Upcoming Lyrics. It's about the Beatles because Ringo owned cats? The Mesopotamians wraps up the dialog as seen from the collective consciousness of the band, much like #1. I always believed it's about the Beatles. It’s super easy, we promise! The Else They Might Be Giants. I'm Impressed introduces the idea to the audience just as TMBG themselves were introduced to the concept when they first thought of working with a mainstream producer. It's also at least the second end-song to refer to a car crash, after "End of the Tour," or the third if you count "Road Movie to Berlin," which mentions death and drunk driving... sinisterscrawl 00:16, 5 October 2007 (UTC), Okay, history buffs! - Now this is my favorite piece. (*Whatever that may be. Throwing a few powerful lines into an otherwise absurd song is brilliant. Ang They Might Be Giants (madalas na pinaikling bilang TMBG) ay isang Amerikanong alternative rock band na nabuo noong 1982 nina John Flansburgh at John Linnell.Sa mga unang taon ng TMBG, si Flansburgh at Linnell ay madalas na gumanap bilang isang duo, na madalas na sinamahan ng isang drum machine.Noong early 1990s, pinalawak ng TMBG upang isama ang isang backing band. (see my interpretations in these 4 songs). - j2. He was the last great king of Assyria. Original lyrics of The Mesopotamians song by They Might Be Giants. Remember the Gigantic DVD commentary track where Flans and Sarah were comparing American historical figures to rock historical figures? / "Climbing the Walls" Track Info. Comparing historical figures to an unknown band just seems like the next logical step to me. Mesopotamians: "Hey we were around at the beginning of history... and we're still here!" Lyrics to 'The Mesopotamians' by They Might Be Giants. Now, what does this lyric mean? It really is a 40 something version of the Monkees theme, and is a update of Hi we're the Replacements. From TMBGs "Idlewild" compilation. You people are beyond stupid. The Mesopotamians are explicitly identified with the Beatles. This line seems to be beautifully poetic and metaphorical, and seems to come out of nowhere in a mostly humorous and fun song. The chords are simple, but it still sounds good, it is also the full song. Musically, this song is a straightforward tribute to band theme songs of the 60s, typified by the Monkees, but also "cartoon" bands like the Archies or Josie and the Pussycats. Product Description 1. - This piece sympathizes with argument #2, agreeing that TMBG has been around forever, but no one knows of them (which isn't quite true because I have been a fan for years, as have most of you reading this). - We're They Might Be Giants, and despite trying something new, we will not forsake our old originality or our fans. Another song from the Else that needs to be heard live so it can really breathe. This is all interesting, but does it really have to have a meaning? After reading Milhouse911's impressive interpretation of this song I have looked for similar themes in other songs on the album. But remember, you should not take it all literally, especially not if it's TMBG. :P, Sargon is left-handed. They're a band that, yeah, not many people have heard of and are extremely underrated, but I really like the tone of the song. Both arguments will be respected and that is that. 4. It's a reference to the old "Paul is dead" Beatles hoax. I just out it as, "It's really about a struggling band called The Mesopotamians." If the only thing They Might Be Giants ever did was the lyrical barrage of Birdhouse In Your Soul, they'd still be legends for many people. 2. I would imagine that only the children's albums are breaking out of the loyal established fanbase, but they are gleeful still. this is the band that came up with "fingertips" on apollo 18. Just wanted to mention that, by my count, this is at least the fourth time TMBG have ended an album with an apocalyptic song referring to life in a band, after "Rhythm Section Want Ad," "The End of the Tour," and "Working Undercover for the Man." The basic theme I see is a dialog about the transition from They Might Be Giant's limited fan base for 25+ years, and seeming carelessness about popularity into an attempt to move toward the mainstream; especially by working with mainstream producers for The Else. His tunes over the course of the Monkees' lifespan as a band became more and more experimental and, in my opinion, interesting, and were very much a departure from the "Last Train to Clarksville" sound. --Ken K. They know they're Mesopotamians, but they don't know they're dead. While Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart, and a whole team of other popular songwriters were cranking out bubblegum tunes for the Monkees show and studio musicians on the East coast were laying down most of the backing tracks on the first two albums, Nesmith became increasingly frustrated with the whole operation. He names them not to coincide with any specific other band's members, but just BECAUSE we know the names of the members of those other bands. none of them did, no.. but I remember when I was little, my dad told me about all these silly jokes/rumors about how the Beatles messed with people and said "Paul's dead" or something like that REALLY quietly in the back of a record.. i dont really remember.. This is a really great song. The video was directed by David Cowles and animated by Chris Timmons. They are cutting up the album so both the fans and the mainstream can appreciate it. "This is my last stick of gum Remember Christina, you asked for it. --TVsKyle 20:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC), I don't have insightful to say, really (not after all the nice interps above!) John Linnell and Flansburgh first met as teenagers growing up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Perhaps its a comment on TMBG's oldness. I bring it up because TMBG often strike me as Monkees fans, what with the live playing of the theme song and the sampling of the show's dialog in the second short Mesopotamians video. The Mesopotamians lyrics performed by They Might Be Giants: We've been driving around From one end of this town to the other and back But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us) Driving our Econoline van … Interesting side note, in "The Monkees On Tour", Nesmith mentions feeling that, even though the Monkees had gained incredible amounts of fame, he hadn't "made it" yet and was still waiting to do so. Popular Song Lyrics. Half believing there will sometime come a day / Someone gives a damn could illustrate the feelings of Nesmith especially in the whole Monkees franchise. Anyway, hope that clears things up. Yes, one is reminded of the Monkees and the Beatles (and the gang from Scooby-Doo), but please don't push things too far. Top Lyrics of 2011. Mesopotamia), I feel its necessary to give some credence to the idea that this particular line may be political. In the earlier Beatles days, John took his glasses off for concerts, interviews etc. The Mesopotamians, Sith afterlife, featuring characters from Darth Bane: Path Of Destruction 2. But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us) The Mesopotamians They Might Be Giants. The biggest question to me is whether the song is an anachronistic look at four Mesopotamians who have a band, or four modern guys who have taken on Mesopotamian identities. Maybe bumping into the two other long-lived individuals from literal interpretations of "O, Do Not Forsake Me" and "2082", offering solace and hope for what sounds like impossibly depressed or stressed never-dying people. Ashurbanipal is Ringo. The Gilgamesh character is semi-mythical, another hint that he's George (for he was the one most interested in Indian religion and mythology.). Another great musical history lesson from TMBG. Seems to be a tribute to band theme songs. Log in now to tell us what you think this song means. They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians Lyrics. Even if they never get anywhere, they'll just have fun along the way and be proud of who they are. One could go as far as to say we invisibly rule the nation. -Percy Bysshe Shelley, Read it and think about it instead of deleting it automatically. Were The Mesopotamians chords by They Might Be Giants. Watch official video, print or download text in PDF. Hammurabi's Code may have really been the liner notes for one of their albums. - Dragonkiri, The T-shirt would seem to suggest that Hammurabi was the one who had "been right [t]here [that] whole time playing bass guitar" (I'm going to pretend like that wasn't a coincidence and was intended to give us further insight into the meaning of the song). / Hahahaha! That's pretty much it, really, at least to me. I like the idea of this song being a piece of dramatic irony and suggesting we've completely misinterpreted the historical record of ancient Mesopotamia. --philsown. Really great points from everyone here. Lines like "No-one's ever heard of our band" or the whole thing about not being understood are about the fact that although everyone knows the Beatles, few people have taken the Beatles' peace message to heart. --Andy7498, Interestingly, chariot is often translated into 'car', especially in the Mahabharata. I love this song -- I broke it down in detail here: Although I'm no historian, I do not believe the real Hammurabi was ever in an automobile accident, so this seems like more evidence that the song is about a modern band, rather than the historical Mesopotamians -- unless "car" is a metaphor for "chariot" or some other ancient means of transportation... which I doubt. No Replies Log in to reply +1. Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. --Afterward 16:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC), I met a traveller from an antique land/ Because, frankly, you don't have enough brains to pull it off. --JeshuaBratman 05:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC), Oh hey: "Then they wouldn't understand a word we say / So we'll scratch it all down into the clay / Half believing there will sometime come a day / Someone gives a damn", Reference to Why Must I Be Sad?, where the narrator writes everything down in a spiral notebook (in the hopes that some day someone else will feel that low)? As long as I still have my Flood and Apollo 18 albums, I'll gladly accept this new stuff. But given the current war in Iraq (a.k.a. Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Some parts sound irritating if you actually think of it as being about the Beatles. 100 views, added to favorites 6 times. There was a 10 year gap between the hits that got high up in the charts ("Birdhouse in Your Soul" and "Boss of Me"). Climbing the Walls, along with the original argument from Impressed, are pieces of the dialog arguing for going more mainstream. So there might be an implied commentary on the laughable antiquity of music from that era, in comparison with the light-as-air, smart, untroubled, post-modern music of groups like TMBG. If not about the war itself, it could very well be about the regions rich and incredible past, often overshadowed and forgotten when compared to its modern troubles and tragedies. (This is evidenced by the t-shirt.) Finally, Gilgamesh is George. The Mesopotamians. Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band) Also, it seems the Epic of Gilgamesh was originally written on clay tablets. Album The Else. All the interpretations and notes about this song are fantastic (and fantastically detailed) but I love taking the song exactly at its word- four ancient, possibly immortal, Mesopotamian kings just rocking it out in the modern age. He is only mentioned in the chorus - maybe because he is the "silent one" who doesn't need (and want) much attention. Despite coming from different eras and kingdoms each member of the band does, after all, have a great deal in common. Includes “The Mesopotamians,” “Careful What You Pack,” and “Withered Hope.” Cover and … --JeshuaBratman 05:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC). Many critics of the war say that the U.S. put in place a government to carry out the will of the American government. The two attended separate colleges after high school and Linnell joined The Mundanes, a new wave group from Rhode Island. 03: created as an introduction to TMBG's new live show Explain your version of song meaning, find more of They Might Be Giants lyrics. While obscurity is a major theme in the song, I think this bit could be about the impact the mesopotamians had on history and the present day* despite the fact they're rarely remembered in popular conciousness. From one end of this town to the other and back These two figures may also represent the two Johns. It may also be semi-autobiographical as it discusses a band that no-one has heard of, and ponders the question of how they will be remembered after they are gone (these kings are forgotten by most except those who study mesopotamian history). --Lemita 01:05, 29 October 2008 (UTC), Perhaps another nod in the Beatles direction: In the video Ashurbanipal is pictured with a cat; Ringo Starr owned cats. This story is filled with "Great Car Warriors" such as Arjuna. Due to this, some tracks released in the same day share numbers. He is the leader (in the chorus he is the first Mesopotamian to be named). By the same token, an unsuccessful band makes recordings, hoping that eventually, someone will care enough to listen. The "I thought that you were dead" line may refer to the Paul is dead hoax, and it may refer to the seeming hundreds of rock stars who have died. Also, of course, Sargon definetely came first, just like John Lennon, then Hammurabi. The downside is that it makes the song a little too much like a pastiche. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). Ashurbanipal was an Assyrian king, famed for sponsoring and building a giant library of tablets from all over the region, a radical undertaking for the time. Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / The David Cowles cartoon version on YouTube certainly plays up the idea of a kind of absurdly outmoded, disintegrating, irrelevant past. In particular, the type of conversation one would have with Sarah Vowell. As much as I'd love another 1986-1994 TMBG-like album, it's never going to happen again...by any artist...ever. Rated #579 in the best albums of 2007. The Beatles theories are all the more interesting in that one could parallel the made up Mesopotamians band with the Beatles' Sgt. Consider, he had lots of kings from which to choose .... ~Christina Miller, July 2007, Some great interpretations below - what interests me is the sound of the song. Or there's a lefthanded bass guitarist? The lines about the Mesopotamish sun beating down and making cracks in the ground are most likely a reference to the theory that a severe 300-year drought led to the end of the Mesopatamian empire. To put all rumors to rest: They Might Be Giants get their name (via a 1971 film of the same title) from Miguel de Cervantes' early 1600s novel Don Quixote, from the most famous reference of that character's having a paranoid delusion that windmills were giants waving their arms. This part is describing TMBG's policies in the past. However, I do not think this was intended int this song. The Mesopotamians Lyrics [Verse 1] We've been driving around From one end of this town to the other and back I'm one of those who have barely even heard of The Mesopotamians.). The answer, as far as I'm concerned, is somewhere in the middle. Twalsh06 04:44, 22 February 2011 (UTC). The popular perception is that the Mesopotamian people are no longer around, but they are--their decendents still live, and still occupy their land between the two rivers. They literally never died. They're all listed sequentially from 1 to 77 in track number metadata. Interesting that someone brought up John Lennon not wearing his glasses in the early Beatles days. Funniest part of the song for me. There is an epic poem about him and his adventures, The Epic of Gilgamesh - his mother was supposedly a goddess, and he was reputed to have super-human strength. Directed by David Cowles. Though John did not have an obsolete haircut, he did have glasses. This interpretation is best embedded in the lyrics: "We've been driving around Hard to say, but I like the interpretation of this as a recounting of TMBG's history. Hammurabi was a Babylonian king, famous for being one of the first rulers to codify civil and criminal law. The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed. :). General CommentDid a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket This seems to me like this person was executed by a riot (á la the French Revolution). And on the pedestal these words appear: / Taken as a metaphor, the band hopes to live on through their influence, if not through fame. From the Album The Else May 15, 2007 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 ratings. I think that he is the one who gets "insulted" by Ashurbanipal. Nothing beside remains: round the decay / Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, / TMBG: "Hey, we were there when alternative broke into the mainstream... and we're still here." Listen Now ... Once again They Might Be Giants makes good music and once again I need to type more words or they will not accept … 1. - Stiddy. In Mesopotamia (No one's ever seen us) Stand in the desert. They're the Mesopotamians. This would imply, therefore, that he was the one believed to be in a fatal car crash. Also, my dictionary only mentions the later Sargon, suggesting to me that he's the important one for English-speakers, anyway. The Mesopotamians artist: They Might Be Giants: releases: The Else, Podcast 28B, They Might Be Highlights From The Else, Them Ain't Big Eye Ants, Idlewild, 50,000,000 They Might Be Giants Songs Can't Be Wrong: year: 2007: first played: May 3, 2007 (459 … And no one's ever heard of our band might reference, not the Monkees' fame, but people's reluctance to accept them as a real band, even when they began writing their own music and producing their own songs. This seems to be about TMBG itself, saying "hey we're still around." Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare, / "Then they wouldn't understand a word we say I see this more as meaning they have not been mainstream, which is certainly true. And no one's ever heard of our band". In 1983, they started Dial-A-Song, which offered new They Might Be Giants songs as the outgoing message on the answering machine at John Flansburgh’s Brooklyn apartment. Of course not. Linnell does the same thing. Near them on the sand,/ This song, to me, is a semi-autobiographical song about TMBG. Sounding alternatively like Frank Black (at the beginning) to becoming easily a Giants song but with the Beach Boys doing backing vocals its a real mix. "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: / Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. Sargon is John (Lennon). Don’t have an account? Shipping and handling. As for The Mesopotamians, as I said above, provides a conclusion to the argument, and shows the collective feelings of TMBG on the subject. Produced by They Might Be Giants. It helps you remember the main Mesopotamian leaders with a catchy tune. Just get the joke, OK? Half believing there will sometime come a day And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command/ Probably inspired by the challenge of incorporating forgotten mesopotamian kings into a band theme song (ala The Monkees theme, The replacements, etc). "We're the Mesopotamians". Here we are assuming these people were great rulers and revered spiritual leaders; if we could have heard Hammurabi sing this song, we would know that they were all actually members of an alt rock band. Feel free to step in and wiki-correct me here. NWOT - They Might Be Giants The Mesopotamians 2007 Band Tour T Shirt Men's small. This song portrays a conclusion where although voice #2 seemingly wins out, TMBG does not forget it's background or voice #3's argument. Alison Cowles, the daughter of longtime video animation collaborator David Cowles (The Mesopotamians, We Live in a Dump, Science is Real) has also contributed all the illustrations for the album. And making cracks in the ground I'm Impressed seems to be a criticism of the administration and The Shadow Government has some clear political scrutiny. (Mr Tuck). I just got The Else a week ago, and wow, this song is awesome-sauce. As in many other songs, the "interpretations" of "The Mesopotamians" thrown out by the collective voice of the fans of They Might Be Giants indicates an intelligence level just over the moron line. Gilgamesh, as is mentioned below, is semi-mythical, but might have been an actual king of Sumer, since he is in the list of kings from the Ashurbanipal library at Nineveh. Tracks are listed in metadata titles with the week they were released in, with the bonus tracks that were released on Fridays being listed with a B before it. This is mentioned, again, in the Bible, when Jesus tells his followers that the traditional method (i.e., Hammurabi's) of eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth, should be replaced with forgiveness of trespasses. I feel this album, more than any other, has some legitimate political undertones. But the laugh is that the last Mesopotamian died millenia ago. - This piece sympathizes with the other argument – the one put forth in Feign Amnesia while still giving the first argument a voice. At least the bit at the end about thinking the bass player died in a wreck. This passage seems to be a reference to cuneiform, which was written by pressing a special wedge shaped tool into clay tablets. Read more about this interpretation of Impressed by Milhouse911. (Don't worry about copyright issues, it has been in the public domain for at least a hundred years.). I vote it's the more famous Assyrian Sargon, because he is mentioned in the bible as the disperser of the Ten Tribes of Isreal. 01143-1118-2; CD). This dialog is put forward from several voices, each showing a different piece of the argument from one another, but as a whole creating a full picture of the Johns' real thoughts on the subject. The Mesopotamians This is where we get the expression "tilting at windmills." The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band) They scratched the songs down into the clay, half believing that someday their songs would be appreciated by the mainstream and they would become much more famous. Neither Paul McCartney nor any of the rest of Beatles died of a car crash, right? "The Mesopotamish sun is beating down/And making cracks in the ground/But there's nowhere else to stand". The Mesopotamians. Especially if you further obscure it by using the word "Mesopotamish" in the middle of it. "We're the Mesopotamians" - We're They Might Be Giants, and despite trying something new, we will not forsake our old originality or our fans. TMBG join forces with the Dust Bros. [Dm] We've been driving a [Gm] round [Dm] From one end of this [Gm] town to the [Bb] other and [C] back [Bb] But no one's ever [F/A] seen [Bb] us (No one's ever [F/A] seen [Bb] us) Lyrically, it's the story of an unsuccessful band, recast into an historical context. In other words they are a wonderful band with wonderful music despite not being well known. He is the "second" Mesopotamian (again, note the order in the chorus) and the one who plays bass guitar on the t-shirt. We've been driving around From one end of this town To the other and back But no one's ever seen us Driving our Econoline van They Might Be Giants. They are cutting up the album so both the fans and the mainstream can appreciate it. But this will never happen except when the concrete has crumbled to sand. We've been driving around From one end of this town To the other and back But no one's ever seen us Driving our Econoline van And no one's e. Lyrics. Lyrics to 'Birdhouse in Your Soul' by They Might Be Giants. Think Hercules. The lone and level sands stretch far away. Tell that its sculptor well those passions read / The Else, an Album by They Might Be Giants. Hammurabi is Paul. The Else . This wouldn't be the first song They've written about people "not getting" a musician's identity (Doctor Worm comes to mind). Pepper. from the Greek "meso" meaning "middle" or "between", and "potamos" meaning "river", Mesopotamia refers to the ancient land straddling the Tigris and Euphrates, currently more or less the site of a completely artificial nation called Iraq, which was cobbled together by the Frogs and the Limies in 1919 out of a few odd Ottoman provinces. Comment and share your favourite lyrics. Flans seems intent on singing like a beach boy of late, see the cover of Caroline no and the regular live cover of Hey Mr Tambourine Man. Billboard Hot 100. They Might Be Giants The Mesopotamians Lyrics. Recently Added. A little bit too sweet, the guy below is on the right track. Their early music videos, mostly homemade on a shoestring budget, earned them national exposure on MTV. While listening to the They Might Be Giants album The Else on shuffle, I found myself having one inspiration after another, so a sort of variation on that shuffle drabbles theme seemed inevitable. Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown / I was reminded of this song while listening to the Beastie Boys' "Shadrach," in which the three MCs compare themselves to the three Jewish captives of the Babylonians: I agree with the interps that mention this sounding like a typical band theme song. Then there's the line "The kingdom where we secretly reign/The land where we invisibly rule". Instead of allowing escalating vengence, Hammurabi's Code worked on the "eye for an eye" premise, such that destruction to balance out wrong-doing must be demonstrably in like kind and measure. The official website of They Might Be Giants. From the Album At Large Listen Now Buy song $0.99. Someone gives a damn Interesting to note that at least the first two, Sargon and Hammurabi both conquered Mesopotamia (Iraq) at some point. The "meaning" of the song is simple. I'll leave it to beatles fans to figure out how to apply the rest of the song to them. Much cuneiform writing was temporary, but it could be saved permanently by baking the clay in a kiln. Shipped with USPS First Class. This literary device hides the song’s true meaning, just as one might an actual mental disorder. The Mesopotamians They Might Be Giants. But there's nowhere else to stand No one (the mainstream) understood TMBG's songs because they were too wonderfully odd, intelligent, and artistic for the mainstream. "The Mesopotamish sun is beating down I could be off base, but it's the type of thing the new TMBG would do. We're the Mesopotamians Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh Then they wouldn't understand a word we say, So we'll scratch it all down into the clay Half believing there will sometime come a day Someone gives a damn Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand We're the Mesopotamians Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh The Mesopotamians They Might Be Giants. because he found them embarrassing. The Mesopotamians. The song feels a quite like the Monkee's theme, with just the bass and high-hat for some of the verses, kicking in with the full band for chorus. LarryThePenguin12on August 30, 2008 Link. Song The Mesopotamians Verse 1: Dm Gm We've been driving around Dm Gm Bb C Bb F Bb F Bb But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us) Bb F Bb Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band) C A And no one's ever heard of our band Chorus: D D[C#] Bm We're the Mesopota- mi - ans Bm[A G Gsus4[F#] Em A Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbani -pal, and Gilgamesh Bridge: D … NY Times article, I Expected Much More Intelligence from TMBG Fans, the three Jewish captives of the Babylonians, http://tmbw.net/wiki/index.php?title=Interpretations:The_Mesopotamians&oldid=313538. Right. The height of their popularity occurred when they were featured on MTV. They Might Be Giants. I wouldn't want to impose politics on a TMBG song where there aren't any (and it looks like there really aren't on this song), but it IS kind of interesting that the ancient area of Mesopotamia was located where the modern nation of Iraq is now located. By the same token, the band is still around, despite popular perception, still playing as they were all along. I don't want to suggest that the entirety of The Mesopotamians is political, but there are a couple lines that made me think. The two reunited in 1981 after moving to Brooklyn (to the same apartment building on the same day) to continue their career. Note that Ashurbanipal is the only one who doesn't get any piece of Sargon's stick of gum. The previous one wasn't 100% accurate! Original artist They Might Be Giants; From the release The Else (Album) Total plays 434 times by 1 artist; First played May 3, 2007 by They Might Be Giants at The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH, USA; Most recently played March 8, 2020 by They Might Be Giants at Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA; The joke is pure Linnell - taking a pop culture sound and concept and combining it with something absurdly obscure, like Mesopotamia. 1. Like "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)", this song centers on an ancient name for an area of the Middle East. I'm your only friend I'm not your only friend But I'm a little glowing friend But really I'm not actually your friend But I am Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. but I feel the need to comment on how much I love how "Ashurbanipal" gets to be a pun after the haircut line. Does that make him Paul, or Flansburgh? "wave their torches" conjures up images of an unruly riot just as "head fell in the basket" makes me think of a disembodied head rolling off a guillotine into a basket. Just throwing these two points out since it seems no one has mentioned them. Being well known does not matter if they already rule their kingdom. He was looking for respect as musician rather than status as a pop icon. Looks like the mesopotamians are an alternate reality Beatles. He is well-known to historians as creating the world's very first empire, and this fits nicely into the whole Beatles theory, as he and Hammurabi (1792-1750BC) are well known as the first two uniters of the fiercely independent city-states of Mesopotamia and both hold similar status in Mesopotamian history.
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