Where they might be giants I mean and I've never talked to them about this But I would assume that being on a majorlabel was kind of tough for them Especially went once the people who signed them inevitably get cited out. Yeah,

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