They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)
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music · general · evergreen · 2022–2025 on HN
The official music video for They Might Be Giants' "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" from the 1990 album Flood.
Mostly posted as a catchy reference or joke in threads about Istanbul or Constantinople, and as a favorite song.
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3 comments from Hacker News
My favorite TMBG song (from Flood): ▶ this video (I don't know if they wrote it, but their performance is awesome). I noticed the blank spot in the promo. Probably a rights thing. :(
For these wondering, this is the song ▶ this video Very catchy, it was re popularized by a netflix series a few years ago, j don't remember the name lf the series tho
Quoth They Might Giants, "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)": Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks ▶ this video